50 Muppets and their real-life acting counterparts

Posted by Luke at 09:53 on 31 May 2011

Have you heard? There's a new Muppets movie in town! But before Kermit and his fuzzy companions hit the big screen, we thought we'd have a bit of fun matching up Muppets with their real-life acting doubles, and these were the results...

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Posted by Luke at 08:52 on 13/06/11

Paul Reubens has the notable advantages of being a) an actor, b) alive.

Posted by Jess at 02:03 on 13/06/11

49. Lewis Kazzager - You're kidding, right? Lewis is definitely inspired by Howard Cosell of Monday Night Football fame. Just listen to the cadence of Lewis' speech and compare to Howard.

Posted by wangho at 19:21 on 12/06/11

45. Beauregard = Judd Hirsch (Taxi era)

Posted by ryanhyde at 23:04 on 10/06/11

Sam the eagle = Sam Waterston

Posted by cstulz at 20:07 on 10/06/11

Some of those are great, but most of them not so much.

I liked the use of more obscure characters especially slipping Farley in there.

But I have to take your Dr. Teeth and Jeff Daniels comparison to task, I mean they don't look ANYTHING alike, and Dr Teeth already has a real life alter ego! Dr John!

Posted by Luke at 10:11 on 10/06/11

Cool, thanks. Wow he's still alive it seems.

Posted by ginsoak at 10:05 on 10/06/11

Clever list, well thought out.

Just a bit of trivia, tho; "Pops the Doorman" was actually inspired by Italian actor Enzo Petito as the Shopkeeper character in 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Enzo+Petito&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei
=YdzxTcjFEMLjiAL3lPzpBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=
mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1020&bih=578

Edited at 10:11 on 10/06/11

Posted by Kirsty at 13:14 on 02/06/11

Mwahahaha! Kickball: The Movie! Starring Muppets!!

Posted by Luke at 12:51 on 02/06/11

But those are kickballers!

Posted by Kirsty at 12:41 on 02/06/11

Everyone knows Sam the Eagle is Mick Mccarthy. And Andy Garcia is Dimitar Berbatov.

Posted by Nick at 20:01 on 01/06/11

Sam the Eagle always reminds me of Richard Jenkins for some reason.
I used to know who most of these were originally based on but I've long since forgotten. Think Kermit was Woody Allen, Animal was Keith Moon, Sam was a former US president.