Fozzie Bear and his mom are joined by Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner at the Grand Floridian Beach Resort to kick off our special “The Muppets at Walt Disney World”. With Special Guests Charles Grodin and a very young Raven-Symone. As it turns out Kermit the frog grew up in the swamps of Florida, and he has taken his Muppet friends into the swap for a surprise, a search for paradise swamp, home to his aunt’s uncles and cousins. After a musical number, the gang learns that the frogs of paradise swamp love to spend their evening watching the fireworks from Walt Disney World. The gang quickly heads over the hill to check out this Walt Disney World. When they arrive at the gate, they realize they need a ticket, with no money animal takes out the turnstile and the gang bursts into MGM Studios, when Bean Bunny heads to “It’s a Small World”? Of course, Security isn’t happy with the entrance and the pursuit begins.. to an untimely end in the Office of Mickey Mouse himself.
The Muppets at Walt Disney World originally aired on May 6, 1990 and was the last Muppets special the Jim Henson would work on, he passed away just 10 days after it aired on May 16, 1990.
