Academy Awards Ceremony

From Muppet Wiki

Piggy and Carson in 1979.

Kermit and Piggy appearing at the 54th annual Academy Awards ceremony, 1982

Kermit, Jim Henson, Scooter, Richard Hunt at the 1986 Academy Awards with Cilia Van Dijk, Producer of "Anna & Bella", winner of Best Short Film, Animated.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has held a ceremony for the Academy Awards since 1929. Beginning in 1953, the celebration has been televised. The Muppets have made several appearances at these ceremonies.

• 1979 - Miss Piggy presents an award with Johnny Carson after they exchange some banter.

• 1982 - Kermit and Piggy sing "The First Time It Happens."

• 1986 - Kermit, Scooter and Jim Henson present the award for "Best Short Film, Animated" to Cilia Van Dijk, Producer of Anna & Bella. Kermit gets a bit frazzled when Scooter is physically unable to open the envelope to announce the winner. An appearance by Jim Henson quickly rectifies the situation. Statler and Waldorf also make an appearance from the audience.

• 1996 - Whoopi Goldberg interviews the title character from the movie Babe, who appears on a monitor. Halfway through the interview, the screen changes to Miss Piggy, who takes over the interview.

Connections

Hosts have included:

• Bob Hope
• Danny Kaye
• Jerry Lewis
• Jack Lemmon
• Tony Randall
• Frank Sinatra
• Carol Burnett
• Michael Caine
• Charlton Heston
• Diana Ross
• Liza Minnelli
• Dudley Moore
• Richard Pryor
• Robin Williams
• Chevy Chase
• Goldie Hawn
• Billy Crystal
• Whoopi Goldberg
• David Letterman
• Steve Martin
• Chris Rock
• Jon Stewart
• Ellen DeGeneres

• see also: Academy Award winners