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Promotional postcard for Muppets Most Wanted.

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Disney Channel announcement (faking the Berlin Reichstag building in the background) in 2013.

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Kermit leaving his flipper prints in the Berlin Walk of Fame on December 7, 1999.

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James Bobin, Kermit and Piggy in Berlin (2012).

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Miss Piggy at Michael Michalsky's Berlin studio.

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Kermit at radio NRJ in Berlin (2012).

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Miss Piggy on neoParadise (2012).

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Miss Piggy & Kermit at the 2012 Golden Camera.

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Ernie & Bert on Krömer - Late Night in Berlin (2012).

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Muppets Most Wanted's Berlin (in Greenwich, UK).

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Muppets Most Wanted end credits featuring Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, located in the heart of the city.

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Muppets Most Wanted postcard set

Berlin is Germany's capital and largest city, one of the 16 states of Germany, and the European Union's largest city (taking the title from London after the United Kingdom left the alliance in 2020).

Though the first permanent settlements have been traced back as far as the late 12th century, Berlin rose to fame when becoming the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945). After the second World War, along with the country's division into East and West, the city was divided as well, first by barbed war and other barriers and then from 1961 by the infamous Berlin Wall. Following the German reunification in 1990, Berlin once more became the capital of Germany.

The Muppets have visited the city multiple times over the decades.

Berlin Wall[]

Muppet Connections[]

  • Baby Gonzo was seen in front of the Berlin Wall in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, which aired in Germany as Comic-Stars gegen Drogen (Comic-Stars Against Drugs) in 1990. The character appeared on the painted west side, as people crossing the so-called "death strip" on the unpainted eastern side were at risk of being shot.
  • Muppets, Monster & Magie was a Muppet exhibition that visited Berlin, showcasing Muppets from several productions. It was on display from June 2 to August 28, 1994 at the Filmmuseum Potsdam, Berlin.
  • On December 7, 1999, Kermit the Frog left his flipper-prints into a 40x40cm piece of green "cement" at an event hosted by Karin Kuschik at the Cinestar-Kino in Berlin-Tegel, planned to eventually grace the Sony Center's "Berlin Walk of Fame" at Potsdamer Platz. Steve Whitmire had Kermit say in German: "Dies ist ein kleiner Schritt für einen Frosch, aber ein großer Sprung für die Froschheit." ("This is one small step for a frog, but one giant leap for frogkind.")[1][2]
  • In a PBS interstitial, Big Bird and a little girl venture all over the world (and even the moon) and are seen (digitally) inserted into footage of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
  • In early 2006, Kermit the Frog appeared in an ad for Adidas to promote their Adicolor line, shot in winterly Berlin. For the 4:30 min promo he visited the Brandenburg Gate, adored the Berlin Wall, took a test run at the Olympic Stadium, mused about the arts at the Adicolor Studios, and attended Berlin Fashion Week on January 29, 2006.
  • On January 18, 2012, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and James Bobin appeared in Berlin to promote Die Muppets, which premiered the following day. At the press conference, several more stops for the pair were announced:
  • 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse was a 40th anniversary exhibition for Sesamstrasse. It was held from December 13, 2012 until April 7 May 5, 2013 (extended) at Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin.
  • On December 31, 2013, Kermit announced the free-TV launch of Disney Channel Germany in the disguise of a special "New Year's State of the Union Speech," traditionally delivered from Berlin on New Year's Eve by the German chancellor. The video was actually shot in Munich a couple of months earlier.
  • In 2014's Muppets Most Wanted, the Muppets go on a world tour with its first stop in Berlin, Germany. The film was primarily filmed in the United Kingdom, and secondarily in the United States of America, with only establishing shots being actually filmed in Berlin. For their location shot outside the "German theater," a part of Greenwich was turned into the German capital complete with Berlin Wall piece, newspaper stand, street and subway signs propping the scene on April 7, 2013.
  • A postcard set sold at Disney Stores internationally to promote the 2014 film, features Gonzo in Bavarian gear in front of Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate.
  • On March 28, 2014, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and James Bobin returned to Berlin in order to kick off a number of promotional appearances for the German-language release of Muppets Most Wanted. They rode in a special XXL limousine Trabant car:
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See also[]

  • Hamburg, and its Muppet connections

Sources[]

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