France
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France is a European nation famed for its cuisine, the Eiffel Tower, and a populace stereotypically marked by snooty accents and moustaches. The country donated the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America. Miss Piggy has famously affected a French accent and a Parisian sophstication. In Muppet Treasure Island, an indignant Benjamina Gunn (played by Piggy) claims her mother came all the way from France for the wedding to Captain Abraham Smollett.
- France has had its own versions of Fraggle Rock, in which Uncle Traveling Matt occasionally visited French landmarks like the Eiffel tower.
- The country has also had two Sesame Street adaptations -- 1, Rue Sésame and the more recent 5, Rue Sésame.
- The popularity of Le Muppet Show, the French dub of The Muppet Show, has led to the series Muppet TV, which aired in 2006.
- The French language is spoken in Canada and figured in some early Sesame Street episodes and quite heavily in Sesame Park, particularly through Louis, the Francophone Otter.
- In The Muppets Take Manhattan, Miss Piggy and Eileen sell the French perfume "Quelle Difference". As Piggy describes the fragrance: "It's French! It's feminine! It'll help ya grab one of those rotten, stinkin' men!"
- The Queen of France appears in the Muppet Babies book I Want to See...
- French artists who have worked with the Muppets over time include Charles Aznavour, Catherine Deneuve, Mireille Mathieu, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
