Changes: Hey a Movie!

Written by	Joe Raposo
Date	1981

Revision as of 17:16, 10 June 2015

TMGTTM-HeyAMovie! — From *The Muppets Go to the Movies*.

"Hey a Movie!" is the opening number from The Great Muppet Caper. It takes place in a busy street where Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo change into their reporter gear and try to find a good cover story for The Daily Chronicle. But when Gonzo decides to take a picture of a chicken, the trio miss Nicky Holiday stealing Lady Holiday's diamonds. Several car accidents and other catastrophes later, the reporters still remain blissfully unaware. Also in this sequence, Sweetums falls down a manhole and gets his hand stepped on by Nicky, a group of monsters take over a truck that they were caged in, and Richard Hunt makes an on-screen cameo as a taxi driver (with Kathryn Mullen as his passenger).

The song was reprised during the end credits by the Muppets as they parachuted down from an airplane. The shot where Muppets are shown being thrown out of the plane was the last thing shot for the movie.^[1] The Muppets also sang "Hey a Movie!" at the start of The Muppets Go to the Movies, and in Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses. An instrumental version of this song was also used as the theme for initial episodes of Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony.

Releases

Audio

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Music, Mayhem and More! (2002)

Video

The Great Muppet Caper

Special

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986, edited and played through a montage of the first three Muppet movies)
I Love Muppets (2002, brief clip of first verse only)

Sources

↑ Jim Henson's Red Book, historical information

[1] Jim Henson's Red Book, historical information

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-[[Image:Heyamovie.jpg|thumb|300px|From ''The Great Muppet Caper''.]]
 [[Image:TMGTTM-HeyAMovie!.jpg|thumb|300px|From ''The Muppets Go to the Movies''.]]
-"'''Hey a Movie!'''" is the opening number from ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''. It takes place in a busy street where [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie]], and [[Gonzo]] change into their reporter gear and try to find a good cover story for ''The Daily Chronicle''. But when Gonzo decides to take a picture of a [[chicken]], the trio miss [[Nicky Holiday]] stealing [[Lady Holiday|Lady Holiday's]] diamonds. Several car accidents and other catastrophes later, the reporters still remain blissfully unaware. Also in this sequence, [[Sweetums]] falls down a manhole and gets his hand stepped on by Nicky, a group of [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|monsters]] take over a truck that they were caged in, and [[Richard Hunt]] makes [[Richard Hunt Cameos|an on-screen cameo]] as a taxi driver.
+"'''Hey a Movie!'''" is the opening number from ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''. It takes place in a busy street where [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie]], and [[Gonzo]] change into their reporter gear and try to find a good cover story for ''The Daily Chronicle''. But when Gonzo decides to take a picture of a [[chicken]], the trio miss [[Nicky Holiday]] stealing [[Lady Holiday|Lady Holiday's]] diamonds. Several car accidents and other catastrophes later, the reporters still remain blissfully unaware. Also in this sequence, [[Sweetums]] falls down a manhole and gets his hand stepped on by Nicky, a group of [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|monsters]] take over a truck that they were caged in, and [[Richard Hunt]] makes [[Richard Hunt Cameos|an on-screen cameo]] as a taxi driver (with [[Kathryn Mullen]] as his passenger).
 The song was reprised during the end credits by the Muppets as they parachuted down from an airplane. The shot where Muppets are shown being thrown out of the plane was the last thing shot for the movie.<ref>[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/01/21/1211981/ Jim Henson's Red Book, historical information]</ref>
-The Muppets also sang "Hey a Movie!" at the start of ''[[The Muppets Go to the Movies]]'', and in ''[[Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses]]''. An instrumental version of this song was also used as the theme for ''[[Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony]]''.
+The Muppets also sang "Hey a Movie!" at the start of ''[[The Muppets Go to the Movies]]'', and in ''[[Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses]]''. An instrumental version of this song was also used as the theme for initial episodes of ''[[Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony]]''.
 ==Releases==


Written by	Joe Raposo
Date	1981