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Ronald Reagan, in unidentified film footage used on Muppet Babies
The Billy Crystal Band on Muppets Tonight.
Kermit in an altered picture with Ronald and Nancy Reagan as seen in The Muppets.
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was an actor, Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, and the 40th President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989. His film career included key roles in Dark Victory, This Is the Army, and Knute Rockne, All American.
References
- Stock footage of Reagan, from his movie days, appeared in the Muppet Babies episode "The Transcontinental Whoo-Whoo," intercut during the babies' funny face contest.
- In episode 105 of The Jim Henson Hour, Link Hogthrob finds himself on a game show where the host asks him, "What request did Oliver North make of President Reagan?" A confused Link replies, "Pardon me?," making him the new champion.
- In Muppets Tonight episode 103, Ronald Reagan (played by an uncredited impersonator) appears as part of The Billy Crystal Band with fellow lookalikes Queen Elizabeth II , Bill Clinton, Clint Eastwood, and Boris Yeltsin.
- In the fourth season Farscape episode "Kansas," John Crichton arrives back on Earth in 1985, and hears an audio transmission, which quotes President Reagan's concerns over the situation in Nicaragua. In episode "Revenging Angel", animated Aeryn transforms into Nancy Reagan.
- An altered picture of Kermit the Frog with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev hangs in Kermit's office in The Muppets as well as a picture of Kermit with Ronald and Nancy.
- An Anything Muppet caricature of Nancy Reagan, his wife and First Lady, appears as President Elmo's "second lady" in the "Elmo the Musical" segment, "President the Musical."