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[[Image:Dogfather.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dogfather]]
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[[Image:Dogfather.jpg|thumb|300px|Calendar parody "The Dogfather"]]
 
[[Image:MovieMania-godfather.jpg|thumb|300px|Odyssey Channel's "The Frogfather"]]
[[Academy Award]] Best Picture winner, ''[[The Godfather]]'' is a 1972 film directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].
 
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[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] Best Picture winner, '''''The Godfather''''' is a 1972 film directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* A movie poster in [[J. P. Grosse]]'s office as seen in ''[[Muppet Diary 1980]]'' features Kermit as a marionette puppet in "The Frogfather".
   
 
* The movie's poster has been spoofed in [[Chronological_List_of_Muppet_Calendars|Muppet parody calendars]] with [[Rowlf the Dog]] in place of [[Marlon Brando|Marlon Brando's]] titular character.
 
* The movie's poster has been spoofed in [[Chronological_List_of_Muppet_Calendars|Muppet parody calendars]] with [[Rowlf the Dog]] in place of [[Marlon Brando|Marlon Brando's]] titular character.
   
* A [[Movie Mania]] spot for [[The Odyssey Channel]] spoofed the movie with [[Kermit the Frog]] as "The Frogfather." In the scene, [[Fozzie Bear]] comes to the Frogfather asking for revenge on [[Statler and Waldorf]].
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* A [[Movie Mania]] spot for [[The Odyssey Channel]] spoofed the movie with [[Kermit the Frog]] as "The Frogfather." In the scene, [[Fozzie Bear]] comes to the Frogfather asking for revenge on [[Statler and Waldorf]].
   
* [[Joan Baez]] does an Joan does an imitation of Marlon Brando in the film from her [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]] in [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|an episode]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
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* [[Joan Baez]] does an imitation of Marlon Brando in the film from her [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]] in [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|an episode]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
   
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* In a [[Sesame Street News Flash: The Pig's Straw House|Sesame Street News Flash sketch]] about [[The Three Little Pigs]], [[The Big Bad Wolf]] tells [[Reporter Kermit|Kermit]], "I'm going to make them an offer they can't refuse."
* In his book ''[[Before You Leap]]'', Kermit says one of the options for the original title of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' was "The Oddfather" (which was [[Gonzo|Gonzo's]] favorite choice).
 
   
* In [[episode 3171|a 1994 episode]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', a talking stone in a kingdom speaks with a Brando-esque voice and tells [[the Grand High Triangle Lover]] he's going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
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* While driving the bus around the inside of a computer in ''[[The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside]]'', a bomb floats across the screen. When it's captured, a prompt on the screen reads, "[[Crazy Harry]]'s Bomb: if this bomb explodes, it will make you an offer you can't re-fuse."
   
 
* Writing in ''[[Before You Leap]]'', Kermit says one of the options for the original title of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' was "The Oddfather" (which was [[Gonzo|Gonzo's]] favorite choice).
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Image:MovieMania-godfather.jpg|"The Frogfather"
 
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* A talking stone in a kingdom from ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3171]] speaks with a Brando-esque voice and tells [[the Grand High Triangle Lover]] he's going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
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* When [[Billy Crystal]] tries to get [[Clifford]] to tell him what's wrong in ''Muppets Tonight'' [[Episode 103: Billy Crystal|episode 103]], he asks, "they shot Sonny on the causeway?," a reference to Sonny Corleone's death scene.
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* [[Count von Count|The Count]] sings "I'll make you an offer that you can't refuse" towards the end of "[[Counting the "You"s in YouTube]]."
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* The [[Muppets Most Wanted (soundtrack)|extended version]] of "[[We're Doing a Sequel]]" features [[Rowlf the Dog]] singing about how ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'' can't be any worse than ''The Godfather 3''.
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* In ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'' episode "[[Episode 114: Little Green Lie|Little Green Lie]]", Pepe says "I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse."
 
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Muppet Diary 1980 - posters.jpg|''[[Muppet Diary 1980]]''
 
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==Connections==
 
==Connections==
*[[Robert De Niro]] played Young Vito Corleone in ''The Godfather: Part II''
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*[[Oreste Baldini]] played Vito as a child in ''The Godfather: Part II''
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*[[Robert De Niro]] played young Vito Corleone in ''The Godfather: Part II''
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*[[Jessica DiCicco]] played a child in ''The Godfather: Part III''
 
*[[George Hamilton]] played B.J. Harrison in ''The Godfather: Part III''
 
*[[George Hamilton]] played B.J. Harrison in ''The Godfather: Part III''
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*[[Alex Rocco]] played Moe Greene in ''The Godfather''
 
*[[Harry Dean Stanton]] played FBI Man #1 in ''The Godfather: Part II''
 
*[[Harry Dean Stanton]] played FBI Man #1 in ''The Godfather: Part II''
   
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*[http://www.thegodfather.com/ Official site]
 
*[http://www.thegodfather.com/ Official site]
 
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/ IMDb]
 
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/ IMDb]
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Latest revision as of 01:13, 4 January 2023

Dogfather

Calendar parody "The Dogfather"

MovieMania-godfather

Odyssey Channel's "The Frogfather"

Academy Award Best Picture winner, The Godfather is a 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

References

  • While driving the bus around the inside of a computer in The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside, a bomb floats across the screen. When it's captured, a prompt on the screen reads, "Crazy Harry's Bomb: if this bomb explodes, it will make you an offer you can't re-fuse."
  • When Billy Crystal tries to get Clifford to tell him what's wrong in Muppets Tonight episode 103, he asks, "they shot Sonny on the causeway?," a reference to Sonny Corleone's death scene.

Connections

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