CAMPO CAMPO , the Committee to Award Miss Piggy the Oscar , was a movement formed in 1979 by two Muppet fans in Cincinnati , Bruce Collin and Jim Hall . The group ' s aim was to have Miss Piggy recognized as a Lead Actress , and nominated for an Academy Award for her work in " The Muppet Movie " . The Muppet Show Fan Club newsletter ( vol . 2 , no . 1 , 1979 ) reported : CAMPO was also mentioned in People Magazine ' s story on Miss Piggy ( Sept . 3 , 1979 ) , which claimed that the group had collected 20 , 000 fan letters in support of the campaign . By the end of the campaign , CAMPO had amassed over 40 , 000 letters , and Collin even went out with them to Hollywood to make a presentation to officials connected with the Oscars . A four - minute story on the campaign was featured on the " ABC Evening News " on February 15 , 1980 . Oscar committee President Fay Kanin commented on the problem of awarding the Oscar to Miss Piggy . ABC World News Tonight . From " ABC World News Tonight " , February 15 , 1980 . Hughes Rudd interviews Miss Piggy about her Oscar chances . MAX ROBINSON : Finally tonight , on this day after Valentine ' s Day , Hughes Rudd is all aglow anticipating the Academy Awards with dreams about a certain romantic leading lady bringing home the bacon . [ SOUNDS OF MISS PIGGY SINGING ] HUGHES RUDD Ah yes , one of the all time great romantic moments in the movies when Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog find love at first sight and fling caution to the winds . Miss Piggy almost threw Kermit to the winds in her Piggy passion but if you ' ve seen the Muppet Movie you know there ' s a happy ending and Miss Piggy is now a star . To see Miss Piggy is to think of Olivia De Haviland , Bette Davis , Katherine Hepburn , Ingrid Bergman , Oscar winners all . So why shouldn ' t Piggy have an Oscar ? There ' s a movement involving thousands of people all over the world who think she should and they ' ve written letters to say so . But there ' s a problem here , according to the Oscar committee . FAY KANIN ( Academy President ) You know we all do love Miss Piggy and nobody can fault her , she ' s adorable , but the rules of the Academy say that we give awards and nominations to actors and actresses not to characters and since Miss Piggy is a character , we just can ' t , we can ' t do that . [ SOUNDS OF MISS PIGGY ] HUGHES RUDD At the moment Miss Piggy ' s on location in England installed in the Ann Bolin suite of a hotel in Elmstre , which is the British version of Hollywood . So news hawks that we are , we called her on the trans - Atlantic telephone , expense no object . We asked her if she thinks she has a good shot at the Oscar and in her answer she displayed that maidenly modesty for which she ' s famous . MISS PIGGY Well as I say Hughes , I ' m being in the company of the great actresses of all time . I mean , it ' s just quite an honor , I . . . all I would want is to be nominated , the award matters not . . . not . . . not much really it ' s . . . it ' s really the nomination . That ' s . . . that ' s the main thing being . . . being honored amongst my sisters , my fellow peers . But I want it . HUGHES RUDD Have you had to step on many people ' s backs in order to make it ? I know show business is a tough business . MISS PIGGY Ah Hughes , I don ' t step on anyone , I mean when one has talent , one has talent one . . . one thrives on competition . I may have cut a few people in half but never stepped on their backs . HUGHES RUDD I suppose you have been accused of being a ham ? MISS PIGGY I ' ll just let that pass , Hughes . HUGHES RUDD Well I just want to say goobye now , Miss Piggy . Au revoir in other words . MISS PIGGY Yes , Au revoir as the French say . HUGHES RUDD MISS PIGGY Oh Hughes . HUGHES RUDD Yes . MISS PIGGY Just . . . Just one more thing . HUGHES RUDD Yes . MISS PIGGY Kissie , kissie . [ SOUNDS OF MISS PIGGY THROWING A KISS THROUGH THE PHONE ] HUGHES RUDD [ SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER ] Kissie , Kissie . MISS PIGGY All right , guys , rap it up . How did I do ? [ SOUNDS OF MISS PIGGY SINGING IN THE MOTION PICTURE ] HUGHES RUDD Everybody always says there ' s a lot of politics in the Academy Awards and that ' s the only reason we can think of for Miss Piggy not getting an Oscar . It can ' t be because she ' s not real flesh and blood because we ' ve seen an awful lot of dummies step up to accept the award and the Hollywood establishment didn ' t even blink . If Miss Piggy doesn ' t get it , we ' ll be convinced that something ' s not kosher about the whole thing . Hughes Rudd , ABC News , New York . [ end of tape ]