The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!

The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made! is an idea for a film that Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Frank Oz first developed in 1985.
Juhl, the Muppets' head writer from the late 1970s through the 1990s, discussed the film's concept in a 1998 interview with Muppet Central:
Additional plot details were recounted in Jim Henson: The Biography: Gonzo's film, titled Into the Jaws of the Demons of Death, would eventually get cheaper and cheaper in looks, turning into "black-and-white Super 8 film," then to a slideshow and storyboards. Eventually, Gonzo would gain some corporate sponsorship, ending the movie in hi-def widescreen.Jim Henson: The Biography, page 408.
Frank Oz discussed resurrecting the 15-year old script in a 2000 interview.Plume, Ken. "Interview with Frank Oz", IGN.com. February 10, 2000.
The script was again mentioned as a next movie for the Muppets in September 2009 as discussed at the D23 Expo. It was later set aside yet again in favor of The Muppets.Rosenberg, Adam."The Muppets Are Coming! 'American Woman' Goes Viral On Memorial Day, 'Lost' This Wednesday!" MTV. May 3, 2010
Frank Oz responded to a question about the project on a Reddit AMA in January 2018:
In a live stream for the Museum of the Moving Image in 2020, Jim Lewis revealed one scene in the rewritten script took place during The Muppet Movie, showing the action behind the curtains of the Miss Bogen County Beauty Pageant moments before Miss Piggy's entrance.Museum of the Moving Image live event: Jim Henson's World: Q&A with Craig Shemin and Friends, June 13, 2020. In a 2023 interview for Tough Pigs, Frank Oz discussed an idea for the film was to have assorted Muppet rats be the camera operators with cameras attached to their bodies.To Introduce Our Guest Star #19: Frank Oz (00:50:50)
Eric Jacobson talked about reading as Frank Oz's characters at a table read for the revived project and the prospect of Oz performing on the project as well:
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