Video Explores How The Muppets Broke Free From Their Puppeteers and Jumped Into The Real World
Ever wonder how Kermit pulls off a clean bicycle ride or how Fozzie somehow gets a car from coast to coast without opposable thumbs?
Alex Boucher’s new video essay dives into the wonderfully chaotic world of Muppet movie magic, showing how these handmade icons broke the boundaries of stage and screen to interact with the real world—no CGI, no AI, just pure puppeteering ingenuity.
From trapdoors to underwater rigs, remote controls to elaborate camera tricks, and Jim Henson literally crouched in impossible places, it’s a wild look at what happens when felt and foam meet raw filmmaking determination.
Watch it, and prepare to be amazed by just how deep a trench can be when it’s hiding a puppeteer.