#18: The Muppet Movie success and “Rainbow Connection” (1979)
A frog sitting alone in a swamp with a banjo is not the loudest way to begin a movie, but it may be the most Muppet way. The Muppet Movie (1979), directed by James Frawley, opened with Kermit singing “Rainbow Connection,” written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song set the emotional tone for the film before the road-trip comedy fully began. It gave Kermit a dream: to make people happy, to find something beyond the familiar pond, to believe that silly and sincere could live side by side.
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