Miss Piggy continues to take more of a central role as special guest Candice Bergen inspires her to fight for her rights as a woman and a performer. Then, we discuss her role in Carnal Knowledge, a dissection of the psyche of the male chauvinist pig.
Topics of discussion include whether it’s weird to be able to tell who’s puppeteering Miss Piggy by voice, possibly the weirdest movie to get a sequel of all time and how it could have been salvaged, the time Pauline Kael feuded with the gay community, the secret unaired snuff episode of The Muppet Show, and the unfortunate fact that conservatives has always been kind of stupid.
Murphy Brown vs. Vice President Dan Quayle
Oliver’s Story (1978) movie review - Sneak Previews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel
Quayle Blames Riots in L.A. on Disintegrating Family Unit
The queerness hiding in plain sight in the work of Hollywood Golden Age director George Cukor
