Did “The Muppets” Push An Anti-Oil Agenda? Kermit Says No.

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Ker­mit the Frog

We cover a lot of com­pli­cated, seri­ous issues here at StateIm­pact Penn­syl­va­nia, so when there’s a chance to write about both energy and the Mup­pets, we’re going to take it.

The plot of The Mup­pets, you may recall, cen­tered around oil tycoon Tex Richman’s attempt to buy the Mup­pet Stu­dios so he could tear them down and drill for oil on the prop­erty. Faced with the pos­si­bil­ity of los­ing their venue, the Mup­pets stage a telethon in order to raise enough money to stave off Richman’s takeover.

Fox Busi­ness Chan­nel com­men­ta­tor Eric Bolling didn’t like the “oil drillers as bad guy” plot line, and called it “class warfare.”

The Mup­pets recently held a Lon­don press con­fer­ence to pro­mote the movie’s Euro­pean release, where Ker­mit responded to Bolling’s take. “They were con­cerned about us hav­ing some prej­u­dice against oil com­pa­nies,” said the frog, “and I can tell you that’s cat­e­gor­i­cally not true.” Co-star Miss Piggy, who has a bit of a con­fronta­tional track record, fol­lowed up on Kermit’s com­ment with a  poke at Fox News.

Here’s the video: