In case you haven't heard, there's a new Muppet TV show coming this fall. It's going to filmed in the mockumentary style of The Office. I'll be honest. I don't like the mockumentary style. Neither do I enjoy The Office. However, comma, I do love the Muppets. I have ever since I was a child.
As part of the promotional preparation for The Muppets, Kermit and Miss Piggy made an announcement that was all over the news today. They are officially announcing that they are no longer a couple. The news piece I read said that they had been an item for forty years.
Here's the thing: Kermit and Miss Piggy were never really a couple. Miss Piggy has been pursuing Kermit since one of the earliest episodes of The Muppet Show, but Kermit has never really returned her affection. Kermit has treated her attention as the price he must pay for getting Miss Piggy to perform on stage, in spite of her diva tantrums.
Even if Kermit and Miss Piggy had been a couple since the beginning, they would have separated long ago due to Miss Piggy's rampant infidelity. During the five seasons of The Muppet Show, Piggy threw herself at damn near every male guest star. The guest stars she didn't sexually harass? Marty Feldman and Don Knotts. In contrast, Kermit was enamoured of exactly one guest star: Linda Ronstadt. What did Piggy do when faced with the fact that Kermit was pursuing another female? She locked Kermit in the trunk where Gonzo kept his mildew collection.
Granted, the above examples could be inaccurate. I mention them from memory. I didn't really have time to do the research necessary to cite each example. However, that sounds like a fun project.
In the future there's a good chance you'll see a much longer post filled with references and hard evidence.
Kermit and Miss Piggy were never a couple. This "break-up" is purely a promotional stunt.
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