'Choose a Movie. Keep One Actor, the Rest Are Now Muppets. What's the Movie and Who's the Actor?'

By Petr Navovy | Social Media | May 4, 2020 |

By Petr Navovy | Social Media | May 4, 2020 |

It all started when music journalist Eric Alper tweeted a simple, almost haiku-like prompt:

Choose a movie.
Keep one actor.
The rest are Muppets.
What is the movie and which actor do you keep?

— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) May 3, 2020

That cracked a hole in space-time through which came a glimpse of a parallel dimension in which many of our most beloved movie classics starred a majority Muppet cast. Apparently, according to the top answers on Twitter, those classics in their original form are also majority white, but considering the state of this dimension I’m sure that surprises no one.

The Truman Show
Keep Jim Carrey
He never realizes they’re all Muppets.

— 🕯️Always Something AF, Brian🕯️ (@tzerigawa) May 3, 2020

Die Hard. Keep Alan Rickman.

— John Moye (@johnmoye1976) May 3, 2020

Jack Nicholson The Shining

— Tangangaroo (@1882N17) May 3, 2020

Pulp fiction. Keep Uma Thurman.

— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) May 3, 2020

This could be pretty funny.

How about Taxi Driver with the only actor being Cybil Shepherd. I’m already imagining a muppet doing the “you talkin’ to me?!” scene. 😂

— FatStratBastard (@DWrabella) May 3, 2020

'Silence of the Lambs.' Keep Jodie Foster.
All the rest….. Muppets.

— Brad Bill (@bradbill72) May 3, 2020

John Wick.
Keanu Reeves and lots and lots and lots of dead Muppets.

— Casual Bob (@Casual_Bob_) May 3, 2020

The Fugitive - keep Tommy Lee Jones pic.twitter.com/x3L3mzCoHl

— Bryan Starnes, Esq. (@BryanStarnes_) May 3, 2020

Princess Bride. Keep Robin Wright

— Sal Mascali (@SalMascali) May 3, 2020

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Keep Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched pic.twitter.com/lHTDt9CZVc

— Dr. Fiona Mattatall (@FionaMattatall) May 3, 2020

George Clooney and muppets in O’brother Where Art Thou?

— Elle Tani⁷ Iu• 8️⃣•Yoongi (@ElleTaniSono) May 3, 2020

Bridget Jones Diary. Keep Colin Firth. (Miss Piggy is Bridget)

— Jane Splurky (@JSplurky) May 3, 2020

The Terminator
Keep Linda Hamilton

— Mrs. JenzyJenJenzinitaIn BitchinSurgicalMenopause (@47young1) May 3, 2020

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Johnny Depp

— Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@rewegreatyet) May 3, 2020

Boogie Nights. Keep John C. Reilly.

— 🤙🏻 (@Kyle__PI) May 3, 2020

Amadeus
F. Murray Abraham & the Muppets

Totally works.

— Mike Bender (@MikeBenderVO) May 3, 2020

Raging Bull. Keep Joe Pesci. pic.twitter.com/NRjf4hbp2y

— 🌊in the hizzy (flattening the curve) (@TheKellyLlama) May 3, 2020

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Keep Tim Curry

— J Carli (@JCarliTweets) May 3, 2020

Apocalypse Now; keep Martin Sheen

— Soop Munkey (@soopmunkey) May 3, 2020

Bullit. Steve McQueen racing Gonzo and Fozzy on a chase through San Francisco.

— Simon (@SimonDullard) May 3, 2020

French Connection- Keep Hackman- Kermit as Frog One pic.twitter.com/o8eo1BNj9n

— FilmBuffBaker (@filmbuffbaker) May 3, 2020

Conair. Keep Nicholas Cage. All cons are muppets.
Hejdjshekdkene 😂😂😂

— Miche⁷ (@MicheBangtan) May 3, 2020

And then there’s my personal favourite, the hypothetical movie I’d personally lose my mind if I could see, especially if it was exactly the same as the original—Kubrick direction and all—just with the Muppets substitution:

Dr. Strangelove, keep George C. Scott. pic.twitter.com/2Q6uwTHees

— Abbey Simmons (@abbey_simmons) May 3, 2020