How Did They Film Kermit's 'Rainbow Connection'?

Answer: Jim Henson was extremely uncomfortable.
How Did They Film Kermit's 'Rainbow Connection'?

The lengths Jim Henson went to create just one scene from The Muppet Movie is a peek into the wonderful mind of the master puppeteer. Read more about "The Rainbow Connection" and the weird contraptions required to film it below.

RAINBOW CONNECTION The opening song to 1979's The Muppet Movie was nominated for an Oscar and became an unexpected radio hit. CRACKED.COM
The movie starts with Kermit sweetly playing a banjo on a log in the middle of swamp. It's beautiful, with sweeping landscape shots. But with the Mupp
IT REQUIRED A COMPLICATED SET-UP WIRE To BANJO RUBBER SLEEVE AR TV TUBE TV MONITOR MONITOR CABLE ALUMINUM TANK Jim Henson was sealed in an aluminum ta
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THAT WAS HARDLY THE ONLY SCENE THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO FILM. For example, the Rainbow Conection finale involved 250 Muppets with over 150 puppeteers i
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