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Frank Oz

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker and actor. [1]

135 relations: Actor, Ain't It Cool News, An American Werewolf in London, Animal (Muppet), Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Belgium, Bert (Sesame Street), Bill Murray, Blues Brothers 2000, Bowfinger, Caroll Spinney, Children's Fairyland, Christopher Guest, CinderElmo, Coming to America, Computer-generated imagery, Cookie Monster, Dave Goelz, David Rudman, Daytime Emmy Award, Death at a Funeral (2007 film), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film), Ellen Greene, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, England, Eren Ozker, Eric Jacobson, Film director, Filmmaking, Fozzie Bear, Fran Brill, Geoffrey K. Pullum, George Lucas, Goldie Hawn, Grover, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Hereford, Housesitter, I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, IMDb, In & Out (film), Innocent Blood (film), Inside Out (2015 film), Into the Night (film), Jack Burns, Jedi, Jerry Nelson, Jim Belushi, Jim Henson, Jim Henson's Animal Show, ..., John Candy, John Landis, John Lovelady, Labyrinth (film), Laney College, Lapsed Catholic, Leverage (TV series), Levi Stubbs, List of Muppets, List of Sesame Street Muppets, Little Shop of Horrors (film), Los Angeles Times, Manhattan, Mermaids (1990 film), Michael Caine, Miles Goodman, Miss Piggy, Monsters, Inc., Montana, Muppet Monster Adventure, Muppet RaceMania, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppet*Vision 3D, Muppets from Space, Muppets Inside, Muppets Tonight, Nazism, New York (state), New York City, News & Documentary Emmy Award, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, California, People (magazine), Pixar, Primetime Emmy Award, Puppeteer, Return of the Jedi, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Hunt (puppeteer), Rick Moranis, Robert K. Elder, Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, Sam Eagle, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Spies Like Us, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Steve Martin, Superman III, Syntax, Television special, The A.V. Club, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Blues Brothers (film), The Dark Crystal, The Empire Strikes Back, The Film That Changed My Life, The Great Muppet Caper, The Indian in the Cupboard (film), The Jim Henson Hour, The Land of Gorch, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Show, The Muppets, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Score (2001 film), The Stepford Wives (2004 film), Touch of Evil, Trading Places, United States, Variety (magazine), Vincent Gardenia, What About Bob?, Yoda, Zathura: A Space Adventure. Expand index (85 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Ain't It Cool News

Ain't It Cool News (AICN) is a website founded by Harry Knowles and run by Dannie Knowles, dedicated to news, rumors and reviews of upcoming and current films, television and comic book projects, with an emphasis on science fiction, superhero, fantasy, horror and action genres.

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An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by John Landis and starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne.

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Animal (Muppet)

Animal is the fictional wild and frenzied drummer of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the fictional band from The Muppet Show.

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey is a 2011 American documentary film about Kevin Clash, a puppeteer who performed the Sesame Street character Elmo.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bert (Sesame Street)

Bert is a muppet character on the long-running children's television show, Sesame Street.

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Bill Murray

William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.

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Blues Brothers 2000

Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, written and produced by John Landis and Dan Aykroyd.

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Bowfinger

Bowfinger is a 1999 American satirical comedy film directed by Frank Oz.

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Caroll Spinney

Caroll Edwin Spinney (born December 26, 1933) is an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street since 1969.

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Children's Fairyland

Children's Fairyland, U.S.A. is an amusement park, located in Oakland, California, on the shores of Lake Merritt.

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Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship.

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CinderElmo

CinderElmo is a 65-minute television film that aired on Fox in the United States on December 6, 1999.

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Coming to America

Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also starred in the lead role.

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Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, films, television programs, shorts, commercials, videos, and simulators.

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Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster is a Muppet on the long-running children's television show Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases, such as "Me want cookie!" "Me eat cookie!" and "Om nom nom nom" (said through a mouth full of food).

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Dave Goelz

David Charles Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder and voice actor known for his work with the Muppets.

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David Rudman

David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and Sesame Street.

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Daytime Emmy Award

The Daytime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming.

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Death at a Funeral (2007 film)

Death at a Funeral is a 2007 British ensemble black comedy film directed by Frank Oz.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film, directed by Frank Oz and starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly.

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Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951) is an American singer and actress.

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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas is a children's storybook by Russell Hoban that was first published in 1971.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eren Ozker

Eren Ozker (Eren Özker; 25 July 1948 – 25 February 1993) was a Turkish-American puppeteer and actress.

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Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson (born July 25, 1970) is an American puppeteer, best known for performing the Muppet characters Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle for Disney's The Muppets Studio, as well as Sesame Street characters Bert and Grover—all roles that he inherited from the characters' original performer, Frank Oz.

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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Fozzie Bear

Fozzie Bear is a Muppet character known for his lack of innate and effective comedy skills.

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Fran Brill

Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is a retired American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film Being There (1979) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film What About Bob? (1991).

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Geoffrey K. Pullum

Geoffrey Keith Pullum (born March 8, 1945) is a British-American linguist specialising in the study of English.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur.

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Goldie Hawn

Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, producer, and occasional singer.

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Grover

Grover, also known as Super Grover and Grover Monster, is a muppet character on the popular television show Sesame Street.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.

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Housesitter

Housesitter is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn.

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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story is a 2014 American documentary film about Caroll Spinney, the original performer of Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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In & Out (film)

In & Out is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Shalom Harlow, and Wilford Brimley.

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Innocent Blood (film)

Innocent Blood (also known in some regions as A French Vampire in America) is a 1992 American crime comedy horror film directed by John Landis and written by Michael Wolk.

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Inside Out (2015 film)

Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Into the Night (film)

Into the Night is a 1985 American comedy-thriller film directed by John Landis, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Jack Burns

John Francis Burns (born November 15, 1933) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and producer.

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Jedi

The Jedi are the main protagonists in the Star Wars universe.

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Jerry Nelson

Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, voice actor, singer, and musician, best known for his work with The Muppets.

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Jim Belushi

James Adam Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and musician.

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Jim Henson

James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, and filmmaker who achieved international fame as the creator of the Muppets.

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Jim Henson's Animal Show

Jim Henson's Animal Show is a children's television series from The Jim Henson Company which aired from October 3, 1994, to December 31, 1998.

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John Candy

John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor known mainly for his work in Hollywood films.

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John Landis

John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.

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John Lovelady

John Lovelady is an American puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the PBS series Sesame Street.

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Labyrinth (film)

Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, executive-produced by George Lucas, and based upon conceptual designs by Brian Froud.

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Laney College

Laney College is a community college located in Oakland, California, near the Lake Merritt BART station and the Kaiser Convention Center.

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Lapsed Catholic

A lapsed Catholic is a baptized Catholic who is non-practicing.

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Leverage (TV series)

Leverage is an American television drama series, which aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012.

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Levi Stubbs

Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- inducted R&B group the Four Tops, a group known for a variety of Motown hit records and other songs created in the 1960s and 1970s.

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List of Muppets

The Muppets are an ensemble group of comedic puppet characters originally created by Jim Henson.

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List of Sesame Street Muppets

The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson, many for the purpose of appearing on the children's television program Sesame Street.

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Little Shop of Horrors (film)

Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical comedy horror film directed by Frank Oz.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Mermaids (1990 film)

Mermaids is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role.

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Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author.

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Miles Goodman

Elliott Miles Goodman (August 27, 1948 – August 16, 1996) was an American composer for television and film.

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Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy is a Muppet character known for her breakout role in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show.

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Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Muppet Monster Adventure

Muppet Monster Adventure is a platform game for the Sony PlayStation developed by Magenta Software and Jim Henson Interactive in 2000, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe and Midway Home Entertainment in North America.

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Muppet RaceMania

Muppet Race Mania is a PlayStation racing game that was developed by Traveller's Tales Ltd., and published by Midway in North America and Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe, and released in 2000.

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Muppet Treasure Island

Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 American musical action adventure comedy film directed by Brian Henson, produced by Jim Henson Productions, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Muppet*Vision 3D

Muppet*Vision 3D is a 3D film attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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Muppets from Space

Muppets from Space is a 1999 American science fiction family comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures.

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Muppets Inside

The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside is a PC computer game produced by Starwave in 1996.

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Muppets Tonight

Muppets Tonight is an American live-action/puppet family-oriented television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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News & Documentary Emmy Award

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in recognition of excellence in American national news and documentary programming.

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Oakland Technical High School

Oakland Technical High School, known locally as Oakland Tech or simply "Tech", is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States, and is operated under the jurisdiction of the Oakland Unified School District.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios, commonly referred to as Pixar, is an American computer animation movie studio based in Emeryville, California that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.

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Puppeteer

A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object that might be shaped like a human, animal or mythical creature, or another object to create the illusion that the puppet is "alive".

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Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand.

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Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Always, and Mr. Holland's Opus.

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Richard Hunt (puppeteer)

Richard Hunt (August 17, 1951 – January 7, 1992) was an American puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer.

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Rick Moranis

Frederick Allan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter.

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Robert K. Elder

Robert K. Elder (born January 20, 1976) is an American journalist, author and film columnist.

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Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade

During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade was a military unit initially formed from approximately 1,500 Dutch troops, including a small group guarding German prisoners-of-war, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the collapse of the Netherlands.

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Sam Eagle

Sam Eagle is a Muppet character known for his ultra-patriotism and disciplined manner of being.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Sesame Street

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry.

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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (commonly shortened to Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American musical road-comedy film, directed by Ken Kwapis, starring many Sesame Street characters (both puppets and live actors).

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Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us is a 1985 American comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon.

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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (also known as Star Tours 3-D and Star Tours - L'Aventure Continue) is a 3D motion simulator attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas.

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Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars Rebels is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation.

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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales.

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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

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Superman III

Superman III is a British-American 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.

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Television special

A television special (often TV special, or rarely "television spectacular") is a stand-alone television show which temporarily interrupts episodic programming normally scheduled for a given time slot.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop culture media.

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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is a 1999 musical comedy adventure film directed by Gary Halvorson.

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The Blues Brothers (film)

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis.

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The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal is a 1982 high fantasy adventure film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz and stars the voices of Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, and Barry Dennen.

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The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner.

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The Film That Changed My Life

The Film That Changed My Life (also known as The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark) is a non-fiction collection of interviews compiled by American journalist, author and film columnist Robert K. Elder.

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The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper is a 1981 British-American mystery musical comedy film directed by Jim Henson, marking his feature directorial debut.

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The Indian in the Cupboard (film)

The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 American family fantasy drama film directed by Frank Oz and written by Melissa Mathison, based on the children's book of the same name by Lynne Reid Banks.

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The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour is a television series that aired on NBC in 1989.

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The Land of Gorch

The Land of Gorch was a recurring skit that appeared in season one of the American comedy television program Saturday Night Live, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American musical fantasy comedy-drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel A Christmas Carol.

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The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy movie and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets.

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The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a family-oriented comedy-variety television series that was produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and features The Muppets.

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The Muppets

The Muppets are an ensemble cast of puppet characters known for their self-aware, burlesque, and meta-referential style of variety-sketch comedy.

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The Muppets at Walt Disney World

The Muppets at Walt Disney World is a television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Oz.

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The Score (2001 film)

The Score is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Frank Oz and starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, and Marlon Brando in his final film role.

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The Stepford Wives (2004 film)

The Stepford Wives is a 2004 American science-fiction horror comedy film.

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Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles.

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Trading Places

Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia (born Vincenzo Scognamiglio; January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor.

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What About Bob?

What About Bob? is a 1991 American black comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.

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Yoda

Yoda is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas, first appearing in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back.

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Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure (also known as Zathura) is a 2005 American science fiction adventure film directed by Jon Favreau and loosely based on the illustrated book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, author of Jumanji.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oz

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