Publication: Wall Of Sound [Internet]
Date: May 5, 1997
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Title: "Prince Teams With the Muppets--Overseas"
Written By: Staff

Imagine Prince and Kermit doing a duet of "It's Not Easy Bein' Green." Or Prince and Fozzie cracking jokes. Or even Prince serenading Miss Piggy. Sound impossible? It isn't. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince had his Muppet debut Saturday night. Missed it? We're not surprised, since the only place you could catch Prince guesting on the Muppets Tonight! show was on the Canal+ network in Spain. In the episode, which was dubbed into Spanish, Prince donned a variety of costumes, including a cowboy hat and spurs for a country-western number, and performed "Starfish and Coffee" followed by snippets of a new take on "Raspberry Beret," which was transformed by the Muppets into a tasty "sorbet." The show closed, appropriately enough, with a rocking version of "Let's Go Crazy." The episode was taped sometime last year, before the Emmy Award-winning Muppets was put on hiatus by ABC. But Prince fans shouldn't give up hope. Word is the series may turn up on the BBC sometime this year, and segments with Paula Abdul, Heather Locklear, and Pierce Brosnan have already aired in the U.K. and New Zealand.