Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo ... Originally intended as a one-off character in a sketch on a 1978 episode of The Muppet Show, Lew Zealand and his signature boomerang fish act ...

At the time, the character was known as Miss Piggy Lee, but soon she was in a sketch that called for her to argue with Kermit the Frog. The puppeteer Frank Oz was performing with her at the time.

When I first created Miss Piggy I called her Miss Piggy Lee—as ... He was fashioned after musician Gato Barbieri, based on a quick sketch I made when I saw him perform at a jazz club.