From severed heads and corpses to Father Christmas, these famous directors all turned up in the most unlikely places.

it's certainly not surprising to see Mel Brooks on the big screen, but it is rare to see in a movie that he didn't write and direct. That's part of what makes his cameo in The Muppet Movie so much ...

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"Because up until Muppet Christmas Carol, actors in Muppet movies were mostly cameos and it was an opportunity for them to do things a little bit outrageous and to tell big jokes. And it was ...

Fittingly, he plays a biker who beats up Fozzie. The Muppet Movie is laden with cameos: Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Orson Welles, and more. One of the people making an appearance ...

The celebrity cameos are particularly strong ... Directed by James Frawley, The Muppet Movie is the ultimate origin story and road-trip adventure that charts how the band got together.

He's gone on to make primarily silent background cameos in more recent Muppet movies and TV shows. Originally intended as a one-off character in a sketch on a 1978 episode of The Muppet Show ...

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The Muppets make everything ... front and center in this movie, with Ketmit playing Mark. Phillip Haldiman should still play Denny and Tommy Wiseau should make a cameo in the film, of course.

There are a variety of possible reasons, but we’ll propose just one: movies just don ... that make the Muppets the Muppets: catchy musical numbers, celebrity cameos, big boundless comedy ...

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