The Muppets

[TheVocalMan20]

Imagine The current cast of Muppets we all know and love but with Voice Over Artists instead of the usual performers. Who would you cast as who?
Roles to cast:
Kermit
Fozzie
Miss Piggy
Gonzo
Sam The Eagle
Statler
Waldorf
Bunsen Honeydew (and Beaker if you want)
Rizzo The Rat
Rowlf the Dog
Pepe The King Prawn
Scooter
Sweetums
And finally, All the members of the Electric Mayhem (and Lips and Zoot if you want)

[Michaelsar]

I've actually already made a thread here (but that's okay, we can merge them):
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com...ad.php?t=16124

Anyway, here's my updated Muppets fancast. My original one wasn't awful, but there were a few casting choices that I really should've thought out better (Rob Paulsen as Janice?). To make this a little harder on myself, I avoided using anyone that had previously gotten the chance to do these characters.

Kermit the Frog - Eric Bauza or Keith Ferguson
Fozzie Bear - Jeff Bergman (honestly, considering his range, I wouldn't be surprised if he could do decent impressions of ALL the Muppets)
Miss Piggy - Greg Berg (I heard him doing a Miss Piggy impression in his demo reel)
Gonzo - Jess Harnell
Rizzo the Rat - Billy West or Bob Bergen
Rowlf the Dog - Fred Tatasciore or Christopher Swindle
Scooter - Billy West or James Arnold Taylor
Dr. Teeth - Fred Tatasciore
Floyd Pepper - Jeff Bennett
Janice - Frank Welker (doing something similar to his Bo)
Animal - Mick Wingert or Charlie Adler
Zoot - Jess Harnell
Statler - Jeff Bergman
Waldorf - Maurice LaMarche
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Keith Ferguson or Dan Castallaneta
Beaker - Dee Bradley Baker
Swedish Chef - Jeff Bennett or James Arnold Taylor
Pepe the King Prawn - Eric Bauza
Sam the Eagle - Jeff Bergman
Robin the Frog - Patric Zimmerman
Sweetums - Fred Tatasciore
Bobo the Bear - Fred Tatasciore or Christopher Swindle
Link Hogthrob - Jeff Bennett
Bean Bunny - Ben Diskin
Camilla the Chicken - Tress MacNeille
Beauregard - Frank Welker
Walter - Dee Bradley Baker

[HK-47 master]

I've have ideas for a Muppet fancast for a long time so I decided to sit down and write one:

Kermit the Frog-Chris Edgerly
Fozzie Bear-Jeff Bennett
Miss Piggy-Jess Harnell or April Winchell
Gonzo-James Arnold Taylor
Rowlf the Dog-Diedrich Bader
Scooter-Todd Haberkorn
Rizzo the Rat-Ben Diskin
Pepe the King Prawn-Christian Lanz
Sam Eagle-Corey Burton
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
--Dr. Teeth-J.B. Blanc
--Floyd Pepper-Trevor Devall
--Zoot-Nolan North
--Janice-Carlos Alazraqui or Nika Futterman
--Animal-John DiMaggio
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew-Peter MacNicol
Beaker-Eric Bauza
Clifford-Phil LaMarr
Robin the Frog-Eric Bauza
Sweetums-Clancy Brown
Thog-Bob Bergen
Camilla the Chicken-Dee Bradley Baker
Bobo the Bear-Fred Tatasciore
The Swedish Chef-Darin De Paul
Johnny Fiama-Jim Meskimen
Sal Minella-Tom Kenny
Bean Bunny-Dee Bradley Baker
Beauregard-Kyle Hebert
Crazy Harry-Dee Bradley Baker
Lew Zealand-Nolan North
Dr. Phil van Neuter-Quinton Flynn
Seymour-Michael Yurchak
The Newsman-Daran Norris
Uncle Deadly-Maurice LaMarche
Statler and Waldorf-Dwight Schultz and Stephen Root

So what does anyone think?

[Michaelsar]

I like it! Favorite casting choices are Chris as Kermit, James as Gonzo, Christian as Pepe, Corey as Sam, Peter as Bunsen, Eric as Beaker, Phil as Clifford, Clancy as Sweetums, Fred as Bobo, Dee as Bean and Crazy Harry, and Kyle as Beauregard.

Side note, since I posted my cast I've found out that Wally Wingert does wonderful impressions of Kermit, Rowlf and Animal. I'm now convinced that he could probably do good impressions of ALL the Muppets.

[DisneyAnimefan1995]

Originally Posted by HK-47 master

I've have ideas for a Muppet fancast for a long time so I decided to sit down and write one:

Kermit the Frog-Chris Edgerly
Fozzie Bear-Jeff Bennett
Miss Piggy-Jess Harnell or April Winchell
Gonzo-James Arnold Taylor
Rowlf the Dog-Diedrich Bader
Scooter-Todd Haberkorn
Rizzo the Rat-Ben Diskin
Pepe the King Prawn-Christian Lanz
Sam Eagle-Corey Burton
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
--Dr. Teeth-J.B. Blanc
--Floyd Pepper-Trevor Devall
--Zoot-Nolan North
--Janice-Carlos Alazraqui or Nika Futterman
--Animal-John DiMaggio
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew-Peter MacNicol
Beaker-Eric Bauza
Clifford-Phil LaMarr
Robin the Frog-Eric Bauza
Sweetums-Clancy Brown
Thog-Bob Bergen
Camilla the Chicken-Dee Bradley Baker
Bobo the Bear-Fred Tatasciore
The Swedish Chef-Darin De Paul
Johnny Fiama-Jim Meskimen
Sal Minella-Tom Kenny
Bean Bunny-Dee Bradley Baker
Beauregard-Kyle Hebert
Crazy Harry-Dee Bradley Baker
Lew Zealand-Nolan North
Dr. Phil van Neuter-Quinton Flynn
Seymour-Michael Yurchak
The Newsman-Daran Norris
Uncle Deadly-Maurice LaMarche
Statler and Waldorf-Dwight Schultz and Stephen Root

So what does anyone think?

I love this, if the Muppets were to become an Animated series then I would definitely envision it with this cast. My favorite were your castings are Jeff Bennett as Fozzie, Ben Diskin as Rizzo, Todd Haberkorn as Scooter and Doug Erholtz and Stephen Root as Statler and Waldorf.

[Jacobrl1999]

Kermit the Frog - Wally Wingert
Miss Piggy - Chris Diamantopoulos
Fozzie Bear - Eric Bauza
Gonzo - Thom Huge
Scooter - Frank Welker
Pepe the King Prawn - Maurice LaMarche
Rizzo the Rat - Dee Bradley Baker
Swedish Chef - Eric Bauza
Rowlf the Dog - Wally Wingert
Dr. Teeth - Fred Tatasciore
Floyd Pepper - Carlos Alazraqui
Zoot - Jess Harnell
Janice - Eric Bauza
Animal - Wally Wingert
Statler - James Arnold Taylor
Waldorf - Jim Meskimen
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Alan Tudyk
Beaker - Eric Bauza
Sam the Eagle - Maurice LaMarche
Sweetums - Brian Cummings
Camilla the Chicken - Frank Welker
Bean Bunny - Dee Bradley Baker
Beauregard - Frank Welker
Walter - J.P. Karliak
Newsman - Wally Wingert
Clifford - Greg Eagles
Mahna Mahna - Brian Cummings
Snowths - Eric Bauza
Penguins - Tom Kenny
Robin the Frog - Trevor Devall
Bobo the Bear - Fred Tatasciore
Link Hogthrob - Jeff Bennett
Dr. Julius Strangepork - Bill Farmer
Waldo C. Graphic - Tom Kenny

[ManVoice]

Got some Muppet VA recasts I wanna show myself.


Kermit the Frog: Rob Paulsen
Miss Piggy: Carlos Alazraqui (little out of the box but if she modified her Mrs. Crocker voice from Fairly Odd Parents, it'd work)
Fozzie Bear: Rodger Bumpass
Gonzo: Corey Burton
Rowlf the Dog: Maurice LaMarche
Animal: Fred Tatasciore
Rizzo the Rat: James Arnold Taylor
Scooter: Eric Bauza
Sam the Eagle: Fred Tatasciore
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Carlos Alazraqui
Beaker: Dee Bradley Baker
Dr. Teeth: Fred Tatsciore
Janice: Jess Harnell
Floyd Pepper: Keith Ferguson
Zoot: Eric Bauza
Statler: Scott Menville
Waldorf: Fred Tatasciore
Sweetums: Dee Bradley Baker
Pepe the King Prawn: Carlos Alazraqui

[Michaelsar]

I'm iffy on Rob as Kermit and Scott as Statler, but the rest looks pretty good.

[ManVoice]

Originally Posted by Michaelsar

I'm iffy on Rob as Kermit and Scott as Statler, but the rest looks pretty good.

Fair. I primarily picked Scott based on his performance as Elderly Robin on TTG:https://youtu.be/Yz3MLYNM4Tg?t=206


Anywho gonna do one for the Sesame Street Muppets too:


Big Bird: Tom Kenny (if he modified his SpongeBob voice a bit, he'd fare well I think)
Oscar the Grouch: Jeff Bergman
Ernie: Keith Ferguson (he has been suggested for Kermit who sounds similar to him already)
Bert: Rodger Bumpass (honestly Squidward's own voice kinda gives Bert inflections, makes me wonder how he'd do)
Elmo: Eric Bauza (hey, he does have range with some falsettos that could an Elmo esque voice like here in his demo: https://youtu.be/tEEKLyi-3s8?t=56)
Grover: Peter Kelamis (he seems to be doing some voicework in both Vancouer and USA like Ian Jones Corlett, and he did voice double as Yoda, who gives some Grover esque inflections)
Cookie Monster: Maurice LaMarche (his Taz basically sounds like Cookie Monster already: https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com...dventures/Taz/ )
Telly Monster: Fred Tatasciore (eh, why not?)
Baby Bear: Eric Bauza
Count von Count: James Arnold Taylor
Snuffleupagus: Tom Kenny (someone did comment how much Martin sounds like Tom as Snuffy)
Zoe: Lauren Tom (little out of the box, but if she modified this voice, she'd be okay: https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com...ds/Toni-Sento/ )
Abby Cadaby: Pamela Adlon (seems like a natural fit)
Rosita: Grey Griffin (she has done Mexican characters before, all she'd need to do is do a bit of a Mexican Lola Loud esque voice and she'd work)

Also off topic but if he had the chance to do so before his stroke and subsequent retirement, could Tom Kane have pulled off any of Frank Oz's characters given he did voice double for him as Yoda?

[ManVoice]

Say, how would Kevin Michael Richardson fare as Kermit? Strange idea I know, but this clip does show him impersonating Kermit: https://youtu.be/ffsecKS72l4?t=52