New Trivia Article about Follow That Bird

[D'Snowth]

https://metv.com/lists/10-fascinating-facts-you-never-knew-about-follow-that-bird

Never heard the one about Elmo supposedly meant to have a larger role in the movie, though. I mean, I've never heard that one anywhere.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Pfft.

If that movie were made today, they'd give him as much screentime as possible.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Pfft.

If that movie were made today, they'd give him as much screentime as possible.

Yeah, probs. But I mean, the last few years have shown that Elmo can actually carry a story when the writers try hard enough. So it wouldn't be too bad.
Though, i'm a little skeptical about that Elmo "fact" because the movie was filmed before Kevin Clash started playing him. Still, a few interesting trivia that I didn't know like about them having to paint the grass green for the farm scenes, and how Jim and Frank actually performed Ernie and Bert in a plane 18 ft in the air, which, from what I hear sounds very much like something Jim would do.

 

[minor muppetz]

I wonder where they got their info about some of these, like Elmo originally going to have a bigger part or John Landis being offered to direct.

If Elmo was given his bigger part, it would have given Richard Hunt a bigger role in the movie.

 

[D'Snowth]

I wonder where they got their info about some of these, like Elmo originally going to have a bigger part or John Landis being offered to direct.

IIRC, there was an interview with Ken Kwapis sometime back about how he got called onto direct FTB, and I think he mentioned being brought in to replace Landis.

 

[Blue Frackle]

Those Dodo's used to freak me out, and the Elmo thing is weird, if it was indeed Richard Hunt who would play him; it would have been odd for them to feature an unestablished character like that.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Even if Richard puppeteered him in that movie, I think eventually Kevin Clash would have dubbed over his voice anyway.

 

[MuppetSpot]

Honestly, I’m surprised Brian Meehl didn’t do Follow That Bird, I think he would have liked to be a major part as Telly. Instead it was Marty Robinson first performance as Telly.

 

[LittleJerry92]

I think that was already in production after he left.

 

[MuppetSpot]

I thought Brian Meehl did Big Bird In Japan after he left.