MartyMuppets
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HA HA HA Yeah Caroline. That sounds just like the sort of thing you might see in a cartoon such as Bugs Bunny. And you're right that the Muppets could be rigged up to do it easily but in the context of this hilariously tragic sketch they wanted all the pigs to be killed in a straight-forward realistic manner.
In fact as I look at it I think the last pig probably didn't even have legs at all. Some muppets only go as far down as the waist with the Muppeteers giving the illusion of a lower body as they realistically operate movement.
His buddies were built with legs for obvious purposes but they didn't need legs on him. The upper half was all they required to create the image of the boulders pulverizing him. And it was masterfully accomplished, was it not?
In fact as I look at it I think the last pig probably didn't even have legs at all. Some muppets only go as far down as the waist with the Muppeteers giving the illusion of a lower body as they realistically operate movement.
His buddies were built with legs for obvious purposes but they didn't need legs on him. The upper half was all they required to create the image of the boulders pulverizing him. And it was masterfully accomplished, was it not?