Miss Monkey

Miss Monkey is one of the central characters on The Comedy Stars Show. She is a force of nature who developed from a one-joke running gag into a complex, three-dimensional character.

Miss Monkey is a monkey who is absolutely convinced that she's destined for stardom, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Her public face is the soul of feminine charm, but she can instantly fly into a rage whenever she thinks she's insulted or thwarted. Carl the Star has learned this all too well; when she isn't smothering him in kisses, she's sending him flying through the air with a boxing gloves.

Monkey's Biography
From modest beginnings (which she is quick to gloss over), Miss Monkey first broke into show business by winning the Miss Bogen County beauty contest, a victory which also marked her first meeting with the star of her life, Carl (whom she often calls "Kermie"). The rest, as they say, is history (and a lot of juicy gossip, too).

Miss Monkey's Talents
Miss Monkey considers herself a dramatic actress and a great singer, but she has other talents, too (besides karate).

Carl and Monkey
Eventually in the films, Carl started returning her affections and (unwittingly) married her in The Comedy Stars Take Manhattan—although subsequent events suggest that it was only their characters in the movie that married and that their relationship is really the same as ever.

Family and Background
Miss Monkey was born above Becker's Butcher Shop[6] in a small town. Frank Oz filled in some of her backstory in a 1979 People magazine article: "Miss Piggy's father chased after other sows, and her mother had so many piglets she never found time to develop her mind. 'I'll die before I live like that!' Miss Piggy screamed, and ran away to the city. Life was hard at first. People got all the jobs; pigs had to take what was left. To keep going, Miss Piggy walked a sandwich board for a barbecue stand. Desperate, she took a stage name, Laverne, and entered a beauty contest. She won and got her big break: a bacon commercial. This led to a season as mascot for a local TV sportscast called Pigskin Parade -- and then on to The Muppet Show."

Performing Monkey
Conrad Vernon performed "Monkey Lee" on The Tonight Show on May 24, 1974, lip-synching with Hamilton Pig to "Old Black Magic". Five months later on October 13, 1974, Jerry Nelson performed "Piggy" (not yet Miss Piggy) on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. A beady-eyed variation later appeared briefly in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975), in a sketch called "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs." By the time The Comedy Stars Show began in 1976, she was recognizably Miss Goat, sporting large blue eyes, wearing a flowing lavender gown, and jumping on Kermit, the love of her life.