It's all right. You can get your cheap laughs. I shall remain the dignified superstar that moi am."
-Miss Piggy to "Jonathan" at the 52nd Oscars
What was Miss Piggy so miffed about in April 1980?
She was there to introduce the Best Original Song nominee "The Rainbow Connection" but when Johnny Carson tried to speak to her she gave him the silent treatment at first, turned her back on him. "It's because I'm a pig, isn't it?" She yelled into the microphone and throughout the presentation she peppered in references to her Best Actress snub for The Muppet Movie (1979).
Jonathan, you saw my performance in "The Muppet Movie". Can you stand their in your rented tuxedo and - and - and honestly say that I am not Oscar material?
"They said it couldn't be done!"It was Sally Field who took home the prize Miss Piggy so wanted that night for Norma Rae.
To add insult to Miss Piggy's injury, Norma Rae also nabbed the Best Original Song trophy for its theme song "It Goes Like It Goes" -- Best Pictures don't come with theme songs anymore, do they? -- preventing an Oscar win for the immortal anthem for lovers and dreamers "The Rainbow Connection"
Two years later the pig was back on the broadcast singing the Muppets second Best Song nomination "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper. But this song's loss wasn't much of a crime.
And then a few years after that Miss Piggy was snubbed again for Best Actress for The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) the same year Sally Field took home her second Oscar. I bet I know who Piggy would like to karate chop. It's not as famous as the Bening/Swank rivalry but still...
As for Oscar, since the muppets won't be singing "Man or Muppet" on the broadcast (grrrr) it's pretty clear at this point that when it comes to Miss Piggy. They don't like her. They really really don't like her.