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Spending the Holidays with Miss Piggy and 'A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa'
by Troy Rogers
 It's not often
you get to talk to a living legend, especially
around the holidays since everyone's near their
families. However, in the case of our most recent
interview for the Christmas season, "living"
and "legend" are two different things.
As Christmas ushers in a new season of good cheer, so too are the muppets on NBC on December 17 at 8pm, as Miss Piggy, Kermit, the entire muppet clan, and guest stars like Nathan Lane and Petra Nemcova give family viewers A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa for the holidays. Leading up to the special, we caught up with the legendary, and ageless, Miss Piggy to talk about her fondest memories of Christmas, celebrating the holidays with a member of The Sopranos, and how the muppets avoided getting banned from New York City.
THE DEADBOLT: What's your fondest memory of Christmases past?
MISS PIGGY: My fondest memory? Let's see, you know, it might've been sitting around a campfire with my Kermie and John Denver...
THE DEADBOLT: Nice.
 MISS
PIGGY: You know John?
THE DEADBOLT: Of course.
MISS PIGGY: Yes, and he was a very special
friend to all of us. And we just sang Christmas
songs together and it was wonderful. It was
cold outside but we had the fire and we had
our body warmth, which I shared with Kermie.
THE DEADBOLT: I also noticed there are a few of The Sopranos cast in the special. Was it scary working with Paulie Walnuts?
MISS PIGGY: You know, it was so scary. As a matter of fact, I did not even go near the set that day. I didn't want any trouble.
THE DEADBOLT: I don't blame you.
 MISS PIGGY:
No, I really wasn't there that day. But I heard
they did do a scene in the show and I believe
it was with Pepe and Rizzo. And I don't know,
they lived. That much I know because I saw them
the next day. But, you know, sometimes contracts
take a little while. So there's always hope.
THE DEADBOLT: What was Michael Bloomberg like?
MISS PIGGY: Yes, well, he does make a surprise cameo appearance in the show. Wait a minute, strike that! Strike the word "surprise". I think I just blew that one. And yes, we basically had to put him in the show because he was certainly to - ban us from New York, ban the Muppets from New York.
THE DEADBOLT: Okay, so he strong-armed you then?
MISS PIGGY: Yes, yes. Oh, he takes no prisoners.
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