new UPS Commercial: Kermit the Frog and the ever-glamorous Miss Piggy join the growing list of celebrities urging Dale Jarrett to race the truck as UPS unveils its most recent “We want to Race the Truck” commercial during the MNBA Platinum 400 in Dover, Del. this Sunday (FX 12:00 PM ET). The new spot opens with both Muppets poolside. With Miss Piggy sprawling on a chase-lounge, Kermit – the ever demure and kind-hearted frog – reasons with Dale to race the truck. “Dale, I know it’s not easy being you and I sure don’t want to tell you what to do,” begins Kermit. Meanwhile, Piggy mocks his approach upstaging the frog with melodramatic comments like, “Oh brother,” and “You’re blowing it.” Eventually, fed up with the “nice guy/frog,” attitude she bounces off the lounge, plows Kermit (mid-sentence) into the pool and bellows a final demand to the camera, “Race the truck, Jarrett.”(PR)(5-31-2002)
