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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: erika on July 21, 2008, 01:14:39 PM
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Screw you, muppet haters. FOTs post your muppet content here:
I know this guy in real life:
(http://robotskirts.com/images/wp/muppet.jpg)
(http://a177.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/108/l_cdb95794b067ed5fed5ad0e689d379a0.jpg)
I want a doozer:
(http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/3/33/JudgeGavelDoozer.jpg)
Monsters!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDljd_7Yq0[/youtube]
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Oh, I totally forgot about the doozers. They rule. Also, I know this is off-topic, but can I just say that redneck comedy sucks?
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i'm all over this thread.
what about the fact that (your favorite freak and mine) jason segel is currently writing the next muppets movie? HOT DAMN!
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Doozers do rule. They are such good little workers. I'd like some for my desk... who do you have to call to make that sort of thing happen?
Rednecks? Muppets? Got you covered!
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/f/f7/Sesamecountry.jpg/300px-Sesamecountry.jpg)
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you know who i'd like for my desk?
wait for it.
teeny little super guy.
(http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/tlsg.jpg)
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OH MY GOD THAT'S MY FAVORITE! Yes. Teeny cup guy. Need one.
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Doozers do rule. They are such good little workers. I'd like some for my desk... who do you have to call to make that sort of thing happen?
Rednecks? Muppets? Got you covered!
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/f/f7/Sesamecountry.jpg/300px-Sesamecountry.jpg)
Poor Bert is stuck playing the washboard!
Down with redneck comedy and hooray for Muppets!
I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good. He's also mentioned that he really wants Paul Williams to come back and help write the music, which would be fantastic.
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[I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good for Segal's wallet to cash in on nostalgia rather than attempting something original.
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Rednecks? Muppets? Got you covered!
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/f/f7/Sesamecountry.jpg/300px-Sesamecountry.jpg)
I listened to that album religiously when I was five. I also had a 45 of this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyH1v8GRCGA[/youtube]
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[I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good for Segal's wallet to cash in on nostalgia rather than attempting something original.
I don't mind a cash in if it's done well, the problem is that 99.9% are awful. I think Segel's heart is in the right place with this though. I haven't seen any of the recent Muppet films but they all sounded pretty bad. I see this as a chance to make them awesome again, by someone who is a big fan.
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[I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good for Segal's wallet to cash in on nostalgia rather than attempting something original.
Gravy, if one wanted to make a Muppet Movie, how would they do so without "cashing in on nostalgia"
The guy likes Muppets. I like Muppets. I get it.
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[youtube]HItxDvCsV7k[/youtube]
The children I take care of's parent's have the "Sesame Street: Old School" DVDs sets. The other day, the three of us were watching, and this skit came on. I vaguely remembered it. We were all laughing and having a great time, but when the teeth started tearing the desk apart, Sadie, who is one-year old, started hysterically crying and screaming, and I couldn't get her to stop for 20 minutes. When I looked this up on youtube, the tag said that apparently a lot of children were scared by the teeth.
Also, it sounds like Don Knotts is doing the voice.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/qqRDct1IDI8
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I am way too tired to find it on youtube, but my absolute favourite has always been the one where there are all these bunnies dancing around and then the monster comes in and bites all their heads off.
For some reason, in the early 90s, the christian television station 'round these parts used to show like eight episodes of the muppets in the middle of the night. My mom taped them every day and that was basically all the tv I ever watched until I turned about 6.
My first fully formed sentence was "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Dudley Moore!" from (I guess) the episode..Dudley Moore was...on? I am told this freaked my parents out.
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My first fully formed sentence was "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Dudley Moore!" from (I guess) the episode..Dudley Moore was...on? I am told this freaked my parents out.
That is so awesome.
Although: The museum at which my girlfriend works as a docent will definitely be having a Muppets exhibit next year. Opening weekend happens to coincide with my birthday, so if you'll be in the Orlando area, look out for a 26 year old guy grinning like a fucking idiot. I've said it before and I'll say it again- The Muppet Movie, all time top 5.
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Although: The museum at which my girlfriend works as a docent will definitely be having a Muppets exhibit next year. Opening weekend happens to coincide with my birthday, so if you'll be in the Orlando area, look out for a 26 year old guy grinning like a fucking idiot. I've said it before and I'll say it again- The Muppet Movie, all time top 5.
You can't just throw that out without saying the name of the museum.
The Muppet Movie is one of those rare things from childhood that still holds up for me today. In fact, I probably enjoy it more now than I did when I was little.
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Although: The museum at which my girlfriend works as a docent will definitely be having a Muppets exhibit next year. Opening weekend happens to coincide with my birthday, so if you'll be in the Orlando area, look out for a 26 year old guy grinning like a fucking idiot. I've said it before and I'll say it again- The Muppet Movie, all time top 5.
You can't just throw that out without saying the name of the museum.
The Muppet Movie is one of those rare things from childhood that still holds up for me today. In fact, I probably enjoy it more now than I did when I was little.
http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/henson/main.htm
Here's a link about that. It's a Smithsonian Institution exhibit traveling across the country. It's not coming towards me until 2010, but I'll be there.
I watched the Muppet Movie, Great Muppet Caper, and Muppets Take Manhattan recently and they all hold up for me. All three are classics!
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I was just about to post those tour dates.
Orlando, next Feb. Very yes.
It's in D.C. now: Go see it, jerks!
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Awesome, it opens the day before Halloween in Chicago...too bad it's 2 years from now.
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Ooooooh I'll be in D.C. at the end of August!!! How perfect. Hooray!!
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Great Muppet Caper was on loop when I was a kid.
Recent Muppet Movies blow.
They need to be reinvigorated the same way Batman, James Bond, and other tired franchises have been.
NEW BLOOD!
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They need to be reinvigorated the same way Batman, James Bond, and other tired franchises have been.
Perhaps in a gritty, realistic hour long show. Like Sesame Street meets The Wire.
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I think I've said this before, but a newish muppet movie that I adore is The Muppet Christmas Carol. It was made soon after Henson's death, and it's just wonderful...everything from the music to Micheal Caine as Scrooge.
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The Muppets make absolutely no sense today. They would only make sense as a snarky parody of their former selves. Their former selves were already pretty wise-assy for ostensible children's entertainment, but wisecracks from felt things are no longer as cool as wisecracks from rudimentarily animated and minimally designed cartoon characters. I think the only viable Muppet venture would have to be a straight-to-DVD and $2-per-download internet releases or something. I don't think the next generation would really be on board with the Muppets showing them how to have a good time. I also think that the world really doesn't need more Muppetness. Muppets are like that kid that was kinda brilliant and kinda annoying that you used to hang out with in high school a lot, and then when you got to college you have fond memories, but then you run into him at a diner and are like "Ew buoy, don't need to go back to that place."
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They need to be reinvigorated the same way Batman, James Bond, and other tired franchises have been.
Perhaps in a gritty, realistic hour long show. Like Sesame Street meets The Wire.
The Street
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I agree. I think the muppets should actually all be ultra-realistic puppet depictions of people with real-life, gritty urban problems. The only element that should be kept from the original show is Snuffleupagus.
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I just remembered that this was pretty well covered by Chappelle in both his standup and in that sketch with Q-Tip.
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Can we please discuss the injustice of Elmo being a more popular, pseudo-replacement for the glory that was Grover?
(http://sandradodd.com/scan/grover01)
(http://sandradodd.com/scan/grover02)
(http://sandradodd.com/scan/grover03.jpg)
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[I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good for Segal's wallet to cash in on nostalgia rather than attempting something original.
Whatever. The guy has already proven himself by writing the screenplay for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's not like he's a hack. I'm pretty sure he genuinely loves the muppets and wants to see them done right.
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[I've seen a lot of people giving Segel flack for bringing back the Muppets but I think it could be very good for Segal's wallet to cash in on nostalgia rather than attempting something original.
Whatever. The guy has already proven himself by writing the screenplay for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's not like he's a hack. I'm pretty sure he genuinely loves the muppets and wants to see them done right.
But who cares? It's still the Muppets.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxNf2uCxd3E
As long as Bruce Stringbean isn't thrown under the bus.
p.s.
Elmo ain't shit.
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb238/ensiform/supergrover.jpg)
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Oh my. I want a print of that.
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Can we please discuss the injustice of Elmo being a more popular, pseudo-replacement for the glory that was Grover?
Sure, it's a show for little kids and little kids like Elmo better. It's probably the high voice, or the fact that he tells them he loves them on a regular basis. Just a guess, but that could be more entertaining/popular with kids than Grover learning how to make baskets in Costa Rica. It is, not to be too repetitive, a show for children.
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Even if Elmo is the flagship star of Sesame Street now, as long as the Muppets live on in the hearts of kids, I'm glad.
Don't know if this has been posted in the YouTube thread, but here's Feist's appearance on an upcoming Sesame Street.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI[/youtube]
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I think I've said this before, but a newish muppet movie that I adore is The Muppet Christmas Carol. It was made soon after Henson's death, and it's just wonderful...everything from the music to Micheal Caine as Scrooge.
I love it too. I know it's post-Henson and most people bash all the Muppet stuff after his death but it's a classic Christmas movie that doesn't get the praise it deserves.
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It is, not to be too repetitive, a show for children.
OMG really?? NO shit!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7s2PG0gfDU[/youtube]
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Even if Elmo is the flagship star of Sesame Street now, as long as the Muppets live on in the hearts of kids, I'm glad.
Don't know if this has been posted in the YouTube thread, but here's Feist's appearance on an upcoming Sesame Street.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI[/youtube]
I'll take Celia Cruz over Leslie Feist any day.
[youtube]
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There's some Elmo bashing going on, but ZOE is by far my least favorite new muppet. At least Elmo's been around since I was really small. Zoe carries no familiarity and a laugh that makes my teeth itch.
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It is, not to be too repetitive, a show for children.
OMG really?? NO shit!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7s2PG0gfDU[/youtube]
I get it. You are a child. Sorry for dissing the Muppets, little one.
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I get it. You are a child.
I cannot say this is entirely untrue.
I also genuinely hate Elmo. He speaks in the third person.
This is silly:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc[/youtube]
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The vet hospital sketches were always awesome.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3-Ucjwjy-s&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=WOowwEbgHaU[/youtube]
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(http://www.lyzyrdgyzyrd.com/news/uploaded_images/sesamstraat-742175.jpg)
apparently this shirt was banned in some school
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(http://www.lyzyrdgyzyrd.com/news/uploaded_images/sesamstraat-742175.jpg)
apparently this shirt was banned in some school
Jokes like that make me roll my eyes. Take something innocent and make it sketchy....ooooh! Look! Kermit smokes weed! Calvin pees on Osama Bin Laden! Hahahahaha!!!!
I mean, if people want to see puppets acting like that, they should watch Meet the Feebles or something.
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I remember loving Slimey the Worm's trip to the moon. Wikipedia tells me that I was 7 or 8 at the time, which seems a tad old for that, but I suppose you're never too old for Muppets.
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(http://www.lyzyrdgyzyrd.com/news/uploaded_images/sesamstraat-742175.jpg)
apparently this shirt was banned in some school
I mean, if people want to see puppets acting like that, they should watch Meet the Feebles or something.
Nobody should watch Meet The Feebles. I watched Dead Alive in it entirety; I could not make it through 25 minutes of ...The Feebles.
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Bert's Budweiser looks like it's filled with Miller Genuine Draft.
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The "tuff" Sesame Street is lame. But I think the M.O.P. song video is great, because of how well it was edited and the footage they chose to use. Ernie popping up from behind that chair?
But I digress, and will go back to a great REAL Muppet Show clip. Best Muppet Show song ever. Shel Silverstein cover too..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1kTui5loCk[/youtube]
i found a much better recording of it a year or so ago, but this is the best that i can find now.
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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEiXbovv98)
The Muppet thread just wouldn't be a Muppet thread without this.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEiXbovv98[/youtube]
The Muppet thread just wouldn't be a Muppet thread without this.
fixed
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urp. thanks. :-[
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It is, not to be too repetitive, a show for children.
Does that mean there's heavy metal on it now?
Jokes like that make me roll my eyes. Take something innocent and make it sketchy....ooooh! Look! Kermit smokes weed! Calvin pees on Osama Bin Laden! Hahahahaha!!!!
This is exactly why I hated every second of that musical Avenue Q. Whoa, there might be a gay subtext on between Bert & Ernie? There's porn on the internet? Gary Coleman is no longer famous? Who the fuck knew?
The live puppetry was actually pretty impressive though.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4TRvYAyt3k[/youtube]
:)
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Jim Henson Co. Ponders Mature Puppet Fare In ‘The Happytime Murders’
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/15/jim-henson-co-ponders-mature-muppet-fare-in-the-happytime-murders/
Written by Todd Berger and Dee Austin Robertson, “Happytime” takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist. But in this world, being made of felt and possessing a set of googly-eyes makes you a second-class citizen. Things turn ugly when, one by one, the puppet cast of television’s “The Happytime Gang” begin turning up dead. It falls to a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private-eye puppet to take on the case — and yes, in noir fashion, he has personal demons and a drinking problem to overcome.
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So it's pretty much going to be Roger Rabbit but with puppets?
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Sure.
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http://store.theonion.com/i-appreciate-the-muppets-on-a-much-deeper-level-than-you-p-44.html
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i'm a humongous jim henson supporting jerk and not liking him is stupid and i'll punch you face.
also if there's any portland people the nw film institute is going to be playing movies and oddities on the big screen starting in may. including commercials, emmet otter, muppet movie, dark crystal, and the great muppet caper.
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also i recently found a vhs rip of Dreamchild up on demonoid and cinemageddon which i strongly recommend. also for you netflix peeps i super strongly urgently demand you see The Storyteller dvd if you havnt already. not the greek myths thing which was made after the tragic loss.