Rita Moreno and Animal on Kennedy Center Honors December 29, 2015

[TheMuppetFan]

So, I tuned into the Kennedy Center Honors and they were honoring Rita Moreno, and they talked about her performance on The Muppet Show, then showed a clip of Moreno with Animal singing "Fever", then there was a commercial break.

After the commercial break, I heard the announcer mention this actress then the announcer said, "AND ANIMAL!" I dropped everything. I couldn't recognize the actress, but it was the actress and Animal recreating "Fever!" It was a great performance. Some notable people I saw in the audience laughing were Julie Andrews and Michelle Obama.

Comment below your thoughts on this appearance, if you've seen it.

 

[D'Snowth]

I only caught the tail end of it, but it was nice that they could recreate a great moment from TMS.

 

[Phillip]

Here's the special from last night. Rosie Perez and Animal appear at about 12 minutes into the show singing "Fever" after the first commercial break.

http://www.cbs.com/shows/kennedy_ce...2549BC/the-38th-annual-kennedy-center-honors/

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Nice that they were allowed to acknowledge that Animal has a puppeteer.

 

[antsamthompson9]

Here it is on YT. I love Rita's reaction when she saw Animal:

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Nice that they were allowed to acknowledge that Animal has a puppeteer.

So they did show Eric performing him? I thought I saw that, but I wasn't sure. Quite interesting. Plus I didn't know about it before I saw it. I just turned it on for the heck of it, so that was a nice surprise.

 

[Muppetboy09]

I didn't see Eric Jacobson anywhere in the performance...

 

[TheMuppetFan]

I didn't see Eric Jacobson anywhere in the performance...

Yeah. Neither did I, but I just watched the performance when it aired on TV, so maybe I missed something. I don't know.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

I didn't see Eric Jacobson anywhere in the performance...

Well I found this image from the event,i'm not sure if it was televised or not

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

I think the trouble is we don't see Eric in person too often, unlike with Frank so it's hard to tell exactly what he looks like. But thanks for sharing that photo. It sort of gives us a general idea.