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(Original post - Side note: Piggy's Fantasy, which was dissed repeatedly earlier in this thread, is one of my favourite Muppet sequences of all time) Why, thank you Heralde. I was beginning to wonder if anybody else liked it. I know the song is ridiculous and over-the-top (as was most of the...

The Seinfeld Babies too? The historical Elvises? :crazy: Actually, with all the Avengers hype I kept flashing back to MT's "Thor, God of Thunder" recurring sequence. The library episode in particular cracks me up every time, and Jerry Nelson's over-the-top announcer voice fit perfectly into...

Apart from having one of the best cameos of all time (in TMM) and one of the best TMS episodes of all time IMHO, Steve Martin also has one of the best Muppet-related quotes of all time (as reprinted in The Saturday Evening Post, December 1980): "Some days you just don't want to talk to people...

I wasn't going to respond to this thread at first but then I found the concept rather intruiguing, so here goes... The Muppet Movie Favourite: Rainbow Connection (Side note: Three other songs came close) Least favourite: Never Before, Never Again (although the accompanying footage is...

I think you're on the wrong thread... (Also, there was a Whitmire-Kermit-only "Rainbow Connection" posted on iTunes when the soundtrack for The Muppets was released back in November...)

That's a good comparison, Bandit. It reminded me of a MAD Magazine spoof of the WB Store Catalogue back in '99, which featured a Taz T-shirt with the caption: "I once expressed a thought (which I now regret) that I thought Taz was 'cool,' so my friends and family keep inundating me with shoddy...

Count me in on the call for new Pigs in Space - not only do I think Steve, Eric and Matt can pull off Link, Piggy and Strangepork (individually and together) but I think it would fit into the geek-chic/sci-fi culture of today. And you just know there are a subset of lapsed Muppet fans that would...

"Rainbow Connection" is far and away my favourite, but "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday" is a strong second. As a touring musician, I have enjoyed playing both of those songs almost as much as I enjoy listening to them. I don't think "Hey, A Movie" gets nearly the credit it deserves. It's a...

Mrs. Otter and I were delighted to catch that one again, quite by accident - we had seen the original broadcast and it was just as funny the second time. The best thing about the Piggy-vs-Sharon-Osbourne battle is that Sharon totally buys into it. She and Julie Chen were already doing a great...

Not as obsessed with Fraggle Rock as I am with TMS and the Muppets in general, but I'm happy to hear this news and you know Mrs. Otter and I would line up at our local multiplex for a Fraggle movie. Thanks for sharing this news!

Which brings me to another part of the movie that makes me laugh every time: Both of Scooter's arms sticking out of that Muppet Man sleeve, which indicates that poor Scooter is jammed into that tiny sleeve! I wonder if, like Pinkflower, this will wind up being the Muppet movie I see the most...

There were a couple of brief-but-meaningful moments like that in this movie. I think I audibly gasped the first time I saw the scene in Kermit's house where Walter, Gary and Mary each sing/recite a line from the TMS theme song - which was already featured in the trailer so I knew it was coming...

Well said, Miss Muppet! Another observation: The first time I saw the film, it looked like Kermit didn't want to open up the "O" door in the Muppet Telethon sign and was almost resigning himself to dredging up past memories in a desperate effort to save the theatre. But the next two times I...

Since people are still sharing their thoughts on The Muppets, I thought I'd add a few observations that Mrs. Otter and I made when we watched it for the third time after picking up the Wocka Wocka Pack a few weeks ago. (We got the Wal-Mart special edition with the Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy and Gonzo...

That's one of my favourites, too. I also smile at the thought of an annoyed Kermit mocking Piggy's "oo-dee-boo-boo-boo" baby-talk to Foo Foo during the first onstage sequence after the opening theme. Piggy got a great line at the end, too, when Janice came onstage looking for Floyd (who...

YES!!! Weird Al's 2003 Eminem parody "Couch Potato" (spoofing "Lose Yourself") name-checked "the Muppet Show where they go 'Mahna Mahna'" so it's time to return the favour!!! Seriously, count me in on the "Muppet road trip" idea. One of the things I like the best about Muppet movies are the...

Mrs. Otter and I caught the Muppet portion of The Bachelorette when it aired Monday and we were both thrilled and relieved that (a) it was over in the first hour so we didn't have to waste our time with the rest of that nonsense, and (b) it didn't put the characters in the position to be misused...

Watched the Spike Milligan TMS episode last night - I had completely forgotten how funny it is in the sketch where Lew Zealand, offstage, asks Spike, "Can we have our chicken back?" Which, of course, launches a few minutes of nuttiness with Lew and Spike onstage together. (And while he...

TMS Season 3: Loretta Lynn, Spike Milligan, and Danny Kaye. Brilliant!

Just watched The Muppets in French. I was rehearsing with a fellow musician for six shows we're doing in northern France in August, so I thought I'd keep the French vibe going. I'm happy to report the movie holds up extremely well en francais. (Even the songs with dubbed French lyrics - there's...