ABBA's Muppet Tribute

[BlueFrackle]

From a UK Newspaper -

ABBA's Muppet Tribute

Super Swedes ABBA are to be reunited for this year's Eurovision Song Contest - as Muppets.
It is 30 Years since the band won the event with 'Waterloo', and music chiefs wanted to stage a tribute.
Although Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Annifrid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog rejected a reunion, they agreed to put their voices to Muppet-style puppets of them for a comedy film to be shown at the BBC3 televised semi-finals on May 12.
The Final is on May 15 in Istanbul.

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"Muppet-style puppets" doesnt sound too promising. Maybe we need a word from Hensons...


- Warrick

 

[Whatever]

Huh, I'm an ABBA fan, but I agree that it doesn't sound too good.

 

[Phillip]

ABBA may see this as a Muppet tribute, but Henson may not. Hopefully the script writer didn't get Muppet/puppet confused. It sounds interesting though.

 

[BlueFrackle]

This is next week.

 

[Phillip]

Please let us know how it turns out.

 

[BlueFrackle]

Ok, Guys!

Its tonight at 8pm... Then repeated at 2am!

Im not hopeful that it IS Muppets... But im hoping that it is.

Did that make sense?

 

[Fighbird]

Saw the last half of it, and loved it! Lots of cameos and one of my favourite actors (Rik Mayall) in it as well.

But who has the skinny on it? Was it Henson-produced?

 

[Fighbird]

Foud this article here from a swedish newpaper (sorry, swedish only), saying that the video is produced in Sweden by a swedish director, and he did indeed get in contact with the Henson people. Who, where and when? Didn't say that...

 

[JaniceFerSure]

I loved ABBA in the 70s.I haven't heard about this tribute though.Hope the final result works out.

 

[Fighbird]

Did some more research and found this article in english, and it was indeed the Creature Show who did the puppets.