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Sam and Friends BookSeeing that thing in action, it's decidedly less interesting and more baffling. There's being experimental and then there's "Dear Lord! What have we done?" The fur face and clean shaven torso are mildly disturbing, not "this is horrific" so much as think of a very hairy guy with hairy arms and a disgustingly shaven chest. The lack of hair makes it more unsettling (stomach wise, that is). And the fur isn't quite attached to the back of his head, so it flows when he moves. Like he has a bad Mullet that somehow covers his face.
It's a very experimental character design and it doesn't exactly pay off well. Had he been hairy all over 'cept for his bottom lip and finger tips, that may have been cool. But frankly, he looks a little ...well...sloppy for an official Muppet production.
Other than that, I expected him to sound a little creepier, but he came off having the cadence of Elmer Fudd. Essentially talking like him without the r and l speech impediment.
It's a very experimental character design and it doesn't exactly pay off well. Had he been hairy all over 'cept for his bottom lip and finger tips, that may have been cool. But frankly, he looks a little ...well...sloppy for an official Muppet production.
Other than that, I expected him to sound a little creepier, but he came off having the cadence of Elmer Fudd. Essentially talking like him without the r and l speech impediment.
