I think I've developed one of Fozzie's habits...

[rexcrk]

Ok so this week I've been in band camp (actually today was my second day) and when we're learning our drill for marching it can be pretty stressful. Whenever I get kinda stressed out I take off my hat (we gotta wear a hat so we don't get too burned!) kind of like Fozzie does on The Muppet Show. It's pretty funny

 

[Gonzo14]

that Fozzie thing is weird, I too am in Marching Band playing the trumpet, we have practice from 6-10 every night, we're outside 'til 8, then we go inside and work on music memorization, but you probably have harder practices since you have a camp for band

 

[ryhoyarbie]

You guys are in band? I was in band in highschool. I played in the perscussion. I played the bass drum. Man those were the days.

Here's a link to the band website I used to play for. www.poteetpirateband.org

ryan

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I get nervous I wring my baseball caps in my hand, I have a nervous laugh, and I also have a disgruntled moan that he does. Weird, huh?

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

I was in Jazz band

 

[Vic Romano]

Do you scratch your head and whimper when you do it?

We should start a band thread of some kind here, especially for trumpet players! I've been playin' for over twenty years now, I too was in the band and I taught both for schools and studios for several years! Brass players UNITE!!!

 

[Beauregard]

I foudn myself doing a Fozzie move today, covering my face and turning away in kind of mock-embaressment at something.

Questian: Are we doing what Fozzie does, or is Fozzie just imitating what happens in real life!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Hm... interesting question there, Beau...

The Muppets definately effect how I react, though... I've started saying "Sheesh" and scrunching up my face like Kermit, I have a tendency to sound like Beaker when I'm poked- well okay so I've done that, but... I don't see anything wrong with imitating Muppets, because they're imitating us, so if we're imitating them we're really imitating them imitating us, and in a way they're imitating us imitating them imitating us...
...or something like that...

 

[rexcrk]

that Fozzie thing is weird, I too am in Marching Band playing the trumpet, we have practice from 6-10 every night, we're outside 'til 8, then we go inside and work on music memorization, but you probably have harder practices since you have a camp for band

What a coincidence! I play trumpet too! That's probably why I like Lips so much

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I've started saying "Sheesh" and scrunching up my face like Kermit

HA! I do that, too!

I also "Good Greif" alot (Peanuts fan here), as well as have a problem believing when someone compliments me, "Me? Really, Me? Out of everyone else, me?" You know that whole thing Charlie Brown does.

Beau, you asked a great question! I think that you're probably right. I bet the Muppets DO imitate real-life...after all, that's one of the wonders of puppetry: taking something false and making a truth out of it. Pieces of cloth suddenly become so realistic that we begin to have an emotional attachment to it.