Muppet Film and TV References

[Muppet fan 123]

Just saw the Modern Family episode where it starts off where the couple is getting into an argument with a dad about letting his kids see a violent horror film...then they realize oops, they accidentally were in the wrong theater...showing the new Muppet movie! Too hilarious! I swear Modern Family is one of the best newerish tv shows.

I hate that episode. I usually like Modern Family becuase it's brillinatly funny. But I can't believe Disney had their own show try to make fun of The Muppets when they're trying so hard to make older audiennces go to this movie.

 

[Muppet fan 123]

Love that episode. And Lily's reaction later. "You saw the Muppets without me?" Priceless.

Ehh... while it was priceless I hate the whole episode. After she said that Mitchell says "No, we only stayed for the first two numbers" That's not the Muppets that's Sesame Street!!

 

[Drtooth]

I hate that episode. I usually like Modern Family becuase it's brillinatly funny. But I can't believe Disney had their own show try to make fun of The Muppets when they're trying so hard to make older audiennces go to this movie.

That wasn't the point at all. it was more like subliminal marketing. When the episode was first aired, the first commercial on the commercial break of that scene was The Muppets trailer. That was BRILLIANT marketing. They ran that trailer during Glee the break after that kid sang "It's not Easy Being Green."

 

[Muppet fan 123]

Check out today's Pearls Before Swine comic!!

 

[animalrescuer]

I found a video featuring Jeff Dunham from the late 80s to early 90s with an early version of Peanut and about halfway into his act, Peanut does several Muppet impersonations. See for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=SPa4-UsZQDk

 

[Teheheman]

I was watching backlogs of the Colbert Report(Cause I can't watch them with my internet restrictions that I place on myself, long story, won't get into it) BUT, he had Bjork on and the beginning of his show he was introducing the segments and when he got to the guest, he pulled out 2 spoons and started imitating the Swedish Chef but added "Bjork Bjork Bjork"

Daniel

 

[Sgt Floyd]

In the move The Gate, one of the key plot points is some symbols burning into one of those magic doodle things (with the plastic sheet on top and the clay stuff under it), and the one used in the movie was a Follow That Bird one. You can only see it briefly in one scene. They seem to try to hide the top of it whenever they show it.

 

[Muppet fan 123]

That wasn't the point at all. it was more like subliminal marketing. When the episode was first aired, the first commercial on the commercial break of that scene was The Muppets trailer. That was BRILLIANT marketing. They ran that trailer during Glee the break after that kid sang "It's not Easy Being Green."

It's actually not. Adults are turned off by hearing that it's a kids movie and teaches numbers and letters.

 

[Drtooth]

Scene from this week's American Dad... before it airs, too...

I assume they're supposed to be the Muppet Babies considering Kermit and Animal's outfits.

 

[Muppet fan 123]

I saw a special screening of Argo last night. Very surprisingly, a movie about six American hostages escaping from Iran has a Muppet reference in it.