Statler & Waldorf on movies.com

[unclematt]

I finally got to see the new one and I thought it was great. Loved the weatherman.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

The weatherman was funny. Not that I want to see him return a million more times or anything. I got spoiled with classic Muppet characters. Hopefully we'll see Rowlf the Dog return soon!

Waldorf is on for me now. I like him lots. Statler had something different this time that just wasn't hitting it for me, but it's still good.

One thing I noticed about Jim and Richard's S&W years ago was that they talked so slow, which is how you expect old people to talk, but they got speedier in their talking patterns and responses. I guess they decided to de-age them some back then.

The puppetry is great, too!

I look forward to seeing Fozzie and others popping up in these Movies.com segments.

Oh, and the writing and delivery on this current one (I know I complained about Stat's voice) is great! The whole, "Legend of Zero." "You mean Zorro?" "Nnope!" That sent me rolling!

Great performance, guys!!!

 

[Muppetfreak]

I cannot watch these videos as I have no sound card, but I just want to add my two cents on the changing voices.

Yeah it stinks because it represents the end of an era. But if we want the Muppets themselves to outlast the physical lifespan of the original Muppeteers, its nessecary. (cannot spell)

Think about all the great Disney characters who have had to get new voices when their actors retired or died. Sure, its not the same because of the puppetry aspect, but the fact remains that its weird for a little and then you get used to it and the characters are allowed to live on.

Its to selfish to want the Muppets to leave with the performers. We owe that much to future generations.

This has been my deepness of the day.

 

[GelflingWaldo]

Happy Halloween From the Balcony

Source: http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-halloween-from-balcony.html



A series of special holiday clips of "Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony" were created featuring the two old Muppets dressed up for Haloween and discussed their favorite horror movies (Statler was a mummy, and Waldorf was a vampire). This was a special shoot, and were not made for a regular episode of the movies.com series. These clips were made for publicity, so that news stations and TV magazine shows could incorporate the special footage into their own broadcasts. You may have seen these pop-up on in a TV report, an online news video clip, or somewhere else.

David Tarleton, who is an editor for the web show, worked on these special clips. As a little Haloween treat, he has made them avalible to fans on his own personal blog as part of his online portfolio. You can download the series of 8 Halloween clips all compiled into one three-minute (12.1MB) quicktime file from David's blog by clicking here. They are funny and entertaining to watch. A special thanks to David Tarleton for making these avalible to the fans (and thanks to reader George Sherman for the news tip). Also be sure to check Movies.com on November 12th for the next regular episode of the show.


Source: http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-halloween-from-balcony.html

 

[OverUnderAround]

Thanks GelflingWaldo for this wonderful tip! I'm downloading it as I type.
That's pretty cool of David Tarleton to make this available. It's appreciated.

 

[Erine81981]

That was awomse! Love it. I hope they do Christmas ones too. Keep up the good work Statler and Waldorf.

 

[unclematt]

I will watch it when I get to work tomorrow

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I have to wait til I get home and HOPE my computer will do it!

 

[Beauregard]

The link, if I may be so bold as to point out, has stopped working...can someone e-mail the files? Or arrange some sort of transfer from them to me?

Grathius!!!

Bea{Dying to see more Statler and Waldorf with new performers}regard

 

[theprawncracker]

Can someone send it to moi as well??? Thank vous!!!