The Muppets Do Local Open Mic Night

[Muppetto]

It's been a while since I have regularly posted (I've been more of a lurker over the years), but wanted to share a great personal story, having recently watched and enjoyed Puppet Up! on my DVR.

This past June, I heard about an open mic night at a local performance hall and decided I was going to recite some poetry using celebrity voices. I've been performing voices since I was in elementary school and even won 2nd place in dramatic performance during my 5th grade year at a 4-H event.

Anyway, less than 2 hours before I went on stage, I was at home practicing a A.A. Milne poem that I enjoyed reciting as a child and felt as if I was hitting a roadblock. I was flipping back and forth between actual celebrity voices and Muppet voices. As I sat there loosening my vocal chords, I practiced my Swedish Chef impersonation and hummed something. After a moment, I realized what I was humming and decided to print out the lyrics to The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City."

Two hours later, I went on stage for the first time in years and opened myself up to the entertainment gods. I performed with glee as Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Swedish Chef & Animal and won the hearts of the mostly Gen-Y crowd. They erupted into laughs and applause as I finished and many of them approached me afterwards to share their kind thoughts.

I wanted to go back and perform some Christmas tunes as The Muppets this month, but there is no open mic night scheduled.

I suppose there's always next year.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

That's great that everything went so well for you! Congradulations!

 

[BEAR]

Goodluck! Or as we say in showbiz..."Fall over backwards!"

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Sounds great.

I talked a buddy into doing Open Mike Night and he slayed the audience with a fresh, new routine. Great stuff.

I thought about trying it myself with my own jokes, but they're too much like Fozzie's jokes, so I'm scared to try it. Only because I don't want to go home wearing thrown tomatoes and such.