Quazimoto
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- Joined
- Jun 27, 2008
- Messages
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- Reaction score
- 68
My thoughts: It was okay. I genuinely liked most of the Muppet portions. Genuinely loathed most of the Lady Gaga portions. And was mostly indifferent to the shared bits.
Highlights for me were...
- The ending sequence with the "outtakes". Classic Muppet outtake humor there and I loved it. Heck, I could watch a 90 minute special of just Muppet outtakes.
- "Baby It's Cold Outside". I actually really liked that song and thought Lady Gaga was at her best there. For the life of me, I will never understand why she chooses to disguise genuine talent for signing and songwriting behind awful, overproduced, pop-music trash and ridiculous outfits that scream "I didn't get enough attention when I was a child". Strip that crap away and you have a beautiful woman with honest to goodness talent for writing songs and a truly classic voice yanked right out of the jazz era. Kinda sad that she hides it so often.
- I may be in the minority, but I really dug the Electric Mayhem parts. Of course, I love running gags like that and thought the aloof cluelessness fit the group well. They don't think about holidays... they just wanna rock.
- Kristen Bell. Okay, maybe it's because I have a little crush on her, but I thought her "Muppet Groupie" shtick was great. Just hanging around backstage like a little girl lost in Disneyland.
- Bobo!!!
Overall, the show was just alright. Nothing that will last the test of time as a Muppet holiday or a Lady Gaga television special. I don't feel like I wasted an hour of my life (watched it online because I totally forgot to DVR it), but it's probably not something I'd ever watch again (okay - I'll watch the Muppet parts one more time, but fast forward through the rest).
Highlights for me were...
- The ending sequence with the "outtakes". Classic Muppet outtake humor there and I loved it. Heck, I could watch a 90 minute special of just Muppet outtakes.
- "Baby It's Cold Outside". I actually really liked that song and thought Lady Gaga was at her best there. For the life of me, I will never understand why she chooses to disguise genuine talent for signing and songwriting behind awful, overproduced, pop-music trash and ridiculous outfits that scream "I didn't get enough attention when I was a child". Strip that crap away and you have a beautiful woman with honest to goodness talent for writing songs and a truly classic voice yanked right out of the jazz era. Kinda sad that she hides it so often.
- I may be in the minority, but I really dug the Electric Mayhem parts. Of course, I love running gags like that and thought the aloof cluelessness fit the group well. They don't think about holidays... they just wanna rock.
- Kristen Bell. Okay, maybe it's because I have a little crush on her, but I thought her "Muppet Groupie" shtick was great. Just hanging around backstage like a little girl lost in Disneyland.
- Bobo!!!
Overall, the show was just alright. Nothing that will last the test of time as a Muppet holiday or a Lady Gaga television special. I don't feel like I wasted an hour of my life (watched it online because I totally forgot to DVR it), but it's probably not something I'd ever watch again (okay - I'll watch the Muppet parts one more time, but fast forward through the rest).