The Muppets is here and the Muppets are finally back. Sigh. We did it.
Category Archives: Muppets
Muppet Monday: Our Long-Awaited Thoughts on the Impending Arrival of ‘The Muppets:’ Or Why We’re Dreading the Thing We Wanted More Than Anything Else
In two days The Muppets will return to theaters after more than a decade away from the big screen. It seems like just yesterday that we were salivating over the whispers of a Muppet resurrection orchestrated by Jason Segel (yes, that Jason Segel). After spending years on the brink of obsolescence – thanks to bad business deals, changing tastes, the boom of CGI, and general Hollywood bureaucracy – it began to seem like the Muppets would never be given the opportunity to recapture the glory they once possessed, that they would forever be relegated to an aging, evermore antiquated attraction at Disneyland, and truly exist only on DVD and in the hearts and memories of people over 25. We yearned for their return, and while we never imagined their savior would be a geek in shining armor like Segel, we were thrilled when the rumors began to circulate that someone who grew up on the Muppets, someone who loved and cherished them as much as we did, was going to resuscitate them. Not some out of touch, graying puppeteers, or even the Henson family, but someone with a fresh, relevant perspective whose primary hope was to honor the spirit and style of Jim Henson. We could not have been more excited.
And now, with The Muppets about to unspool at theaters across the country, what we feel is not excitement, but trepidation. Why? Because of this:
Parting Shot: Ride of your Life
Pick me up
Filed under Freak Out Control, Muppets, Parting Shot, Robots
You were a fucking genius. Thanks again.
(and thanks for Google for rightly recognizing said genius).
Filed under Brilliance, Lady Holiday, Muppets
Muppet Monday: Alien Invasion
They’re coming.
And they’re intent on world domination.
The Muppets International poster via Vulture.
Filed under Freak Out Control, Muppet Mondays, Muppets, The Big Screen
Gratuitous Search Term Bait of the Day: No Idea (Every Search Term is a Snowflake)
SO! Today’s search term is “muppet of dolphin.” And, as the title of this post indicates, we have no idea what that means (maybe it’s late and we’re tired and in the morning it’ll make sense, but not now). So, here’s our best guess to approximate what you out there might have been looking for.
Our favorite Dolphin related scene!
A video featuring Lew Zealand, a Muppet whose trademark is throwing fish!
And, finally, my new Muppet (possibly named Lewis) from the FAO Schwarz Muppet Whatnot Workshop!
Covering our bases!
Filed under Gratuitous Search Term Bait, Huh?, Local Flavor, Muppets
Parting Shot: Not Your Mother’s Red Book
Jim Henson’s concepts for Muppet theme park rides, as indicated in the Red Book, his journal of single line entries. Genius. What should have been.
Filed under Brilliance, Muppets, Parting Shot
Last Week on ‘Top Chef’: An Intersection on the Venn Diagram of Things That We Love
A new Top Chef in just a few hours. But can anything top last week’s episode with featuring Sesame Street AND Target? Probably not!
A few highlights!
- COOKIE MONSTER. DUH!
- Elmo suggests perhaps making a cookie out of zucchini and daikon and dirt and cobwebs and rice cakes and Canadian pennies. Luckily, Cookie Monster tells him to shut the fuck up.
- Cookie Monster invokes the five second rule and is pretty much just the best.
The Best
More: Cookie Time! And then it’s off to Target for a slumber party! Bring your green hat!
Jumped The Snark 