In case you missed half 1 and half 2, right here’s a fast recap: Muppet followers in every single place helped create a listing of the highest 70 Henson moments of all time. However as a result of 70 isn’t practically sufficient, the ToughPigs workers put our brains collectively to make our personal High 70 Muppet Moments listing. And that is half 3!
Did any of your faves make the listing? If not, we’ve obtained two extra days after this, so preserve a watch out!
“…The goat?” [Muppets From Space]
by Beth Cook dinner
Poor Rentro (performed by Bobo). His boss is a myopic, more and more unhinged jerk making an attempt to (spoiler) steal Gonzo’s mind. As Rentro’s in the midst of making a sandwich—which makes me fear that Singer doesn’t let him take his federally mandated 30-minute lunch break—Singer intercoms him: “The goat.” In that two-second pause, Rentro have to be questioning, “What a couple of goat? Does he need me to carry him a goat? In that case, which goat is he asking for? Be extra particular, sir!”
“You and I and George” (The Muppet Present)
by Anthony Strand
Rowlf was a headliner with Jimmy Dean, however by the mid-Seventies his star had pale. He was diminished to being a background participant on some present hosted by Kermit, his previous colleague throwing him a bone. However in The Muppet Present’s very first episode, Rowlf woofed again to life. His efficiency of this novelty tune is brief, however he precedes with a deadpan monologue in regards to the file’s abysmal gross sales. I gained’t spoil the joke. It is best to simply go watch it, as a result of Rowlf delivered it superbly. The Muppets’ first large star nonetheless had it, and he spent the following 5 seasons proving it time and again.
All of “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” however particularly the top (Fraggle Rock)
by Beth Cook dinner
What can I say about “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” that hasn’t already been mentioned on Fraggle Discuss: Basic or in Matthew’s 40 Years Later overview or on Introduction Calendar Home or on Kermitment or anyplace else individuals focus on nice previous vacation specials? We love to speak about it as a result of it’s simply so good! Too few vacation specials concentrate on particularly the winter solstice, the pure rhythm of the seasons, vacation disillusionment, and the ability of formality—and this one does all of it with lovable Fraggle winterwear, attractive music, and a Weeba Beast. Some years you’re a Cantus, some years you’re a Gobo, however that’s precisely why so many Muppet followers preserve coming again to it, making it a part of our vacation traditions. “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” is assured to thaw a frozen coronary heart, however don’t neglect your mittens!
“Mary Had a Bicycle” (Sesame Road)
by Ryan Roe
A few of Sesame Road’s best moments train children how you can do issues accurately by displaying Muppets doing them incorrectly, in entertainingly silly methods. Grover is the champion of this schtick, however Don Music would possibly simply be the runner-up. “Mary Had a Bicycle” is the quintessential Don Music bit, with Don struggling to write down a tune that the children at house already know exists, failing to write down the tune, and counting on the assistance of Kermit to complete it with ridiculous new lyrics. It’s so satisfying when the tune is full and the backup singers rush in to sing it… virtually as satisfying as when Don bangs his head on the piano!
“Don’t Neglect to Watch the Film”
by Shane Keating
Movie show pre-shows have gotten so insufferable. However, if I obtained to see this as a substitute of that Nicole Kidman factor, I wouldn’t thoughts in any respect. If you consider it, Child Natasha was actually the Nicole Kidman of the Nineteen Nineties. Such a trailblazer! Anyway, it is a enjoyable musical brief that crams in loads of characters and humorous jokes in a very brief time. Go watch it earlier than each film you stream!
The Rhyming Sport (Sesame Road)
by Jarrod Fairclough
Keep in mind again when Sesame Road scripts had been extra seen as “recommendations”? Jim and Frank actually took that and ran when it got here to Ernie and Bert sketches. Whereas there are some performers who would have made a mistake and ended the take, as a substitute right here Jim makes an error and he and Frank roll with it. After all, I’m speaking about “What, what, hmm?” and Bert’s response. Certain, it is a humorous sketch anyway, however the error right here brings a deep humanity to Bert and Ernie, but additionally to Frank and Jim. They had been simply a few associates wiggling dolls. It’s disappointing the lamp shade didn’t need to take part although. It truly is a pleasant shade.
“Happiness Lodge” (The Nice Muppet Caper)
by Matthew Soberman
I believe, a lot as I like “Rainbow Connection” and “Collectively Once more,” that is my favourite tune from any Muppet film. This has extra jokes packed into three-and-a-half minutes than some comedies have of their complete scripts. It’s a completely sensible solution to introduce the overwhelming majority of the Muppet ensemble within the movie, paying a musical tribute to a crumbling crash pad by reminding us what makes a spot house: all of the fantastic canines and rats and musicians and Pops. Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo, three scrappy underdogs making an attempt to avoid wasting their careers with the interview of the century, have discovered a spot that’s nothing however scrappy underdogs. And it doesn’t damage that it ends with Sam the Eagle’s defining line. Who wants a kitchen or a working elevator? I need to keep on the Happiness Lodge!
Perfect Toys business
by Danny Horn
It should have appeared like such a good suggestion on the time: getting Jim Henson and the Muppets to make a TV business for their very own line of puppets from Perfect Toys. What the Perfect execs truly obtained was an avant-garde brief movie during which Rowlf the Canine tries to promote the viewers what look like residing puppets with minds of their very own. “Oh purchase us, oh purchase us, oh purchase us, we beg!” the Kermit dolls chant. “And if you happen to don’t purchase us, we’ll chunk you within the leg.”
“Within the Good Previous Summertime” (The Muppet Present)
by Anthony Strand
Loads of Muppet Present visitor stars deal with the Muppets like fellow performers. What’s outstanding about this tune is that Pearl Bailey treats Floyd like an previous buddy. The 2 are hanging out in Pearl’s dressing room, and it actually seems like “Within the Good Previous Summertime” is a tune they’ve been enjoying collectively for many years. The efficiency is free and laid-back. They each snigger and quip via your complete tune, going off-script and appearing delighted at one another’s selections. This isn’t one human and one puppet – it’s simply two buddies having a blast.
Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim (Muppet Treasure Island)
by Katilyn Miller
Is there something extra to say about Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim that hasn’t already been mentioned about Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim? When you say Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim, it speaks for itself. It’s the ultimate plea of a dying man to have his final needs revered. Why are you laughing? That is as severe because the Plaguemans.
Luis and Maria get married (Sesame Road)
by Anthony Strand
Sesame Road spent all of season 19 constructing as much as Maria and Luis’s wedding ceremony. When the massive day arrived in episode 2485, they actually went all out. Jeff Moss wrote a full-fledged opera, giving all the people and Muppets an opportunity to affix within the celebration. We hear in regards to the wedding ceremony from everybody’s perspective, from the bride and groom’s relations all the best way all the way down to ringbearer Elmo. The songs are additionally extraordinarily memorable. I had the “What a morning, it’s Maria’s wedding ceremony day” tune in my head all through my precise wedding ceremony day, so I say nice job, Jeff Moss!
Peter Falk on bench with Kermit (The Nice Muppet Caper)
by Drake Lucas
Each metropolis particular person can relate: You’re sitting on a bench and any person sits down and begins telling you their very own weird story and tries to promote you one thing. If solely it was Peter Falk! We’re all trapped on this bench with Kermit as this stranger rambles on about his failed dry-cleaning enterprise as if that was what triggered Kermit’s points. Peter Falk is finest identified for his function as Columbo, the detective who might determine every little thing out. On this case, although, Kermit tells him he’s one hundred pc incorrect about every little thing. Have to like that the film will take three minutes out of the plot to let the grandpa from The Princess Bride let you know a narrative that has completely nothing to do with the remainder of the movie – actually a Muppet cameo at its finest.
Piggy is Fired (The Muppet Present)
by Danny Horn
It’s as near a cliffhanger as The Muppet Present ever will get: Miss Piggy has planted a gossip merchandise within the tabloids that she and Kermit are secretly married, and when Kermit finds out, he goes right into a blistering tirade that ends with “PIGGY, YOU ARE FIRED! FIRED!” Piggy fires again that she’s the star of the present, however Kermit insists that she will be changed — by Loretta Swit, the episode’s visitor star. It’s a heart-stopping second, demonstrating how far the characters have developed because the present started.
Poohbah Roll Name (Fraggle Rock)
J.D. Hansel
One of many first issues we realized about Fraggles is that they’re very foolish, so when Fraggle Rock launched a secret society that was all about silliness, that shouldn’t have made a lot sense. The one solution to make this group stand out is to make them very foolish, and, boy howdy, are they very foolish. The spotlight is the roll name for the trial of Mokey Fraggle, which is crammed with actual foolish phrases like linoleum and made-up foolish phrases like glumberglotz. Jim eats up each with a number of the funniest line deliveries of his profession. Notably, everybody within the membership is called Fritz, which is each the funniest identify and the identify of my great-grandfather. I assume I selected to write down this blurb to maintain the identify within the household. It’s the foolish factor to do.
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