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orangerfulWe're going to see Muppets Most Wanted tomorrow and I am far more excited than someone my age should be. I love the Muppets. ADORE them.
For many people, when you say Muppets, they think of Sesame Street, and rightly so - that show has been on the air for 45 years. But the Muppets I adore are from The Muppet Show. And even though they have been toned down a bit since becoming a Disney property I still love them to bits.
The Muppet Show was just ending it's initial TV run when I was born but I some how managed to catch a lot of the shows as reruns. Some tv station in Virginia must have run them every morning and I (or more likely my Mom) set up the VCR and taped them every day, on SLP, so I had a huge collection of Muppet Shows that I watched over and over and over. It gave me an appreciation for all different kinds of music (guest stars ranged from Opera Singer Beverly Sills to 70s pop singer Leo Sayer to brilliant comedienne Gilda Radner), a twisted sense of humor (torturing Beaker is so wrong yet so right) and how a show can work on so many different levels. The Muppet Show was truly a family show, with something that everyone could appreciate.
I know Jim Henson and Company, and in particular The Muppets, shaped the way I view the world. Over the next week or so I'm going to do little appreciation posts to highlight The Muppets, Jim Henson, and the Henson Company because they can never have enough.
This is one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME and this is the only way I have ever heard it. It's so melancholy yet beautiful. Even as a child, I felt something with this song, even though the emotions that Paul Williams sings about were not even known to me yet. But did that stop them from running it on The Muppet Show? No, it was a variety show for all ages. I have so many feelings when I listen to this song now. Beautiful.
LOL oh Danny Kaye and Miss Piggy, singing together after their big fight. Kaye makes the mistake of saying that he had met Miss Piggy before, back when she was thin. LOL, yeah. It was numbers like this that introduced me to classic popular music and also taught me that oh so wicked humor I love. Good thing Miss Piggy is made of felt or those karate chops would really leave a mark!
One more for tonight, 70s pop star Leo Sayer, up in a tree, singing a sweet love song. There is really no reason for me to know who Leo Sayer is, his career was done before I was born. But he was a guest star on The Muppet Show so I saw him over and over when I rewatched my tapes. This is another song that I've always liked. Another bittersweet melody.
I could go on but I think that's enough from me for tonight -- but what about you? What are some of your favorite Muppet Music Moments?
For many people, when you say Muppets, they think of Sesame Street, and rightly so - that show has been on the air for 45 years. But the Muppets I adore are from The Muppet Show. And even though they have been toned down a bit since becoming a Disney property I still love them to bits.
The Muppet Show was just ending it's initial TV run when I was born but I some how managed to catch a lot of the shows as reruns. Some tv station in Virginia must have run them every morning and I (or more likely my Mom) set up the VCR and taped them every day, on SLP, so I had a huge collection of Muppet Shows that I watched over and over and over. It gave me an appreciation for all different kinds of music (guest stars ranged from Opera Singer Beverly Sills to 70s pop singer Leo Sayer to brilliant comedienne Gilda Radner), a twisted sense of humor (torturing Beaker is so wrong yet so right) and how a show can work on so many different levels. The Muppet Show was truly a family show, with something that everyone could appreciate.
I know Jim Henson and Company, and in particular The Muppets, shaped the way I view the world. Over the next week or so I'm going to do little appreciation posts to highlight The Muppets, Jim Henson, and the Henson Company because they can never have enough.
This is one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME and this is the only way I have ever heard it. It's so melancholy yet beautiful. Even as a child, I felt something with this song, even though the emotions that Paul Williams sings about were not even known to me yet. But did that stop them from running it on The Muppet Show? No, it was a variety show for all ages. I have so many feelings when I listen to this song now. Beautiful.
LOL oh Danny Kaye and Miss Piggy, singing together after their big fight. Kaye makes the mistake of saying that he had met Miss Piggy before, back when she was thin. LOL, yeah. It was numbers like this that introduced me to classic popular music and also taught me that oh so wicked humor I love. Good thing Miss Piggy is made of felt or those karate chops would really leave a mark!
One more for tonight, 70s pop star Leo Sayer, up in a tree, singing a sweet love song. There is really no reason for me to know who Leo Sayer is, his career was done before I was born. But he was a guest star on The Muppet Show so I saw him over and over when I rewatched my tapes. This is another song that I've always liked. Another bittersweet melody.
I could go on but I think that's enough from me for tonight -- but what about you? What are some of your favorite Muppet Music Moments?
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Date: 2014-03-24 12:33 am (UTC)I missed out on the Muppet Show, but I remember loving the movies (especially the Muppets Take Manhattan) and always watched Muppet Babies. I also adored Fraggle Rock (and Sesame Street).
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Date: 2014-03-24 04:48 pm (UTC)I really liked it. It wasn't as good as the previous one but I still felt it had some great moments and I will probably add it to my Muppet collection when it's available on blu-ray. :)
love love love Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, and Muppet Babies. I wish they would work out the rest of the rights and release the last few series of Muppet Show and Muppet babies on DVD !!!
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Date: 2014-03-24 03:59 am (UTC)Hope you enjoyed the movie :)
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Date: 2014-03-24 04:55 pm (UTC)I wish they would release the rest of the Muppet Show on DVD - music rights have halted it for the past few years. But come on, Disney owns them now! They have more money than anyone!!
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Date: 2014-03-25 12:00 pm (UTC)I've never been a great fan of Sesame Street I was always more of The Muppets and Fraggle Rock kind of girl. ;)
My favourite Muppet music moments are :
Gene Kelly! ♥ I always get a little bit misty eyed over this.
Julie Andrews. Because I'm a Sound of Music geek.
I will always love this song.
Oh, and basically the whole Muppets Christmas Carol soundtrack is completely flawless.
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Date: 2014-03-25 12:53 pm (UTC)"Goldfinger" with Rizzo and his band of rats stealing the gold bars from the scenery.
Just about all of the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas Special, especially the "figgy pudding" bit that you commented on recently!
Harry Belafonte and the Muppets singing "Turn the World Around." IIRC, Belafonte sang it at Jim Henson's memorial service. The feels can't be described.