The Muppet Movie

I Netflixed The Muppet Movie because I hadn't seen it since I was a child, and because it is surprisingly hard to find. I had only fond memories, but it still managed to be far funnier than I remembered! The movie was ostensibly made for children, but it wasn't condescending in the least...there wasn't a single fart joke. Not that there's anything wrong with fart jokes, but...you know. Also, Muppets drank wine!
Winfreys enjoyed it, and we all had "Movin' Right Along" stuck in our heads all day. This song really comforts me, and I hope it does the same for you.

Jim Henson

If I'm to believe Google, Sesame Street's 40th anniversary was last week. Since this blog is nothing if not topical, I decided to make a post about Jim Henson THIS week. Sesame Street was a big, big, big part of our childhood. I can't even count how many times we watched the special about Big Bird going to the hospital (but never the special about firefighters, because Alex was scared of it). And we used to constantly rewatch our library's only VHS tape of The Muppet Show (with the Alice Cooper episode AND the Vincent Price episode). This video, Time Piece, is an experimental short film by Jim Henson. Winfreys (highly) recommend.

Mother, Jugs and Speed

I like to think I'm a pretty good detective. Actually, I know I'm a pretty good detective. I'm nosy, stubborn, and I don't respect other people's privacy, which means that I can generally get to the bottom of any mysterious situation. But sometimes, the answers elude even me, and I'm forced to rely on fate.
Alex and I heard this crazy disco song on the first season of The Muppet Show a couple of years ago, and I've been trying to locate it ever since. I kind of forgot about it, until H. and I were watching this awful/amazing movie on TV Saturday night. It was after SNL, which is obviously the time that all the classics are shown. The movie was called Mother, Jugs & Speed. It was an ambulance comedy (seriously, I don't know any other way to describe it!) from the 70s starring Bill Cosby (Mother), Raquel Welch (Jugs) and Harvey Keitel (Tony? I know!). It was so bad.

Anyway, as the end credits rolled, I recognized the song. It was THE SONG from The Muppet Show. I guess the song "Dance" by Paul Jabara is like true love: you can only find it when you aren't looking.
It's pretty ridiculous on its own, but it's infinitely better when a puppet is singing it.

Twin Beaks

Sorry to our multitude of readers (I'm sure you number in the twos!) for posting something that is really only interesting to me and Alex (and even then, only marginally interesting to Alex), but this needs to be shared with the world. Just the fact that Sesame Street made a Twin Peaks parody called Twin Beaks is funny enough, but the best part is the bird named David Finch. DAVID FINCH, can you believe it?? No, because you don't care.



So that was great, but can I point out what a dumbo the first commenter is? Sure, it would be a great idea for Elmo to dress up as a midget and dance. And it would also be awesome to have Sesame Street's Bob, known for his calm and gentle demeanor, dress up as a denim-suit-wearing, long-haired, sadistic soul killer (oh, oops, spoiler) that gave me, a 22 year old, horrific nightmares.