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Beaker's Ballad SLYT Muppet Post... one minute and 17 seconds of your time. It's been a rough day... this might help...
If I could buy Statler and Waldorf a Mefi account, I would.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:10 PM on April 10, 2010 [13 favorites]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:10 PM on April 10, 2010 [13 favorites]
Are there any MeFi accounts not either Statler-powered or Waldorf-owned?
posted by DU at 7:12 PM on April 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by DU at 7:12 PM on April 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
I don't usually comment in my own posts (well, sometimes, but....not usually)..
However.. I just stopped by to say I love the muppets! My first son was born 3 months after Sesame Street aired in 1969. I spent YEARS and YEARS watching it with my two kids. Lots of good memories, we laughed, cried, sang, danced.. good stuff, good for all of us.
This country has done a lot of things wrong, but Sesame Street may be one of the jewels in our crown.
posted by HuronBob at 7:16 PM on April 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
However.. I just stopped by to say I love the muppets! My first son was born 3 months after Sesame Street aired in 1969. I spent YEARS and YEARS watching it with my two kids. Lots of good memories, we laughed, cried, sang, danced.. good stuff, good for all of us.
This country has done a lot of things wrong, but Sesame Street may be one of the jewels in our crown.
posted by HuronBob at 7:16 PM on April 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
This is their latest: Stand by Me
Caution: Probably not a good idea to show this to small, impressionable children. Like I did. *hangs head* My daughter looked at me and said, "OH NO! POOR BUNNIES!!!!!"
posted by zarq at 7:16 PM on April 10, 2010
Caution: Probably not a good idea to show this to small, impressionable children. Like I did. *hangs head* My daughter looked at me and said, "OH NO! POOR BUNNIES!!!!!"
posted by zarq at 7:16 PM on April 10, 2010
zarg.. I saw the "Stand by Me" one first... I was going to post that... but when they didn't segway into "little bunny foo foo", I was so disappointed, I went with Beaker!
posted by HuronBob at 7:20 PM on April 10, 2010
posted by HuronBob at 7:20 PM on April 10, 2010
BURNINATION
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:28 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:28 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
So sad! Sing, Beaker, sing! Don't let the haters get u down!
posted by wemayfreeze at 7:29 PM on April 10, 2010
posted by wemayfreeze at 7:29 PM on April 10, 2010
LEAVE BEAKER ALONE!!!!!
posted by Hardcore Poser at 7:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by Hardcore Poser at 7:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
Omigod Youtube finally makes sense to me. I get it now. I "subscribe" to the Muppets, and I GET MUPPETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HuronBob, you are a beautiful human being.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:56 PM on April 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
HuronBob, you are a beautiful human being.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:56 PM on April 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
It's wrong how much that made me laugh. I don't care. I LOVE THE MUPPETS.
I wanted to marry Kermit when I was about five years old. As in I seriously thought that there was a possibility I could legally marry the frog. MAN, I HATED THAT PIG.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 7:58 PM on April 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
I wanted to marry Kermit when I was about five years old. As in I seriously thought that there was a possibility I could legally marry the frog. MAN, I HATED THAT PIG.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 7:58 PM on April 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
This was hilarious - seriously full on best of the web - until the very end. For some reason the new guys voicing Stadler and Waldorf don't sound right. Harshes my muppet buzz.
posted by The Bellman at 8:05 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Bellman at 8:05 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Great link, muppets or gtfo.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 8:22 PM on April 10, 2010
posted by Samuel Farrow at 8:22 PM on April 10, 2010
Is he died?
posted by ericost at 8:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ericost at 8:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I am super stoked about new muppet videos! I was prepared to be all crotchety tonight, but those plans are CANCELLED!
posted by troublewithwolves at 8:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by troublewithwolves at 8:37 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I saw the "Stand by Me" one first... I was going to post that... but when they didn't segway into "little bunny foo foo", I was so disappointed, I went with Beaker!
You can't ever go wrong with Beaker. :D :D
My kids have started watching Sesame Street and I'm slowly introducing them to clips of the Muppet Show. They're not really comprehending most of it yet, I think. But it's been fun watching their reactions to clips I remember from my childhood for the first time.
Until, of course... the bunnies and squirrels get eaten.
posted by zarq at 8:59 PM on April 10, 2010
You can't ever go wrong with Beaker. :D :D
My kids have started watching Sesame Street and I'm slowly introducing them to clips of the Muppet Show. They're not really comprehending most of it yet, I think. But it's been fun watching their reactions to clips I remember from my childhood for the first time.
Until, of course... the bunnies and squirrels get eaten.
posted by zarq at 8:59 PM on April 10, 2010
"Let's Digg it until it's buried!" Awesome.
posted by azpenguin at 9:10 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by azpenguin at 9:10 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Obligatory: Beaker sings 'Habanera' from Carmen and Ode to Joy. Bonus: Testing out Dr. Honeydew's pumpkin carving Carve-a-Matic. (My sister and I have been declaring 'tah-dah' aka mee-eee! for months now.
posted by ao4047 at 11:00 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ao4047 at 11:00 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Incredible. No harm in a little Muppet evolution, but Waldorf and Statler have new voices? I didn't realize. I hope I don't notice now. They've always been my favourites, followed closely by Beaker and Chef. Really, I should have been in bed an hour ago.
posted by randomyahoo at 1:43 AM on April 11, 2010
posted by randomyahoo at 1:43 AM on April 11, 2010
Really, I should have been in bed an hour ago.
So should I. Then I wouldn't have had to watch this! MWA! HA! HA!
posted by Cironian at 3:54 AM on April 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
So should I. Then I wouldn't have had to watch this! MWA! HA! HA!
posted by Cironian at 3:54 AM on April 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
No harm in a little Muppet evolution, but Waldorf and Statler have new voices? I didn't realize.
Jim Henson (who did Waldorf) died twenty years ago. Richard Hunt, who did Statler, died two years after that.
posted by briank at 6:14 AM on April 11, 2010
Jim Henson (who did Waldorf) died twenty years ago. Richard Hunt, who did Statler, died two years after that.
posted by briank at 6:14 AM on April 11, 2010
I just feel obligated to post in this thread. So here's something that's only kind of related.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 11:32 AM on April 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 11:32 AM on April 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
I wanted to marry Kermit when I was about five years old. As in I seriously thought that there was a possibility I could legally marry the frog. MAN, I HATED THAT PIG.
You too, huh?
posted by orange swan at 11:42 AM on April 11, 2010
You too, huh?
posted by orange swan at 11:42 AM on April 11, 2010
Yeah, for the most part I love the new Muppets stuff; it's as good as anything they've done. But the Statler and Waldorf voices are just wrong. They really bug me.
posted by EarBucket at 4:42 PM on April 11, 2010
posted by EarBucket at 4:42 PM on April 11, 2010
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Internet on the Muppets: I'm too shocked to know if that's good or bad.
posted by DU at 7:05 PM on April 10, 2010 [1 favorite]