Fozzie Bear on Jimmy Kimmel Friday May 13

[ChellisPal]

Nuff said....bring on the Muppets, they are back!!!

[GelflingWaldo]

In order to promote the upcoming Muppets' Wizard of Oz (which airs on Friday May 20, 2005 at 8/7c on ABC), Fozzie Bear will make an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" this week. Tune in to Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday, May 13, 2005 to see Ozzy Osbourne, Fozzie Bear, and musical guest Erasure.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" is shown on ABC at 12:05am (so technically it is really early Saturday morning). Be sure to tune in to ABC to see Fozzie and Jimmy chatting and having fun. This should be a fun television appearance by Fozzie (helmed by Muppeteer Eric Jacobson). Muppet fans may remember that Grover also helmed by Eric Jacobson) appeared on the show in April to plug the 36th season of Sesame Street. Kermit the Frog also appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 2003. Fozzie is sure to delight the audience and provide a fun segment for fans to enjoy. You don’t want to miss this appearance – so say up late, tune in, and watch (or at least set your VCRs and check it out over the weekend).
Source: http://gelflingwaldo.blogspot.com/2005/05/fozzie-plugs-oz-on-kimmel-this-friday.html

[MrsPepper]

Yes! I will be taping this! :)

[Erine81981]

YES I'LL BE TAPING IT TOO!! YEAAAAAA!!!! I know that Kevin will want to watch this all! Go get your Tapes ready now!!!

[Erine81981]

Is everyone ready for Fozzie Bear to be seen on Jimmy Kimmel tonight? I know that I am! WOOOOOOOO!!! Fozzie your the bear with the act to make funny!!! Maybe Statler and Waldorf will be there too. That would be funny.

[Vic Romano]

12:05am... is this EST?

[Fozzie Bear]

Is someone going to tape this? I may need to do something to make some sort of swap.

[Katzi428]

I need to get up pretty early tomorrow(5AM :p ) but I'm going to try & watch.

[Vic Romano]

Is someone going to tape this? I may need to do something to make some sort of swap.
I will, tape it.

[a_Mickey_Muppet]

I will, tape it.

same here, I'll be taping it! ;)

[guysmiley4ever]

hee hee...I'm watching it now. Pretty funny stuff.
Frank Oz isn't doing Fozzy's voice anymore?
:(

[Rowbes]

hee hee...I'm watching it now. Pretty funny stuff.
Frank Oz isn't doing Fozzy's voice anymore?
:(

It's Eric Jacobson. He performs most of Oz' characters including Piggy and Animal. Glad to know its worth watching, it won't be on here for a few hours.

[GelflingWaldo]

I have to say that I love Eric Jacobson more and more. He was excellent tonight! No disrespect to Frank, but Eric is great as Fozzie and I hope to see him continue for years with the character. He really has captured the essence of the character and is just perfect as Fozzie. I miss Frank, but now seeing what Eric has done I wish the transition was done earlier, starting around Muppets Tonight when Frank (and Fozzie and Piggy) started slipping away. It was also a treat to see Rizzo show up, and the Star Wars Screen Tests (with Kermit, Pepé, Fozzie, and Animal) was also priceless. I am loving what Disney is doing with the characters and what Eric is doing with Fozzie.

[TogetherAgain]

"but can you believe it, they gave it to some puppet"
Oh poor fozzie.
I should have known when he said his agent was a rat that rizzo was gonna show up. silly me, wasn't expecting it. but I loved it!

[beaker]

It was kind of painful to see Fozzie's appearence, but I think that is his schtick he does best(the 'crickets and tumbleweeds' thing) A bit forced, and it was obvious Ozzie isnt much a Muppet fan. But as always, it's always great seeing Muppets on tv. I liked Grover's appearence too not to long ago. It was great seeing Rizzo...I was surprised they didnt have Statler and Waldorf.

[AndyWan Kenobi]

I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't know about it until right before the stand-up comedy part. Was there any more before or after that with Fozzie? I liked the "Wocka Wocka the Wookiee" joke, but that's because I'm in full-on Star Wars mode.

:o

[D'Snowth]

It was funny, but I prefer Grover's recent apperance better. The audition tape of Kermit, Pepe, Animal, and Fozzie trying out for the part of Yoda was hilarious. I just wonder though what that bleeped word was that Ozzy Osbourne said that made Fozzie upset.

[Daffyfan2003]

It was funny, but I prefer Grover's recent apperance better. The audition tape of Kermit, Pepe, Animal, and Fozzie trying out for the part of Yoda was hilarious. I just wonder though what that bleeped word was that Ozzy Osbourne said that made Fozzie upset.

Yeah. That was good and I liked that Rizzo made an appearance as Fozzie's agent. Another thing to say in response to Ozzy Osbourne's dialogue upsetting Fozzie, I've noticed the Count made an appearance too and he said something that was bleeped out. That was strange.

[The Count]

ASo much to go through...

1 Daffyfan, when did the Count appear on Jimmie Kibble?
2 The screen test bit's a Muppetism from one of the Time-Life Best of TMS DVD's.
3 There was a bit of interview with Fozzie before his stand up performance.
Fozzie: We tried to get Ozzy on the Muppet Show. We tried to get his band, Black Sabbath. But we couldn't get them, and the best we could do was a band named Maroon Varmitzva.
That one was a good joke.
He also talked about Muppets Wizard of Oz, saying he played the Cowardly Lion, the mane part.
He said he was in Los Angeles and got himself a rat as his agent... A real rat, they're crawling all over the streets.
The drummer came in late on that joke and I understand why, it's more of an NY than an LA joke.
4 Would've been greater if Statler and Waldorf had been there heckling Foz too. And here are some of my home comments timed to Fozzie's routine.

Fozzie: Hey everybody, welcome to a professional comedy show.
*Statler: Then what are you doing on the stage?
Fozzie: Come on guys... You'll grin while I bear it!
*Waldorf: We'll groan while bearing your bad jokes.
Fozzie: I got a part in Star Wars, I play WockaWocka the funny Wookie.
*Statler: So why did we get stuck with the unfunny one?

You get the gist of it.
A good appearance, glad I was able to watch it again.

[Rowbes]

Watched it before bed, and it made me dream that I was at a public Muppet appearance with Eric Jacobson as his assistant. He let me play Fozzie while he went on break. It was pretty cool. :o

[Boober_Gorg]

The Count appeared at the end of the regular montage "Unnecessary Censorship." I understand they have that feature every Friday, and that characters from SS and Between the Lions are featured on it (probably from blooper reels).

[Vic Romano]

...I was surprised they didnt have Statler and Waldorf.
Me too, I really thought that would've been a great moment, oh well, at least Steve did his best character.
I just wonder though what that bleeped word was that Ozzy Osbourne said that made Fozzie upset.
Ozzy dropped the "F" bomb, and I was very pleased to see Fozzie react like he was upset and embarassed, it showed there's still some innocence in his character and the Muppets in general, something I personally thought went out the window in IAVMMCM.
The Count appeared at the end of the regular montage "Unnecessary Censorship." I understand they have that feature every Friday, and that characters from SS and Between the Lions are featured on it (probably from blooper reels).
The "Unessary Censorship" segment takes scenes from television shows (usually aired that week, not bloopers) and bleeps out regular words to make you think they're using curse words, it's just a gag and nothing more. This is the third time I've seen them use the Count for this segment.
All in all, I guess it was okay. Eric is getting better and better. He's no Frank in my opinion, but he's real darn close. I agree with beaker, some of it seemed too forced, but not humiliating. I'll give the performance a B and feel happy that this appearance made me more comfortable and excited about MWoO, good job.

[Xerus]

It was kind of painful to see Fozzie's appearence, but I think that is his schtick he does best(the 'crickets and tumbleweeds' thing) A bit forced, and it was obvious Ozzie isnt much a Muppet fan. But as always, it's always great seeing Muppets on tv. I liked Grover's appearence too not to long ago. It was great seeing Rizzo...I was surprised they didnt have Statler and Waldorf.

I too was wondering if Waldorf and Statler were in the audience, for they always seemed to show up whenever Fozzie is performing. I guess Dave Goelz couldn't make it that night.

[Erine81981]

I loved it all the way. I liked at the end when they were seen with Sharon (Ozzy's wife) dancing with the music. It seemed that Rizzo was wearing the same outfit in MTM. The hat and shirt looked it I just think that it says "Rizzo' other then "Pete's". But I loved it and couldn't get enough of it.

[Fozzie Bear]

Man, I wish I had seen it! Whoever taped it and got a good clear copy, email me: FozzieMup@aol.com.

[beaker]

I think they just had Fozzie as a play on names with Ozzie Osbourne as a guest. I cannot stand that bumbling old rocker or his pathetic reality show...such a passing fad. And people consider Muppets old nostalgia. It looked as if Fozzie was being accosted metaphorically when Ozzie was repeatedly using the F word.
Kermit oe Pepe would have came back with something witty, but Fozzie; like Telly or say Wembley is still of pure mind:)
Anyways, it's just great seeing Muppets *other* than Kermit on the talk shows...I didnt think I'd be seeing Grover and Fozzie on late night tv so that was great.

[ryhoyarbie]

Man I missed the whole show! I forgot about it! I was watching Cheers......

ryan

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm just happy to hear that they gave Fozzie some stand-up time! I've always complained that he never gets to do stand-up, and that's his job!

[Vic Romano]

Kev; did you get my e-mail?

[Fozzie Bear]

I dunno, Vic. I have to re-check it and see what's in my mailbox. I get so many "Are you the REAL Fozzie Bear?!" emails that in the midst of them I sometimes miss one. I'll check again, thanks!

[D'Snowth]

Will Tough Pigs have a transcript like they did with Grover?

[ChinoXL]

I remember the last time he was on jimmey kimmel nobody was laughing at any of his jokes he was totally bombing but it was great seeing him