Muppet Film and TV References

[The Count]

On today's episode of Monster Buster Club on Disney XD, an alien named Moochie with destructive singing voice set up the tech needed to cast his voice and destroy the town/planet. Before warming up he said the lines: "It's time to start the music, it's time to light the lights." :smirk:

[Count von Count]

What is Monster Buster Club?
I don't watch disney ch.

[The Count]

MBC = animated series, four kids protect their town which was built by aliens for aliens from the galaxy's alien criminals and other outer-space baddies.

[Count von Count]

ohh. thanks

[Blue Weirdo]

Robot Chicken just had a new Sesame Street skit. Kermit was trying to teach kids about how sharing is good but then "cousin Gordon Gecko" comes over from Wall Street and starts telling the kids how being greedy makes you rich and successful.

[RedPiggy]

Warning for language and innuendo, but Nostalgia Critic mentions Kermit on his newest Captain N review.

[muppetfan1999]

I have two, and they are both actually sesame street references, the first one is in an episode of Malcom in the Middle where Malcom is high up in the air and the first few lines of the sesame street theme song is played and the other one was in a puppet show I saw. At one point in the show, one of the characters was taking a bath and the song Rubber Duckie. I was so exited when I heard that song in the puppet show.

[muppetfan1999]

Check that, is was so excited when i heard it not exited

[Teheheman]

Guy Smiley=Mitt Romney according to the Colbert Report

Daniel

[Drtooth]

Guy Smiley=Mitt Romney according to the Colbert Report

Daniel

Guy Smiley's evil double, maybe... What happens at the end of all of Guy's game shows happened to the state at the end of Mitt's term.

[RedPiggy]

I'm watching Warehouse 13 right now on Syfy (really, that's the stupidest rename). The male lead just put on night vision goggles or something and said he looked like Kermit the Frog. :)

[Teheheman]

Crud, wrong thread. This is probably the only time I've done this. Now I gotta think of a Muppet reference dangnabit...........um, I'll think of something hopefully something pops up before somebody replies or something.

Daniel

[Gelfling Girl]

You're probably going to think this is so weird, but, then again, it is the Muppets.;):flirt:
I watch lots of game shows, and I have a few videos of whenever they have a Muppet question. If I ever figure out how, I'll probably post them on here. (Although you might be able to hear me screaming the answers at the TV in the background.;))

[Leyla]

<laughs> Gelfing Girl... you are too cute. I love it!

[Gelfling Girl]

This one technically is a book reference, not a TV reference, but in one of the Maximum Ride novels(I'm almost certain it was "The Final Warning), Fang claims he would like to be a scientist like "Dr. Bunsen Burner from that kids' show with the Muppets". I started laughing as soon as I read that.
:confused::eek:

[Leyla]

You know, come to think of it, I have a reference to report. I was watching a funny video by Steven Crowder on YouTube, hunting for Stimulous on the road. So he and a buddy go on a road trip, and naturally the song they are singing and bobbing along to is "Moving Right Along."

[Gelfling Girl]

<laughs> Gelfing Girl... you are too cute. I love it!
Thanks :) BTW: on one of those videos, it was on Family Feud during "Fast Money", and the question was "Who is your favorite Muppet?" and :mad: was the #1 answer, not Kermit. I was a bit surprised by that one.

[Leyla]

You're welcome! and that's great about Piggy! She was the mainstay waaaaay back in the day really. As much as I love Kermit... she was the attention getter in the non-obsessed fan world.

[Gelfling Girl]

<laughs> Gelfing Girl... you are too cute. I love it!
Just wondering, does that make me the "Bean Bunny" of this forum or something? ;)

[muppets2]

?:confused:

[Gelfling Girl]

I can't remember exactly when this was, but I was listening to a local morning radio talk show, and the two women are obsessed with the Twilight series, so the guys made a list of the top 5 greatest vampires (that didn't include any Twilight characters) and one of them was :batty:

[Colbynfriends]

On the new Robot Chicken last night, they had a sketch based off of The Dark Crystal. The "henson people" wanted to make the sequal more modern to sell it to theaters, so they had Jen rapping about Dark Kristal (drink, I don't know how to spell it exactly), and alot of the characters from the movies made apperances thoughout the rap (Kira, Skeksies, Augra, Podlings, Fizzgigs, Mystics, and even Landstrieders I think). Then at the end of it, The producers were drinking something, and (I think) died from it. Also at the end, they were looking at a picture of Jim Henson. I wish I could remeber more, but thats it.

[Kimp the Shrimp]

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a250aae237007d0012370ffb48c0033

Adult themed

[MuppetMazz]

(not TV or movie but) Newsarama had an interview about the new Pixie Marvel comic series. Pretty obscure reference there I think as I wouldn't imagine Wayne and Wanda being casual fan material.

Nrama: Word on the street has it that a major X-villain is Pixie's father? Care to whet the appetites of knowledge hungry X-fans with a hint or two?u2028

Immonen: She’s not a mutant. She’s a muppet. Her parents are actually Wayne and Wanda, the singing duo.

[Vic Romano]

This one is a couple weeks old, but during Woodstock's 40th Anniversary, Howard Stern was talking about some of the acts, and when referring to Bert Sommer, he made a quick reference to him performing with Ernie. Not much, but it made me smile.

[Vic Romano]

Another one! Today on Howard Stern's radio show, he had comedian Pablo Francisco (who does a bit about Kermit and Scarface). Because of Pablo's bit and focusing on his impressions, he briefly did an impression of Kermit, which Howard then imitated.

[Gelfling Girl]

These are technically real-life references, not TV or anything:
One of my teachers got an ELMO* and one of the boys in that class with me was dancing with it, singing "La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's World" and another teacher was buying one, although it was smaller and a bit more like a lamp (not much) rather than the big box-like thing, and somebody said, "It's red like Elmo!" or something along those lines.

(*For those of you that don't know much about this type of stuff [I myself don't know all that much on technology], an "ELMO" is like a projector)

[Vic Romano]

Sesame's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmy's got a nod on The Soup starring Joel McHale. He then proceeded to make a joke about Oscar getting rid of Gordon and sexually forcing himself on Elmo.

[JJandJanice]

Well this is a pretty old one so maybe it's been mention.

But I'm a huge South Park fan and have all DVD releases so far (even the somewhat weak season 2 set), I even watch the show with commentary. Well for season eight in the episode entitled "Woodland Critter Christmas," which is the last episode of the season and maybe one of their most famous episodes, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the creators of South Park) stated that the voices of the "christmas critters" were based on Jim Henson's Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas. They keep going on about it and admitted that as kids they loved the show, but when they watched it as adults, they thought that special was actually "horrible."

Not saying I agree with them on that one, just mentioning it.

[Vic Romano]

Yet another mention on Howard Stern today. Regular caller Wendy the Retard left a voice mail message while performing an impersonation of Miss Piggy telling "Kermie" to call her back. Howard mistakenly believed she was watching Sesame Street before the call, but went on to say the impression was horrible and insinuated the Muppets were more entertaining and worthy of better quality bits then just saying "Hello".

[Teheheman]

Conan on last Wednesday's show talked about Elmo's Swine flu's PSA, and Elmo was saying 'Pray to your God, we're all gonna die' and stuff like that. It was pretty funny actually

Daniel

[Gelfling Girl]

Ok, this one is a real-life reference, but our science teacher plans on teaching us about respiration by singing about it to the tune of "What Makes Music?"

[Muppet Pro]

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a250aae237007d0012370ffb48c0033

Adult themed

HA HA HA THAT Was Satirically Funny. Especially the ending "Well, we've failed you Jim" and the Henson Employees drink poison and pass out. LOL It's Great Satire, I think Robot Chicken and Family Guy are the first to ever make satirical jokes about the company. It's pretty interesting.

[Teheheman]

In the NFL 'Made for TV movie' segment on Conan, he said that Peyton Manning was played by Beaker.

Daniel

[Gelfling Girl]

Okay, another book reference, but still Muppets. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, there was one scene where Greg's little brother was watching TV, and there was a speech bubble coming from the TV that said, "C is for cookie, and cookie is for me." :insatiable:

[Gelfling Girl]

On one episode of Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena Gomez/Alex says something about a video online of Big Bird singing a rap song or something like that.

I'm almost certain this wasn't in the movie, (then again I don't think I've ever seen the whole movie) but we had to read Holes for reading class last year (which wasn't too bad, but it still skipped around to different times and situations, which was a bit confusing) and at one point, Stanley said something like "Didn't you watch Sesame Street as a kid?" or something along those lines.

And also there was a contestant on Who wants to be a Millionaire? whose name was Kermit, and there were quite a few Muppet references on that.

[ToodlesTeam]

Thought I'd use my first post to share an appearance that literally just aired. Statler & Waldorf "appeared" on the Tonight Show heckling President Obama. They simply used clips from the Muppet Show, but it was still pretty cool to see!

[AndyWan Kenobi]

Thought I'd use my first post to share an appearance that literally just aired. Statler & Waldorf "appeared" on the Tonight Show heckling President Obama. They simply used clips from the Muppet Show, but it was still pretty cool to see!

I saw that too. I thought it was pretty hilarious!
:sleep::boo:

[AaronCF]

Does anyone know the broadcast date and Network of the episode of The Roseanne Show which featured Kermit as a guest?

The clip I have only has a year (which is unfortunately wrong), and MuppetWiki doesn't have the appearance listed. I need the citation for a paper I'm writing on Kermit's celebrity status.

[RedPiggy]

I used to draw comics for college class, well, my geography one. I forgot now but there was something to do with weather and climate and some category "C" ... so I drew Cookie Monster singing the obvious song.

[Gelfling Girl]

A few days ago I was watching Scooby-Doo on Boomerang, and I think it was the episode with Josie and the Pussycats guest starring, and at one point one of them said something like, "They didn't even have to say 'Open Sesame Street'." It was when they were on the boat, and the mountain opened up.

[muppets2]

speaking of that episode once my friend and i were wacthing that episode and we paused it (ti-vo)and the cat had this really funny expression on his fce and we started laughing

[Gelfling Girl]

Also, I remember watching Family Feud about a year ago, and it was "Name a famous couple you would like to spend the day with" and one of the contestants said "Bert and Ernie" :p:(

[Gelfling Girl]

I just remembered this recently, there's a show called Don't Forget the Lyrics, and a famous musician and his daughter were on the show, and the host mentioned that he met them when the daughter was very young, and she said something like "You ate my Cookie Monster cake," or something like that, and the host told them he'd bring out something involving Cookie Monster if they reached $50,000. However, on the $50,000 song, "Because of You" she said "stand" instead of "stray too far from the sidewalk," so we didn't see the Cookie Monster thing. :insatiable::insatiable::sympathy:

[theprawncracker]

On an episode of American Dad, Stan was dancing with his daughter Haley at her wedding and he said...
"Doesn't this remind you of that ballroom dance sketch on The Muppet Show? You know, where they would dance around and tell jokes?"

[Frogster]

Sesame Street got a reference on The Office last night. When CFO David Wallace asked Michael his thoughts on promoting Jim Halpert, here's what Michael had to say:

"Jim is like Big Bird. He's tall, and yellow, and very nice. But would I put him in charge? No, I don't think so. Big Bird doesn't make the tough decisions. If I were to put someone in charge, I'd put Bert in charge or I'd put one of the real adults in charge like Maria or Gordon maybe."

I thought it was funny.

[theprawncracker]

Sesame Street got a reference on The Office last night. When CFO David Wallace asked Michael his thoughts on promoting Jim Halpert, here's what Michael had to say:

"Jim is like Big Bird. He's tall, and yellow, and very nice. But would I put him in charge? No, I don't think so. Big Bird doesn't make the tough decisions. If I were to put someone in charge, I'd put Bert in charge or I'd put one of the real adults in charge like Maria or Gordon maybe."

I thought it was funny.
Saw that! Laughed my butt off! Micheal's delivery of it was SO funny.

[Davina]

tonight on Dollhouse Topher was talking to Whiskey/Claire after she sneaks into his room and wakes him up and in response to being startled awake he mentioned Fozzie Bear.. :)
was a nice little cool moment.. :)

[Gelfling Girl]

I can't remember what magazine this was, but a few years ago, there was a quiz involving fictional animals in a magazine I was reading and one of the questions was "True or False? Miss Piggy's voice was done by a man" :mad:

[SarahOnBway]

On FlashForward tonight, in the end when Mark went to comfort his daughter, Charlie, she had a Kermit pillow on her bed. Another Muppet reference from ABC!

[ToodlesTeam]

Kermit was mentioned on the Big Bang Theory last night. Howard was deciding what tattoo he wanted to get, and a picture of Kermit was one of the choices he considered. He ever did a little voice impression!

[Gelfling Girl]

I was listening to this morning radio talk show (http://www.murphysamandjodi.com/), and they were mentioning different words starting with Q, and at one point, Jodi said, "It's like Sesame Street on the radio!"

[APRena]

(*For those of you that don't know much about this type of stuff [I myself don't know all that much on technology], an "ELMO" is like a projector)

Electronic Light Motion Operator, or something. My school uses them too. Similar situation in math class yesterday for me:

Sub: "Well, how do you turn on this ELMO?"
Me: "Tickle it."

Also, same day after gym (after tons of sprinting... they aim to kill us):

Friend: "Urgh, I feel like a Muppet!"
Me: "Which one?"
Friend: *completely ignoring me* "I'm going to COLLAPSE!"
Me: "Well then I'd say Grover..." :super:

[GonzoLeaper]

Ha ha- awesome!:)

[theprawncracker]

On The Office last night, Dwight was impersonating someone (Jim, I believe) and using a funny voice. Michael remarked, "No, no, now you just sound like Kermit..."

As in... the Frog. :)

[Gelfling Girl]

LOL. On Murphy, Sam, and Jodi today, they were doing the "Family Friendly Box Office" and they mentioned that the creatures from Where the Wild Things Are were created by the Jim Henson Company, to which somebody responded, "And that's why Cookie Monster is in there." I was totally ROTFLOL when somebody said "OM NOM NOM." :insatiable::D (and they also mentioned Big Bird) :wisdom:

http://www.murphysamandjodi.com/

[APRena]

On the Daily Show yesterday, Jon Stewart referred to the guy on the GOP's new website as "disgruntled Muppet restaurant customer" (Fat Blue, does he even have a name? Mr. Johnson or something? The one Grover constantly annoys. :super: )

[Gelfling Girl]

Another Murphy, Sam, and Jodi reference:

On Hollywood outsider:

"New actor who played W to a T they said." [silence except for Jodi laughing at own joke] "Letter joke. This is like being on Sesame Street!"

[hoopless]

Kermit was mentioned on the Big Bang Theory last night. Howard was deciding what tattoo he wanted to get, and a picture of Kermit was one of the choices he considered. He ever did a little voice impression!

what episode is this? is it a new series not in the uk yet or something i missed? it sounds worryingly like me lol. and i went for it too :)

[Gelfling Girl]

There was just a commercial on GSN in which a man was asking a coworker trivia questions, and one of them was "Who was the emcee on The Muppet Show?" :)

[MuppetMazz]

There was just a commercial on GSN in which a man was asking a coworker trivia questions, and one of them was "Who was the emcee on The Muppet Show?" :)

Is the show called "Easiest Trivia Game Ever"? Seriously, who wouldn't know that? :confused:

[haakonsmary]

Yesterday on Late Nite with Jimmy Fallon they made a reference. It was in some segment called "Questions" and the question was something like "Does the hole in The Roots' sousaphone lead to Fraggle Rock?"

[Drtooth]

Here's a fun one. This one's from the Monsters Vs. Aliens Halloween special last night.


After failing to scare any kids, Missing Link sits depressingly on a sidewalk corner. A little kid comed up and says "Look Ma, it's Kermit!"

Link mumbles: mummmblegrumble Piggy...

[Gelfling Girl]

ROTFLOL! :) This is hilarious!

http://www.flowgo.com/funny/13393_lousy-connection.html

[APRena]

Two minor ones:

Community on Thursday, Abed and Troy were comparing Batman impressions, and Abed says "No, that's more like Cookie Monster."

I was watching iCarly (don't judge me!) it was a rerun anyway, but I guess I was paying more attention because some subplot involved Spencer lying about returning a copy of "Boogiebear Takes Manhattan"-- HAS to be an MTM reference, right? The Muppets are the only ficticious characters allowed to take Manhattan! ;)

[Frogster]

Tonight on the Family Guy Almost Live they did a bit where different actors tried out for various, unfitting roles in movies, and the last one was (I'm pretty sure) Seth McFarlane using a Kermit puppet, auditioning for Philadelphia... Vic Romano, please tell me you saw this!

:) "You can't fire me for having AIDS! I'll sue! I'd be more upset, but tonight our guest star is the one and only John Denver, YAAAAY!"

"I think you got the part."

:) "Really?"

"Yeah. That was the gayest thing I've ever seen."

[Drtooth]

Tonight on the Family Guy Almost Live they did a bit where different actors tried out for various, unfitting roles in movies, and the last one was (I'm pretty sure) Seth McFarlane using a Kermit puppet, auditioning for Philadelphia... Vic Romano, please tell me you saw this!

It was definitely Seth. He usually performs Kermit for Family Guy, even doing an impromptu reference of the Great Muppet Caper's credit sequence in the commentary for the Stewie Griffin Untold Story DVD.

Honestly, he wasn't half that bad as a puppeteer. :D

[Teheheman]

The Colbert Report dedicated their whole first segment to Semame Street. Look it up, it was hilarious.
Also, there was something on the Office where they referenced the Swedish Chef. Andy did an accent and Kevin asked him to do the Swedish Chef. Andy said he didn't know who that was and Kevin said 'He lives on Sesame Street dumba$' Sorry, I tried to censor it more but it wanted to post a link and I didn't wanna do that.

Daniel

[Frogster]

lol I hope the joke of that was that Kevin was the dummie, not knowing that Chef's from The Muppet Show.

[beaker]

The Colbert Report dedicated their whole first segment to Semame Street. Look it up, it was hilarious.
Also, there was something on the Office where they referenced the Swedish Chef. Andy did an accent and Kevin asked him to do the Swedish Chef. Andy said he didn't know who that was and Kevin said 'He lives on Sesame Street dumba$' Sorry, I tried to censor it more but it wanted to post a link and I didn't wanna do that.

Daniel


I saw that tonight! Theyre always making Muppet/Sesame references on The Office(my fave show on tv!), so Im surprised they conflated Muppet Show with Sesame Street.

Btw, is Friends, Robot Chicken and the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall the only times Fraggle Rock has been referenced?

[APRena]

Btw, is Friends, Robot Chicken and the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall the only times Fraggle Rock has been referenced?

One episode of Family Guy mentioned something about Iraq being Fraggle Iraq or something, but I think that's it. :smirk: I love the Colbert Report and The Office, especially when they make Muppet references!

[RedPiggy]

Well, if this isn't technically the place to put it, so sue me ...

On the commentary video to Nostalgia Critic's Sonic the Hedgehog video, he and Rob mention that Dr. Robotnik looks like the Swedish Chef.

[hoopless]

yesterday was Doctor Who day as the new special was shown on BBC1.
To celebrate, my family watched some of our favourite episodes, one of which being Tooth and Claw from the new series 2.

right at the beginning when The Doctor thinks they have arrived in 1979 he mentions TMM as one of the big things that happened that year and then says "I love that film"

[Gelfling Girl]

About a minute or so ago, they just asked a Sesame Street question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? :wisdom::super::insatiable:

[GonzoLeaper]

Today's episode of Jeopardy had a "40 Years of Sesame Street" category.
The $1000 question was identifying Will Lee's character on Sesame Street.
There was also a question about Cookie Monster and one about Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" song. I didn't get to see the other questions though. But nice to see Sesame Street recognized- Alex Trebek mentioned that it premiered Nov. 10, 1969.:wisdom::p:(

[Muppetfan44]

Robot Chicken did a segment on Fraggle Rock and it was crazy!

Some of it was sketchy on whether it was funny or not, but all in all, it was pretty funny and the characters looked really accurate. I'm not sure if it's on youtube or something, but definitely check it out!

[haakonsmary]

Tonight's episode of Family Guy had a new Statler and Waldorf reference.

Peter said that Cleveland leaving them was like Statler without Waldorf, then it cut to Statler alone on the balcony laughing at the stage and saying "Without the other guy yapping, this is actually funny!"

[Gelfling Girl]

Another Murphy, Sam, and Jodi reference. A few days ago, they were talking about New Moon, and they said that it was Rob Pattinson's favorite book in the series, to which there was a response of, "One, two! Book #2 is my favorite!" :batty::batty::batty:

[Gelfling Girl]

Also, this doesn't actually count as a reference, but I still think it's too cool not to tell you guys. Fraggle Rock was the #1 Kid Show of the 80's according to www.LikeTotally80s.com :smirk::excited::coy:

[GonzoLeaper]

I don't know if anyone on here's mentioned Full House yet, though I would imagine so as it had numerous references to The Muppets, including Joey doing an impression of Kermit the Frog on at least one occasion (I think the Pilot episode if I'm not mistaken- "Our Very First Show").
And in the "Bye Bye Birdie" episode, Joey, Danny, Uncle Jesse and Becky are telling Michelle a story to put her to sleep and it's all about her first day at preschool. Joey starts off by saying that once upon a time there was someone starting her first day of preschool and when he asked Michelle to guess her name, she replied, "Miss Piggy?":mad:
I know there've been other references to both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street- I just can't think of them right offhand.

[APRena]

I know there've been other references to both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street- I just can't think of them right offhand.

Didn't Michelle want to name Becky's baby Big Bird?
(quite ashamed I know that much about Full House off the top of my head... :p)

[Gelfling Girl]

The "Gift of the Day" on Murphy, Sam, and Jodi today was the first three seasons of TMS. :) They did a whole segment on it, and they even mentioned Beaker and somebody did a Swedish Chef impression. :D



Also, I remember a reference on Sister, Sister (haven't seen that since forever...) in which one of them called a frog "Kermie" or something like that. I don't remember it too well though.

[scooter289]

On last night's 30 Rock Liz, Jack, Pete, and Kenneth were on the set for Liz's Dealbreakers show and they were using the high-def monitor to see how it'd look. When Kenneth passed in front of the monitor it turns out he's a Muppet in high-def! It sort of went back to that episode where it's revealed Kenneth sees everyone as Muppets. :p

[GonzoLover85]

On Saturday Night Live, during Blake Lively's opening monologue; she talked about being at the Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.

She mentioned she met the muppets and has been getting dirty text messages from Gonzo and Fozzie, since giving them her phone number at the after party.

Anyway, the rest of the cast came out as Swedish Chef, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, Zoot and Janice. They all sang a rendition of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

They gave 'Beaker' a solo, turns out he actually can speak in real words, he finished his solo with his traditional meeps.

[Erine81981]

On Saturday Night Live, during Blake Lively's opening monologue; she talked about being at the Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.

She mentioned she met the muppets and has been getting dirty text messages from Gonzo and Fozzie, since giving them her phone number at the after party.

Anyway, the rest of the cast came out as Swedish Chef, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, Zoot and Janice. They all sang a rendition of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

They gave 'Beaker' a solo, turns out he actually can speak in real words, he finished his solo with his traditional meeps.
I thought this was halious! Awsome stuff they do on SNL with the actors portraying the Muppets. (which they've done before) but i couldn't stop laughing at this.

[Frogster]

Someone seriously needs to get rid of Andy Samberg. He's terrible in every way. And I think Lorne Michaels is just letting him do whatever he wants after the success of, like, two songs. I've never cringed so badly at a Muppet impersonation like this guy. Thank God I could fast-forward.

[AndyWan Kenobi]

I actually like Andy Samberg's Swedish Chef. Not for being a good impersonation--I don't think that's in any way what he's going for. I think it's intentionally stupid. It's like this big insipid caricature of a character who is intentionally ridiculous to begin with. :hungry:

Anyway, they're getting good use out of those Muppet costumes they made! I do miss Seth Rogen as Rowlf, though. :sympathy:

[APRena]

I think the Muppet sketches they do on SNL are pretty funny. Bill Hader as Animal is awesome, and it's cool they included minor characters like Janice and Zoot. Like AndyWan said, the Swedish Chef is intentionally cheesy and crazy and inaccurate. Imitation is the highest form of flattery! They've been taking stabs at the Muppets since 1975, and *most* of those weren't serious...

[WhiteRabbit]

Here's the link in case anybody missed it. XPP

http://tv.popcrunch.com/blake-lively-snl-host-monologue-with-muppets-december-5-video/

[Drtooth]

Someone seriously needs to get rid of Andy Samberg. He's terrible in every way. And I think Lorne Michaels is just letting him do whatever he wants after the success of, like, two songs. I've never cringed so badly at a Muppet impersonation like this guy. Thank God I could fast-forward.

Here here! You just don't say "Bork" for every word. Plus, I just think the guy's videos are so incredibly unfunny. It seems like someone that watched Napoleon Dynamite and ssaid "I can do that!" and basically just acts quirky for the sake of being quirky. I liked everyone else though... but it's a shame they couldn't get Seth Rogen in for a cameo as Rowlf.

[Gelfling Girl]

"If this were the Muppets, they would be the two guys in the balcony."-Jodi on Sam and Murphy's comments on Harry Potter.

[Teheheman]

The Muppets were on Leno last night and on some other show on PBS a couple nights ago for some special with some guy I can't remember. Anyways, they sang Jingle Bells with the guy. Also, they had a category on Jeopardy called 'Things that rhyme with Muppet' in which all the answers rhymed with a Muppet(My sister doesn't think Grover's a Muppet cause she thinks that he's on Sesame Street, therefore isn't a Muppet)

Daniel

[Gelfling Girl]

There's a website called Flowgo, and it mostly is a bunch of animal/baby videos, but I thought this was too cool not to share with you guys.

http://www.flowgo.com/funny/13393_lousy-connection.html

There's also one with Bert and Ernie, but I'm sure none of you would like it. Stupid rumors! :mad:

[haakonsmary]

Yesterday on Jeopardy there was a "Hen" category (...yes, I know) and the question was "This hen named Camilla often sung love-struck songs with this Muppet on The Muppet Show".

Who is Gonzo? FTW :concern:

[RedPiggy]

I'm too lazy to check, but in case no one's mentioned it....

I just saw The Princess and the Frog. These are things I picked up on:

1. Dr. John sings one of the opening numbers. Dr. John is the inspiration for Dr. Teeth.

2. *inhales* Naveen is one big Kermit reference. He plays a real banjo as a human and plays an improvised banjo in a swamp as a frog. He makes friends with an alligator. He has a dream. His choices of love interests are a diva-ish pink-skinned, blonde-haired, pink dress-wearing princess wanna-be and an unassuming, dark-skinned, light blue dress-wearing (at John Goodman's dance where Tiana kisses Frog Naveen) girl. This hearkens to the Piggy vs Mousey problem in TMS. Plus, there are the lovely night scenes under starry skies as everyone, including Naveen, ponders upon how to solve the problem.

3. The Frog Prince, the Muppet version, has Taminella disguise herself to get into the royal family. While Facilier doesn't do this, he DOES get Lawrence to disguise himself to get the quote-unquote royal money and possibly the entire city of New Orleans. Not wanting to spoil too much, but part of the spell of Facilier's must be LITERALLY broken, just as Taminella's spell had to be broken LITERALLY. Also, the wedding in both is attended by both people and animals. Naveen might also be a nod to Robin the Brave, who was rather sure of himself before the frog part.

4. I doubt this is a reference/homage/parallel, but to me, Mama Odie was the Marjory the Trash Heap of this movie. Both talk to the relevant prince about getting not what is wanted, but what is needed. Both have powerful magic but don't really get around much. Both have similar styles of "helping": sing a song about something slightly ambiguous and let the listeners figure out what to do themselves. Mama Odie also shakes herself during her song like Marjory does (sorry, couldn't help but notice). Mama Odie wears dark circular glasses and Marjory has black quote-unquote "eyes" that are basically just holes in her head. Both have animal helpers.
edit: And Mama Odie loves gumbo and Marjory loves Goombah.

[theprawncracker]

On tonight's American Dad, Stan was praying and said...

"Dear Lord, forgive us for casting Whoopi Goldberg to play you in that Muppet TV movie. I was not a part of that decision."

Has VMC ever been referenced before? By anything? Awesome. :D

[Gelfling Girl]

There's a book series called My Sister the Vampire, and in one of the books (I think the first one, but it might be the second one) Olivia mentions that one of her teachers (Math, I think) did an impression of the Count once in class. :batty::batty::batty:

[JJandJanice]

2. *inhales* Naveen is one big Kermit reference. He plays a real banjo as a human and plays an improvised banjo in a swamp as a frog. He makes friends with an alligator. He has a dream. His choices of love interests are a diva-ish pink-skinned, blonde-haired, pink dress-wearing princess wanna-be and an unassuming, dark-skinned, light blue dress-wearing (at John Goodman's dance where Tiana kisses Frog Naveen) girl. This hearkens to the Piggy vs Mousey problem in TMS. Plus, there are the lovely night scenes under starry skies as everyone, including Naveen, ponders upon how to solve the problem.

Well I just saw the movie today and I didn't pick up on those things AT ALL. Naveen wasn't playing a banjo (unless I missed something) it was a ukulele. I'm not totally sure which character you're comparing to Miss. Mousey, but nither of them reminded me of her in the least. For one thing both girls had a personally, something Miss. Mousey never had and saying either of them were like Miss. Piggy is also a bit of a stretch. It's neat you made those connections to a degree, but to be totally honest, I don't see it. I mean I'm a huge Muppet fan myself (as we all are), but I do have to admit, and I don't mean this in a negative way, but I found it odd when other Muppet fans compare EVERYTHING to the Muppets, ;).

Totally LOVED this movie by the way.

On tonight's American Dad, Stan was praying and said...

"Dear Lord, forgive us for casting Whoopi Goldberg to play you in that Muppet TV movie. I was not a part of that decision."

Has VMC ever been referenced before? By anything? Awesome. :D
Yeah I thought that was awesome.

Also in the Simpsons episode (I watched a little bit of it, since I was mainly watching the Muppets on Home Makeover), somebody was appearing to kill Grandpa Abe to make a big story out of him...or something like that. Well anyhow, it showed a movie poster of Grandpa Simpson and it said featuring Jim Henson's Creature Shop, :). I thought it was funny that JHCS would be needed to create Abe Simpson.

[Vic Romano]

I didn't see this one and I'm surprised no one listed it, but on the new Family Guy Star Wars parody "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", Cookie Monster returns, this time playing a Wampa.

[JJandJanice]

I didn't see this one and I'm surprised no one listed it, but on the new Family Guy Star Wars parody "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", Cookie Monster returns, this time playing a Wampa.

Oh yeah, why didn't I mention that one? I actually have seen the special too, since my little bro got it for his B-Day.

I also watch that part with the commentary on, and one guy told Seth and the other guys "Hey did you know the Cookie Monster is now the Veggie Monster?" Man Seth and the rest of that crew were all up in arms about it. I wonder if they found out that it's not true? :insatiable:

[Teheheman]

lol, I got that for Xmas, and was wondering when somebody was gonna say something about it lol. I totally forgot to put it up here actually. Luke cuts his arm and he says 'I was only gonna ask you to the monster ball but now forget it' lol. Classic

Daniel

[terrimonster]

On "Better off Ted" this week, the boss referred to the guys from the lab as Bunsen and Beaker.

[Vic Romano]

Oh yeah, why didn't I mention that one? I actually have seen the special too, since my little bro got it for his B-Day.

I also watch that part with the commentary on, and one guy told Seth and the other guys "Hey did you know the Cookie Monster is now the Veggie Monster?" Man Seth and the rest of that crew were all up in arms about it. I wonder if they found out that it's not true? :insatiable:

Oops! Sorry! I figured it was too big an appearance to go unnoticed. I guess your post was buried a little deeper then I looked. :halo:

[DrmaticEmphasis]

On "Better off Ted" this week, the boss referred to the guys from the lab as Bunsen and Beaker.

Funniest show on TV.

[Gelfling Girl]

I know there've been other references to both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street- I just can't think of them right offhand.
I'm not sure if somebody's mentioned this, but I was watching it with my parents a few weeks ago, and it was the stolen bike episode, and when they were trying to see which one of the three bikes was the right one: "My bike has a Kermit sticker on it." (or something like that...) :):):)

[RedPiggy]

Nostalgia Critic's "Conan, Part 2" ... Conan shows up in a large room with a shiny thing on a pedestal. NC: "Hey, look, it's the fabulous baseball diamond!"

[Gelfling Girl]

I'm not promising anything, this is just a possible reference material, but there might be a Muppet reference or two in one of the Kingdom Keepers books. I haven't read either of the two books recently, but I would assume there would be a possibility because it's set in Disney World.

[GonzoLover85]

"What the fraggle-rock just happened?" Lucy on Scrubs this week when finding out her friends didn't turn her for cheating.

[DrmaticEmphasis]

"What the fraggle-rock just happened?" Lucy on Scrubs this week when finding out her friends didn't turn her for cheating.

Thats weird... I watched that, and I didnt even notice that she said that!

[GonzoLeaper]

I just caught a quick reference while flipping channels. In the '80s movie "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", Sarah Jessica Parker's character retorts to her father that her "nightlife is watching The Muppet Show.":)

[Gelfling Girl]

Yep, Murphy, Sam, and Jodi again. They were talking about fun people to follow on Twitter, and they mentioned Sesame Street. Everyone said "Awwwwwwwwwwww" (along with myself listening just now) when they read the "Elmo only has 140 spaces to say what he wants to say, but Elmo can't count that high," tweet out loud.

Also, a while back, they mentioned dieting, and when somebody said something about counting calories, Jodi did a laugh like Count von Count. :batty:

[RedPiggy]

There's an article in the Star Telegram today about the show Psych and they interviewed James Roday, the star (I always keep meaning to watch this 'cause it looks hilarious). He said he wants David Bowie to guest just so he could hang out with David Bowie and he'd demand that David Bowie show up as Jareth, LOL.

[GonzoLover85]

Jeopardy clue tonight says (and I'm paraphrasing):

This show was banned in Saudi Arabia because the appearence of Miss Piggy conflicted with religious beliefs.

"What is the Muppet Show"

[Gelfling Girl]

Just caught a reference on AFV about a minute ago. A dog was wearing a pair of glasses with crazy eyes on them, and Tom said, "Y'know, the new Muppets just don't have that timeless quality."

[Muppetfan44]

On the behind the scenes featurette on the Julie & Julia DVD, Amy Adams said that "she cooks more like the Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show" than Julia Child. Loved it, Amy Adams is adorable

[Vic Romano]

This is an old one, and I'm sure it's been listed, and I try and maintain the Howard connection, but I was watching Private Parts (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119951/) again this weekend, and when Howard goes to Detroit, the on-air morning man comments that Stern looks like Big Bird, and jokes that Big Bird will have Kermit the Frog on the upcoming show.

Howard references the Muppets so much, I'm kind of surprised he doesn't have his own MuppetWiki page.

[RedPiggy]

Nostalgia Chick mentions Piggy in her Smurfette Syndrome vid.

[haakonsmary]

Tonight on The Jay Leno Show, Jay had Jimmy Fallon on for the 10 @ 10 segment. Jimmy was in his studio in NY, and he showed everyone the pipes that the Muppeteers had painted decades ago while they were waiting to go on a show. The pipes are now preserved behind plexi-glass.

[Gelfling Girl]

MSJ reference again. There was a segment called "There's a new Muppet on Sesame Street-And she's famous!" about Carrie Underworm. They also talked about the "Dust in the Wind" video.

[APRena]

Real life example: Today in math, my teacher asks, "Do you guys remember that thing from Sesame Street..." and before she can even finish the question everyone goes "Yes!" in unison. :D (I know how to tell the difference between when radicals are supposed to be added or distributed now.)

[Vic Romano]

Tonight on The Jay Leno Show, Jay had Jimmy Fallon on for the 10 @ 10 segment. Jimmy was in his studio in NY, and he showed everyone the pipes that the Muppeteers had painted decades ago while they were waiting to go on a show. The pipes are now preserved behind plexi-glass.

Oh wow, they're still there? That is so freakin' awesome!

[Fozzmit]

In one Simpsons episode, I forget which one exactly, The Simpsons were in jail, and so was Elmo.

[Gelfling Girl]

For the celebrity question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? just now, the question was about the species of Oscar's pet Slimey, and the question was asked by Grover. :D:super::grouchy:

[Gelfling Girl]

Murphy, Sam, and Jodi sure are Muppet fans. :) They did a recipe for Swedish meatballs today, and they were trying to think of things that are from Sweden. "Sam, the Swedish Chef is from Sweden." :hungry:

[Teheheman]

In one Simpsons episode, I forget which one exactly, The Simpsons were in jail, and so was Elmo.

It was Bart Mangled Banner, and apparently there was another reference on the Simpsons last night where Ralph said that he had a dream like Martin Luther King, only his dream was that Elmo, Toy Story and him had a party or something like that. I remember the dream part, I just didn't remember who was in the dream.

Daniel

[Drtooth]

His exact line was "A dream is where Elmo and Toy Story had a party and I was invited." The drawing was of him, Elmo and Buzz Lightyear.

[AndyWan Kenobi]

Or quite possibly . . . "Martin Luther King had a dream. Dreams are where Elmo and Toy Story had a party, and I went there!"

[RedPiggy]

Just saw a commercial for Gordon Ramsay, where he's gonna be fixing up a restaurant run by a warring divorced couple. He calls them Muppets. :P

[APRena]

Just saw a commercial for Gordon Ramsay, where he's gonna be fixing up a restaurant run by a warring divorced couple. He calls them Muppets. :P

I think it's like a common British insult, but it still makes me laugh. :p

[hoopless]

I think it's like a common British insult, but it still makes me laugh. :p

It is a common British insult, but I don't get insulted, it makes me proud :D

[Davina]

question then becomes.. why would anyone think being called a muppet was an insult....
hrm...

[Gelfling Girl]

As posted on Facebook by Jodi:
"Murphy and Sam are just like the two old guys in the balcony on The Muppet Show. Just like them! Except not as funny."

:boo: :sleep:

[haakonsmary]

Oh wow, they're still there? That is so freakin' awesome!

Not only are they still there, so is a beer can they left on the floor! Preserved forever behind the glass! :D

[haakonsmary]

I didn't catch the whole episode of Community, but at the very end, two characters were dressed up as Bert and Ernie and they did a bit as them, then they "ate" cookies and had the cookies fall out of their mouths just as though they were Muppets.

[Gelfling Girl]

On an episode of Jeopardy today, one of the three contestants mentioned that their father was the man they named Oscar the Grouch after. :grouchy:

[Vic Romano]

Nostalgia Chick mentions Piggy in her Smurfette Syndrome vid.

Just saw this. She also mentions The Muppet Babies heavily too, but nods to the Muppets a few times in that video (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/16616-the-smurfette-principle), which to date, I think is her best and most compelling.

On the Howard Stern connection again:
Howard 100 news (http://www.sirius.com/howard100) today covered Stern's stylist Ralph Cirella's (http://www.mygeektime.com/dev/) opinion of producer Gary "Bababooey" Dell'Abate (http://bababooey.com/) and his Techno Beaver costume, claiming it was of poor quality. Cirella went on to say that if someone reputable, like "the Jim Henson Shop" designed the outfit, it would have some merit.

[haakonsmary]

In The Office webisode "The Mentor (http://www.nbc.com/The_Office//video/webisodes/the-mentor/#vid=1206302)" part 1, Erin says that The Count was her favorite part of Sesame Street, and then impersonates him.

[Gelfling Girl]

http://nostalgiachick.blip.tv/file/1286023/
Somewhere around 2:45-3:00.

So awesome whenever one's favorite Muppet is referenced...erm...second favorite? *continues debating over Beaker and Janice in mind*