Jacques of all Trades

What kind of Muppet are you, chaos or order? - Slate Magazine

It’s not that any one type of Muppet is inherently better than the other. (Order Muppets do seem to attract the ladies, but then Chaos Muppets collect the chicken harems.) It’s simply the case that the key to a happy marriage, a well-functioning family, and a productive place of work lies in carefully calibrating the ratio of Chaos Muppets to Order Muppets within any closed system. That, and always letting the Chaos Muppets do the driving.

nprfreshair:

Highlight of today: Writing ‘(left)’ in a caption so you don’t confuse Bret McKenzie with Animal.

Caption as written: Bret McKenzie (left) wrote five of the songs in The Muppets, including the Oscar-nominated “Man or Muppet” and the opening number, “Life’s a Happy Song.”

Jason Segel, star and writer of the new “Muppets” movie, will make an appearance at the Georgetown AMC Tuesday along with co-writer, Nicholas Stoller, and director, James Bobin. (via ‘Muppets’ Stars Making Appearance in Georgetown - Georgetown, DC Patch)

This could be worth a visit, although after watching the GU-Kansas midnight game tonight, I’m not sure how much I’ll have left in the tank!

ragingalongborders:

Kermit the Frog & Bret McKenzie.

“So many people would say to me: ‘You’re doing music for the Muppets? Hmmm. Well, you’re not going to write anything as good as ‘Rainbow Connection.’ And I’d say: ‘Yep. You’re right.’ ”

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nparts:

Behold: The Tournament of Muppets
Here we begin our Tournament of Muppets, in which we put felt against fur to determine which Muppet will reign supreme.

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nevver:

Muppet Minimalism

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How I Met Your Muppet

gq:

GQ’s Lauren Bans cuts through the crap to deliver a serious interview with Muppet rebooter Jason Segel and his legendary leading man. Click here to read all of it.

It’s been twelve years since Kermit’s last big-screen movie. People were starting to wonder if he’d had a breakdown.
Kermit: You know, it’s a funny thing. It may have been twelve years in people years, but for frogs that’s only about eight months.

Jason Segel: It was a short hiatus for you, basically.

Kermit: Plus, a lot of my fans actually live under rocks.

GQ: Speaking of living on a different timescale, are you immortal?
Kermit: I don’t think so!

Jason Segel: I must say, though, I understand her question, because you’re looking just as good as you did twenty years ago. You’re holding up fantastically.

GQ: Amen. Botox?
Kermit: No, no, I haven’t had any work done, exactly. It’s just good clean swamp living. It’s one of those places where you can get away from it all.

Looking forward to the new Muppet movie (ever since the vampire musical in Forgetting Sarah Marshall), but scared that I’ll be disappointed by it!

life: Ray Charles + Kermit the Frog — Not a bad way to start your Friday, right?

Ray Charles gets a better understanding of Kermit the Frog on the “Cher” show in 1975. Charles appeared on a TV tribute to the late Jim Henson in 1990, where he said Henson “took a simple song and a piece of felt and turned it into a moment of great power,” then performed “It’s Not Easy Being Green.”

(see more — Ray Charles: The Genius in Action)

thedailywhat:

Meet The New Muppet of the Day: Sesame Street is set to add a new member to its roster of friendly, fuzzy characters: Lily, the 7-year-old “food insecure” Muppet.

Lily — who represents the 17 million children for whom access to food is uncertain — will be introduced to viewers during an upcoming Sesame Street special about hunger in America.

“We thought long and hard about how do we really represent this from a child’s point of view?,” said Sesame Workshop’s senior vice president for outreach and educational practices Jeanette Betancourt. “We felt it was best to have this new Muppet take this on in a positive way and a healthy way.”

Everything from Lily’s clothing to her voice and mannerism has been geared towards making her as realistic and empathetic as possible. “She wants to talk about this topic,” says Betancourt, ““because she knows it will help many other families and children, but it isn’t an easy topic to talk about in the first place.”

“Growing Hope Against Hunger” is scheduled to air this Sunday on PBS.

[artsbeat.]

(Source: thedailywhat)