Film/TV May 24, 2011 at 8:26 am

Muppet Movie!

Dan Savage
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1
Spoiled the trailer!
doceb on May 24, 2011 at 8:33 AM Report this
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If Jim Henson was still alive I would be excited about it....but not so much now. And where is Beeker?!?!?!
Last of the Time Lords on May 24, 2011 at 8:35 AM Report this
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Omg, omg, omg! My son just finished fraggle rock, just another tool to bring him into the fold (evil cackle here)!
pussnboots on May 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM Report this
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Muppets hold a special place in my heart.

Please don't fuck this up, Disney, Inc.
Reverse Polarity on May 24, 2011 at 8:46 AM Report this
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Muppets are good. Jason & Amy & Muppets could be epic.
The Max on May 24, 2011 at 8:46 AM Report this
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Dan, I had no idea you were a Muppets geek. Awesome!
on May 24, 2011 at 8:48 AM Report this
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As long as Grover gets enough air time...

and in case anyone missed it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMAixgo_z…
(cameos with John Candy, Paul Simon, Pete Seeger, Jeremy Irons, the guys from Upstairs Downstairs, etc., start at 1:26)
Canuck on May 24, 2011 at 8:49 AM Report this
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If Disney screws this up, I will be heartbroken forever. Sooo much potential for good.
Canadian Nurse on May 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM Report this
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Disney is NOT going to screw this up. My nephew works for Disneyland and is one of their biggest critics when it comes to this kind of stuff. He LOVED this. BTW, Disney is the one who has been producing the Muppet stuff for years.

Horda vorda borda borda.
despicable me on May 24, 2011 at 8:57 AM Report this
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Disney has had a relationship with the Muppets for a number of years. (Henson was negotiating a possible sale to Disney at the time of his death.) In 2004 the rights to the original Muppets were transferred to Disney.

There are a lot of negative things you can say about Disney, but they do know how to handle iconic characters such as the Muppets. I think the franchise is in safer and more creative hands than Henson's family.
kmq1 on May 24, 2011 at 9:12 AM Report this
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you gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone.
scary tyler moore on May 24, 2011 at 9:17 AM Report this
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Define screwing it up. Do the Muppets have to stay forever stuck in the late 1970s as far as how they deal with women? Is it possible to imagine new characters, with a more 21st century sensibility? Kermit / Fozzie / Beaker may be eternal figures, but the rest could use a cultural make-over.
EricaP on May 24, 2011 at 9:20 AM Report this
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Best trailer ever.
mitten on May 24, 2011 at 9:22 AM Report this
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#7 Grover belongs to the Childern's Television Workshop and it is unlikely he would be in a project like this. Sorry.
caris in jax on May 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM Report this
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HELL YES! I didn't see Pepe the Shrimp in there; I hope he's in the movie. I'm a long-time, old-school fan, but was pleasantly surprised by Pepe.
Levislade on May 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM Report this
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Muppet Domination just sounds like a new kind of sex thing I don't think I can get into. All that felt and leather.....
Machete on May 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM Report this
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I am going to maintain low expectations for this in the hopes of being pleasantly surprised.

Might be the first full length movie I take my daughter to.

Hopeful.
PA Native on May 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM Report this
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@15 He's a King Prawn!
PA Native on May 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM Report this
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It's about time. The world needs a Muppet movie now.
Gern Blanston on May 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM Report this
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The Muppet Show represents everything beautiful about my childhood.
Rotten666 on May 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM Report this
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If I may paraphrase an Onion T-Shirt: I appreciate the (original) Muppets on a deeper level than all of you. Actually, Sam the Eagle would say it better.

That said, I share the very cautious optimism of 17, and hope 9 & 10 are right.

Anyone who hasn't seen Willie do Rainbow Connection must click the following:

http://youtu.be/deebKNI-dTE
Lance Thrustwell on May 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM Report this
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Yes!

The Muppet Show is the template for my entire sense of humor.
bleedingheartlibertarian on May 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM Report this
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I thought the movie looked ultra lame until the Muppets showed up. Still not sure I trust Disney not to fuck it up though...everything from my childhood is being destroyed (Transformers, GI Joe, Star Wars) and I'm not sure I think this will be an exception.
cyranothe2nd on May 24, 2011 at 10:21 AM Report this
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Oh and one last thing: Anyone who doesn't like the Muppets is a bad person. There, I said it.

And I'm glad, d'you hear me? Glad! Ha, ha hahahaha.....
Lance Thrustwell on May 24, 2011 at 10:22 AM Report this
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I am alllllllllllllll over this!
Brian Rubin on May 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM Report this
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SCREAM.
Bethany Jean Clement on May 24, 2011 at 10:37 AM Stranger Staff
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i'm really worried that the human actors are center stage in this...and, really, does anyone need to see Jason Whatshisname in ANY film?

No one goes to a Muppet movie for the PEOPLE.
michael strangeways on May 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM Report this
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bert and ernie..umm.. those guys have had separate beds longer than lucy and ricky.. will it finally happen ?.. i mean it's a love story ..right ?
reverend dr dj riz on May 24, 2011 at 11:16 AM Report this
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Just try lipreading muppets sometime. I have this little soundtrack in the back of my head whenever I see them: BABABA. BABA. BA BA BA BABABA... BA BA!

o.O
BEG on May 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM Report this
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Glad to see Crazy Harry is back. He seemed to have vanished from the cast for a while there. After Kermit he was my favorite. Their take-down of "Chanson D'Amour" with him and the Whatnot Girls makes me giggle every time I watch it...

Ra-Tada-Tada...>>>BOOM!<<<
Bruce Garrett on May 24, 2011 at 11:36 AM Report this
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@27,

That's not true. One of the best things about the original Muppet movies is all the great cameos: Dom Deluise, James Coburn, Madeleine Kahn, Telly Savalas, Carol Kane, Richard Pryor, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks!!!, Cloris Leachman, Orson Welles (and that's just the first movie).

That said, if this movie just focuses on two human characters without the great ensemble cast of yesteryear, it's dead to me.
keshmeshi on May 24, 2011 at 12:04 PM Report this
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Getting a little Sesame Street bleed through here instead of the true dobbleganger: The Land of Gorch from SNL.

Now THERE would be a movie - with Proobis and Scred and The Mighty Favog in the bubbling tarpits...
Jaymz on May 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM Report this
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@32 - someone else was typing at my keyboard - a true "doppelganger".
Jaymz on May 24, 2011 at 12:14 PM Report this
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No.
Just Jeff on May 24, 2011 at 12:20 PM Report this
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@31 check the IMDB page. Ricky Gervais plus quite a few others are listed.
calankh42 on May 24, 2011 at 12:31 PM Report this
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Thank goodness! Now I have a reason to keep living. Thanks, Dan Savage, for letting us know about this. Miss Piggy Forever!
Dan Not Savage on May 24, 2011 at 1:09 PM Report this
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@16- Don't judge what you haven't tried.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on May 24, 2011 at 1:24 PM Report this
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Awesome! Do you suppose there will be songs? One of the clips looks like a dance number.

I watch the Muppet's Christmas Carol every Christmas, and sometimes in between just because. I don't care if I'm too old for them. Muppets rock!
Sketch on May 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM Report this
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FUCK YEAH.
I've got my fingers crossed.
Ha ha @38. Nice one.
bodhirungus on May 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM Report this
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I do get that it's a fantasy, but who the hell has girly dreams of being whisked away on a romantic trip to... LA?!
FeralTurnip on May 24, 2011 at 6:16 PM Report this
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Jason Segel won't let anyone hurt the Muppets.
emilywhat on May 24, 2011 at 7:47 PM Report this
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*raises hand feverishly*
tREBLEFREE on May 24, 2011 at 11:13 PM Report this

Please wait...

and remember to be decent to everyone
all of the time.

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