# For the love of felt puppets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897 "2011-11-23T18:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/1 "2011-11-23T18:21:31Z")
Well the new Muppets movie is getting the overkill treatment - the ad campaign plugging their “comeback” movie has been pretty relentless. But, hey, it’s the muppets! With the new movie about to be released, I thought it’d be a good time to do a thread on all things muppet-y and remind us all just why they were so endearing in the first place. So, post your favorite muppet bits here - from any thing - the show, the movies, specials, ads, “the Street”, etc. Some of my personal favs… [Robin the Frog & Sweetums](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5d1NBW2zFI) (from the early 70s special “the Frog Prince.”) [Barbecue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnIG1WuHaW0) by Emmett Otter’s Jug Band. (Not to be outdone by…) [the Riverbottom Nightmare Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTvkRgbwPfI&feature=related) (would love to see a “battle of the bands” skit between them and Dr. Teeth’s Electric Mahyem.) [Mahna Mahna (Do DOOO do doo doo)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ) and my single favorite Muppet Show bit - [Gonzo the Great’s Motorcycle Stunt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tRPEd_LGIQ) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/2 "2011-11-23T19:54:05Z")
[Ode to Joy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_A&feature=related)by Beaker (it’s now a Christmas ornament). [Zero Mostel’s fears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_c7VGsLvYY). His index finger is almost as lively as any of the Muppets. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/3 "2011-11-23T20:00:56Z")
I loved Roger Moore singing “If I Could Talk To The Animals” as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/4 "2011-11-23T20:10:41Z")
An obvious choice, but it is one of my favorite things ever: [Kermit singing The Rainbow Connection at the beginning of _The Muppet Movie_.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_y0s-COl8&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/5 "2011-11-23T20:47:47Z")
If I had the time I’d just go through picking out scenes, there’d be a lot, but I guess I should start with another obvious one, [Turn the World Around.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/6 "2011-11-23T21:12:16Z")
[Danny Boy](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOCbuRA_D3KU&ei=T2HNTqHnEOXo2AWFtOHADw&usg=AFQjCNEWHaoLsVSc4nBBAL8_hvZh-NaRDw&sig2=3JQA2vJMiouqn8oGtgCjPg) (can’t watch videos at work, hopefully the link goes to the right place). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/7 "2011-11-23T21:18:50Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > If I had the time I’d just go through picking out scenes, there’d be a lot, but I guess I should start with another obvious one, [Turn the World Around.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs) That was excellent, but from the same episode I’d choose [The Banana Boat Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AjovHGK-TA) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/8 "2011-11-24T00:04:01Z")
[Dust In The Wind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0&feature=youtube_gdata_player) by Beaker. [Popcorn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE&feature=youtube_gdata_player) by the Swedish Chef. And of course, [Bohemian Rhapsody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9MXziI1U4&feature=youtube_gdata_player). ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/9 "2011-11-24T01:34:51Z")
[Peter Sellers on The Muppet Show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSJc72OC7Dg). “There was a real me, but I had it surgically removed.” And all of Muppet Treasure Island. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/10 "2011-11-24T02:34:51Z")
[Alice Cooper on the Muppet Show!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHr6GbWPBVQ) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/11 "2011-11-24T06:04:27Z")
Not a song, but my favorite [Cookie & Kermit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbgRyColvE&feature=youtube_gdata_player) bit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/12 "2011-11-24T07:08:24Z")
[Cookie & Kermit busting mad rhymes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBofu2aEjTs). [Swedish Chef making donuts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/13 "2011-11-24T07:09:41Z")
And a more recent Swedish Chef: [Cårven Der Pümpkîn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qj8PhxSnhg). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/14 "2011-11-24T17:47:37Z")
Seeing as it is Thanksgiving, I feel obliged to add a [Swedish Chef vs. a Turkey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-OFXUaMIv8) bit. I think there were a few of these. In fact, what I was hoping to post was the bit where the Chef was chasing the turkey around the kitchen with a meat cleaver. After a couple of laps around the counter-top island, the Chef slips. The Turkey manages to pick up the cleaver and then chases him around the kitchen! A large part of the brilliance of the Muppet Show is what they managed to get away with back then… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/15 "2011-11-24T17:57:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Popcorn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE&feature=youtube_gdata_player) by the Swedish Chef. Remember to turn the captions on for this one. They’re the best part. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/16 "2011-11-24T18:40:04Z")
[Born to add.](http://youtu.be/wN4eGVZk08c) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/17 "2011-11-24T18:41:09Z")
When Marty Feltman hosted, with the Sesame Street gang as a bonus. Funniest moment was Marty commenting how much he likes Cookie Monster… must be the eyes! 😛 \<======= (I like to call this smilie “Kermit” BTW.) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L6aFEnErE7E/hqdefault.jpg "The Muppet Show - S5 E18 P3/3 - Marty Feldman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aFEnErE7E) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/18 "2011-11-25T02:26:19Z")
I just saw the movie, and I have a new favorite Muppet Memory: Sam the Eagle, Rowlf, Fozzie, and Beaker singing a barbershop quartet version of “Smells like Teen Spirit”. Well worth the price of admission. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-felt-puppets/603897/19 "2011-11-25T03:09:08Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > [Peter Sellers on The Muppet Show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSJc72OC7Dg). “There was a real me, but I had it surgically removed.” Which was NOT a joke. I loved the old show, and hope the movie is good. A relatively recent bit I kinda like is Kermit and Sandra Bullock doing “[Phenomenon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Mc55P1i9g)” (Manamana). ETA: I just re-watched it - damn, she was hot!