# OK Go do the Muppets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205 "2011-08-18T18:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/21 "2011-08-24T00:16:33Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I have never heard of “OK Go,” and every time I see this thread title I think someone is suggesting some sort of Henson-themed Furry orgy. They’re most famous for their [treadmill video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA) (which is probably responsible for more broken bones in college town gyms than any other pop culture contribution in history). ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/22 "2011-08-24T00:22:13Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > i agree with drbhoneydew… it was OFF. the singing was just… bad? flat? i think TMBG would have done a much better job musically It’s like so much of their other work. Fantastic visuals, forgettable-at-best music. I like OK Go enough to have bought one of their albums, but it’s an inescapable fact. About the only songs of theirs I like well enough to listen to without video are Here It Goes and Do What You Want. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/23 "2011-08-24T00:37:59Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > i agree with drbhoneydew… it was OFF. the singing was just… bad? flat? i think TMBG would have done a much better job musically That’s interesting, I’d like to hear that. I was thinking more along the lines of the Squirrel Nut Zippers. I say this because the Andrew Bird’s rendition of “Being Green” keyed into the core of that bittersweet tone of that song. Accordingly, the Muppet Theme set the tone for their retro vaudeville theater acts, I feel like a bigger band that knows that bursting-with-energy retro jazz showmanship element would be what this song needs. I love OK Go, but I feel like the narcoleptic modern rock approach doesn’t do anything for what this song is supposed to be about. [reading what I just wrote] I take my Muppets way too seriously. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/24 "2011-08-24T00:52:18Z")
I didn’t find it as satisfying as I felt it should be. I think trying to divide it fairly between OK Go antics and Muppet antics ended up diluting both. > [@drbhoneydew](#): > > I guess I was more hoping for something that felt [a bit like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrdZwWIhdXs). I like that. Also, one of the related videos on that page seems to be a German rap video about a man on a penny-farthing chasing a magic butterfly, backed by a brass ensemble. I’m not sure I actually _like_ it so much as being pleased that such a thing exists. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/25 "2011-08-24T04:26:54Z")
I listened to the preview on NPR and I agree that it was crap. Well it was half great, half crap. “Halfway Down the Stairs” was awful. Like some kind of 90s Enya garbage. I’m not familiar with “The Wishing Song” but it was also awful. “Rainbow Connection” would have been good if it was just Weezer, since so many of us grew up with Weezer and the Muppets. But they threw in some chick that nobody’s heard of. I’m not a fan of the OK Go song. Video is cute tho. I’m glad they got someone super talented for “Bein’ Green” otherwise it would have been a serious affront to Jim Henson. “Movin’ Right Along” was fan-fucking-tastic! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/26 "2011-08-24T13:15:04Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > They’re most famous for their [treadmill video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA) (which is probably responsible for more broken bones in college town gyms than any other pop culture contribution in history). Oh, I was able to Google them quickly enough, it’s just that every time I see this thread title pop up I think, hmmmm . . . Kermit? Fozzie? Beaker? I can’t see doing \*any \*of them, really. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/27 "2011-08-24T23:19:03Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Oh, I was able to Google them quickly enough, it’s just that every time I see this thread title pop up I think, hmmmm . . . Kermit? Fozzie? Beaker? I can’t see doing \*any \*of them, really. Although Gonzo has that nose with the wicked-fun curve. Am I right ladies? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/28 "2011-08-25T14:36:51Z")
Did nothing for me. (And I liked the movie trailer.) I expected more from OK Go. It was jarring (when the Muppets were puppeteering the band) to see the band members playing their instruments right handed. The regular Muppets play instruments left handed since the puppeteers are right handed and it’s easier that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205/29 "2011-08-27T00:30:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > It was jarring (when the Muppets were puppeteering the band) to see the band members playing their instruments right handed. The regular Muppets play instruments left handed since the puppeteers are right handed and it’s easier that way. Well yeah. The puppeteers are right handed, which means the Muppets are left handed, which means OK Go will end up being right handed again. See, simple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-go-do-the-muppets/593205.md?page=1)