I was watching MTV this weekend, and they had a “Making the Video” show about the new Weezer video, which features Muppets. The show played along with the whole Muppets shtick, including have the director of the video be a Muppet.
The thing was, I’d never seen the one that was the director before. It was tiny, had big eyes, red spiky hair on its head and a Spanish(?) accent. It must be new, but the Muppets don’t have a regular show now, so where did it come from? And what is it? Anyone been paying attention?
That sounds like Pepe. Was he a shrimp…er…excuse me…King Prawn? He debuted on Muppets Tonight as one half of a comedy team (the other half being an elephant.) They actually got away with the “what do you get if you cross an elephant and a rhino?” joke on a Muppet show
Anyway, he’s a little guy, with a strong accent, and ends most sentences with “Okay?” And he’s been in a number of Long John Silver ads. I saw the video, but not the making of, but I’d bet money that’s him.
Sounds like Pepe the Prawn. He’s a French shrimp that was added to the cast for Muppets Tonight (1996) and the feature film Muppets in Space (1999). Says things like “I’m not a shrimp, I’m a KING PRAWN, Ohhhh-K?. A PRAAWWWN, ohhhh-Kay?” in a comically thick French accent.
