I can crack my daughter up at will just by lapsing into Yoda/Grover and saying, “Charlie, number three I need…”
You know, Muppet Babies did an episode where the babies were “in” Star Wars. Fozzie was Chewy. Yoda was Animal.
Ah, back to childhood. . .
Wait a minute…Backwards one of those is.
I recall it distinctly. Luke Pondhopper defeats Darth Animal(or was it Animal Vader) when Animal accidentaly slices a hole in the floor surrounding himself. Animal looks at the camera says ‘uh oh’ and falls.
Re Frank Ozz-
I keep hoping for an outtake of Yoda singing “I am Jedi, hear me roar.”
Re-Yoda’s Grammar
Way back when The Defenders went to another dimension to battle the Unnameable. Their great ally was a wizard named Xoox. He had IIRC 3 eyes, 3 arms, and 3 legs. He was covered in whitish fur and looked like he was made from left over teddy bear supplies. It was hard to take some one who looks like they belong at an 8 year old girl’s tea party seriously. It got harder whenever Xoox talked
"Glad I am to see you. Aroo. Aroo"
"Plans make we must."
"Protected here we are. Aroo. Aroo"
Sadly, I don’t have the issue explaining the Aroo Aroo. Does Xoox have a breathing problem? Is it the alien equivalent of umm?
“Arro, Arro” = “Hubba hubba” or “Man do I need a drink” based on the tonals.
I hope I got that right, Aroo, aroo.
Believe it or not, Captain Kirk was played by a live actor. He was just such a bad actor that he seemed like a muppet.
I thought Yoda’s speech pattern was simply derived from Yiddish?
Fozzie named after F.Oz, of course.
Wow, Annie! I never made that connection! Neat.
And I thought he was named after F. Baum.
Jewish, I am. Confused also, I am.
Speak like Yoda I do not. Speak like Yoda, Zev does not. Speak this way Chaim and the rest do not.
Wondering if I am missing something, I am.
Picturing, I am, Yoda in a yarmulke. Funny, it is. Rabbi Yoda his lightsaber draws. “Circumcise you I will, yes” he says. Funny it is, yes?
Hmmm, imagining Yoda on stage doing “Jedi walking against the wind”, or “Jedi walking downstairs”.
Hey, anyone have any ideas for Waldorf and Stadtler Jedi-heckling lines??
The Force is strong with this one!
That’s the Force? I though he hadn’t taken a bath in years! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
I found the reference I was looking for. From “The Death of Jean DeWolff,” a Spider-Man comic-book collection by writer Peter David (who is also Jewish):
So there are at least two Jewish writers (Asmiov and David) who think Yoda-speak has some relationship to Yiddish. Make that clear, did they? 
I believe that this is incorrect. I can’t find a cite at the moment, but I’m pretty sure that in an interview with Frank Oz or Jim Henson it was stated that Fozzie was named in tribute to the Muppets’ technical wizard Faz Fazakas.
It’s not listed in his IMDb filmography, but I’m pretty sure that after joining the Muppets for The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, he stayed on to work on the Muppet Show – y’know, doing on-set special effects and mechanical work.
Corrected, I sit. It kinda makes me wonder about Yoda’s past.
Yoda chants a strange litany then is handed a lightsaber.
"Today a man I am."I was at a conference where Jim Henson spoke, back in 1989. I got there late, and was seated where a pillar blocked my view of the stage.
So when he spoke, all I could visualize was… the frog !
That’s nothing. In 1996, the commencement speaker at Southampton College was Kermit himself, in person… erm, amphibian. Rather appropriate for a school focused on environmentalism and wetlands conservation.