*manifests the zoo getting back to me about a job by dramatically singing “Something Better” from Muppet Treasure Island while stocking shelves at my current job*
I know it's no longer New Zealand Comedy Month, but YouTube recommended an FotC video to me I'd never seen before, and I wanted to share it with you all.
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So this was for Red Nose Day over a decade ago, and Bret and Jemaine (and Murray) make appearances in this excellent video about helping sick kids in New Zealand.
My favorite part, though, is this little girl bringing up The Muppets movie (which Bret wrote the songs for), and the boys having a hysterical exchange of words over Bret's work that won him an Academy award:
Girl: We can get money from selling oil, gold, and the crystals.
Bret: That's a very good idea.
Girl: I saw that in a movie I watched.
Jemaine: What movie was that?
Girl: The Muppets.
Jemaine: What did you think of that movie?
Bret: Some really good songs in it. [giggles]
Girl: Yeah!
Jemaine: Did you...did you like the songs? Or not really...kinda
Girl: Yeah. Miss Piggy just wears wigs all the TIME.
Bret: Yeah, but what about the songs?
Girl: Yeah, they were SO good.
Bret: Ah, yeah, ah.
Jemaine: Think so? I thought they were very derivative and like other...
Girl: Yeah?!
Jemaine: Yeah.
If you don't know why Jemaine thinks "Man or Muppet" is derivative, check out my post about their music and influences (including their impact on a young musical comedian named Bo Burnham!).
Enjoy , and keep it here for more international comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” was written by Bob Gaudin and Bob Crewe in 1967, originally sung by Frankie Valli. In season 1, episode 4 of The Muppet Show, Ruth Buzzi sang a slapstick filled version of the song alongside Sweetums (Richard Hunt).
Friends are amazing. I love each and every one of my friends an insurmountable amount. I won't talk to a friend for a while and I'll forget. But then we will talk again and I'll remember that I love them and I how much I love talking to them.
“Baby it’s Cold Outside” was written by Frank Loesser in 1949. It made its first Muppet appearance in season 2, episode 13 of The Muppet Show. In this version of the song, Miss Piggy (Frank Oz) attempts to convince Rudolph Nureyev that it is too cold to leave the steam room that they’ve both found themselves in.