Kermit was the first born, he remembers when it was just him and Jim. The others one had each other to focus on. They didn't worry about the big picture cause they were too busy on the show of life. That's why kermit has that must help all attitude and personality.
Precisely. The illusion created by Henson is so compelling even breaking the third wall doesn't take away from it. In fact it strengthens it by making the transparency with the audience part of the gag itself. You get so wrapped up in the characters it no longer matters. This can only happen when the characters have authentic and convincing personalities....that's where it all starts.
@@robertwilliams450 this was made 40 years ago, so you must be sending these messages from the future. Even more if the FCC is finished, the proposal was only made 2 years ago for us, and the most optimic projections have it finished by 2036
“Who made this gonzo? Well ah well yes technically” could be wrong but I’m pretty sure the guy that plays gonzo is one of the main makers behind the scene
I think Jim's untimely passing caused people to celebrate his talent more openly than previously, but I hope in time people recognize just how much Frank Oz brought to the Muppets. When you pay attention long enough you start to realize most of the humor are just Frank and Jim making each other laugh.
I don't think anyone is denying, or even underestimating, the mark Frank Oz left on the Muppets. When Jim Henson, Muppet creator and performer extraordinaire, calls you "the best puppeteer in the world," you know you're an artist of high caliber.
Frank’s said as much in interviews. For example, in the skit “the comedian’s a bear” it was all done in one take. The two had such fantastic chemistry that it’s little wonder that Rolf, who was the first big time muppet on television, ended relegated to a rarely seen pianist whilst Kermit and Fozzie became the dynamic duo running the show, albeit into the ground some times. Waka Waka!
I knew a puppeteer who did a show for toddlers with a tiger puppet. He didn't hide during the show-he was in full view while the "tiger" performed. He was *frequently* asked by the little kids afterwards where he went during the show. They fully did not see him once they went into "tiger land".
That is one of the magical things about the Muppets. Often, in interviews, the interviewer has this realization that, despite the fact that Jim is sitting right there, on the couch, and they can see him holding and controlling Kermit, they are actually talking to Kermit as if he were real. Here are some examples: Johnny Carson: ruclips.net/video/9MiNN3VeVyg/видео.html Arsenio Hall: ruclips.net/video/JcIYsmdpEd0/видео.html Michael Parkenson: ruclips.net/video/Tc1c8U9M5b8/видео.html
Fun fact: up until the end of The Muppet Show in 1981, Gonzo's performer, Dave Goelz, was actually an employee at The Muppet Workshop (or rather, the in-house workshop at Elstree Studios in England). So when Fozzie asked if Gonzo made the makeshift television he and Kermit are standing in, he probably wasn't far off.
Fun Fact: In an interview with David Golez (Gonzo) he said in one episode of the Muppet Show, as a tribute to Jim Henson, they said something along the lines of "Didn't there used to be a guy walking around here?"
@@Lionloverky No, I said what I meant. "I resemble that remark" is a joke that's been used for decades, often being attributed to Groucho Marx. Seriously, look it up.
Fozzy woke up and chose VIOLENCE lmao! I genuinely smiled when he said it was cute, and then legit WHEEZED when he said it was tacky! Oh how I love The Muppets!
My ex-performing partner and I got to be Muppets in the church scene in Muppets Take Manhattan (where Kermit marries miss Piggy). It was a blast puppeteering Muppets. When the reverse camera angle was done where Kermit and Piggy were walking down the aisle as they were leaving, the main Muppeteers operated the Muppets near the middle, and my partner and I and the other puppeteers were moved up to the front so we got to be two of the main Muppets! Every station has a reverse TV screen down below so we could see what we were doing. It was great meeting Jim and Frank. And craft services had a fantastic spread!
@@abagelmuppetstuff When in the middle, I was a Scottish Yew, and when up front, the head of the Swedish Chef (I was good at that voice so in between takes I had fun speaking as him). I forget what my partner was.
I remember seeing this on TV as a kid (presumably back when it aired in 1980) and actually went looking for a clip of it a few years ago but came up dry. Thank you for uploading this, now I have proof that I didn't imagine it!
My first memories of watching it, was on a Jim Henson tribute film. I think on the BBC. I must of been pretty young. But because of the sheer genius of the part, it never left my mind. That's the beauty of The Muppets, even one small sketch like this can have a lasting impact on a life. Jim and everyone involved where so ahead of their time, and brought many smiles to people of all ages. I only found this video because I've been on strange Muppet binge on RUclips. Manly just to cheer myself up. They never fail to accomplish that.
The moment they would have brought up someone being underneath I would have started cheering. To acknowledge Frank and Jim, who I believe were trying to do a 4th wall reveal on stage --- and read the room that it may not have been the best idea at the World Puppetry Festival. Still, the sheer stoicism of the 1980 puppetry scene. Probably why Henson was such a breakout star of a man. Everyone else was made of wood.
Here's another major difference between Henson and most other puppeteers of the day. People like the late Shari Lewis were more known as ventriloquists, and thus spent their performances switching between acting and singing as themselves and as their puppets (Lamb Chop, in Shari's case). Henson and his crew, on the other hand, were not ventriloquists in any sense; you could clearly see their mouths move when they performed their Muppets. However, they fully embodied their characters, going so far as to employ camera tricks to make the Muppets seem truly alive.
I just love how kermit and fozzie literally just have the same exact voices and interactions to Ernie and Bert lmao it always excites me when I see their parallels
@@alvexok5523 Cookie Monster: "Me no gain weight cuz me cant actually eat cookies...or veggies...or Godon's car (that was for comedy, people, me cant eat cars! ). On bright side, this mean me can't also can't get really overweight and get type 2 diabetes. Now me think about it, me can't event get a cold....cuz, me a puppet....only downside is person's hand up my butt "
This is a great example of how to properly break the fourth wall. 1a. Set up a "wall" that people are expecting. (Puppets, puppetbox.) 1b. Weak walls break better. (Puppeteering requires audience suspension of disbelief. Not expecting realism.) 2. Show that it is a functioning "wall." (Kermit introduction. Gags with Fozzie.) 3. Build audience investment. (Suspense of what "puppet" thing Fozzie is going to do.) 4. Break "wall." (Emotions wrought by unexpected outcome.) 5. Do not linger on the break. (Gag about orange juice, moving on with the show.)
This artistry is a national treasure and we should do everything we can to preserve it. Keep kids interested in this magical world so they'll grow up to bring it into the lives of new generations.
Heh, no free hand. One was in Fozzie's head and the other in Fozzie's left hand. Plus there was a third puppeteer back there working Fozzie's right hand.
gee -lovingly went to college and went to DC and went back with Jane Henson and thankfully went and performed as Kermit, Big Bird and graduated a a puppeteer!!!!
Pretty sure the Forum title is itself a joke on "A funny thing happened to me on my way to the club tonight", which is a classic opening line for stand up routines.
What does that even mean "have more to tell?" And regardless, modern sitcoms are just reading jokes and sometimes showing emotions for episodes that need it. It's like looking for world class cooking at a bar, sure it has food, but it ain't gonna be the best for someone with only a taste of high-class cooking.
@@motodog242 When there are food trucks and hole-in-the-wall-restaurants out there that do have real Michelin stars for food that costs less than $5, then this becomes the standard. When comedy is deep and universal and has meaning for kids and adults alike, then this is the standard and intelligent people shouldn't put up with anything less.
As a kid I remember PBS had the hour documentary “Here Come the Puppets!” in 1981. It was footage of this event in Washington DC the year before. I was there! Not in the audience of this Kermit and Fozzie footage, but I remember the museum (might have been the Smithsonian) that Jim Henson walks through and stops to look at Charlie McCarthy. When my dad recorded the documentary on TV with our new VCR back then I must have watched it a hundred times over a period of twenty years! Good times, great memories! Check out on RUclips the puppeteer who has the bitchy wife hand puppet get tricked by her husband into going down to the cellar where the devil waits for her. (Edit: Bruce Schwartz! I blanked for a minute! Huge talent! Check him out!)
Skit: Blah blah blah Kermit: Pardon my French Stadler: Wow, Kermit has a pretty big stage presence, he really has a leg up on his language skills Waldorf: From this distance, I's say he looks a little froggy Stadler: That's food for thought S % W: Ha ha ha ha EDIT: I heard that from another playing Eve Online
I love how whenever their puppet nature is brought up, Kermit acts completely calm while everyone else has an existential crisis.
Kermit was the first born, he remembers when it was just him and Jim. The others one had each other to focus on. They didn't worry about the big picture cause they were too busy on the show of life. That's why kermit has that must help all attitude and personality.
Kermit os part of a cult that exposed him to the Truth Beyond. He not only knows his true nature, but that of all that is and is not
That's because Kermit is god
Kermit drank a lot of coffee during his early days. Probably one of the reasons why he's so woke.
@@thewatcherinthecloud Was it Wilken's? It better be....
How many puppets can flat-out say "We're puppets", and NONE of the magic is lost? God bless you, Jim Henson.
Precisely. The illusion created by Henson is so compelling even breaking the third wall doesn't take away from it. In fact it strengthens it by making the transparency with the audience part of the gag itself. You get so wrapped up in the characters it no longer matters. This can only happen when the characters have authentic and convincing personalities....that's where it all starts.
Muppets are people.
Hey Bobsheaux! Someday we could be Muppeteers like on Sesame Street and make our own Muppetries!
@@UDPride yea even when he was performing with Kermit in his lap. Kermit is Kermit.
@@UDPride Perfectly explained 👍
I love the moment where the audience member yelled out, "tell a joke"! And Fozzie's response is, "Oh give me a break"!
I was kind'a hoping one would shout: "You're not funny!"
Fozzy: "Neither are you, but which one of us got invited to be here, tonight?" =)
"What do ya know? The bear's not telling jokes. He's giving US a break! Dohohohohoho!"
The inflection in Fozzie's voice as he said it is a testament to how invested the puppeteers are to their characters.
@@camerona9067 ok
I like that part too
Man. 40 years old and the humor holds up like it was written yesterday.
Damn, these guys were operating on their own level of existence
48 for me
@@robertwilliams450 wow, you're writin from 2028?
How is the Future Circular Collider coming along?
@@user-zh4vo1kw1z I dont follow you? I'm 48. And besides they already have the supercolider finished.
@@robertwilliams450 this was made 40 years ago, so you must be sending these messages from the future.
Even more if the FCC is finished, the proposal was only made 2 years ago for us, and the most optimic projections have it finished by 2036
Yeah psychedelics will do that for you.
"I can't understand that concept." Fozzy is deeply underated.
Yeah, since Disney took over they've often played Fozzie as an idiot. He isn't. He's just totally neurotic.
@@LaundryFaerie Disney doesn't know what they're doing with the Muppets especially after the firing of Steve Whitmire
“Who made this gonzo? Well ah well yes technically” could be wrong but I’m pretty sure the guy that plays gonzo is one of the main makers behind the scene
Frank Oz
@@Finallybianca Dave Goelz 🤩
The guy who plays Gonzo is the guy who just said "Who made this, Gonzo?" as Fozzie.
@@jaecenwhite2590 No, Frank Oz performed Fozzie. Dave Goelz is Gonzo’s puppeteer.
Dave used to design puppets but by 1980 when this aired he was only a performer
Would this be "Breaking the bottom wall"?
You mean the floor?
this is taking a wrecking ball to the whole,damn house.XD
When puppets go meta, it is indeed called breaking the floor (or ceiling if they're string puppets) instead of the fourth wall.
Breaking the fifth wall...
It’s pretty groundbreaking
Random guy in the distance:...Tell a joke!
*Pause*
Fozzie:...Aw, give me a break! 😂
Must be one of Statler or Waldorf's relatives
3:13 😄😂
I thought that right after that, he would've told a joke and we'd then see a tomato flying at him.
Funny
I think Jim's untimely passing caused people to celebrate his talent more openly than previously, but I hope in time people recognize just how much Frank Oz brought to the Muppets. When you pay attention long enough you start to realize most of the humor are just Frank and Jim making each other laugh.
I don't think anyone is denying, or even underestimating, the mark Frank Oz left on the Muppets. When Jim Henson, Muppet creator and performer extraordinaire, calls you "the best puppeteer in the world," you know you're an artist of high caliber.
Frank’s said as much in interviews. For example, in the skit “the comedian’s a bear” it was all done in one take. The two had such fantastic chemistry that it’s little wonder that Rolf, who was the first big time muppet on television, ended relegated to a rarely seen pianist whilst Kermit and Fozzie became the dynamic duo running the show, albeit into the ground some times. Waka Waka!
I also love the test reel they did for the first movie: “I’ve got news for you, kid. There’s a wire connected to your arm.”
“you hurt me, i’m gonna have to hurt you”
“It’s only for movement”
“you’re not a real bear”
The suspension of disbelief is incredible.
I knew a puppeteer who did a show for toddlers with a tiger puppet. He didn't hide during the show-he was in full view while the "tiger" performed. He was *frequently* asked by the little kids afterwards where he went during the show. They fully did not see him once they went into "tiger land".
What do you mean?
@@alitlweird
The puppet becomes so lifelike that one forgets it's a puppet. It's the sign of a highly skilled puppeteer.
That is one of the magical things about the Muppets. Often, in interviews, the interviewer has this realization that, despite the fact that Jim is sitting right there, on the couch, and they can see him holding and controlling Kermit, they are actually talking to Kermit as if he were real. Here are some examples:
Johnny Carson: ruclips.net/video/9MiNN3VeVyg/видео.html
Arsenio Hall: ruclips.net/video/JcIYsmdpEd0/видео.html
Michael Parkenson: ruclips.net/video/Tc1c8U9M5b8/видео.html
@@karrachr000 Thanks for those links man, the effort is appreciated.
'Who made this, Gonzo?' SAVAGE BEAR!
I can't hit the like because I'll ruin the number...so all I'll say is "Nice."
@@nickthedreamer4434 it's not a nice number anymore come back and like it.
Fun fact: up until the end of The Muppet Show in 1981, Gonzo's performer, Dave Goelz, was actually an employee at The Muppet Workshop (or rather, the in-house workshop at Elstree Studios in England). So when Fozzie asked if Gonzo made the makeshift television he and Kermit are standing in, he probably wasn't far off.
Ladies and gentlemen, the funniest existential crisis ever put to stage and camera
Frank Oz truly was an improvisational genius. He always knew how to make jokes in-character on the fly.
The fact that Kermit accepts it like he’s always known, and is okay with that is hard for me.
Kermit has been running around since the 60’s. I’m not shocked he figured it out
Fozzie: "I can't understand that concept."
Me: has a vision of Fozzie being made to use a tiny Fozzie puppet as a demonstration.
I can hear Fozzie saying, "And this isn't bad touch?"
So many kinds of wrong...
But tell me. Does that Fozzie also have an even smaller Fozzie?
Wouldn't work; the Mini-Fozzie also wouldn't understand.
Jeff Dunham did that joke, brilliantly.
@@SonnyBubba The little lawyer guy!
Fun Fact: In an interview with David Golez (Gonzo) he said in one episode of the Muppet Show, as a tribute to Jim Henson, they said something along the lines of "Didn't there used to be a guy walking around here?"
Here you go. Warning: you will cry.
ruclips.net/video/ubtQf0df8Ms/видео.html
“When we move, they move. Try it.”
Love that part!
This is gold.
Gosh I miss Jim Henson.
It's just never been the same without him 😢
Yes RIP Jim Henson. Very few things besides the muppets have been created which can hold a candle to
Me Too!!! I do not care for the directions Disney studios is taking things since the BUYOUT!!!!
"We're puppets"
Fozzie should have turned around and said, "No, I think you'll find, we're muppets"
Alternate title: Fozzie Bear has an existential crisis.
"You are a toy!" energy "We're puppets!" 15 years earlier.
YOU ARE A TOY! You are a child's plaything!
*Fozzie:* "Don't look, he's hideous!"
*Frank Oz:* "Hey, I resemble that remark!"
Excuse me for intruding, but I believe the word you might be looking for is resent
@@Lionloverky No, I said what I meant. "I resemble that remark" is a joke that's been used for decades, often being attributed to Groucho Marx. Seriously, look it up.
Fozzy woke up and chose VIOLENCE lmao! I genuinely smiled when he said it was cute, and then legit WHEEZED when he said it was tacky! Oh how I love The Muppets!
I'm guessing the "cute" part was sarcasm, heheh
I like to call this video “Fozzie has an existential crisis”.
My ex-performing partner and I got to be Muppets in the church scene in Muppets Take Manhattan (where Kermit marries miss Piggy). It was a blast puppeteering Muppets. When the reverse camera angle was done where Kermit and Piggy were walking down the aisle as they were leaving, the main Muppeteers operated the Muppets near the middle, and my partner and I and the other puppeteers were moved up to the front so we got to be two of the main Muppets! Every station has a reverse TV screen down below so we could see what we were doing. It was great meeting Jim and Frank. And craft services had a fantastic spread!
That's super awesome!!! Do you remember which puppets you performed??
@@abagelmuppetstuff When in the middle, I was a Scottish Yew, and when up front, the head of the Swedish Chef (I was good at that voice so in between takes I had fun speaking as him). I forget what my partner was.
Did NO ONE in that audience get the "Moving Right Along" reference?! Sheesh Tough Crowd!
Yeah, I spotted that, only because it's the funniest thing in the bit ;-)
Please explain?
No respect I tells ya
@@dirkvantroyen9170 Movin' Right Along is a song Kermit and Fozzie sing in The Muppet Movie
If you think the crowd is ugly, you should see the dancing girls!
This was 41 years ago. YIKES.
And I suddenly feel much older than I did a few minutes ago. 😟
@@R.M.MacFru 😥
I could have gone a really long time without knowing that. Like for the rest of my life.
@@MegaZeo The announcer guy at the very beginning looks a lot like Adam West, doesn't he?
@Gold Talon I'm very sorry to break it to you but you're not a kid anymore but it's okay as long if you're happy and having a good life
"You know what else this is? It's tacky!" Lol!
Followed by, "Did Gonzo make it?"
I liked that too
Imagine the.. absurd skill and brain amd love it requires to make these characters so very much alive. I'm almost crying at how charming this was.
You just gotta love how innocent Fozzie is about this
It's not easy being....
....in the middle of an existential crisis
I remember seeing this on TV as a kid (presumably back when it aired in 1980) and actually went looking for a clip of it a few years ago but came up dry. Thank you for uploading this, now I have proof that I didn't imagine it!
My first memories of watching it, was on a Jim Henson tribute film. I think on the BBC. I must of been pretty young. But because of the sheer genius of the part, it never left my mind. That's the beauty of The Muppets, even one small sketch like this can have a lasting impact on a life. Jim and everyone involved where so ahead of their time, and brought many smiles to people of all ages. I only found this video because I've been on strange Muppet binge on RUclips. Manly just to cheer myself up. They never fail to accomplish that.
Why is this only popping up in my recommendations now?
Are you complaining?
Probably because disney just declared muppets are racist.
I love how they can just say there are puppeteers controlling them, and still keep the magic of the muppets going
The moment they would have brought up someone being underneath I would have started cheering.
To acknowledge Frank and Jim, who I believe were trying to do a 4th wall reveal on stage
--- and read the room that it may not have been the best idea at the World Puppetry Festival.
Still, the sheer stoicism of the 1980 puppetry scene. Probably why Henson was such a breakout star of a man. Everyone else was made of wood.
Here's another major difference between Henson and most other puppeteers of the day. People like the late Shari Lewis were more known as ventriloquists, and thus spent their performances switching between acting and singing as themselves and as their puppets (Lamb Chop, in Shari's case). Henson and his crew, on the other hand, were not ventriloquists in any sense; you could clearly see their mouths move when they performed their Muppets. However, they fully embodied their characters, going so far as to employ camera tricks to make the Muppets seem truly alive.
“Now, moving right along..”
In search of good times and good news
@@blankadams3120 ♪ With good friends you can't lose, ♪
♪ This could become a habit! ♪ =)
Footloose and fancy free. Ready for the big time, is it ready for me?
@@ciderfan823 getting there is half the fun come share it with me
@@crazyman7615 *Single tear of nostalgia*
when breaking the 4th wall also induces an existential crisis
Statler and Waldorf be like "breaking the fourth wall is beneath you."
Rowlf also goes through one of those in the Muppets on Puppets special!
We're puppets
Fozzie:
WHAT!
I just can't get that concept.
Jim and Frank, a great comedy duo as Kermit and Fozzie, and the Muppets were just way better with Jim still alive
Jim kept it weird, apparently. Disney does not remotely understand what made the muppets great.
The Muppets always make me laugh. Never too old for these.
Statler and Waldorf be like "breaking the fourth wall is beneath you."
I just love how kermit and fozzie literally just have the same exact voices and interactions to Ernie and Bert lmao it always excites me when I see their parallels
Jim Henson and Frank Oz worked so well together, they're a great team 😆
Muppet history led me here
The muppets have to be the most real fictional characters to ever live
This is ten and a half hours into SOMEthing.
That is some next level 4th wall breaking right there. Didn't even break the magic. Next level talent on top.
Right after the Muppet Movie...so they realized yeah, these two work GREAT together.
"No, I mean I can't drink anything... because I'm a puppet."
--Dreck, Brainchild
essentially, the reason Cookie Monster is such a messy eater.
@@Mibbitmaker Yeah, haha. Because Cookie monster has no hole in his mouth and can't actually swallow anything, hahaha
@@alvexok5523 Cookie Monster: "Me no gain weight cuz me cant actually eat cookies...or veggies...or Godon's car (that was for comedy, people, me cant eat cars! ). On bright side, this mean me can't also can't get really overweight and get type 2 diabetes. Now me think about it, me can't event get a cold....cuz, me a puppet....only downside is person's hand up my butt "
There is just some child like joy I get from this. Makes me feel like a kid again
This is a great example of how to properly break the fourth wall.
1a. Set up a "wall" that people are expecting. (Puppets, puppetbox.)
1b. Weak walls break better. (Puppeteering requires audience suspension of disbelief. Not expecting realism.)
2. Show that it is a functioning "wall." (Kermit introduction. Gags with Fozzie.)
3. Build audience investment. (Suspense of what "puppet" thing Fozzie is going to do.)
4. Break "wall." (Emotions wrought by unexpected outcome.)
5. Do not linger on the break. (Gag about orange juice, moving on with the show.)
Actually based on how he's moving both hands, there's probably two people underneath fozzie
Henson was a magician in the most wonderful way possible.
For all those who thought "meta" was a purely 21st century innovation.
For more on that: Hope/Crosby Road pictures, Tex Avery, "Duck Amuck", Sam's Strip, Moonlighting...
Muppets have never been big on the whole Fourth Wall thing.
Metafiction has been around almost as long as fiction, how could anyone think it's a recent development?
Thank you for the laughs I think that’s the first time I’ve had a reason to just have a good laugh in a very long time
This artistry is a national treasure and we should do everything we can to preserve it. Keep kids interested in this magical world so they'll grow up to bring it into the lives of new generations.
kermit can transcend reality,see into the ether and bend all to his will.
They got away with breaking the 2 main rules of live shows all in the same act
1: Don't ruin the magic
2: Don't have dead air
They managed to pull it off without ruining anything.
4:59 I'm disappointed that Frank Oz didn't use his free hand to actually give Fozzie an orange juice.
Heh, no free hand. One was in Fozzie's head and the other in Fozzie's left hand. Plus there was a third puppeteer back there working Fozzie's right hand.
@@weebunny Hmm... But that other puppeteer had a free hand. If they just swapped who was controlling the left hand, it could still work.
It takes a very confident magician to tell you the trick and still fool you.
In all honesty, who doesn't love Sweetumms? He is my ABSOLUTE favorite! Second favorite is Rolf The Dog, because I play the piano too! (50+ years)
I was wondering if Fuzzy Bear was going to tell a joke and we'd see a tomato fly up from "the audience"
*He's got a beard*
memento mori, fellow muppet fan
"We'll see you tomorrow"
Jim Henson had a beard. Confirmed.
@@LuppetCentral So did Frank Oz, at times anyway. At least a mustache.
the audience member at 3:14
*_"tell a joke!"_*
Fozzie: Ah, give me a break!
gee -lovingly went to college and went to DC and went back with Jane Henson and thankfully went and performed as Kermit, Big Bird and graduated a a puppeteer!!!!
This is fabulous! I’m such a huge fan of Jim Henson & The Muppets. Thank u so much for posting!
I wish tv could be like that again, I miss that stuff.
Timeless.
Even the TV has a face. Glorious
I remember seeing this video at The Art of The Muppets exhibition in New Orleans in 1981.
This was so entertaining, the fastest five minutes of my life
this is comedic brilliance in all of its form.
This seems to have spiked in popularity in the last week or so... not sure why, but I’m glad it turned up in my recommendations!
Do you think you could upload the Ernie and Bert segment from this reel?
Sure.
@@abagelmuppetstuff Thank you. Really enjoyed it.
I love the look on Fozzy's face when he learns he is a puppet
3:04 idk why I can't get over that nervous laugh, or whatever that was 😆
It's Kermit and Fozzie, but I still hear Bert and Ernie.
I dunno why this popped up in my recommendations, but I'm glad it did
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. Because its puppeteer brought it to the other side.
Brilliant! I love it! 😁🥰❤🍻
When puppets go metaphysical... 🤣
Anybody else catch the "A funny thing happened on the way to the theater (forum)" joke? XD
Pretty sure the Forum title is itself a joke on "A funny thing happened to me on my way to the club tonight", which is a classic opening line for stand up routines.
I'm I don't care I'm a lot older it's still funny and I get a kick out of them.
Still laughing after all these years.
The Muppets break the fourth wall.
Fourth? That's the fifth wall
They broke the floor!
And the ceiling!
These hand puppets have more to tell than 99.9% of the "actors" you see in today's sitcoms...
What does that even mean "have more to tell?" And regardless, modern sitcoms are just reading jokes and sometimes showing emotions for episodes that need it. It's like looking for world class cooking at a bar, sure it has food, but it ain't gonna be the best for someone with only a taste of high-class cooking.
@@motodog242 When there are food trucks and hole-in-the-wall-restaurants out there that do have real Michelin stars for food that costs less than $5, then this becomes the standard. When comedy is deep and universal and has meaning for kids and adults alike, then this is the standard and intelligent people shouldn't put up with anything less.
*Can you get me an orange juice!*
I expected the face in the TV dials to say something.
7 years before i entered this world and the muppets were already hilarious
In 1977 I watched this both in Jordon in Arabic subtitled English and English subtitled in Arabic.
Fozzie is best Muppet and nobody can convince me otherwise
Agreed! He's so sweet and innocent! You just want to hug him! :=)
Kermit has always been and always will be my favourite.
Animal! Animal! Animal!
😉. And Rolph.
@@R.M.MacFru He was my Mom's favorite :=)
A wok a wok a wok a! 🤣
As a kid I remember PBS had the hour documentary “Here Come the Puppets!” in 1981. It was footage of this event in Washington DC the year before. I was there! Not in the audience of this Kermit and Fozzie footage, but I remember the museum (might have been the Smithsonian) that Jim Henson walks through and stops to look at Charlie McCarthy. When my dad recorded the documentary on TV with our new VCR back then I must have watched it a hundred times over a period of twenty years! Good times, great memories!
Check out on RUclips the puppeteer who has the bitchy wife hand puppet get tricked by her husband into going down to the cellar where the devil waits for her.
(Edit: Bruce Schwartz! I blanked for a minute! Huge talent! Check him out!)
Jerry Nelson AND RICHARD HUNT TWO HEADED MONSTER VOICE
"We're puppets"
"WHAT?"
"I can't understand that concept."
Lol
Yooo!! This is funny mud life crisis for real Fozzie the bear 🤣🤣
The highlight of my career
Still miss Jim, Richard, and Jerry
I adore Sweetums!
I realized there's a face on the tv. Two white round eyes with pupils, a red round dial as the nose, and a red mouth underneath. Funny 😅
I love these guys.
Jim Henson was a true master
Skit: Blah blah blah
Kermit: Pardon my French
Stadler: Wow, Kermit has a pretty big stage presence, he really has a leg up on his language skills
Waldorf: From this distance, I's say he looks a little froggy
Stadler: That's food for thought
S % W: Ha ha ha ha
EDIT: I heard that from another playing Eve Online
I feel like that interlude with Fozzie needed a Statler and Waldorf gag
“Everything I watch the show I have an existential crisis.”
“Really?”
“Yhea, like why I watch it.”
“Ho ho go go go”