It's a mail order/ in the post/snail mail, set of lessons, to learn a subject, like from a school. Get one a week or one a month type of thing, write your answers down and send them in. Varies in levels of success. You get a diploma at the end, may or may not be worth the paper it's written on.
Correspondence courses can be completed online as well, so the joke is Fozzy learned to drive via correspondence course, which doesn’t work well when learning that particular skill.
Why does The Rainbow Connection song make people so emotional? Simple. It's more than just a song. It's a highly effective litmus test on measuring a person's humanity.
There’s a radio station here that plays songs from the 1910s - 1990s. They played Rainbow Connection a few times while I was working there and I would pause every time they did.
She must never find out about the spinoff merchandise line turned fantasy scene turned Pampers commercial turned Marvel cartoon that was the Muppet Babies.
"Prepare the standard Rich and Famous contract for Kermit the Frog and company." It's probably my favorite line by a guest star in the entire Muppet franchise. "Lew Lord" is not a real person, but he is based on producer Lew Grade, who had faith in Jim Henson when no one else did. Having him played by Orson Welles just makes it that much more epic. This movie is meant as an origin story for the Muppets, even though they started as a TV show instead of movies. "Muppets Take Manhattan" is another potential origin story where they start off by going to New York and trying to make it big on Broadway. And in between, you've got "The Great Muppet Caper". They're three of the best Muppet movies that aren't based on a previous story like "The Muppet Christmas Carol" is. I hope you watch them all.
I was about to say "if no one else has said it before then a little factoid Lew Lord was played by Orson Welles" but you beat me to the punch, glad I ain't the only one who knew who he was
The Frog Prince was my intro to Sweetums and I have loved him since. "Sweetums lay your ugly head down upon your wretched bed" Still a go to lullaby lol.
Agreed 😂. I've only seen it once, but it's definitely honorable mention as one of his memorable roles. Will always remember him as the concierge from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Ashleigh: "Why am I getting a little emotional in this song? I feel it wellin' up..." Because there's something about 'Rainbow Connection' that hits you right in the soul ♥
Which really upset Henson. Why? Because the opening number with Kermit singing in the swamp was a HUGE technical achievement that required Henson to perform partially submerged underwater. It was a difficult thing that most puppeteers would consider impossible and he was VERY proud of that shot and expected others to hail it as an amazing thing. The bicycle thing was an extremely simply trick that he barely put any thought into, and it completely upstaged the thing he worked so hard on.
In his review of *The Muppet Movie,* critic Roger Ebert (peace be upon his spirit) began it quite succinctly: "Jolson sang, Garbo spoke, and now Kermit the Frog rides a bicycle." Such a smart man, yet even *he* missed the technical triumph of the swamp scene. 🧐
@@catwhowalksbyhimself , that's one of those technical achievements that shoots itself in the foot. There are a lot of movies out there where the special effect people did such a great job that the audience completely misses it. It wasn't until this past year that I saw blueprints of how they did the log scene, and how difficult and dangerous it was.
Muppet Treasure Island is amazing, not just as a Muppet movie but as a musical film period. With songs by Hans Zimmer, who we all know writes great pirate music, and Tim Curry as the best Long John Silver ever captured on film. The Great Muppet Caper is a little older and it's probably the funniest of the Muppet movies. I'm sure you'd enjoy reacting to either of those.
The Great Muppet Caper is still my absolute favorite. (probably because I watched it everyday) "Why are you telling me this?" "It's exposition it has to go somewhere." RIP Lady Holiday Olenna Tyrell
The Muppett Show had no shortage of stars wanting to appear on the show. Many even appeared for next to no fee because the publicity they received was greater than anything they could hope for. Elton John, Alice Cooper, Vincent Price, Judi Collins and John Cleese were just a few of the wonderful guests of the Muppett Show. Your nephews and nieces will love it.
If Disney wouldn't copy right strike Ashleigh into next year, I'd be down to watching Ashleigh experience the original Muppet Show for the first time. Christopher Reeve, Raquel Welch, Debbie Harry, Loretta Swit and Mark Hamill episodes were among my favourite ones.
Totaly forgot James coburn was in this. Love him in Pat garrett e Billy the kid e his oscar winning performance in affliction but not the actor that you would expect in a Muppet movie.
The lady who comes out from behind the billboard when Kermit says "myth" (instead of Miss) played Miracle Max's wife in The Princess Bride. But proud of you for getting so many of the cameos. It's like all the movies you have been watching were training for this moment. Truly a joy to watch you enjoying it so much.
I think the key to the success of the Muppets is they _never_ considered them only as children''s entertainment where they talk down to the audience and the comedy is legit dry and snarky and character-driven and appropriate for all ages
the piano player at the beginning is Paul WIlliams, who played the "dwarf" in Smokey and the Bandit. He also wrote Rainbow Connection which was sung by Kermit the Frog, "Evergreen" sung by Barbara Streisand in A Star is Born, and "Rainy Days and Mondays" sung by Karen Carpenter.
Muppets Take Manhattan holds a special place in my heart. When I was 4 I married my imaginary best friend and at our wedding reception we watched Muppets Take Manhattan and drank rootbeer floats
52 years old and never been arried and i am convinced it is becasue i want my wedding to be EXACTLY like the end of Muppets Take Manhattan, and EVRY guy i date thinks i am crazy....
Gonzo is a "blue weirdo" lol. As a child, i watched The Muppet Show religiously, and when the movie finally came out it was a "MUST See!!" The show ALSO had some amazing guest stars. So many celebrities WANTED to be on it because it was so beloved, and had a phenomenal cast, writers, song writers, and a very loyal fan base. It covered many life lessons, and did it in an entertaining and memorable way.
@@dugferd2266 it's quite possible that she didn't know who Bob Hope was since he died in 2003 and had been out of the public eye for several years before that.
This movie came out, when I was 7 years old. I heard "The Rainbow Connection" for the first time, that day. It put a lump in my throat, and made my eyes well up. I'm 52, now. The song still has the same effect on me, today. The 2011"The Muppets" features another performance of the song, featuring all the Muppets. That one had tears streaming down my face.
/me shake hands. I was 9 when it came out. We watched it in a very small theater and we where late and the only seats where the steps :( but it did not dear us at all
While they play the Marleys in the 'Muppet Christmas Carol', there is also a shop in the background of a number of scenes called 'Statler and Waldorf'.
Stripes has my all time FAVORITE HARE KRISHNA reference (John Candy is holding his hair after they BUZZ CUT him and Russell starts dancing around singing "HARE KRISHNA! HARE KRISHNA!!!" ) But this one is awesome as well! 😂🤣😂🤣
In answer to your question, “is this a real song?”, yes it is. “Can You Picture That” is on Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem’s first album, “Righteous Tunes”.
Hari Krishna is a religion from India. A correspondence course is schooling through the mail. Long before online classes. "Jack not name. Jack job", said Sweetums the Ogre. Bob Hope was the ice cream salesman. "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday", is my favorite song from the film. ✌️❤️🌹
One of my favorite lines from any song.... "There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met" Goes well with "A stranger's just a friend you haven't met"
"I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone... I promised me." It's one of the big truths in life that before you can live for anyone else, you have to be willing and able to live for yourself. Leave it to Jim Henson to have a troupe of wacky puppets to delve into such deep themes.
@@krystalbernier234 I'll one up you there with his voice lines in the Freakazoid episode "The Island of Dr. Mystico" where he voices the episode's title character. You can tell he was just enjoying himself and chewing the scenery when recording those lines: "They called me mad! Insane!! WENDELL!!!" Gets me every time.
Bollywood is the name of India's Hindi-language film industry, which is based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The term is a portmanteau of the words "Bombay" and "Hollywood", and was coined in the 1970s. Bollywood is the world's largest film industry in terms of the number of films produced and released each year.
The movie was jam packed with cameos… 4:16 Agent-Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, History of the World Part 1) 6:01 Owner- James Coburn 6:20 patron- Madeline Kahn (What’s Up Doc? , Blazing Saddles etc) 6:27 tough guy-Telly Savalas (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) 8:45 Doc Hopper- Charles Durning (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Tootsie) 9:33 Max- Austin Pendleton (My Cousin Vinny, What’s Up Doc?) 11:05 Myth -Carol Kane (Princess Bride, Addams Family Values, Scrooged) 15:26 Mad Man Mooney- Milton Berle (It’s a Mad Mad Mad World) 16:48 Pageant MC: Elliott Gould ( MASH) 17:08 Edgar Bergen and puppet Charlie McCarthy 19:22 Ice Cream Salesman- Bob Hope 19:38 Balloon Salesman- Richard Pryor (Stir Crazy etc) 21:47 waiter -Steve Martin (the jerk etc) 24:17 Prf Krassman- Mel Brooks (Dracula Dead and Loving it, etc) Lew Lord- Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) Lord’s Secretary- Cloris Leechman (Young Frankenstein)
6:33 Piano Player - Paul Williams singer, songwriter (Rainy Days and Mondays, Evergreen, Old Fashioned Love Song), actor (Smokey and the Bandit-Little Enos, Princess Diaries 2,) He is also the person who wrote Rainbow Connection that Kermit sings.
I live in his old neighborhood, kid of. They keep changing the designations, over the years. My local airport was once called Bob Hope/Burbank Airport. A few years ago they got rid of the Bob Hope part, but he was the root of this part of the San Fernando Valley and an Icon of Los Angeles.
Bob Hope was such a beloved comedian and entertainer! He really made a name for himself in movies and TV, and he was especially known for entertaining U.S. troops during wartime. His career lasted almost 80 years, and people still remember him as one of the all-time greats in American entertainment
I don't know if this is a joke someone official made, or if it's a conclusion I reached on my own somehow at some point and then forgot, but I've long considered "Weirdo" to be kind of a Muppets-universe type of bird - like a dodo, but - y'know - weird. His texture is kind of feathery, he has sort of a beak, he dreams of flying, and he's attracted to chickens. So in my head, Gonzo's specific kind of "weirdo" is, literally, a rare bird (but he also, really, doesn't NEED to be anything definite and it's kind of better if he's harder to define)
Paul Williams - the same guy that wrote Carpenter's hit "We've Only Just Begun" wrote "Rainbow Connection" He appears in the bar playing piano and wearing a Derby/Bowler hat
One of Frank Oz's pet peeves is when people say he did "the voice" of Piggy or Fozzie. He was a puppeteer, he performed the whole puppet, not just the voice.
@@stanw8307 Depending on the kind of muppet :) The majority (including Kermit and Miss Piggy) are rod-puppets so always controlled by a single performer.
@@stanw8307 On The Muppet Show, Jim Henson performed the head of the Swedish Chef with his right hand and his left hand was the Chef's left hand (if you look closely you can see Jim's wedding ring in those sketches). Frank Oz usually had his right hand performing the Chef's right hand. Oz would constantly keep Jim on his toes by ad libbing things with the Chef's right hand that weren't in the script.
I agree and Michael Caine's Scrooge is either the best or second best Scrooge EVER . And I have literally collected dozens of versions of Christmas Carole. The other contender is Alistair Sims.
a) Hare Krishna was a movement in the 70s that was one of the first... New Age, religious, eastern "guru" thing that people would get into then they were Searching and felt Lost. b) Miss Piggy was (and is) a role model for me - plump but gorgeous, amazing clothes, fun sassy attitude, could defend herself, and she knew just how fabulous she was. I showed these Muppet movies to my (then) 4 year old nephew - and when we were watching one, he dreamily said, "Miss Piggy is BEATIFUL... you are, too... but, you're not Miss Piggy - you're just beautiful." AWWWWWWWW! The Muppets were and are still everything to me. I died when Jim Henson passed away. And, it's neat to see that you were getting emotional over Rainbow Connection because the fact that you didn't grow up loving them, yet still got emotional, means that it really is an amazing song/scene. c) My favorite movie is The Great Muppet Caper so I hope you continue with them! d) "Doc Hopper" played in a movie with Mel Brooks called To Be or Not To Be (which I'm dying for you to see) - and he played Julie's dad in Tootsie (who has a crush on "Dorothy.") e) Gonzo is officially a "weirdo." That's it lol If you keep watching these, you'll hear that referenced more. OH, and you have to hunt down A Muppet Family Christmas on dvd (library or amazon). It's amazing and so underrated!!!!
A running gag related to Gonzo is that it is not clear what species he is supposed to be. Gonzo's self-identity is a "whatever". In The Muppet Movie, Kermit, while conversing with his inner self, says "And a thing, whatever Gonzo is. He's a little like a turkey", to which his inner self replies "but not much".
I once got to have lunch at the home of the great Harlan Ellison, and was stunned and amazed when I walked into his kitchen and saw, sitting on the table of his breakfast nook, the very statue of Gonzo in his plumbing suit of armor that sits atop his rickety little car in this movie. Believe me, the effort it took not to point at it and start crying OO! OO! OO! was _superhuman._
You ate lunch with Harlan Ellison?! You are a God amongst insects! How did that happen? I would fan-boy so much I couldn't swallow my food! There are few authors I would love to meet. He is one. Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clark is the short list
@@krystalbernier234 LOL, not really. It would have painted me as naive. Harlan's house was full of stuff he'd collected. And when I say full, I mean FULL. He had RACKS of artwork, whole cases of figurines (hand-painted, of course), the entire house had bookshelves in it (even the bathrooms). There was no point in fanning over anything. Besides, I was there to negotiate over a commission for stained glass work; the last thing I wanted to do was seem unprofessional. Thus the superhuman effort to avoid looking _jejune._
Came here to suggest this. Many of the techniques used to film the Muppets, like the full-on shots, riding bikes, etc were worked out while making Emmitt Otter. And if you haven't seen the outakes, they prove just how funny Frank Oz really was.
@Hardbody217 agreed. I was lucky enough to have an old vhs tape that was nothing but Xmas specials taped off the TV that had the "Kermit version". It was a bit jarring watching the DVD because my brain kept remembering the cut parts.
@@peterdennis4394 Do you still have that tape? If so, and would be willing to loan it to me (I would return it in the same condition as received), I can digitize it and upload it either to RUclips or a file sharing service. A few years ago, I bought a "VHS 2 DVD" device, and used it to transfer my old VHS-C camcorder tapes to digital in order to preserve them. The device was relatively inexpensive, and I do recommend it. In case you would prefer to do it yourself. But if you do that, please let me know when/where you upload it. I haven't seen that version in years.
Two cameos I really want to point out for you. Edgar Bergen, who was a famous puppeteer who was an inspiration for this film and was near death when he made his cameo.... and as you saw, he passed while the film was in production, hence the tribute in the credits. The other is Orson Welles, who was the head of the studio that gave them the "standard rich and famous" contract. Welles is a famous actor and director, most notably for the groundbreaking film "Citizen Kane"
And the Martian invasion radio broadcast that people were legitimately freaking out over, as it was so well done that they couldn't tell if it was real or just a performance.
@@BrilligandtheSlithyToves 1938's "The War of the Worlds". Which was airing on CBS radio, but many people missed because they were tuned into NBC Radio, listening to ... Edgar Bergen.
@@BrilligandtheSlithyToves As I understand it, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy was a very popular act by 1938, whereas Orson Welles' radio series was just a few weeks old. So it's assumed that most of America was listening to Bergen, at least when both programs started, at 8:00 that Sunday night.
OMG, PLEASE. Muppets from Outer Space. Absolutely hilarious. I am not sure how many pop culture jokes or guest star celebs you'll recognize, but I think it's their funniest one. Plus, a good soundtrack.
@sparksdrinker5650 Only including theatrical releases, The Great Muppet Caper is the second film, with Muppets Take Manhattan releasing third. Then we sadly lose Jim Henson & Richard Hunt. Afterward comes Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space, The Muppets & Muppets Most Wanted. There's also the full-length TV movies It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (which The Muppets 2011 basically steals the plot from and is inferior to, IMO), The Muppet Wizard of Oz, and Muppets Haunted Mansion.
You have to realize that, before this movie came out, you never saw the Muppets "free-standing". So the opening shot of Kermit in the swamp, with nothing around him, and MOVING! was incredible. Plus the scene of him riding the bicycle....amazing, and a first for its time.
11:41 Hare Krishna is part of religious organization whose followers wore orange robes and shaved heads. They believe we are not our bodies but eternal, spirit souls, parts and parcels of God (Krishna). They were joked about in the movie Airplane!
@ArtByDesign80 I'd say Everyone joked about Hare Krishna back in the day (i'll put them in my stand up routine🎤) Knowing it was Ashleigh reacting to The Muppet Movie i clicked in a blink !! Loving this made my Monday brighter !!❤ 😊
Honestly, I clicked on this as soon as I saw it and scrapped other plans. The Muppets are one of the dearest things to my heart. Henson and his crew are infinitely talented and truly stand the test of time. Muppets always bring back the good times.
Jim Henson was the original voice of Kermit and the creator of the Muppets. At 53 he got a case of strep which became a bronchial infection that destroyed his lungs, and he passed away on the same day that Dr. Seuss died. I can't tell you how traumatic it was seeing the news that day and two people who had influenced our Gen X lives were gone on the same day. I remember my college was a little somber that day. He was one year younger than I am now.
Slight correction. He died the same day as Sammy Davis Jr. We were sitting around the NCO club bummed out about the news of both of dying on the same day.
The Muppets from Space movie explains more about Gonzo's species. He has always been referred to as a 'whatever' but technically he is a Frackle (not Fraggle)
All of the cameos were huge stars of their day, long before you were born. It sad that most people today have no idea who they are. This movie came out on the popularity wave of the Muppet Show on television. It was written for adults, but aimed at children. The two-level audience made it popular, but unfortunately the genius behind it, Jim Henson, passed away early and it lost a bit of it's luster. Statler (named for the Statler Hilton) and Waldorf (named for the Waldorf Astoria - each for a famous hotel in NYC) were the two grumpy old men in the balcony, They were a sensation, and even my father would watch just for them. We are poorer as a society without those two grumping things up today!
34:38. That's Orson Welles the man who made (what's considered to be) the greatest film ever made: Citizen Kane. He jumped at the chance to be in the movie because he was a MASSIVE fan of Muppet creator, Jim Henson Welles was such a fan that while shooting he noticed one of the Muppet characters was wearing a hat that had a different color than usual (I couldn't find which Muppet that was). In one interview, he called Sesame Street, "the GREATEST thing to ever happen to television."
Oh my word, if you get emotional over Rainbow Connection, Jim Henson's funeral (which can be found on RUclips) is probably something to steer clear of. It will make you sob. It's a beautiful service, but it will change how you hear Muppet songs, for sure.
Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist with his dummy, Charlie is one of the most famous of these cameos in this amazing cameos. His daughter was famously Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown fame, and Patrick Dempsey's mother in Sweet Home Alabama featuring Reese Witherspoon.
“What is Hare Krishna?” A variation of Hindu, Hare Krishna is devoted to the Krishna third. It was a religious order gaining popularity back in the 80’s, for those who lacked spiritual direction [why the joke about being lost was duplicated]; They are known by their robes and bald, except for tiny ponytails [in the movie ‘Airplane!’ the people wearing robes that “gave at the office” in the beginning scene were Hare Krishnas]
"Who's Harry Kirschner?" I can't recall whether I actually voiced that question out loud, seeing this at the age of nine when Father took me to view it, but boy, I should have. 😕 😁
The '80s ??!! Hell, it was a thing in the late 60s !!! They used to be in every big city airport handing out pamphlets touting a chance to gain higher consciousness !! Shaved heads and orange robes.
@@RSR4DG That is so funny. I had to look up Austin today, didn't recognize him. He had a Marc McClure kinda vibe. Also, I think the Frog Killer and the Child Catcher from _Chitty Chitty_ should go bowling.
She didn't, she said "Who WAS Bob Hope??" as in, what character did he play. For all the cameos she didn't recognize, she was only naming the ones she did. Why would she have said "Who is Bob Hope?" but not ask the same thing about any of the other names she didn't know? She knew who he was, she just didn't recognize him in the movie.
I'm a 58 year old man, and when I was 16 I got a Kermit the Frog doll. The Muppet Show was on television, the Muppet movies were just starting to come out and I was (and still am) a fan. I still have that same Kermit, plus an additional "baby Kermit" that (had belonged to my son) from the Muppet babies cartoon
51 here. I remember I used to call my sister Moose because her name is Christine (re You Can’t Do That on Television) and she tried to get me back by calling me Kermit. Dude… don’t threaten me with a good time. Kermit? I love it! Another sister called me Charlie Brown affectionately and that was way more hurtful. Chuck was kinda miserable…
56! When I was 1 year old, my mom got a call from her sister saying, "Turn on PBS! You've got to see this!" And it was Sesame St. The Muppets and Jim Henson's work was a part of my entire life until Sophomore year of college, when he died. I cannot express how much all of the shows and movies influenced me.
FWIW, the "meta" aspect of the Muppets means that nothing said in any one of the movies necessarily has to hold true for all the other movies. "Canon" is whatever works for whatever movie you're watching at the time. I'm not saying he's not an alien (there was a time that he was said to be a buzzard), I'm just saying that you shouldn't look to a sci-fi romp for any solid truth about the characters we see in this film.
@@DC_ProxPretty much from the get go there has been that duality of the Muppets as characters vs the Muppets as performers. And Jim Henson really liked to lean on that fourth wall and blur the line between the two.
Waldorf and Statler are the old hecklers. You should see the Muppet Show episode with Milton Berle, they really mauled him. I always loved their routines .
I love this movie The bit with Kermit on the fan always kills me 😂 The opening song from Kermit, "The Rainbow Connection" was played for Jim Henson's memorial when he passed away That song still makes me emotional every time I hear it
As a high school senior, it was IMPOSSIBLE to miss a single weekly episode. My younger brother and I were living with our grandparents at the time, and they set aside Muppet Show Night. Nothing could deter us from it. My grandparents laughed out loud right along with us. The true test of how great a show is, is how many generations can get the same amount of enjoyment from it.
The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) , Muppets in Space(1999), The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted (2014) - There are other Muppet features on streaming/video... but these were the theatrical films.
Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper are my favorites!!! I watched those both so much as a kid and I still watch Mupper Treasure Island sometimes 😂 I need to watch the Great Muppet Caper again!
I'm so thrilled you enjoyed the Muppet Movie! Just warms this old broads heart. My sister, 2 yrs older than me, used to play the soundtrack, 8 track tape of all things, in the car anytime we went somewhere. We would sing at the top of our lungs. It was so much fun. I'm glad the Muppets didn't disappoint you! Thanks for the fun Ashleigh!
Everyone talks about the Muppets Christmas Carol but for me the first 3 Muppet movies are the best , made when Jim Henson was alive(he was the original voice of Kermit). After that Kermit, to me is not the same.
There was a similar joke for another movie - someone grew up in the desert, and took a correspondence course to learn to swim... can't remember where off the top of my head.
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 Correct. The winner was "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae. I think it's widely viewed as one of the biggest mistakes in Oscars history.
"Who is Bob Hope?" Oh my, little girl, you are in for a treat. To start with, he was a comedian, one of the greatest there ever was. Bob Hope has 4 separate stars on the Hollywood walk of fame. 1 for stage, 1 for radio, 1 for movies & 1 for TV. He won so many awards during his career that he LITERALLY had to get a warehouse just put them in. Just Google him when you get a chance because there is way too much for a comment. Enjoy your trip down the rabbit hole.
I loved the Muppet Show as a kid in the 70’s. Re-watching them with my kids, I did not realize as a kid how much adult humor were in the episodes. Love them!
The piano player at 6:33 is Paul Williams, the guy who wrote all the music for this movie (as well as several of its sequels and the HBO special "Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas").
"Is Lew Lord a real person?" The executive producer of the movie was Sir Lew Grade, later Lord Lew Grade,. He was the British media mogul and impresario that gave the Muppets their break when he green-lit The Muppet Show for TV.
True! But to clarify.. The character was played by Orson Welles: celebrated actor, etc. Writer, director, and star of "Citizen Kane," among many other accomplishments. Lord Lew Grade was a real person, and Orson Welles was a well-recognized (in his time) real person. But the character of "Lew Lord" sitting in the swivel chair was not a 'real person,' he was a character.
Okay while I know Ashleigh will recognize a majority of the cameos in this film. One I know she WON’T RECOGNIZE DESPITE HAVING SEEN HIM IN MULTIPLE FILMS IS DOM DeLuise who played Bernie the Talent Agent. Dom has been also seen in the following films for the channel: The Flamboyant director Buddy near the end of Blazing Saddles, The voice of the crow Jeremy in The Secret of NIMH, The voice of Pizza the Hutt in Spaceballs, Emperor Nero in the Rome Segment of History of the World Part 1, Melvin P. Thorpe in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Don Giovanni (The Godfather Parody character) in Robin Hood Men in Tights, Now onto the facts for the film: The Muppets were already established characters as the Muppet Show had already been an established hit on television winning many Emmys and while Jim Henson had made them with adults in mind to enjoy they just happened to appeal to kids as well. The man Edgar Bergen who cameos with his dummy Charlie were the inspiration for Jim to go into Ventriloquism and he was one of the guest stars on the show and unfortunately died before the film was released and so at the very end of the film is a dedication to him. To give a break down on some of the cameos in this film: The El Sleezo Owner was actor James Coburn, The man who said “You’ll get warts.” Is Telly Savalas. Who you saw as Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The car salesman Mad Mooney is comedian Milton Berle who you saw in Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. The film’s songwriter Paul Williams was the piano player and his song Rainbow Connection was nominated for Best Song unfortunately not winning, Bob Hope was the Ice Cream man, Elliot Gould announced the winners of the Pageant, The Woman who kept appearing when Myth was repeated was Carol Kane. Who you saw as Miracle Max's wife Valerie in The Princess Bride and was Grandmama in The Addams' Family Values. Actress Cloris Leachman was Lew Lord’s receptionist. Who you saw as Frauer Bruher in Young Frankenstein. Famous actor and director Orson Wells was Lew Lord at the end who you saw as Citizen Kane. The man who puppeteered and voices Fozzie, Miss Piggy and others is Frank Oz who directed Little Shop of Horrors and was the puppeteer and voice of Yoda, To perform as Kermit on the log in the opening Jim squeezed into a specially designed metal container with an air hose the scene took five days to film, For the big finale with all of Muppet, Sesame Street, Land of Gorch, Emmett Otter, and other characters created up to that point of more than 250 characters 137 puppeteers were inlisted from the Puppeteers of America along with regular Muppet Performers and a couple of notable puppeteers were John Landis and Tim Burton, The next film released was The Great Muppet Caper and basically each film is not connected to the last acting like each was just a play the only two really connected are the 2011 film and it's sequel Muppets Most Wanted, Harry Krishna is a play on words of Hare Krishna which is a mantra in the Hindu Religion. Correspondence Course is where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail. The giant Muppet who was the jack at Mad Mooney’s is named Sweetums. Gonzo is no set creature and is always called a whatever. The actor who played Max you previously saw in What’s Up Doc and Christmas with the Cranks.
I'm so happy to see another Muppets fan made before my eyes. They taught me my letters and numbers on _Sesame Street,_ then they honed my sense of humor on _The Muppet Show._ "The Rainbow Connection Reprise" (the song Kermit begins at the end with, "Life's like a movie...") is Jim Henson's love note to all of us Muppets fans, wherever and whenever we watch this film. He was taken from us too soon. I'd say that if he lived to be a hundred, but it would still be true. All the tunes are awesome, but "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" is such a great melancholy song. It comes at a great point in the movie, too. The gang's stranded in the middle of the desert, thinking their dreams of being rich and famous died. Kermit has an existential crisis, arguing with himself about promises made, but not kept. In the end, he realized he was breaking the most important promise -- the one he made to himself.
Next year is the 40th anniversary of "Follow That Bird", which is a cross country journey of Sesame Street characters looking for Big Bird. It's another of the great puppet movies.
Gonzo is whatever. Thats sorta the point. ruclips.net/video/IB2IV3fsRh0/видео.htmlsi=REkRW2nheKSQGI9g Gonzo was always a queer coded charcater even at the start..and that just expanded over the years that labels are sorta meaningless, gonzo is gonzo and thats really the only thing thats important.
The large, colorful bird in the screening room is known as Fletcher Bird. He was named after his performer, Graham Fletcher, a ballet dancer with the Royal Opera House. Fletcher used to make occasional appearances on the Muppet Show in full-body costumes. In the film, however, he's not performing the costume.
Us kids of the 70s/80s, know who all the cameos were. Sadly most of them have gone over that rainbow. Rainbow connection will always get you crying. 👋💕🇦🇺
the song rainbow connection is weird in that pretty much everyone loves it. you can like country or rap or heavy metal doesn't matter, you gonna like the rainbow connection.
@@awkwardashleighyou knew more cameos than you know: Doc Hopper who wanted to kill Kermit was the adorably sneaky governor in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas who sang a song about being great at dodging the press’s questions. The blond haired piano player in the bar was also Little Enos who along with Big Enos hired the bandit to deliver a truck full of Coors beer in Smoky and the Bandit. Oh and he also wrote the Rainbow Connection, and a bunch of other great songs.
@awkwardashleigh Bob hope is a comedy guy and he was the best along with the comedy stars Lucy Ball and red skeleton and jack Benny and Danny Thomas who had his own show called make room for dad change to the Danny Thomas show and even had created st Jude hospital to fight for cancer for kids and his daughter former comedy star is continually making her dad wish come true .the piano player is Paul Williams who wrote the rainbow connection song for Kermit and it him and Kermit the frog song together and Paul wrote the song for the Muppet movies and still does every now and then and he is the guy in smokey and the bandit Amos the man with the dummy Charlie McCarthy was Jim Henson 's teacher who also appeared in the Muppet show that went for 5 seasons and this movie was his last appearance before his death and Jim Henson said the movie was a tribute to him . Danny Thomas also created the Andy griffin show and even the dick van dyke burt from Mary poppies and he had a show called the dick van dyke show and his wife is played by Mary Tyler more and Steve Martin was also in the Muppet show at some point watching and reaction to the Muppet show and and 5 seasons from 1974 to 1981. And all the Muppet and sesame Street Muppets and stars.
Hare Krishna is a religion. They used to advertise "Are you lost? Try Hare Krishna." That's why whenever anyone says they're lost in the movie they say "Have you tried Hare Krishna?"
The thing about the Hare Krishna was that they were genuinely pacifists. And like the Mormons they were generally okay with other folks joking about their religion. Exact opposite of some other small religions.
Rainbow Connection was actually written by songwriter Paul Williams for this film. It's been used elsewhere since then, including a duet by Kermit and Debbie Harry when she hosted The Muppet Show.
The Muppets are great because they ride that line where its's entertaining for both kids and adults. I remember loving Muppets as a kid, but as I got older, I started to get more and more of the jokes. I'll be looking forward to Muppets Take Manhattan whenever you get around to it. That's the first appearance of Rizzo, Gonzo's rat buddy from Muppet Christmas Carol.
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“What’s a correspondence course?” Thank you Ashleigh for making this 46 year old feel 1,000.
I'm 41 and i don't know what it is
It's a mail order/ in the post/snail mail, set of lessons, to learn a subject, like from a school. Get one a week or one a month type of thing, write your answers down and send them in. Varies in levels of success. You get a diploma at the end, may or may not be worth the paper it's written on.
@@ovalofsandClasses by mail. Send an assignment, return homework. Online courses before there was an online.
Correspondence courses can be completed online as well, so the joke is Fozzy learned to drive via correspondence course, which doesn’t work well when learning that particular skill.
I'm 24 years older than that how do you think that makes me feel. But I wasn't really surprised. Snail Mail training courses.
When Fozzie said, "Drinks were on the house" everyone left the bar because they literally thought the drinks were on top of the building.
Why does The Rainbow Connection song make people so emotional?
Simple. It's more than just a song. It's a highly effective litmus test on measuring a person's humanity.
it's about believing in yourself,
the way the Muppets believe in you.
There’s a radio station here that plays songs from the 1910s - 1990s. They played Rainbow Connection a few times while I was working there and I would pause every time they did.
"Why is this movie so Meta?!"
Welcome to the Muppets, Ashleigh. :)
@@ronrogers7743 ikr. Kermit talked to us all the time on the show, he was your buddy.
@@MrRezRising I guess you're talking about Sesame Street, not the Muppet Show.
She must never find out about the spinoff merchandise line turned fantasy scene turned Pampers commercial turned Marvel cartoon that was the Muppet Babies.
"I'm on my way to New York City to break into public television" is so damned funny
"Prepare the standard Rich and Famous contract for Kermit the Frog and company." It's probably my favorite line by a guest star in the entire Muppet franchise. "Lew Lord" is not a real person, but he is based on producer Lew Grade, who had faith in Jim Henson when no one else did. Having him played by Orson Welles just makes it that much more epic.
This movie is meant as an origin story for the Muppets, even though they started as a TV show instead of movies. "Muppets Take Manhattan" is another potential origin story where they start off by going to New York and trying to make it big on Broadway. And in between, you've got "The Great Muppet Caper". They're three of the best Muppet movies that aren't based on a previous story like "The Muppet Christmas Carol" is. I hope you watch them all.
I was about to say "if no one else has said it before then a little factoid Lew Lord was played by Orson Welles" but you beat me to the punch, glad I ain't the only one who knew who he was
"What is his name? I never heard his name"... that awesome Muppet is one of my faves... SWEETUMS!
I LOVE Sweetums! He was always one of my favorites when I was little, especially in the Muppet Frog Prince.
He was the mascot for Noble rhomens pizza for a while@@CalliopePony
I actually thought his name was "Jack Job". I'm not making that one up!
Same!!!
The Frog Prince was my intro to Sweetums and I have loved him since. "Sweetums lay your ugly head down upon your wretched bed" Still a go to lullaby lol.
You have got to watch Muppet Treasure Island! Tim Curry as a pirate…enough said
Agreed 😂. I've only seen it once, but it's definitely honorable mention as one of his memorable roles.
Will always remember him as the concierge from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Muppet Treasure Island is my favorite one. So many funny moments and of course the wonderful Tim Curry ❤️
And the soundtrack! Oh, our young family loved the soundtrack.
Shiver my timbers!
Gonzo is an alien from another planet. It's canon. Watch Muppets From Space to see that reveal. Before that he was called a "whatever"
Ashleigh: "Why am I getting a little emotional in this song? I feel it wellin' up..."
Because there's something about 'Rainbow Connection' that hits you right in the soul ♥
Kermit riding a bicycle was a HUGE deal back when this movie came out.
Which really upset Henson.
Why? Because the opening number with Kermit singing in the swamp was a HUGE technical achievement that required Henson to perform partially submerged underwater. It was a difficult thing that most puppeteers would consider impossible and he was VERY proud of that shot and expected others to hail it as an amazing thing.
The bicycle thing was an extremely simply trick that he barely put any thought into, and it completely upstaged the thing he worked so hard on.
In his review of *The Muppet Movie,* critic Roger Ebert (peace be upon his spirit) began it quite succinctly:
"Jolson sang, Garbo spoke, and now Kermit the Frog rides a bicycle."
Such a smart man, yet even *he* missed the technical triumph of the swamp scene. 🧐
@@catwhowalksbyhimself That's just life. Many times the most complex/hard to pull off thing, is overshadowed by something much easier/simpler.
@@catwhowalksbyhimself , that's one of those technical achievements that shoots itself in the foot.
There are a lot of movies out there where the special effect people did such a great job that the audience completely misses it.
It wasn't until this past year that I saw blueprints of how they did the log scene, and how difficult and dangerous it was.
@@catwhowalksbyhimself That people missed the technical achievement is what proves it's a great scene.
"Is this a real song?" Real enough that I wore out an 8-track tape listening to this movie's soundtrack growing up.
I was like "It is now."
I had it on vinyl.
Ashley's next question: "What's a 8-track?"
Electric Mayhem is still one of my top favorite bands. The new album is great!
Yes. I wore out the LP myself.
Muppet Treasure Island is amazing, not just as a Muppet movie but as a musical film period. With songs by Hans Zimmer, who we all know writes great pirate music, and Tim Curry as the best Long John Silver ever captured on film. The Great Muppet Caper is a little older and it's probably the funniest of the Muppet movies. I'm sure you'd enjoy reacting to either of those.
Love both of these! I was Long John Silver in my 5th grade play after watching this movie for years. It definitely informed my portrayal of him 😂
The Great Muppet Caper is still my absolute favorite. (probably because I watched it everyday)
"Why are you telling me this?" "It's exposition it has to go somewhere."
RIP Lady Holiday Olenna Tyrell
And yes Tim Curry and the Muppets is a match made in heaven.
Don’t forget Muppets Take Manhattan!
She will love muppets treasure island
Everyone went to the roof, because…drinks are ON the house.
I AM 43 AND NEVER GOT THAT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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The Muppett Show had no shortage of stars wanting to appear on the show. Many even appeared for next to no fee because the publicity they received was greater than anything they could hope for. Elton John, Alice Cooper, Vincent Price, Judi Collins and John Cleese were just a few of the wonderful guests of the Muppett Show. Your nephews and nieces will love it.
Mark Hamill was the best guest they had
@@MrGBH And his cousin, Luke Skywalker.
If Disney wouldn't copy right strike Ashleigh into next year, I'd be down to watching Ashleigh experience the original Muppet Show for the first time. Christopher Reeve, Raquel Welch, Debbie Harry, Loretta Swit and Mark Hamill episodes were among my favourite ones.
Never underestimate the attention span of children nowadays.
Totaly forgot James coburn was in this. Love him in Pat garrett e Billy the kid e his oscar winning performance in affliction but not the actor that you would expect in a Muppet movie.
The lady who comes out from behind the billboard when Kermit says "myth" (instead of Miss) played Miracle Max's wife in The Princess Bride. But proud of you for getting so many of the cameos. It's like all the movies you have been watching were training for this moment. Truly a joy to watch you enjoying it so much.
I think the key to the success of the Muppets is they _never_ considered them only as children''s entertainment where they talk down to the audience and the comedy is legit dry and snarky and character-driven and appropriate for all ages
Absolutely!
And even funnier as adults🤣
and then Disney ruins another institution
@@joeyw.stancil7643 I find that ironic, given that Walt Disney said that adults must be entertained just like children.
First rule of the Muppets: you do *not* make Miss Piggy mad. :)
Correct, because as we all know, when you make Piggy mad she goes H.A.M.
Hiiiiii-YAH!!!
Second rule of the Muppets: Miss Piggy WILL get mad!
There are two reasons you shouldn't mess with her: a short temper and a platinum belt in karate.
the piano player at the beginning is Paul WIlliams, who played the "dwarf" in Smokey and the Bandit.
He also wrote Rainbow Connection which was sung by Kermit the Frog, "Evergreen" sung by Barbara Streisand in A Star is Born, and "Rainy Days and Mondays" sung by Karen Carpenter.
He also wrote "We've Only Just Begun" first as a commercial jingle for a Southern Cali bank, then expanded it for the Carpenters.
and of course this wouldn't be the last time he would work with the Muppets
Everyone should watch Phantom of the Paradise at least once.
Also the songs in Bugsy Malone.
Williams wrote not only Rainbow Connection, but all of the other songs in the film (except "America the Beautiful").
The Rainbow Connection is one of the most beautiful songs from a movie.
Always makes think of Jim Henson
@@theatergeek82 same. He had so much more to share. He was a legend.
And it deservedly won an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
The Muppets Take Manhattan has always been my favorite. Especially the rats working in the diner.🤣
Are you perchance a fellow NYer? Those rats are any Little Italy or Chinatown eatery when I was a kid.
It’s a close second for me. Love it!
@@Deathbird_Mitch 🤣Gross. And no on being from NY. Texas, y'all!
Muppets Take Manhattan holds a special place in my heart. When I was 4 I married my imaginary best friend and at our wedding reception we watched Muppets Take Manhattan and drank rootbeer floats
52 years old and never been arried and i am convinced it is becasue i want my wedding to be EXACTLY like the end of Muppets Take Manhattan, and EVRY guy i date thinks i am crazy....
Gonzo is a "blue weirdo" lol. As a child, i watched The Muppet Show religiously, and when the movie finally came out it was a "MUST See!!" The show ALSO had some amazing guest stars. So many celebrities WANTED to be on it because it was so beloved, and had a phenomenal cast, writers, song writers, and a very loyal fan base. It covered many life lessons, and did it in an entertaining and memorable way.
"Who is Bob Hope?"
*dies of heart attack*
Sounds like Ashleigh needs to see a Road movie.
I couldn't tell if she meant she didn't know who Bob Hope is or just didn't recognize/remember him in the movie as the ice cream vendor.
@@sweiland75 I thought she said where is Bob hope like she didn’t recognize his cameo
@@dugferd2266I think she didn’t remember who he was in the movie
@@dugferd2266 it's quite possible that she didn't know who Bob Hope was since he died in 2003 and had been out of the public eye for several years before that.
11:05 "who is that person?"
Carol "have fun storming the castle" Kane
It'll take a miracle.
I'm not a witch. I'm your wife!
@@stevebennett9750 Humperdink! Humperdink Humperdink Humperdink Humperdink!
Run, Lillian!
The chocolate coating makes it go down easier.
This movie came out, when I was 7 years old. I heard "The Rainbow Connection" for the first time, that day. It put a lump in my throat, and made my eyes well up. I'm 52, now. The song still has the same effect on me, today. The 2011"The Muppets" features another performance of the song, featuring all the Muppets. That one had tears streaming down my face.
/me shake hands. I was 9 when it came out. We watched it in a very small theater and we where late and the only seats where the steps :( but it did not dear us at all
The two "old dudes" are Statler and Waldorf. They're in the balcony at every show, and they make sarcastic remarks all the time.
They are the peanut gallery
@@mikegilgenbach4840 and they're named after famous NYC hotels
@@davewhitmore1958 And so are their wives, if I remember right. Waldorf's wife is named Astoria.
While they play the Marleys in the 'Muppet Christmas Carol', there is also a shop in the background of a number of scenes called 'Statler and Waldorf'.
@@pisto30Easiest way to remember which is which. Astoria is even Statler redressed as a female.
"I'm lost"
"Have you tried Hare Krishna?"
hahahaha
That one got me. I was like 12 when this came out...right over my head. Busted out laughing in 2024
A great running joke.
Wanna buy a free book? hahahaha.
Stripes has my all time FAVORITE HARE KRISHNA reference (John Candy is holding his hair after they BUZZ CUT him and Russell starts dancing around singing "HARE KRISHNA! HARE KRISHNA!!!" ) But this one is awesome as well! 😂🤣😂🤣
My favorite was Robert Stack's fight throught the Airport in Airplane!
In answer to your question, “is this a real song?”, yes it is. “Can You Picture That” is on Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem’s first album, “Righteous Tunes”.
Hari Krishna is a religion from India.
A correspondence course is schooling through the mail. Long before online classes.
"Jack not name. Jack job", said Sweetums the Ogre.
Bob Hope was the ice cream salesman.
"I'm Going To Go Back There Someday", is my favorite song from the film. ✌️❤️🌹
My fave is "Something better comes along" :D
One of my favorite lines from any song.... "There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met"
Goes well with "A stranger's just a friend you haven't met"
"I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone... I promised me."
It's one of the big truths in life that before you can live for anyone else, you have to be willing and able to live for yourself. Leave it to Jim Henson to have a troupe of wacky puppets to delve into such deep themes.
Man was a genius
"And suddenly somebody loves you. Stands up and hollers for more! More! You've got your own private magic store!"
Ashley learning about Gonzo and Camilla for the 1st time is that meme with the little girl in the car seat giving side eye
More truth has never been spoken!
I have to say, my favorite Muppet Movie is Muppet Treasure Island, almost entirely because of Tim Curry, who played Long John Silver. He ATE.
I’m obsessed with pirates to this day because of him 🏴☠️
Billy Connolly once pointed out he played the only character to ever die in a Muppet movie.
Name one movie that Curry didn't. Even as the voice of a cartoon organ in a Christmas sequel to a Disney movie, he stole the show.
@@woodgatejack Billy was also a standout treat! THE BLACK SPOT!!!
@@krystalbernier234 I'll one up you there with his voice lines in the Freakazoid episode "The Island of Dr. Mystico" where he voices the episode's title character. You can tell he was just enjoying himself and chewing the scenery when recording those lines: "They called me mad! Insane!! WENDELL!!!" Gets me every time.
Gonzo was ahead of his time. He mentions Bollywood. They had not coined the Bollywood name yet. He is an icon in the show.
And loves his chicken.
Bollywood is the name of India's Hindi-language film industry, which is based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The term is a portmanteau of the words "Bombay" and "Hollywood", and was coined in the 1970s. Bollywood is the world's largest film industry in terms of the number of films produced and released each year.
Canonically, I believe Gonzo is a whatever.
Gonzo is actually a Wierdo.
I believe is is a weirdo. That's what I remember him being called.
I used to look forward to the show each week as a kid. My favorite recurring skit was PIGS IN SPAAAACE!
The movie was jam packed with cameos…
4:16 Agent-Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, History of the World Part 1)
6:01 Owner- James Coburn
6:20 patron- Madeline Kahn (What’s Up Doc? , Blazing Saddles etc)
6:27 tough guy-Telly Savalas (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
8:45 Doc Hopper- Charles Durning (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Tootsie)
9:33 Max- Austin Pendleton (My Cousin Vinny, What’s Up Doc?)
11:05 Myth -Carol Kane (Princess Bride, Addams Family Values, Scrooged)
15:26 Mad Man Mooney- Milton Berle (It’s a Mad Mad Mad World)
16:48 Pageant MC: Elliott Gould ( MASH)
17:08 Edgar Bergen and puppet Charlie McCarthy
19:22 Ice Cream Salesman- Bob Hope
19:38 Balloon Salesman- Richard Pryor (Stir Crazy etc)
21:47 waiter -Steve Martin (the jerk etc)
24:17 Prf Krassman- Mel Brooks (Dracula Dead and Loving it, etc)
Lew Lord- Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)
Lord’s Secretary- Cloris Leechman (Young Frankenstein)
I was about to do this. Good work!
Well done. Thank you
Lew Lord is an Easter egg, as it refers to Lord Lew Grade, who paid for the shows to be made in the UK, as no US network wanted the show.
6:33 Piano Player - Paul Williams singer, songwriter (Rainy Days and Mondays, Evergreen, Old Fashioned Love Song), actor (Smokey and the Bandit-Little Enos, Princess Diaries 2,) He is also the person who wrote Rainbow Connection that Kermit sings.
Dang, going to mention Dom, and not mention Smoky and the bandit 2...(Jk,jk)
just remember: the guy who did Miss Piggy's voice (Frank Oz) was also Yoda.
He’s also Fozzie Bear and Animal.
And on Sesame Street he was Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover.
And the 'one prophylactic, soiled' prison guard in The Blues Brothers.
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He returned to the Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) as a prison warden.
@@emperorchopchop7726 And the cop who plants a bag of PCP on Dan Aykroyd in “Trading Places.”
@@emperorchopchop7726 And the police captain in Trading Places.
"Who is is Bob Hope?" Damn. I never felt so old.
Bob hope was a comedian & entertainer a long time ago, he died in 2003. He was in many movies & tv shows.
Also missed Telly Savalas (Kojak) on the screen with Madeline Kahn.
I live in his old neighborhood, kid of. They keep changing the designations, over the years. My local airport was once called Bob Hope/Burbank Airport. A few years ago they got rid of the Bob Hope part, but he was the root of this part of the San Fernando Valley and an Icon of Los Angeles.
She knows who he is she just asking who he was playing in the movie
Thanks for the memories...
Bob Hope was such a beloved comedian and entertainer! He really made a name for himself in movies and TV, and he was especially known for entertaining U.S. troops during wartime. His career lasted almost 80 years, and people still remember him as one of the all-time greats in American entertainment
🎵 So, we’re off on the road to some more movies Ashleigh needs to see… 🎵
I think "Entertainer," is really the best word to describe Bob Hope. He really did a little of everything, sing, dance, comedian, act...
Road to Singapore is a good start. The good start, really.
I, thanks to WHBQTV in Memphis, grew up watching Bob Hope and other shows that people my age didn't see.
And he passed in 2003, a ripe 100 years old.
Gonzo is officially a “Weirdo”. One movie explained he was from space - but since Muppet movies are always meta upon meta, that doesnt mean anything.
This
he's an anteater (he's not, i just like saying it... or is he?)
Yup, most just weird, and into chickens, 8)
@@this.is.a.username I always thought he was a vulture.
I don't know if this is a joke someone official made, or if it's a conclusion I reached on my own somehow at some point and then forgot, but I've long considered "Weirdo" to be kind of a Muppets-universe type of bird - like a dodo, but - y'know - weird. His texture is kind of feathery, he has sort of a beak, he dreams of flying, and he's attracted to chickens. So in my head, Gonzo's specific kind of "weirdo" is, literally, a rare bird (but he also, really, doesn't NEED to be anything definite and it's kind of better if he's harder to define)
Paul Williams - the same guy that wrote Carpenter's hit "We've Only Just Begun" wrote "Rainbow Connection"
He appears in the bar playing piano and wearing a Derby/Bowler hat
One of Frank Oz's pet peeves is when people say he did "the voice" of Piggy or Fozzie. He was a puppeteer, he performed the whole puppet, not just the voice.
@@ebrowne72 actually they mostly took two puppeteers - one handles mouth and one arm, second controls the other arm unless it was fixed in position
@@stanw8307 Depending on the kind of muppet :) The majority (including Kermit and Miss Piggy) are rod-puppets so always controlled by a single performer.
@@kingsleydamper2592 you're right - but others with two working hands needed multiple puppeteers (swedish chef, lew zealand, cookie monster, etc...)
@@stanw8307 Doing a right arm is a rotating job that's not a big deal.
@@stanw8307 On The Muppet Show, Jim Henson performed the head of the Swedish Chef with his right hand and his left hand was the Chef's left hand (if you look closely you can see Jim's wedding ring in those sketches). Frank Oz usually had his right hand performing the Chef's right hand. Oz would constantly keep Jim on his toes by ad libbing things with the Chef's right hand that weren't in the script.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies ever. Fight me.
I’ll fight beside you.
no......t#is Is one of t#e top 5 best C#ristmas Movies of all time🥰😇
I agree and Michael Caine's Scrooge is either the best or second best Scrooge EVER . And I have literally collected dozens of versions of Christmas Carole. The other contender is Alistair Sims.
a) Hare Krishna was a movement in the 70s that was one of the first... New Age, religious, eastern "guru" thing that people would get into then they were Searching and felt Lost. b) Miss Piggy was (and is) a role model for me - plump but gorgeous, amazing clothes, fun sassy attitude, could defend herself, and she knew just how fabulous she was. I showed these Muppet movies to my (then) 4 year old nephew - and when we were watching one, he dreamily said, "Miss Piggy is BEATIFUL... you are, too... but, you're not Miss Piggy - you're just beautiful." AWWWWWWWW! The Muppets were and are still everything to me. I died when Jim Henson passed away. And, it's neat to see that you were getting emotional over Rainbow Connection because the fact that you didn't grow up loving them, yet still got emotional, means that it really is an amazing song/scene. c) My favorite movie is The Great Muppet Caper so I hope you continue with them! d) "Doc Hopper" played in a movie with Mel Brooks called To Be or Not To Be (which I'm dying for you to see) - and he played Julie's dad in Tootsie (who has a crush on "Dorothy.") e) Gonzo is officially a "weirdo." That's it lol If you keep watching these, you'll hear that referenced more. OH, and you have to hunt down A Muppet Family Christmas on dvd (library or amazon). It's amazing and so underrated!!!!
A running gag related to Gonzo is that it is not clear what species he is supposed to be. Gonzo's self-identity is a "whatever". In The Muppet Movie, Kermit, while conversing with his inner self, says "And a thing, whatever Gonzo is. He's a little like a turkey", to which his inner self replies "but not much".
Muppet Treasure Island next!
@@CRTRRTinGA Yes, I'd love for Ashleigh to see that one next. Another classic!
I once got to have lunch at the home of the great Harlan Ellison, and was stunned and amazed when I walked into his kitchen and saw, sitting on the table of his breakfast nook, the very statue of Gonzo in his plumbing suit of armor that sits atop his rickety little car in this movie. Believe me, the effort it took not to point at it and start crying OO! OO! OO! was _superhuman._
That’s amazing!
Awesome! Did y’all talk about IHNMAIMS? I need to read more of his stuff
You ate lunch with Harlan Ellison?! You are a God amongst insects! How did that happen? I would fan-boy so much I couldn't swallow my food! There are few authors I would love to meet. He is one. Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clark is the short list
I bet it would have opened up a great dialog, though.
@@krystalbernier234 LOL, not really. It would have painted me as naive. Harlan's house was full of stuff he'd collected. And when I say full, I mean FULL. He had RACKS of artwork, whole cases of figurines (hand-painted, of course), the entire house had bookshelves in it (even the bathrooms). There was no point in fanning over anything. Besides, I was there to negotiate over a commission for stained glass work; the last thing I wanted to do was seem unprofessional. Thus the superhuman effort to avoid looking _jejune._
I really believe you would absolutely love The Muppet Show. Definitely directed at adults more than kids, plus all the guest stars you would like.
"Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas" should be a staple in December.
Came here to suggest this. Many of the techniques used to film the Muppets, like the full-on shots, riding bikes, etc were worked out while making Emmitt Otter. And if you haven't seen the outakes, they prove just how funny Frank Oz really was.
Finding a complete copy is the challenge. Emmet suffers greatly from edits (the Kermit-less version being the biggest offender).
@Hardbody217 agreed. I was lucky enough to have an old vhs tape that was nothing but Xmas specials taped off the TV that had the "Kermit version". It was a bit jarring watching the DVD because my brain kept remembering the cut parts.
@@peterdennis4394 Do you still have that tape? If so, and would be willing to loan it to me (I would return it in the same condition as received), I can digitize it and upload it either to RUclips or a file sharing service.
A few years ago, I bought a "VHS 2 DVD" device, and used it to transfer my old VHS-C camcorder tapes to digital in order to preserve them. The device was relatively inexpensive, and I do recommend it. In case you would prefer to do it yourself. But if you do that, please let me know when/where you upload it. I haven't seen that version in years.
@@IggyStardust1967 YEESSSSSS
Two cameos I really want to point out for you.
Edgar Bergen, who was a famous puppeteer who was an inspiration for this film and was near death when he made his cameo.... and as you saw, he passed while the film was in production, hence the tribute in the credits.
The other is Orson Welles, who was the head of the studio that gave them the "standard rich and famous" contract. Welles is a famous actor and director, most notably for the groundbreaking film "Citizen Kane"
And the Martian invasion radio broadcast that people were legitimately freaking out over, as it was so well done that they couldn't tell if it was real or just a performance.
And the infamous peas commercial
@@BrilligandtheSlithyToves 1938's "The War of the Worlds". Which was airing on CBS radio, but many people missed because they were tuned into NBC Radio, listening to ... Edgar Bergen.
@@JJ_W nice. I didn't know that piece of the puzzle. That's incredibly cool.
@@BrilligandtheSlithyToves As I understand it, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy was a very popular act by 1938, whereas Orson Welles' radio series was just a few weeks old. So it's assumed that most of America was listening to Bergen, at least when both programs started, at 8:00 that Sunday night.
OMG, PLEASE. Muppets from Outer Space. Absolutely hilarious. I am not sure how many pop culture jokes or guest star celebs you'll recognize, but I think it's their funniest one. Plus, a good soundtrack.
Indeed. @Ashey. when you still want to know where Gonzo is coming from then this is the movie to watch :D
Pigssss (piggsssss) Innnn (innnnn) Spaaace (spaaacceeee)!!!
Yeah, Deliverance changes your take on banjos forever, but Rainbow Connection helps take the edge off.
Also Kermit sings "Gin & Juice" by There I ruined it is great.
@@Baikowe just caught that last week. LMAO 🤣
I thought the same until I was kidnapped by those hillbilly frogs 😢
Kermit and Steve Martin do dueling banjo's. It's out there on RUclips. Very Cool.
@Baiko Kermit also sang Hurt by NIN. Video is disturbing to say the least.
This means only one thing... The Great Muppet Caper movie!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
It's hard to choose, but GMC is my favorite. Fun story, great songs, and lots of classic Muppets making appearances.
@@FatherMellow Muppets Take Manhattan is by far the best Muppets movie.
No, it means The Muppets Take Manhattan
@sparksdrinker5650 Only including theatrical releases, The Great Muppet Caper is the second film, with Muppets Take Manhattan releasing third. Then we sadly lose Jim Henson & Richard Hunt. Afterward comes Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space, The Muppets & Muppets Most Wanted.
There's also the full-length TV movies It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (which The Muppets 2011 basically steals the plot from and is inferior to, IMO), The Muppet Wizard of Oz, and Muppets Haunted Mansion.
@@sparksdrinker5650 Suck. It.
You have to realize that, before this movie came out, you never saw the Muppets "free-standing". So the opening shot of Kermit in the swamp, with nothing around him, and MOVING! was incredible. Plus the scene of him riding the bicycle....amazing, and a first for its time.
Sweetums!! He’s the used car employee who wants to go to Hollywood. He was always one of my favorite Muppets, along with Beaker and the Swedish Chef.
With Milton Berle as the salesman
Yes! Sweetums was always my favorite since I first saw him on The Muppet Show. I always look for him in Muppet productions.
@@mayukurasaka5344Sweetums debuted in the Muppet Frog Prince production in 1971.
@@DavidB-2268 Ooo! Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. ☺
His appearance in Muppetvision 3D is a highlight
11:41 Hare Krishna is part of religious organization whose followers wore orange robes and shaved heads. They believe we are not our bodies but eternal, spirit souls, parts and parcels of God (Krishna). They were joked about in the movie Airplane!
@ArtByDesign80 I'd say Everyone joked about Hare Krishna back in the day (i'll put them in my stand up routine🎤) Knowing it was Ashleigh reacting to The Muppet Movie i clicked in a blink !!
Loving this made my Monday brighter !!❤
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I dunno, seems like it's just Christianity, with different clothes on....just my fairly uneducated take...
@@ryurc3033definitely not Christianity, it comes from Hinduism, Hare Krishna is one of the Gods of Hinduism.
I think it's derived from Hinduism...
They used to be everywhere at the time when the film was released
Muppet Treasure Island is probably the best! Also, the newer Muppet Movie is basically a direct sequel to this one, and amazing.
Honestly, I clicked on this as soon as I saw it and scrapped other plans. The Muppets are one of the dearest things to my heart. Henson and his crew are infinitely talented and truly stand the test of time. Muppets always bring back the good times.
Jim Henson was the original voice of Kermit and the creator of the Muppets. At 53 he got a case of strep which became a bronchial infection that destroyed his lungs, and he passed away on the same day that Dr. Seuss died. I can't tell you how traumatic it was seeing the news that day and two people who had influenced our Gen X lives were gone on the same day. I remember my college was a little somber that day. He was one year younger than I am now.
They influenced Boomers as well.
Slight correction. He died the same day as Sammy Davis Jr. We were sitting around the NCO club bummed out about the news of both of dying on the same day.
@@BoSmith7045 yeah, I always confused Dr. Seuss and Sammy Davis, Jr., too
The Muppets from Space movie explains more about Gonzo's species. He has always been referred to as a 'whatever' but technically he is a Frackle (not Fraggle)
All of the cameos were huge stars of their day, long before you were born. It sad that most people today have no idea who they are. This movie came out on the popularity wave of the Muppet Show on television. It was written for adults, but aimed at children. The two-level audience made it popular, but unfortunately the genius behind it, Jim Henson, passed away early and it lost a bit of it's luster. Statler (named for the Statler Hilton) and Waldorf (named for the Waldorf Astoria - each for a famous hotel in NYC) were the two grumpy old men in the balcony, They were a sensation, and even my father would watch just for them. We are poorer as a society without those two grumping things up today!
The next movie, the Great Muppet Caper, was my favorite as a kid. My mom claims I had a crush on Miss Piggy...
We all had confused feelings we couldn't quite identify at the time on Miss Piggy.
The Great Muppet Caper was my favorite as a kid too. Now I think A Muppet Christmas Carol is the best with Caper a close second.
Muppet Treasure Island is a classic!
Oh my god, yes! Me, too, my dude! 😎
In elementary school I had a Great Muppet Caper lunchbox. It had Miss Piggy in leathers on a motorcycle. Time were different back then. 😂
34:38. That's Orson Welles the man who made (what's considered to be) the greatest film ever made: Citizen Kane.
He jumped at the chance to be in the movie because he was a MASSIVE fan of Muppet creator, Jim Henson
Welles was such a fan that while shooting he noticed one of the Muppet characters was wearing a hat that had a different color than usual (I couldn't find which Muppet that was). In one interview, he called Sesame Street, "the GREATEST thing to ever happen to television."
Oh my word, if you get emotional over Rainbow Connection, Jim Henson's funeral (which can be found on RUclips) is probably something to steer clear of. It will make you sob. It's a beautiful service, but it will change how you hear Muppet songs, for sure.
"If just one person -" Cue me bawling 😭😭😭😭😭
It's not easy being green....
But Frank Oz's story about Jim and the, ahem, photo that he took and placed in a Bert head, was a hoot and a holler at that funeral.
@@morganrobinson8042 I just got chills, thinking about that part. Poor Caroll Spinney. I can't imagine trying to get through that song at such a time.
@michaelanderson7288 I'll have to watch it again. I was so overwhelmed with emotions I can't remember that part 😅
Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist with his dummy, Charlie is one of the most famous of these cameos in this amazing cameos. His daughter was famously Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown fame, and Patrick Dempsey's mother in Sweet Home Alabama featuring Reese Witherspoon.
Candice was the bad guy in Ms Congeniality
Now you need to watch Muppet Treasure Island and the genius that is Tim Curry.
I'd recommend "Muppets Take Manhattan" first...
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 But no Tim Curry.
“What is Hare Krishna?”
A variation of Hindu, Hare Krishna is devoted to the Krishna third. It was a religious order gaining popularity back in the 80’s, for those who lacked spiritual direction [why the joke about being lost was duplicated]; They are known by their robes and bald, except for tiny ponytails
[in the movie ‘Airplane!’ the people wearing robes that “gave at the office” in the beginning scene were Hare Krishnas]
"Who's Harry Kirschner?"
I can't recall whether I actually voiced that question out loud, seeing this at the age of nine when Father took me to view it, but boy, I should have. 😕 😁
The '80s ??!! Hell, it was a thing in the late 60s !!! They used to be in every big city airport handing out pamphlets touting a chance to gain higher consciousness !! Shaved heads and orange robes.
@@scottski51 yeah I knew I was missing some decades as soon as I hit send
I realized I was old when I watched this last year and could name 99% of the cameos 😂
@@RSR4DG Who did you miss? 🙂
@@MrRezRising Austin Pendleton as Max and Edgar Bergen the ventriloquist. They were familiar I just couldn’t remember their names
@@RSR4DG That is so funny. I had to look up Austin today, didn't recognize him. He had a Marc McClure kinda vibe.
Also, I think the Frog Killer and the Child Catcher from _Chitty Chitty_ should go bowling.
Not necessarily, I'm only 32 and I know all the cameos.
@@MrGonzo-xj2wk Sorry, you old
I can't believe I have lived long enough to hear a grown adult say, "Who's Bob Hope?"
She didn't, she said "Who WAS Bob Hope??" as in, what character did he play. For all the cameos she didn't recognize, she was only naming the ones she did. Why would she have said "Who is Bob Hope?" but not ask the same thing about any of the other names she didn't know? She knew who he was, she just didn't recognize him in the movie.
@@turntsnaco824A) "Who's" covers both verbs. B) Bob Hope went by in the movie without a flicker of recognition. She didn't know Bob Hope.
@@anonygent hey my cousin asked me who David Letterman is,
'cause she kept getting RUclips recommendations from his channel
fame is fleeting
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 Arguably best forgotten anyway. 🤭
I'm a 58 year old man, and when I was 16 I got a Kermit the Frog doll. The Muppet Show was on television, the Muppet movies were just starting to come out and I was (and still am) a fan. I still have that same Kermit, plus an additional "baby Kermit" that (had belonged to my son) from the Muppet babies cartoon
Dude! I'm also a 58 year old man. Loved the Muppets growing up, and still do. ❤
51 here. I and my wife (43) absolutely love the Muppets!!
I’m 38 and grew up with the muppets show and muppet babies in the 90’s .. love how they touch every generation in their own way
51 here. I remember I used to call my sister Moose because her name is Christine (re You Can’t Do That on Television) and she tried to get me back by calling me Kermit. Dude… don’t threaten me with a good time. Kermit? I love it! Another sister called me Charlie Brown affectionately and that was way more hurtful. Chuck was kinda miserable…
56! When I was 1 year old, my mom got a call from her sister saying, "Turn on PBS! You've got to see this!" And it was Sesame St. The Muppets and Jim Henson's work was a part of my entire life until Sophomore year of college, when he died. I cannot express how much all of the shows and movies influenced me.
Gonzo was always classified as a "Whatever." But finally, in "Muppets From Space," they established that Gonzo is, in fact, an alien.
You should delete this spoiler.
@@adaddinsane Normally I would agree with you, but she did directly ask what Gonzo was.
FWIW, the "meta" aspect of the Muppets means that nothing said in any one of the movies necessarily has to hold true for all the other movies. "Canon" is whatever works for whatever movie you're watching at the time. I'm not saying he's not an alien (there was a time that he was said to be a buzzard), I'm just saying that you shouldn't look to a sci-fi romp for any solid truth about the characters we see in this film.
@@DC_ProxPretty much from the get go there has been that duality of the Muppets as characters vs the Muppets as performers. And Jim Henson really liked to lean on that fourth wall and blur the line between the two.
Gonzo was always just a "Weirdo" He knew he was different and so did all the other Muppets.
They accepted him as one of them. He was part of the team
Waldorf and Statler are the old hecklers. You should see the Muppet Show episode with Milton Berle, they really mauled him. I always loved their routines .
I love this movie
The bit with Kermit on the fan always kills me 😂
The opening song from Kermit, "The Rainbow Connection" was played for Jim Henson's memorial when he passed away
That song still makes me emotional every time I hear it
Muppet Treasure Island has always been my favorite Muppet Movie
As a high school senior, it was IMPOSSIBLE to miss a single weekly episode. My younger brother and I were living with our grandparents at the time, and they set aside Muppet Show Night. Nothing could deter us from it. My grandparents laughed out loud right along with us. The true test of how great a show is, is how many generations can get the same amount of enjoyment from it.
The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) , Muppets in Space(1999), The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted (2014) - There are other Muppet features on streaming/video... but these were the theatrical films.
There's also a streamed series about the Electric Mayhem. and the Muppets Haunted Mansion movie.
Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper are my favorites!!! I watched those both so much as a kid and I still watch Mupper Treasure Island sometimes 😂 I need to watch the Great Muppet Caper again!
I wish they were still making Muppet movies lol Muppet Treasure island and the Muppet Christmas Carol are THE BEST
Muppet Mayhem on Disney Plus is a great show.
Grover is indeed a Muppet lol
I'm so thrilled you enjoyed the Muppet Movie! Just warms this old broads heart. My sister, 2 yrs older than me, used to play the soundtrack, 8 track tape of all things, in the car anytime we went somewhere. We would sing at the top of our lungs. It was so much fun. I'm glad the Muppets didn't disappoint you! Thanks for the fun Ashleigh!
Everyone talks about the Muppets Christmas Carol but for me the first 3 Muppet movies are the best , made when Jim Henson was alive(he was the original voice of Kermit). After that Kermit, to me is not the same.
What's better than just the Muppets? The Muppets with CHARLES GRODIN
The correspondence course joke gets me everytime. This is one of mine and my kids favorite movies to watch as a family.
There was a similar joke for another movie - someone grew up in the desert, and took a correspondence course to learn to swim... can't remember where off the top of my head.
Some day, we'll find it, the Rainbow Connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.
Oscar-winning song
@@carm3d was it? i think it was nominated, but lost?
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 According to IMDB it won
@@Sarah_Gravydog316 Correct. The winner was "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae. I think it's widely viewed as one of the biggest mistakes in Oscars history.
"Who is Bob Hope?" Oh my, little girl, you are in for a treat. To start with, he was a comedian, one of the greatest there ever was. Bob Hope has 4 separate stars on the Hollywood walk of fame. 1 for stage, 1 for radio, 1 for movies & 1 for TV. He won so many awards during his career that he LITERALLY had to get a warehouse just put them in. Just Google him when you get a chance because there is way too much for a comment. Enjoy your trip down the rabbit hole.
I can confirm, I loved it when his movies came on during the weekends. My mom would always stop her housework to watch with me.
Highly recommend the movie, "Road to Morocco," with Bing Crosby.
@@RobertSmith-kb3jl I think that's my favorite of the Crosby/Hope movies, although they're all good.
I loved the Muppet Show as a kid in the 70’s. Re-watching them with my kids, I did not realize as a kid how much adult humor were in the episodes. Love them!
The piano player at 6:33 is Paul Williams, the guy who wrote all the music for this movie (as well as several of its sequels and the HBO special "Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas").
Paul Williams is my son's favorite guest star when the Muppet Show came out on dvd!
Paul Williams performed on the Muppet Show a couple times.
6:33 minutes in, and Ashley finally recognised someone. And she was wrong. Correction right.
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy - the original famous ventriloquist team
Puppet with a radio show is an appropriate cameo :)
@@fenixdown22 and the movies with WC Fields
Watch Muppets from Space to learn more about Gonzo's background. It's one of my favorites.
"Is Lew Lord a real person?" The executive producer of the movie was Sir Lew Grade, later Lord Lew Grade,. He was the British media mogul and impresario that gave the Muppets their break when he green-lit The Muppet Show for TV.
True! But to clarify..
The character was played by Orson Welles: celebrated actor, etc. Writer, director, and star of "Citizen Kane," among many other accomplishments.
Lord Lew Grade was a real person, and Orson Welles was a well-recognized (in his time) real person. But the character of "Lew Lord" sitting in the swivel chair was not a 'real person,' he was a character.
Okay while I know Ashleigh will recognize a majority of the cameos in this film. One I know she WON’T RECOGNIZE DESPITE HAVING SEEN HIM IN MULTIPLE FILMS IS DOM DeLuise who played Bernie the Talent Agent. Dom has been also seen in the following films for the channel:
The Flamboyant director Buddy near the end of Blazing Saddles,
The voice of the crow Jeremy in The Secret of NIMH,
The voice of Pizza the Hutt in Spaceballs,
Emperor Nero in the Rome Segment of History of the World Part 1,
Melvin P. Thorpe in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,
Don Giovanni (The Godfather Parody character) in Robin Hood Men in Tights,
Now onto the facts for the film:
The Muppets were already established characters as the Muppet Show had already been an established hit on television winning many Emmys and while Jim Henson had made them with adults in mind to enjoy they just happened to appeal to kids as well.
The man Edgar Bergen who cameos with his dummy Charlie were the inspiration for Jim to go into Ventriloquism and he was one of the guest stars on the show and unfortunately died before the film was released and so at the very end of the film is a dedication to him.
To give a break down on some of the cameos in this film:
The El Sleezo Owner was actor James Coburn,
The man who said “You’ll get warts.” Is Telly Savalas. Who you saw as Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
The car salesman Mad Mooney is comedian Milton Berle who you saw in Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
The film’s songwriter Paul Williams was the piano player and his song Rainbow Connection was nominated for Best Song unfortunately not winning,
Bob Hope was the Ice Cream man,
Elliot Gould announced the winners of the Pageant,
The Woman who kept appearing when Myth was repeated was Carol Kane. Who you saw as Miracle Max's wife Valerie in The Princess Bride and was Grandmama in The Addams' Family Values.
Actress Cloris Leachman was Lew Lord’s receptionist. Who you saw as Frauer Bruher in Young Frankenstein.
Famous actor and director Orson Wells was Lew Lord at the end who you saw as Citizen Kane.
The man who puppeteered and voices Fozzie, Miss Piggy and others is Frank Oz who directed Little Shop of Horrors and was the puppeteer and voice of Yoda,
To perform as Kermit on the log in the opening Jim squeezed into a specially designed metal container with an air hose the scene took five days to film,
For the big finale with all of Muppet, Sesame Street, Land of Gorch, Emmett Otter, and other characters created up to that point of more than 250 characters 137 puppeteers were inlisted from the Puppeteers of America along with regular Muppet Performers and a couple of notable puppeteers were John Landis and Tim Burton,
The next film released was The Great Muppet Caper and basically each film is not connected to the last acting like each was just a play the only two really connected are the 2011 film and it's sequel Muppets Most Wanted,
Harry Krishna is a play on words of Hare Krishna which is a mantra in the Hindu Religion.
Correspondence Course is where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail.
The giant Muppet who was the jack at Mad Mooney’s is named Sweetums.
Gonzo is no set creature and is always called a whatever.
The actor who played Max you previously saw in What’s Up Doc and Christmas with the Cranks.
Wonderful!
Frau Blucher 🐴🐴🐴🐴
Channel reacts continued Smokey & The Bandit's Little Enos was piano player Paul Williams.
I'm pretty sure Frank Oz appeared on screen as the biker in El Sleezo who threw Fozzie.
I'm so happy to see another Muppets fan made before my eyes. They taught me my letters and numbers on _Sesame Street,_ then they honed my sense of humor on _The Muppet Show._
"The Rainbow Connection Reprise" (the song Kermit begins at the end with, "Life's like a movie...") is Jim Henson's love note to all of us Muppets fans, wherever and whenever we watch this film. He was taken from us too soon. I'd say that if he lived to be a hundred, but it would still be true.
All the tunes are awesome, but "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" is such a great melancholy song. It comes at a great point in the movie, too. The gang's stranded in the middle of the desert, thinking their dreams of being rich and famous died. Kermit has an existential crisis, arguing with himself about promises made, but not kept. In the end, he realized he was breaking the most important promise -- the one he made to himself.
Next year is the 40th anniversary of "Follow That Bird", which is a cross country journey of Sesame Street characters looking for Big Bird. It's another of the great puppet movies.
What is Gonzo? Gonzo is...my favorite Muppet. Try Fraggle Rock out on your little cousins.
Anyone introducing him: "This is Gonzo, he's a....."
Gonzo: "Whatever"
They kinda explain it in Muppets from Space.
I believe from Muppet Babies he was called a "Blue Weirdo"
Gonzo is whatever. Thats sorta the point. ruclips.net/video/IB2IV3fsRh0/видео.htmlsi=REkRW2nheKSQGI9g
Gonzo was always a queer coded charcater even at the start..and that just expanded over the years that labels are sorta meaningless, gonzo is gonzo and thats really the only thing thats important.
Gonzo and Rizzo the rat are a great duo. Gonzo and Pepe the prawn are the greatest duo of all time.
The large, colorful bird in the screening room is known as Fletcher Bird. He was named after his performer, Graham Fletcher, a ballet dancer with the Royal Opera House. Fletcher used to make occasional appearances on the Muppet Show in full-body costumes. In the film, however, he's not performing the costume.
That shot of Kermit on a bike is the funniest shit 😂😂
It was a big deal back then to be able to see Kermit's full body doing action things.
What's incredible is how much work it took to pull off that shot
And apparently, it was difficult and costly AF to make it happen.
well he didn't have a car, silly
And they upped the ante with The Great Muppet Caper.
"Going back there someday" is the greatest muppet song ever, I will die on this hill
It was one of Jim Henson’s favorite songs and Dave Goelz sang it at his funeral.
@@Jlynnn771 Very much how "Feed the Birds" was the thesis of "Mary Poppins" and the Sherman brothers played it at Walt Disney's funeral.
I will stand shoulder to shoulder with you on that hill.
@@Jlynnn771 And it was beautiful.
Us kids of the 70s/80s, know who all the cameos were. Sadly most of them have gone over that rainbow. Rainbow connection will always get you crying. 👋💕🇦🇺
the song rainbow connection is weird in that pretty much everyone loves it. you can like country or rap or heavy metal doesn't matter, you gonna like the rainbow connection.
one thing about humans YOU GONNA LOVE RAINBOW CONNECTION
@@awkwardashleighCongratulations
@@awkwardashleighyou knew more cameos than you know: Doc Hopper who wanted to kill Kermit was the adorably sneaky governor in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas who sang a song about being great at dodging the press’s questions. The blond haired piano player in the bar was also Little Enos who along with Big Enos hired the bandit to deliver a truck full of Coors beer in Smoky and the Bandit. Oh and he also wrote the Rainbow Connection, and a bunch of other great songs.
@@awkwardashleigh Amen to that!
@awkwardashleigh Bob hope is a comedy guy and he was the best along with the comedy stars Lucy Ball and red skeleton and jack Benny and Danny Thomas who had his own show called make room for dad change to the Danny Thomas show and even had created st Jude hospital to fight for cancer for kids and his daughter former comedy star is continually making her dad wish come true .the piano player is Paul Williams who wrote the rainbow connection song for Kermit and it him and Kermit the frog song together and Paul wrote the song for the Muppet movies and still does every now and then and he is the guy in smokey and the bandit Amos the man with the dummy Charlie McCarthy was Jim Henson 's teacher who also appeared in the Muppet show that went for 5 seasons and this movie was his last appearance before his death and Jim Henson said the movie was a tribute to him . Danny Thomas also created the Andy griffin show and even the dick van dyke burt from Mary poppies and he had a show called the dick van dyke show and his wife is played by Mary Tyler more and Steve Martin was also in the Muppet show at some point watching and reaction to the Muppet show and and 5 seasons from 1974 to 1981. And all the Muppet and sesame Street Muppets and stars.
Hare Krishna is a religion. They used to advertise "Are you lost? Try Hare Krishna."
That's why whenever anyone says they're lost in the movie they say "Have you tried Hare Krishna?"
The thing about the Hare Krishna was that they were genuinely pacifists. And like the Mormons they were generally okay with other folks joking about their religion. Exact opposite of some other small religions.
I saw this upon its release in the company of my father at the age of nine. At the time, I wondered to myself, "Who's Harry Kirschner?" 🤭 🙄 😆
Animal kills me. "IRRITATED!!!!!"
Dead 💀
I really hope this is the start of more Muppets movies, the reboot with Jason Segel and Amy Adams makes my top 5 films of all time
Rainbow Connection was actually written by songwriter Paul Williams for this film. It's been used elsewhere since then, including a duet by Kermit and Debbie Harry when she hosted The Muppet Show.
Paul Williams also makes a cameo. He's the blonde guy playing the piano in the bar at the beginning of the movie.
Whenever you see an amazing Muppet scene somewhere there's a very uncomfortable puppeteer you don't see
The Muppets are great because they ride that line where its's entertaining for both kids and adults. I remember loving Muppets as a kid, but as I got older, I started to get more and more of the jokes. I'll be looking forward to Muppets Take Manhattan whenever you get around to it. That's the first appearance of Rizzo, Gonzo's rat buddy from Muppet Christmas Carol.
Yuh as an adult, I’m just now getting all the puns etc.. 😂.. I’m going to have to watch all of them again 😊❤
Jim Henson’s entire goal was to show that puppets could be for adults too.
Like Bluey. Idk if Ashley should watch Bluey. Many MANY tears
Actually, Rizzo had shown up on The Muppet Show before then.
I'm half tempted to suggest "Fraggle Rock" I've never seen that as an adult.