Cameo guest stars
Alan Arkin[4][5] Jack Black[4][6] Emily Blunt[7] Beth Broderick[4] James Carville[8] George Clooney[9] Billy Crystal[4][5] Lady Gaga[5] Zach Galifianakis[4]
Ricky Gervais[7] Donald Glover[4][6] Whoopi Goldberg[8] Selena Gomez[8] Kathy Griffin[10] Dave Grohl[11] Neil Patrick Harris[8] Ed Helms[6] Judd Hirsch[12]
John Krasinski[6] Mila Kunis[13] Rico Rodriguez[14] Mickey Rooney[15] French Stewart[16] Ben Stiller[9] Eric Stonestreet[6] Wanda Sykes[5] Danny Trejo[4][6]
― gr8080, Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
Adam Sandler/David Beckham/The Red Hot Chili Peppers, your agents are slipping.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
excited :D
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, psyched.
Not sure if this franchise has legs.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10-million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit the Frog reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, "The Muppets" hits the big screen November 23, 2011.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― remove this man from the internet (Ste), Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Mickey Rooney[15]
aw, hell yeah!
this actually sounds kind of promising. i'll go see it.
i think the muppet movie was the second movie i ever saw in a theater
― dell (del), Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
James Carville. He is, sort of, a Muppet.
― remy bean, Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
haha, totes
― dell (del), Thursday, 19 May 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason i think ed helms is perfect for hanging out with the muppets
― dell (del), Thursday, 19 May 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
For some reason I was sure I'd seen Billy Crystal with the Muppets before, and then I realised I was thinking of the Flaming Lips.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 May 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
Ten bucks says there's a dueling banjos scene with Helms and Kermit.
― jaymc, Thursday, 19 May 2011 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
stoked as balls for this, but Disney are fucking idiots for changing the title from Segel's original
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Thursday, 19 May 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
No Pepe the King Prawn, no cred
― England's banh mi army (ledge), Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
(checks cast list) phew, cred.
the dracula musical end of FSM made me want to stab myself so not sure i can take segal as a ventriloquist
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
do you hate everything that is beautiful in life?
― akm, Thursday, 19 May 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
odds that this will be Mickey Rooney's last film appearance? and Billy Crystal's?
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Rooney's yes, Crystal's no way.
So excited for this film, tbh. Loved the puppet bits in FSM. Also, Chris Cooper is pretty much the best "insert generic villian" character actor ever.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
so stoked for this
may be my daughter's first trip to a movie theater
― underrated earl sweatshirt fans i have boned (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
glad they got some of the OG muppets guys in too. altho Frank Oz seems like a curious ommission
― underrated earl sweatshirt fans i have boned (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
was making Crystal joke about his extinct box-office status, ya see
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it is weird that Oz isn't involved, who is doing Ms Piggy and Fozzie? Has he had a falling out with Henson or is he just too old now?
― akm, Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
otoh Dave Goelz!!
― underrated earl sweatshirt fans i have boned (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
not psyched
― goole, Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not even phobic of puppets but Muppets always had a bit of creep to them. Especially the baby version of Animal.
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Friday, 20 May 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
Has he had a falling out with Henson or is he just too old now?
I...hope you mean the Henson organization specifically.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 May 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
no. let this die. please.
― President Keyes, Friday, 20 May 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
apparently Frank Oz retired from doing Fozzie and Miss Piggy in 2002, and now some guy named Eric Jacobson has taken over
― rap's proud hateful history (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ned yes obviously I meant the Henson company.
I'm sure this will be great, the last few Muppet things have not been great (Muppet Letters to Santa was ok; the christmas special a few years before sucked though), Segal has spoken at length about how much he wanted to make an old fashioned muppet movie.
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, its those interviews with Segal that have me actually excited about this project. There wasn't any talk about "bringing them up to date" or "modernizing" or anything.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Having Disney produce a Muppets movie just makes me very, very afraid.
― Aimless, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
What was the original title?
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
End Times Are Near: The Musical
― Aimless, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Disney has been involved with the Muppets for years, at least ten years, maybe more.
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Jim Henson, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
― Aimless, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
ok I guess since 2004. that includes Muppet Wizard of Oz (apparently awful) and a bunch of tv specials, the last of which was pretty good (Muppets Letters to Santa)
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
This actually sounds pretty alright. The Muppet Movie was the first movie I saw in the theater.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
The Moopets
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I have faith in Segel...he talks about the Muppets with total reverence, so I at least trust he wouldnt set out to drag the name thru the mud. Then again the best laid plans of mice & men etc
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I never found the Muppets creepy, not even in the least. But yeah, the "Muppet Babies" was just sort of disturbing imo
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
The only disturbing thing about Muppet Babies was "Nanny"
― Number None, Friday, 20 May 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
and "Skeeter"
no girl should be named "Skeeter"
― I HAVE ISSUES (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
glad they got some of the OG muppets guys in too.
The original-original Muppets were seriously OG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ky7g1lgTwc
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
that's so awesome. jim henson, fuck
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
the second spot outta control
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, US, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds.
I confess that it was a good long while after reading this and wondering why the role of "Walter" was not credited before I realized ... Walter is the muppet that Jason Segel created.
― rap's proud hateful history (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fn9Q8q6yNmk/TSkX9dABqdI/AAAAAAAAABM/3-2p4ffOfgg/s400/The-Muppets-Jason-Segel-and-Walter.jpg
The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made!!!
― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
there was some piece about this new show pointing out how damaged the brand got over the years with the aggressive marketing exclusively to small children, shitty cheaply made low-concept "Muppets do ____" projects, etc. and now they're swinging the other way to try and be hip/adult... yeah idk. I'll give this show a try but I'm a little skeptical. Without Henson at the helm it really is just another property at the mercy of corporate perogatives and poorly thought out one-offs.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
I get why they continue using the tried-and-true characters, but in a way they aren't as much characters as they are extensions of their original performers. I'd honestly prefer to see the newer performers develop their own characters and bring them to the fore.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
but presold is where the biggest bucks come in. that's why Disney grabbed Star Wars too, just as the old stars were ready to hobble back into action.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
^^^
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
I'd honestly prefer to see the newer performers develop their own characters and bring them to the fore.
Segel's muppet analogue was such a non-entity
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that thing was stupid. Pepe is probably the best character of the post-Henson era, though, and I think that's precisely because he was built from the ground up rather than being stuck on someone else's arm after thirty years. Gonzo is the only one of the old crew that still has any life in him because Dave Goelz is still doing the work. And don't get me started on the increasingly-sleek designs that continually chisel away the visual quirks of the characters.
Like I said, though, I get it. Recognizable IP = $$$. But still.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
it is weird/sad to me that Oz is no longer involved
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if he's ever made a public statement about his disengagement, but he's getting up there in years and I know it takes a physical toll, so I get it.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
iirc they tried to get him for the reboot and he refused/had issues (I know he objected to Fozzie doing a fart joke)
but he was involved as recently as Muppets in Space, and he still did fucking Yoda so...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Oz just did the voice for Yoda this time around, and Muppets From Space was made >15 years ago. It probably would also suck to return to a thing you used to do with friends who are pretty much all dead now.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
Look, at the end of the day Muppets Most Wanted proved that they could still do right by old school Muppets style.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
TBF, haven't watched Muppets Most Wanted yet, but I was definitely unimpressed by its predecessor.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
it is much better
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
the plot, the songs, the villain, the cameos, the way the characters interact - it's all an improvement
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
how damaged the brand got over the years with the aggressive marketing exclusively to small children, shitty cheaply made low-concept "Muppets do ____" projects, etc. and now they're swinging the other way to try and be hip/adult...
Coming next, Muppets: The End Times.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
The title of one of the original Muppet Show pilots:
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051206062447/muppet/images/8/8d/Title.sex.jpg
They've historically run the demographic gamut.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's what I meant above about them treading a fine line - at their best (and I would say during most of Henson's stewardship) they were never exclusively for adults or for children, they were kind of in the middle, which is a hard spot to maintain
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
one of the subway ads has a head-on Kermit pic promising a show with "full frontal nudity"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
I think I read that the first episode involves Kermit accidentally sending the rest of the gang his dick pics. Hijinks ensue.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
frogs don't have penises
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Somebody better send ABC a memo before this thing airs.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
Cloaca pics just doesnt have the same ring to it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Have they done a Real Housepigs parody yet?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
yet? it hasn't even aired
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
just want to echo the muppets most wanted love, i enjoyed the muppets (2011) alot but watching muppets most wanted is where i thought 'ok, this is a muppets movie'.
― balls, Friday, 11 September 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
Muppets Most Wanted was fantastic
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:00 (eight years ago) link
I thought the songs in Muppets Most Wanted were pretty awful compared to ones used in the Muppets. Kind of a Flight on the Conchords season one vs season two rush problem.
― DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 11 September 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
Not even sure I agree with that, but it's been awhile since I heard the first movie's songs.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
the idea of kermit having a lookalike with a comedy accent was ridiculous and muppety enough that I can forgive much
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 11 September 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
"i love you, pig!"
"i am kyirmit"
i remember when gosford park came out telling my friends it was so good that ryan phillipe was good in it. well muppets most wanted is so good that ricky gervais is good in it.
― balls, Friday, 11 September 2015 14:19 (eight years ago) link
kinda disappointed they're not gonna keep doing movies if that's the case. the stuff w/ the new show has not intrigued me. really think they should've just done a variety show again, maybe even just make it occasional like once a month or twice a month, rotate it w/ a movie or something on saturday nights, boom there's yr new wonderful world of disney, disney could even go hardcore w/ their 'we own all the franchises now' by putting marvel movies and star wars in the rotation (hell they could so the unspecial edition star wars again and hype the hell out of it). then if they wanted to they could do their 'what if the office had starred the muppets? it might go a little something like this...' stuff as shorts and get viral whatever that way.
― balls, Friday, 11 September 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
songs in Muppets most wanted are just. fuckin. *great*.
songs in fotc season two are also j.f.*g*.
― deejerk reactions (darraghmac), Friday, 11 September 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
And some of the best jokes are in fact the bawdiest, like Fozzie lamenting about declaring yourself a bear in the online dating world and the kind of attention that can attract — complete with a “not that there’s anything wrong with that” panicked punchline — or Animal wistfully lamenting why he doesn’t tour anymore: “So many women, so many towns.”
fuck this
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
uh that was supposed to be in italics but you get the idea
so Paul Williams has gone from writing songs to dialogue?
it's a whole new tv show, you can probly make a new thread
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
what do you have against Paul Williams idgi
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
i just saw that in the doc he said he wasnt proud of boasting of groupie-screwing
i like most of what i know of him actually
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
http://static.spin.com/files/130510-daft-punk_0.jpg
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
lol that pic
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
that doc is a fucking crime btw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
hated the first ep of the new show, won't be watching.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
watch Phantom of the Paradise instead
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Watched "Muppets Most Wanted" two nights ago. So much better than the previous film - ROFLs galore. Kyrmit didn't get old.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 24 September 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link
new tv show kinda sucked
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 September 2015 02:22 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/natepatrin/status/646893269616562177
― balls, Thursday, 24 September 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
i thought it was fine. nice to see them back on tv.
― akm, Thursday, 24 September 2015 06:41 (eight years ago) link
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/e/eb/TheMuppets-S01E04-PepeWithStatler
"Look at me! I'm Bradley Coopers!"
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 November 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/e/eb/TheMuppets-S01E04-PepeWithStatler'sTeeth.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/267?cb=20151013211323