The new Muppets movie is not for children.
It’s for their parents and people old enough to remember the TV show.
While enjoying the movie we realized how weird our childhood was. For starters: the love story of a pig and a frog. Inter-species romance!
Yeah, we cried when the muppets sang Rainbow Connection. We’re not sure if it was a Pavlovian reaction, or if it was nostalgia for our crazy childhood.
The weekly Muppet Show was about a bunch of plucky, not very talented performers and bunglers who somehow managed to put on a show every week. We loved them precisely because they were ordinary people creatures who just wanted to entertain the audience.
The Muppets is a movie about a guy learning to let go of his imaginary friend. Good songwriting.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
March 22nd, 2012 at 07:38
My favorite Muppets are those two old guys who heckle from the upper boxes. I was five and they were a mystery to me. I thought, “if they hated this show, why are they back every week?”
March 23rd, 2012 at 10:41
Or what’s the deal with Gonzo’s, uh, fascination with chickens/hens.
March 23rd, 2012 at 11:46
LOL – that was nice shot.