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Steph
03-15-2006, 06:55 PM
Who are/were your favourite muppets/puppets?
Saw this thread on a Canadian music board today & it's hilarious. Fraggle Rock, Waldorf & Statler . . . There were some Canadian ones mentioned like "The Friendly Giant" -- check out the rooster playing the harp. He was the coolest! :) Ah, the 70s!
An underrated man was DON MUSIC
Composer Don Music was a character on the children's television show Sesame Street.
The typical sketch would have him become frustrated by his inability to think of the final line to well known songs such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and react by banging his head on his piano. However, a reporter observing him, typically Kermit the Frog, would then help Don by suggesting some suitable lyrics. As a result, Don would be inspired to suddenly come up with a whole alternate lyrical composition to the familiar children's songs with which he immediately plays a full arrangement without any rehearsal with a line of a backup singers that suddenly appear from the next room.
Don Music debuted in 1973, and would soon be discontinued, as parents complained to the Children's Television Workshop that their kids were imitating him by banging their heads against things. Concerns were also raised that Don was teaching inappropriate ways to vent their anger when things weren't going right.
He kept a picture of Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo on the wall, although it was never actually identified as such. Don Music also maintained a bust of Ludwig von Beethoven on his piano, and often apologized to "Ludwig" for his failure as a composer.
Don Music was performed by Richard Hunt.
Also, on the Simpsons in 1995 has a similarity of Don Music in an episode "Bart Sells His Soul" a tribute to Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in which that the organist banged its head on the organ.
http://www.cmug.org/articles/DonMusic.html
check him out in a wicked clip
Lilith
03-15-2006, 06:56 PM
I love Grover.
musicman
03-15-2006, 06:59 PM
statler and waldorf and of course - Beaker!
Lilith
03-15-2006, 07:00 PM
I like the Swedish Chef too.
Sharni
03-15-2006, 07:07 PM
Animal
Swedish Chef
Sprocket
lizzardbits
03-15-2006, 07:09 PM
http://www.snabbstart.com/film/muppet-show---mahnamahna.aspx
Steph
03-15-2006, 07:13 PM
Suh-weet :D
Lilith
03-15-2006, 07:15 PM
the first is gonzo not grover :p
Lilith
03-15-2006, 07:16 PM
Grover http://karinski.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/insidegrover.jpg
Steph
03-15-2006, 07:23 PM
the first is gonzo not grover :p
Doh! I even double checked your post & I swore it said Gonzo! My bias in muppets was thusly revealed. :D
OMG The Friendly Giant
He was on Steph when I was a kid. His show started in the fifties and ran about 30 years.
I really can't pick a favorite muppet but I sure liked the two old men in the balcony but then again ,I was old enough when they came on for the first time to understand the jokes. Did I ever mention that the big eagle muppet reminds me of George Bush?
When I was a kid I loved Lambchop with Shari Lewis. I have a Lambchop puppet too. Don't tell WildIrish. :)
Sharni
03-16-2006, 01:42 AM
This is the song that never ends......
Lilith
03-16-2006, 05:34 AM
yes it goes on and on my friend
wrestlemark
03-16-2006, 09:15 AM
............is tully hes done by frank oz same guy who brought yoda to life in star wars movies :eek: and i know this because my son watches hours of sesame street tapes a day !!!!! :eek: TULLY!!! RULES :D :cool:
scotzoidman
03-16-2006, 10:41 AM
Who are/were your favourite muppets/puppets?
Saw this thread on a Canadian music board today & it's hilarious. Fraggle Rock, Waldorf & Statler . . . There were some Canadian ones mentioned like "The Friendly Giant" -- check out the rooster playing the harp. He was the coolest! :) Ah, the 70s!
An underrated man was DON MUSIC
Composer Don Music was a character on the children's television show Sesame Street.
check him out in a wicked clip I didn't know he had a name...the one & only time I saw him was when he was trying to compose the Sesame St jingle, of course Kermit comes along & suggests changes that turned it into "Can you tell me how to get to Yellowstone Park"...& then asks him how to get to Sesame Street...but also I noticed when Don started saying "Never, never, never", the voice seemed very similar to the voice of Junior on Fraggle Rock...yeh, I was a fan of that too, I had HBO when #1 son was little, & that gave me an excuse to watch it with him on Sunday mornings...
WildIrish
03-16-2006, 10:42 AM
I nearly lost the theme of the thread when I saw those boobies bouncing up and down. That av is absolutely hypnotizing!
I love Beaker & Bunsen.
I love Grover AND Gonzo.
I love Oscar & Ernie...but not Bert. (Probably the result of the widespread rumor that Bert is evil. :p)
And my favorite Christmas show of all time is "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas".
osuche
03-16-2006, 11:28 AM
I like the Swedish Chef and Oscar the Grouch. :D
dreamgurl
03-16-2006, 12:55 PM
I always like Gobo Fraggle and Oscar the grouch...something about Oscar always being in a bad mood seemed appealing to me...yes I was a strange child.
Scarecrow
03-16-2006, 06:45 PM
But we cann't for get that little green guy, Kermie
How about "Pigs In Space"? :D
Steph
03-17-2006, 08:31 AM
I nearly lost the theme of the thread when I saw those boobies bouncing up and down. That av is absolutely hypnotizing!
I KNOW!!! :eek: :eek:
I loved the Dozers! They worked so hard then ate their buildings!
sodaklostsoul
03-18-2006, 12:29 AM
Fozzie Bear.....and the 2 old dudes!!!
I remember Fraggle Rock.
Oldfart
03-18-2006, 12:54 AM
Grover
Did someone mention a bounce?
FussyPucker
03-18-2006, 02:32 AM
No you can't make me pick a favourite. They're all just so good!
Although Robin is soooooo cute! :D
bare4you
03-18-2006, 11:40 AM
I have to say for me the two old farts in the balcony - they always had such insight into life
Sugarsprinkles
03-23-2006, 08:28 PM
Favorite muppet has to be Grover........followed closely by Sweetums from the Muppet Show.
Now, I'm gonna show my age here.........my favorite PUPPET has got to be, without a doubt.....HOWDY DOODY!!.........followed closely by Kukla and Ollie of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame. I know PF and DB will remember them......not sure about anyone else right now.
RandyGal
03-23-2006, 08:53 PM
No way no HOW can I pick a favorite but......I do particularly enjoy the "yup yup" monsters. Don't know if anyone knows who I mean though. :p
For all you Muppets fans.....make sure you get to the Muppets 3D show at Disneyworld. It's wonderful!! :D
yup yup yup yup
yup yup yupyupyupyup yup.........hee hee
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Lilith
03-23-2006, 08:54 PM
I do indeed know them :D
Sugarsprinkles
03-23-2006, 08:56 PM
My kids loved the "Yup Yup" monsters........I can still hear them giggling every time that bit with the telephones would be shown.
Anyone remember the Geeful and the Gonk??
rabbit
03-23-2006, 08:58 PM
Ernie and Bert from Sesame Street...the muppet version of the Odd Couple.
:p
RandyGal
03-23-2006, 11:34 PM
My kids loved the "Yup Yup" monsters........I can still hear them giggling every time that bit with the telephones would be shown.
Anyone remember the Geeful and the Gonk??
Nice to see you Sugarsprinkles!!
Can't say as I know who Geeful and the Gonk are though. :confused:
Maybe it's time for me to Google eh? Think I'll get arrested for googling the word "gonk"?? :p
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scotzoidman
03-23-2006, 11:36 PM
Favorite muppet has to be Grover........followed closely by Sweetums from the Muppet Show.
Now, I'm gonna show my age here.........my favorite PUPPET has got to be, without a doubt.....HOWDY DOODY!!.........followed closely by Kukla and Ollie of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame. I know PF and DB will remember them......not sure about anyone else right now.
Ok, just enough younger to have missed out on Howdy Doody, but Kukla Fran & Ollie were VERY important in warping my young mind...
scotzoidman
03-23-2006, 11:39 PM
No way no HOW can I pick a favorite but......I do particularly enjoy the "yup yup" monsters. Don't know if anyone knows who I mean though. :p
For all you Muppets fans.....make sure you get to the Muppets 3D show at Disneyworld. It's wonderful!! :D
yup yup yup yup
yup yup yupyupyupyup yup.........hee hee
.Know exactly who ya mean...I think they were supposed to be aliens encountering Earth technologies for the first time...but it still amazes me how funny it is to just watch & listen to them going "yupyupyupyupyup..."
Steph
03-24-2006, 06:35 AM
yup yup yupyupyupyup yup.........hee hee
:) :)
ELMO
Is it just me or has my buddy Elmo not been mentioned yet?
I am surprised!!
1nutworld
03-24-2006, 09:31 AM
I can't STAND Elmo.....sorry.
My favorites were
Swedish Chef
Animal
and Beaker always gave me a laugh.
I'm forced to admit that I was given the nickname Scooter back in HS so I feel I must also mention him.(that was part of another thread I posted not too long ago.)
Sugarsprinkles
03-24-2006, 10:27 AM
Ok, just enough younger to have missed out on Howdy Doody, but Kukla Fran & Ollie were VERY important in warping my young mind...
I shouldn't be surprised........after all you're still my "little brother", and therefore should have been warped by at least some of the same programs. :D
Sugarsprinkles
03-24-2006, 10:30 AM
Nice to see you Sugarsprinkles!!
Can't say as I know who Geeful and the Gonk are though. :confused:
Maybe it's time for me to Google eh? Think I'll get arrested for googling the word "gonk"?? :p
.
Ok, the Geeful and the Gonk were on Sesame Street. One couldn't reach the fruit hanging on the tree....can't recall what the other one couldn't do. The lesson taught was about co-operation. Tag line of the skit was "Let's call this 'CO-OPERATION' " and the other one would say "No, Let's call it 'SHIRLEY'!" Does that ring a bell?
Nice to see you too, sweetie! How ya been??
wrestlemark
03-25-2006, 09:11 AM
ELMO
Is it just me or has my buddy Elmo not been mentioned yet?
I am surprised!!
my son loves him :confused: :D .......................he grows on you :D :cool:
here is the boobies av for anyone who wants it :D i just love em ......bet you can't eat just one !!!!!! :eek: ;) :D :rolleyes:(right click....save as ......) also heeeeeerrrrrreeeeesssss elmo ffffoooooorrrrrrr you
QUOTE=1nutworld--I can't STAND Elmo.....sorry.
Dude , grow up , get over it, he can't hurt you now.
It's a FUCKIN' puppet!!!
WildIrish
03-27-2006, 02:05 PM
Wow...tough crowd!
1nutworld
03-27-2006, 03:09 PM
QUOTE=1nutworld--I can't STAND Elmo.....sorry.
Dude , grow up , get over it, he can't hurt you now.
It's a FUCKIN' puppet!!!
Hey..back the F___ off.
I never said anything about Elmo being "bad"...I just said I personally, speaking for ONLY myself......don't care for him.
Hell..I EVEN apologized because I know that he's one of Henson and Co's most popular puppets.
Maybe YOU should be the one who "grows up"...if my comment upsets you THAT much.
My favorite is probably Floyd. Or Zoot.
I also dig the yupyup guys. It's not uncommon at all to hear me when I'm walking around saying, 'yupyupyupyupyupyupyupyupyup, uh-huh uh-huh, yupyupyupyupyupyupyup...' :p
And I haven't watched Muppet Show or Sesame Street in years.
Sugarsprinkles
03-27-2006, 03:45 PM
I know what you mean, Aqua. I haven't watched it in years either, but some of the tag lines stick in the mind forever. I started watching it when I was expecting my first son, and didn't stop watching on a regular basis till #3 started school. That would be from about '73 to '84 or so. It really does 'infect' the mind. Much like Mel Brooks, Allan Sherman, etc.
nikki1979
03-27-2006, 04:41 PM
hmmmmmmmmmmm i guess i luved kermie best
~nikki~
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