MUPPETS!

[blamebrampton]

Not quite back in the world, but if you can see this interview, watch it for a good laugh as Kermit and Jason Segal tackle the whole Muppet Communism Question* with Giles, an Australian journalist. Alas, I am not sure if the SMH allows international streaming. In case it doesn't, the unmissable bits include an Australian Customs Officer teasing Jason about being better looking on TV and ...

Jason: I just felt sad for him, because -- what happened in your life? ... Who goes into the most lovely, light-hearted, pleasant movie ever, and comes out thinking about politics and vitriol and all that? Just because we think everyone should have the same amount of money does not make us Communists!

Giles: The film suggests you've been a recluse for some time.
Kermit: Yes. A Communist recluse.
Jason: He has a really beautiful swamp in Cuba.

Giles: There are some amazing cameos in the film, who was the highpoint for you?
Kermit: Oddly enough, Kim Jong il.

Ah … sod the Sex Pistols, the Muppets were the truly anarchic symbols of my childhood. I'm so glad they're back :-)


* I confess that the link that explains the origins of the issue is to an article that mocks the originator. This was unavoidable, as even the Telegraph couldn't report on the story without taking the piss, bless em. I could, of course, have linked to Fox News, but in this world, pigs karate chop, they do not fly.

Comments

[veritas03.livejournal.com]

Oh good grief! It's the Muppets! How can you find fault with the Muppets?? Fox news makes my blood rise, so I never watch it. Unfortunately, I know several people who choose that as their only source of "news." I loved this:
The discussion that followed didn't just typify the Fox News mission to recast the outside world as leftwing propaganda; it threatened to usher in a whole new paradigm of stupid.

And considering it's Fox, that's really saying something. Thanks for posting this.