A Muppet Masterpiece

I grew up in a world where The Muppets were icons. During my time in L.A. a couple of months back we took a little venture on over to the Jim Henson Company lot. While we were there we toured the place and I got to see first hand the care and love that goes into this franchise. The most moving and inspirational thing that I saw there was a mural of some of the most iconic and most loved characters that anyone has ever created. I realized that most of Henson’s creations and chracters have been splintered out to other companies therefore making a huge Henson reunion….almost impossible.

I took solace though in the fact though The Muppets were going to take another run at the big screen and get the old gang back together again. The movie was a brain-child of Jason Segel and Nick Stoller. We got to interview the co-writers of the movie that day in L.A. and they had some great insights on the Muppets. When Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, How I Met Your Mother) was asked if he was still in awe of the expeience he said “It was a childhood dream of mine. I have a list of dreams that I wanted to publish. One was being on David Letterman, which I did a few years ago. One is hosting SNL which I still haven’t done but I think that I will soon. Then one was make a Muppets movie. And then be on the cover of Men’s Health. Start the campaign for that. Rough.”

When Watching this film I really noticed that there was a definate attention to the past. Jason Segel said “I think what we look towards was the legacy that they had created with those first three movies and the TV show. That was really our model and we didn’t have to stray very far from that time or try to update it or anything like that. The Muppets, their style of humor is pretty timeless and you know, comedy really moves in cycles.” I think that Jason and Nick really wrote an adventure that holds true to the past and propels The Muppets into the future.

You don’t have to take my word on what I think about the movie though. We also asked a couple of experts in the field of the Muppets what they thought of the movie and the script that the guys wrote. Kermit the Frog said “It was wonderful working with Jason. You know, Jason actually wrote this thing to begin with and it went through about 17 thousand rewrites but he’s the guy who wanted to make this movie with us.” Miss Piggy had a different take on it though. “Yeah, I don’t really read the script. I just count lines.” (Kermit clears his throat and chimes in) “Counts her lines.”

If after all of that you still need convincing to go and see The Muppets, well then here it is from my kids first hand. It is their “pick” of the week…you’ll see what I mean by that.

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December 6, 2011 | Filed Under Family, Review/Giveaway 

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5 Responses to “A Muppet Masterpiece”

    1
      Fred on December 6th, 2011 5:42 am

      Love this post. I remember my young age days. I love watching Sesame Street. And I do collecting those stuff. Your kid are very adorable.

    2
      Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy on December 6th, 2011 11:45 am

      I’m so happy that y’all enjoyed the movie. Wish I could have seen it with y’all.

    3
      Lorie Shewbridge on December 18th, 2011 1:38 pm

      I can’t tell who had more fun at the movie, you or the kids. =)
      I love this video, reminds me of when we were all together recently. I love your kids so much and miss you all so much – nose picking and all. Hugs and kisses to you all, with an extra kiss to my buddy Rylan!

    4
      Peter Franz on March 25th, 2012 5:02 pm

      These muppets did a great job advertising. Did anyone see all their youtube videos?

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