The Muppets: Pig Out
October 14, 2015 6:35 AM - Season 1, Episode 4 - Subscribe
Fozzie has an accident with a t-shirt cannon, and hits Statler right in the face. Piggy overhears the production team making plans after the show is wrapped up, makes Kermit manipulate them to invite her just to refuse... until she doesn't. The night seems ruined, but only until Ed Helms pops by Rowlf's Tavern.
Oh, forgot Sam's unlikely infatuation with Janice.
Best episode so far, the jokes were landing, it had great energy and great usage of the cast. Stuff:
- The network has concerns that a child might jump into a vat of pudding at home and drown
- Who has a vat of pudding at home?
- You know America struggles with portion size.
Fozzie wants to make up for the t-shirt cannon by getting out the candy slingshot and some jawbreakers.
Swedish Sushi = Sushi Rolls with a meatball in them. Obviously.
Pepe with Statler's teeth. "Look at me! I'm Bradley Coopers!"
Beaker does make a great Piggy: "Memememe Moooooi. Me me me me me ME ME ME!"
Ed Helms was gold in this episode.
- Where do I know you from?
- I don't know, maybe The Office?
- OH, WE WORKED TOGETHER?
(nobody does terrible jokes like The Muppets)
Just to have the Swedish Chef singing Rappers Delight made this whole Muppets revival worth it. If there's a full video, I want to see it.
Sam singing Wind Beneath My Wings doesn't make a lot of sense for an actual eagle.
Scooter looks very weird without glasses. Floyd wears sunglasses over his usual sunglasses. Bunsen and Beaker appear with each others clothes, and if it happened outside work, they don't owe them an explanation.
Statler isn't just happy to send Fozzie to the wrong restaurant. He also wants to drop by and put a "sucker" sign.
posted by lmfsilva at 7:31 AM on October 14, 2015 [3 favorites]
Best episode so far, the jokes were landing, it had great energy and great usage of the cast. Stuff:
- The network has concerns that a child might jump into a vat of pudding at home and drown
- Who has a vat of pudding at home?
- You know America struggles with portion size.
Fozzie wants to make up for the t-shirt cannon by getting out the candy slingshot and some jawbreakers.
Swedish Sushi = Sushi Rolls with a meatball in them. Obviously.
Pepe with Statler's teeth. "Look at me! I'm Bradley Coopers!"
Beaker does make a great Piggy: "Memememe Moooooi. Me me me me me ME ME ME!"
Ed Helms was gold in this episode.
- Where do I know you from?
- I don't know, maybe The Office?
- OH, WE WORKED TOGETHER?
(nobody does terrible jokes like The Muppets)
Just to have the Swedish Chef singing Rappers Delight made this whole Muppets revival worth it. If there's a full video, I want to see it.
Sam singing Wind Beneath My Wings doesn't make a lot of sense for an actual eagle.
Scooter looks very weird without glasses. Floyd wears sunglasses over his usual sunglasses. Bunsen and Beaker appear with each others clothes, and if it happened outside work, they don't owe them an explanation.
Statler isn't just happy to send Fozzie to the wrong restaurant. He also wants to drop by and put a "sucker" sign.
posted by lmfsilva at 7:31 AM on October 14, 2015 [3 favorites]
Pepe with Statler's teeth just slayed me, but the teeth should have been Statler-sized, not Pepe-sized.
I would buy a whole album of Swedish Chef rapping.
Continued awesomeness from the guys (and gal) in the band.
They have now had two out of four episodes that relied on Kermit manipulating Piggy into changing her behavior. They can stop with that now.
posted by briank at 7:35 AM on October 14, 2015
I would buy a whole album of Swedish Chef rapping.
Continued awesomeness from the guys (and gal) in the band.
They have now had two out of four episodes that relied on Kermit manipulating Piggy into changing her behavior. They can stop with that now.
posted by briank at 7:35 AM on October 14, 2015
Maybe I'm just getting used to them, but the muppets with new performers are getting better. Statler and Waldorf don't quite work for me, but Fozzy and Kermit seem much closer. Piggy was always pretty darn good.
Pepe is still my favorite post-Muppet Show character, okay. "Someone peel me and eat me."
Did anyone else notice the Swedish Chef licking donuts and putting them back in the background of one shot? The show is definitely growing on me.
posted by beowulf573 at 7:36 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Pepe is still my favorite post-Muppet Show character, okay. "Someone peel me and eat me."
Did anyone else notice the Swedish Chef licking donuts and putting them back in the background of one shot? The show is definitely growing on me.
posted by beowulf573 at 7:36 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
The main thing I remarked to Mrs. CoB while watching this one was "There hasn't been enough Muppet singing so far."
Of course, the original show had too MUCH Muppet singing imo, but I'm sure there's a happy medium.
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 9:40 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
Of course, the original show had too MUCH Muppet singing imo, but I'm sure there's a happy medium.
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 9:40 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
They have now had two out of four episodes that relied on Kermit manipulating Piggy into changing her behavior. They can stop with that now.
I think there were two ways of resetting the storyline: Either the crew realizes they don't care about Piggy and she's still a self-absorbed bore once one of her famous friends doesn't appear, or Piggy is outstaged by someone else (guest-starring, dunno Jenniffer Lawrence, McConnaughey, Robert Downey Jr or Sandra Bullock) and suddenly doesn't want to go out with them anymore.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:29 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
I think there were two ways of resetting the storyline: Either the crew realizes they don't care about Piggy and she's still a self-absorbed bore once one of her famous friends doesn't appear, or Piggy is outstaged by someone else (guest-starring, dunno Jenniffer Lawrence, McConnaughey, Robert Downey Jr or Sandra Bullock) and suddenly doesn't want to go out with them anymore.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:29 AM on October 14, 2015 [2 favorites]
or Piggy is outstaged by someone else
Heck, Ed Helms was already RIGHT THERE and killing it with the rest of the gang. How did that not make her inflamed with jealousy?
posted by briank at 11:07 AM on October 14, 2015
Heck, Ed Helms was already RIGHT THERE and killing it with the rest of the gang. How did that not make her inflamed with jealousy?
posted by briank at 11:07 AM on October 14, 2015
Maybe she doesn't think Ed Helms is bigger than her? Despite being on the Hangover, the "leading man" of the series is the Bradley Coopers (aaaaand I can't stop laughing thinking of Pepe with the dentures). Seeing a leading woman/man outstage her from her own crew would send Piggy flying (uh, well, Kermit would be the one doing the flying, IIRC) with jealous rage.
posted by lmfsilva at 12:14 PM on October 14, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by lmfsilva at 12:14 PM on October 14, 2015 [1 favorite]
Either way, it would be better than to have Kermit have to be a jerk all the time.
posted by briank at 12:53 PM on October 14, 2015
posted by briank at 12:53 PM on October 14, 2015
Beaker's Piggy impression killed me.
Kermit manipulating Piggy doesn't really bother me that much because he's always been the one to rein her in and he's got his own agenda where Piggy is concerned. Just as Piggy as her own agenda where he's concerned.
I forget what the Floyd line was that made me roll this week but there was one.
The thing with Janice telling Kermit it was going to be astral projection day, Kermit asking if she needed the day off, and then Janice saying she'd be there but *not be there* was also hilarious and just SO SO SO JANICE-Y. I'm glad Janice is getting so much screen time.
The song choices all made good sense to me except for Wind Beneath My Wings. I couldn't have been the only one sitting there going, "but you're already an eagle and you wouldn't be ogling someone like that if they were actually the wind beneath your wings."
I want to talk about Sam for a second. He went from crushing on Janice to stalking her by following her home. THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY.
I hope they can get Bradley Coopers to do the show. Because a whole episode of Pepe saying Bradley Coopers would be awesome.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 11:10 PM on October 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Kermit manipulating Piggy doesn't really bother me that much because he's always been the one to rein her in and he's got his own agenda where Piggy is concerned. Just as Piggy as her own agenda where he's concerned.
I forget what the Floyd line was that made me roll this week but there was one.
The thing with Janice telling Kermit it was going to be astral projection day, Kermit asking if she needed the day off, and then Janice saying she'd be there but *not be there* was also hilarious and just SO SO SO JANICE-Y. I'm glad Janice is getting so much screen time.
The song choices all made good sense to me except for Wind Beneath My Wings. I couldn't have been the only one sitting there going, "but you're already an eagle and you wouldn't be ogling someone like that if they were actually the wind beneath your wings."
I want to talk about Sam for a second. He went from crushing on Janice to stalking her by following her home. THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY.
I hope they can get Bradley Coopers to do the show. Because a whole episode of Pepe saying Bradley Coopers would be awesome.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 11:10 PM on October 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Oh my god the karaoke--I got chills. It was Muppets being Muppets, and I hope and pray that the people running the show manage to find ways to work a bit more of that in.
Sam went from infatuated to creepy real fast though.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:21 PM on October 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Sam went from infatuated to creepy real fast though.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:21 PM on October 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
With those eyes, how could he NOT be creepy in any romantic context?
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 3:15 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 3:15 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
I am finally enjoying the show. Oddly enough, I'm okay with Kermit and Piggy both being manipulative and liars to each other. Piggy holds the power - she's no victim.
Swedish Chef forever and ever.
posted by kimberussell at 6:01 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Swedish Chef forever and ever.
posted by kimberussell at 6:01 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
So they could put a Charlie Brown special on at a time when little kids watch network TV.
(I was really put out by this, too)
posted by briank at 5:35 PM on October 23, 2015
(I was really put out by this, too)
posted by briank at 5:35 PM on October 23, 2015
I was surprised there was no new muppets this week. I have been watching them on the abc website the day after airing so I was like, "no new muppets? what?" - it was actually nice of abc to make the great pumpkin available to stream, though. Even if it's not the same thing as muppets - it does have snoopy so okay.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 8:52 PM on October 23, 2015
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 8:52 PM on October 23, 2015
This was definitely the best episode so far and it was great to see some Muppet singing. I liked that Sam is the network standards guy but didn't like that they made him a stalker.
I'm Bradley Coopers!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:03 PM on October 31, 2015
I'm Bradley Coopers!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:03 PM on October 31, 2015
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