Oh, man, now I'm watching the tribute at the funeral of all the performers singing his favorite songs, and the guy who's Gonzo is singing the song from the Muppet Movie from when they're out in the desert. Awww.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana, if you are the easily made sniffly sort, don't watch to the end of part 2.
Dana, if you are the easily made sniffly sort, don't watch to the end of part 2.
Uh-oh. But I can't stop now!
Planet Koozebane
I LOVE that one.
I love the Pigs in Space where they reach the end of the Universe.
Uh-oh. But I can't stop now!
Get kleenex. LOTS AND LOTS.
Did Harry Belafonte really get up and sing this song? I would have so completely lost it at that point.
As you've seen, yes. I ran into him on an elevator about six months later and asked him how he'd gotten through it. We stood there bonding about how beautiful Jim Henson was.
Planet Koozebane
YES! I will have to watch that when I get home and can listen to it too, because the vocalizations are one of the funniest things about that.
I still yearn to find footage of Gilda Radner singing "Poor Wandering One" on The Muppet Show, as that's the version that burned its way into my skull rather than the Linda Rondstadt performance on Broadway.
Get kleenex. LOTS AND LOTS.
They were conveniently close by. Good thing. And then I watched the Koozebanian mating ritual.