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Muppet Watch
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A Podcast featuring @bengschout.bsky.social and @petervulfranc.bsky.social. Each week we cover an episode of the Muppet Show and a movie starring the guest from that episode!
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RIP Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Buzzi laughing while sitting next to Kermit the Frog on The Muppet Show
May 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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New Episode out! Candice Bergen joins our motley friends with her fiery ebullient wit! We also discuss the early Mike Nichols film Carnal Knowledge and it's view of female-male relationships. Link in replies!
Candice Bergen on the Muppet Show during the Put Another Log on the Fire number, she's wearing a feminist t-shirt and pointing a shotgun at her chauvinistic muppet husband Candice Bergen as Susan in Carnal Knowledge (1971) she's looking at Art Garfunkel as Sandy. He's attempting to hit on her but is nervous and looking away. In the background, Jack Nicholson as Jonathan looks on Candice Bergen as Clara Cartwell in the Panel Discussion segment of her muppet show episode. She's dressed in a pith helmet and is looking bemusedly at Sam the Eagle Candice Bergen as Susan in Carnal Knowledge, against a tree looking to the side of the frame. Jack Nicholson as Jonathan is looking at her, imploringly
April 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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New episode with @joeblevins.bsky.social! We discuss the eminently talented Sandy Duncan and her ebullient presence in both The Muppet Show and Star Spangled Girl, a middling Neil Simon adaptation! Tune in to hear our discursive discussion, links below
Sandy Duncan on the Muppet Show talking to Behemoth about his inner beauty Sandy Duncan brandishing a lamp in Star Spangled Girl, she's looking forward while Tony Roberts looks on Sandy Duncan singing "Try to Remember" to Kermit the Frog who is sitting on her lap Sandy Duncan and Todd Sussman looking for Duncan's cat in a bush in Star Spangled Girl
April 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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🔴Special bonus dispatch from Muppet Watch! We run down the Best Song Oscar category, only three weeks after the big show! Tune in to hear us discuss the nominated songs and their place in the films they were written for. Featuring The Six Triple Eight, Sing Sing and [REDACTED] AND MORE!
Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez performing El Mal. She is wearing a red suit and is holding a blond hair extension over her crotch Sir Elton John in Elton John: Never Too Late. He's wearing a green jacket and holding a finger up while sitting behind a sound board Kerry Washington in The Six Triple Eight, inspecting her troops Colman Domingo in Sing Sing, he is staring directly into the camera, reciting the final lines of A Midsummer Night's Dream
March 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Just recorded a bonus ep
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy in Succession. He's wearing sunglasses and over ear headphones, stitting down with his arms crossed. He's locked in
March 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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New Episode! We discuss Bruce Forsyth along with the surrealistic Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? An autobiographical confessional from Anthony Newley about the intersection of sex and show business. Links in replies!
Bruce Forsyth on the Muppet Show looking at a Gawky Bird, a thin ostrich type bird with a long nose which is looking at him while he performs a musical number Bruce Forsyth and Anthony Newley in a behind the scenes shot from Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness. Newley is dressed like a marionette puppet while Forsyth where's stilts. In this scene, Newley is supposed to be a child while Forsyth is his Uncle Bruce Forsyth and Fozzie Bear giving Statler and Waldorf a taste of their own medicine Bruce Forsyth as Uncle Limelight, sans stilts. He's standing on a stage which is on a beach
March 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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New Episode! This week we discuss Peter Ustinov and his voice role as Grendel in the Australian animated adaptation of the novel by John Gardner, Grendel Grendel Grendel. Tune in to hear how the film compares to the novel and how it fits into Ustinov's career! Link in replies!
Peter Ustinov in Muppet Labs with Bunsen Honeydew performing the role of a political robot. Currently he's on the American President setting and imitating Richard Nixon, his fingers are in the v for victory position Peter Ustinov as Grendel in Grendel Grendel Grendel. a dejected look on his face as a bird sits on his long nose. He looks almost like a crocodile but much more pudgy Peter Ustinov and Fozzie the Bear in graduation robes discussing "post-dickensian economics" on the Muppet Show Grendel in Grendel Grendel Grendel swimming through the fire snakes to get back to his cave
February 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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After a months long hiatus we're back! with our new episode about Lena Horne paired with the directorial debut of Vincente Minnelli: Cabin in the Sky! We talk about Horne's career and the crossroads of the form of the American musical movie!
Lena Horne in a denim jumpsuit holding Muppy singing I Got a Name while a chorus of Muppets including Hilda, George the Janitor, Fozzie and Gonzo accompany her Lena Horne in Cabin in the Sky preening in front of a mirror Lena Horne in a bubble bath from a cut scene in Cabin in the Sky singing Ain't it the Truth? Lena Horne comforting Gonzo while singing I'm Glad There is You
January 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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New episode! We discuss Harvey Korman's episode of the Muppet Show along with his role as The King in the Sherman Brothers' Huckleberry Finn. Link in replies!
A still from the Muppet Show featuring Harvey Korman as an animal tamer trying to tame the docile Thogg Kermit the Frog looking up at Harvey Korman during their interview segment. Korman is dressed in a chicken suit A still from Huckleberry Finn (1974) The King (Harvey Korman) and the Duke (David Wayne) are falling through a bed while dressed in their pajamas A still from Huckleberry Finn (1974) Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) and Jim (Paul Winfield) push their raft along the river while The King (Harvey Korman) and The Duke (David Wayne) look on
October 19, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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Fun fact: the art for our show was done by ingforart.bsky.social! Give him a follow!
The title of our show Muppet Watch, the logo is comprised of letters in different fonts that are taken from different Muppet titles. the art was done by ingforart.bsky.social
October 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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New episode is up! We talk about singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour and his starring role in Truffaut's iconic Shoot the Piano Player! Link in replies
Charles Aznavour embracing Miss Piggy Charles Aznavour at the end of his episode of the Muppet Show, he is with Kermit the Frog and a loaf of bread who is French. Aznavour and the bread have become fast friends Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois in Shoot the Piano Player. They're walking down the street, Dubois looks ahead while Aznavour looks at her Charles Aznavour as Charlie Koller/Edouard Saroyan in Shoot the Piano Player (1960) he is seated at a piano
October 11, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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Thursday, today is Thursday and also the day we release our new episode! We're joined by Dallin Agatone to discuss the Phantom of the Paradise and Paul Williams' appearance on the Muppet Show. Listen in to hear us sing the praises of Brian De Palma. Links in replies!
Paul Williams singing An Old Fashioned Love Song on the Muppet Show, flanked by two Paul Williams Muppets who harmonize with him Paul Williams talking about how happy he is that he's the tallest person on the show while Sweetums, Thog and a Mutation tower over him A still from Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Winslow Leach/The Phantom (William Finley) signs a Faustian contract with Swan (Paul Williams) Paul Williams as Swan in Phantom of the Paradise (1974) holding a cigarette
September 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM