Friday, October 28, 2005
to mop it or not to mop it - that is the question
Ahh - those Muppets... It is not enough for them that their two old coots are reviewing movies online in a send-up of Roeper & Ebert (always am about to type "Siskel &..." there) - what's their name again? Wallace & Gromit? Hmm... no... those are the OTHER guys...! Statler & Waldorf - yeah, that's more like it!
Thus - it is not enough to do that - the Muppet crew keeps on spoofing EVERYBODY ELSE it seems - on Sesame Street! Donald Trump became a Muppet, as Donald Grump this year... On top of that, numerous more have been spoofed - from Dr. Phil to Dragnet! Children – and their parents – have a ball watching that show it seems! How billionaire real-estate developer Donald Trump allowed the producers of the long-running PBS show to spoof him in such a way that future potential employees will be coming to him with the memory of GRUMP and thus with a bit or a lot of snickering to do on their minds - well, that is simply beyond me! But then again, Trump allowed himself to be the source of derision on SNL and his own reality TV show... The Apprentice was it? (I never watched). Say what you will about the man - Donald does have a sense of humor! Must come from being named after a DUCK... But I digress... According to TV analysts, "this new Muppet carries on a Sesame Street tradition. Although aimed at pre-schoolers, the show has always included pop-culture references intended to keep older viewers engaged as well.". Okay - but my question remains - why in blue blazes do adults, who would have a choice not to, still watch Sesame Street?!? Maybe I don't want an answer to that... Last season, for example, saw the introduction of Dr. Feel, a Muppet version of TV personality and author Dr. Phil. Daytime TV viewers have to be kept happy... is that the reason?
"Past seasons have seen skits like the Guy Smiley game show Squeal of Fortune, on which contestants spun a pig, as well as one in which a band of insects sings a song titled Letter B to the tune of Let it Be by the Beatles."
This past season featured quite the hilarious segment in one titled "Desperate Houseplants" - "a parody of arguably the hottest show on the small screen right now" - or so they say! Not content with that just yet, the Muppets struck gold again with Grouch Eye for the Nice Guy - I don't need to mention by name what that was parodying, now do I? Please spare me that... And, as for the Dragnet thing... It was clearly to keep "older viewers interest" alive... Hmm... EVEN OLDER ONES? Actually - THAT I can see very well happening - grand-parents watching Sesame Street with their grand-kids... Especially since it was a takeoff of Dragnet called Cookie Monster: Food Investigator - wow, can't miss that! (Along with Grover and Bert, Cookie there is one of my all-time fondest memories of the show... indubitably! I feel a cookie craving coming on now... darn!). This past season marked the program's 36th season on the air - and guess how many years has this luminous blogger been breathing the polluted air around here... eh? Yup... Sesame and I can share the same sense of humor, surely - for we were separated at birth! ;)
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Yes I am guilty!! I am one of those adults that watches the muppets! Not Seseme Street, but the Muppet Movies. :D
I didn't know about Donald Trump becoming a muppet! lol Donlald Grump! ROFL
I remember watching Sesame Street as a kid. I remember singing along to the silly songs. lol
Don't worry I don't watch Sesame Street now! lol
Luce,
This blog post was so funny! ROFLOL
Thanks, I sure did NEED a laugh today! I just loved it. :D
Keep up the great blogging!!
You Rock!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGS))
Countess
I didn't know about Donald Trump becoming a muppet! lol Donlald Grump! ROFL
I remember watching Sesame Street as a kid. I remember singing along to the silly songs. lol
Don't worry I don't watch Sesame Street now! lol
Luce,
This blog post was so funny! ROFLOL
Thanks, I sure did NEED a laugh today! I just loved it. :D
Keep up the great blogging!!
You Rock!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGS))
Countess
I know a lot of people like DONALD GRUMP... yes...
People in their 40s (among others) who think that they know better, are more mature, wiser, veritable know-it-alls they are... and yet they are capable of the most pathetic mistakes this side of Dixie!!! They are soooooooo angelic... true good samaritans... to those who do not deserve it - and they turn on those who do NOT deserve it and lash out at them! If they were so wise... they would not do that! They would truly know better - but they do not.
And these are the ones who wind up watching more Sesame Street late in life - with their grand-children! Awww... so sweet... the idiocy spreads like wildfire as the genes of stupidity (that enable them to see things so topsy-turvy as they do) are spread onwards - to infinity!
And meanwhile, saints don't multiply themselves...
They don't waste their time watching Sesame Street either... *lol*
BLESSINGS!
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People in their 40s (among others) who think that they know better, are more mature, wiser, veritable know-it-alls they are... and yet they are capable of the most pathetic mistakes this side of Dixie!!! They are soooooooo angelic... true good samaritans... to those who do not deserve it - and they turn on those who do NOT deserve it and lash out at them! If they were so wise... they would not do that! They would truly know better - but they do not.
And these are the ones who wind up watching more Sesame Street late in life - with their grand-children! Awww... so sweet... the idiocy spreads like wildfire as the genes of stupidity (that enable them to see things so topsy-turvy as they do) are spread onwards - to infinity!
And meanwhile, saints don't multiply themselves...
They don't waste their time watching Sesame Street either... *lol*
BLESSINGS!
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