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Favourite muppets/puppets?
Who are/were your favourite muppets/puppets?
Saw this thread on a Canadian music board today & it's hilarious. Fraggle Rock, Waldorf & Statler . . . There were some Canadian ones mentioned like "The Friendly Giant" -- check out the rooster playing the harp. He was the coolest!  Ah, the 70s!
An underrated man was DON MUSIC
Composer Don Music was a character on the children's television show Sesame Street.
The typical sketch would have him become frustrated by his inability to think of the final line to well known songs such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and react by banging his head on his piano. However, a reporter observing him, typically Kermit the Frog, would then help Don by suggesting some suitable lyrics. As a result, Don would be inspired to suddenly come up with a whole alternate lyrical composition to the familiar children's songs with which he immediately plays a full arrangement without any rehearsal with a line of a backup singers that suddenly appear from the next room.
Don Music debuted in 1973, and would soon be discontinued, as parents complained to the Children's Television Workshop that their kids were imitating him by banging their heads against things. Concerns were also raised that Don was teaching inappropriate ways to vent their anger when things weren't going right.
He kept a picture of Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo on the wall, although it was never actually identified as such. Don Music also maintained a bust of Ludwig von Beethoven on his piano, and often apologized to "Ludwig" for his failure as a composer.
Don Music was performed by Richard Hunt.
Also, on the Simpsons in 1995 has a similarity of Don Music in an episode "Bart Sells His Soul" a tribute to Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in which that the organist banged its head on the organ.
http://www.cmug.org/articles/DonMusic.html
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03-15-2006, 06:59 PM
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statler and waldorf and of course - Beaker!
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03-15-2006, 07:07 PM
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Doh! I even double checked your post & I swore it said Gonzo! My bias in muppets was thusly revealed. |
03-15-2006, 08:51 PM
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OMG The Friendly Giant
He was on Steph when I was a kid. His show started in the fifties and ran about 30 years.
I really can't pick a favorite muppet but I sure liked the two old men in the balcony but then again ,I was old enough when they came on for the first time to understand the jokes. Did I ever mention that the big eagle muppet reminds me of George Bush?
When I was a kid I loved Lambchop with Shari Lewis. I have a Lambchop puppet too. Don't tell WildIrish. |
03-16-2006, 01:42 AM
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This is the song that never ends......
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03-16-2006, 05:34 AM
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03-16-2006, 08:06 AM
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03-16-2006, 09:15 AM
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my favorite......
............is tully hes done by frank oz same guy who brought yoda to life in star wars movies  and i know this because my son watches hours of sesame street tapes a day !!!!! TULLY!!! RULES  |
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