Gonzo

Kermit the Frog, in a red, black, and gold gown and wearing a black mortarboard, poses by a proclamation by the State of Maryland as he prepares to give the commencement address to the University of Maryland Class of 2025. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)

KERMIT: So as you prepare to take this big leap into real life, here's a little advice if you're willing to listen to a frog. Rather than jumping over someone to get what you want, consider reaching out your hand and taking the leap side by side.

#2025inMuppets

“Jim believed that everyone had a place...And so, my whole life I tried to appreciate people for exactly who they are. … Life is not a solo act. No, it’s not. It’s a big, messy, delightful ensemble piece, especially when you’re with your people.” Kermit

written and spoken by puppeteer Matt Vogel

“Just as the celebrations of Christmas roll over to Boxing Day,
May the celebrations of Boxing Day roll over to New Year’s Eve and all the year through!”

Happy Boxing Day!

Cats do it right. They celebrate Boxing Day everytime they find a box! Keep the spirit going all through the year.

Happy Boxing Day!

The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Ebenezer Scrooge the town square on Christmas morning, as people gather in the streets. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: May I welcome you to Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas, Muppet fans!

“Oh, I love it when I'm nasty.”

Professor Ratigan (voiced by Vincent Price)
in The Great Mouse Detective.

An evil, pernicious, yet suave crime lord, obsessed with his status as a mouse, but when labeled a rat, his ostentatious demeanor shatters and reveals a violent and savage mind.

Danny Kaye: Thank you. Thank you. Kermit, do you mind if I bring some friends along? Come on in, fellas. There we go.

Statler:There was something thrilling about being IN the show tonight.
Waldorf: Yep. Not having to watch it.

Scooter: There's a real pro. Most performers are a nervous wreck before the curtain. He takes a nap
Danny Kaye: Scooter…Hi
S: fifteen seconds to curtain
D: Fifteen seconds until curtain?! I better get my makeup on
(bumps into the dresser and collapses)
S: I wonder if that's how he took his first nap

Episode 111: Lena Horne
Continuing the conversation

Lena Horne sings "I've Got a Name”

Waldorf: I could listen to her sing till the end of time.
Statler: She doesn't sing that. It's not her style.
Waldorf: No, no, I mean I could listen to her sing forever.
Statler: Well, she doesn't sing that either.

Ratatouille

Anton Ego: Yes, I think I do. After reading a lot of overheated puffery about your new cook, you know what I'm craving? A little perspective. That's it. I'd like some fresh, clear, well seasoned perspective. Can you suggest a good wine to go with that?

“Everyone wants stuff, we wake up every day with list of wishes a mile long and maybe we spend our lives trying to make those wishes come true, but just because we want them doesn’t mean we need them to be happy.”

Ned, Pushing Daisies

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a manner that they actually look forward to the trip.

Episode 122

Statler: What do you take in your tea?
Waldorf: Oh, milk, two sugars, one mouse.
Statler: One what?
Waldorf: Mouse. Take a look.

Miss Mousey appears in the teacup, and sings "Don't Sugar Me". At the end, the teacup walks off the balcony.

Sam the Eagle: It is my distinct pleasure to present Wayne and Wanda, of whom composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein wrote:
"These two are a manifestation of the musical mediocrity that passes for talent in our troubled times.” Nice review.

Wayne and Wanda in a gazebo setting
The paper moon falls

Bluey

Granny Mobile
Muffin is playing Grouchy Granny on an old scooter.
A real Grouchy Granny, Old Pug, wants to buy it. Muffin keeps upping the price, until:

Old Pug: Fine. Eleven hundred.
Muffin: TWELVE HUNDWED!
Muffin: And 18 lollies!
Old Pug: Oh, you cheeky little... fine. $1200 dollars.

Episode 101: Juliet Prowse

Juliet dances to "Solace" with the Green Gazelles. She vanishes into the background at the end of the song.

Waldorf: Hey, she just vanished. How did she do that?

Statler: Probably like this. (vanishes)

Waldorf: Yup. That's probably how she did it.

“Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards.”

Carrie Fisher

Episode 107

Waldorf: (drowsy) Wha — wake me when the show starts.

Statler: It's already been on a while.
Waldorf: Oh. Wake me when it's over.

The Muppet Show

Jim Henson and Richard Hunt with Waldorf and Statler on the set of The Muppet Show.

Fraggle Rock

Marjory the Trash Heap is a compost heap near the Gorg's garden. She is an oracle to the Fraggles, dispensing advice and wise sayings

Philo and Gunge introduce her as the "all-knowing, all-seeing Trash Heap! Nyeah!"

When she finishes, they say: "The Trash Heap has spoken! Nyeah!"

Fragile Rock

Doc is an inventor and lives with his dog, Sprocket. His workshop is connected to Fraggle Rock via a hole in the wall

Doc is puzzled by the postcards for this "Gobo Fraggle fella” and promptly throws them away.

Sprocket often catches Gobo in the act of retrieving a discarded postcard

Fraggle Rock

The Gorgs are the giant characters of Fraggle Rock.

Pa Gorg, Ma Gorg, and Junior Gorg, are a royal family living in a rundown castle and the self-proclaimed rulers of the Universe.

Fraggle Rock

Doozers

Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of pointless scaffolding out of an edible candy-like substance (manufactured from radishes)
Doozers spend most of their time building, and Fraggles spend much of their time eating tasty Doozer buildings.

Fraggle Rock

“Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.

Work your cares away,
Dancing's for another day.
Let the Fraggles play,
We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red.“

Fraggle Rock

"The center of the universe is, of course, that marvelous land known as Fraggle Rock. It is thus called because it is a Rock and Fraggles live there." Uncle Traveling Matt

Matt boards a roller coaster and Dave Goelz, who performs Uncle Traveling Matt, is sitting next to him.

Follow That Bird
released August 2, 1985

Waylon Jennings/Truck Driver

Big Bird: I can't wait to get back to my real home on Sesame Street. I figure I can walk back there in, oh, about three hours
Truck Driver: Three hours? More like three weeks
Big Bird: Three weeks? Oh, no. I'll never get home!

“The Muppets at Walt Disney World”

Security Guard Quinton Fitzwaller/Charles Grodin

Guard: Will you stop eating and help me capture the Muppets?
Rizzo: you gotta watch for the weird and unusual
Guard,on his phone:World Showcase? A Scandinavian Cook? A guy with a bucket on his head?
Rizzo: Bullseye

Scooter the Scarecrow

The Muppets Go to the Movies, The Wizard of Oz

Miss Piggy as Dorothy, Scooter as the Scarecrow, Gonzo as the Tin Woodman, and Fozzie Bear as the Cowardly Lion