Mahna Mahna

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 08:45 AM

Mahna Mahna

The second-best Muppets bit ever.

BrianR · 09-06-2005, 08:54 AM

I loved that bit!

God I miss the Muppets. Quality TV entertainment died with them.

I'm actively looking for the original shows on DVD as of right NOW!

Brian

Cyclefrance · 09-06-2005, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

God I miss the Muppets. Quality TV entertainment died with them.

Doh! don't let Homer hear you say that.

Sadly we Brits have to put up with the usual old rubbish like 'One Foot in the Grave', 'Only Fools and Horses', and more recently 'Little Britain'. Don't know how put up with it all. Somehow we just keep churning them out: 'Monty Python', 'Faulty Towers', 'Smith and Jones', 'The Office', 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme', 'Fast Show', - we just can't seem to make em like the Muppets!

PS - I can't access the Muppets extract so will take you at your word that it is 5-star rated

mrnoodle · 09-07-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

'Little Britain'

That show makes my skin crawl. But I laugh every time I watch it. It's a disturbing combination....

What's funny is that you KNOW the punch line before a bit even starts, but you are powerless to keep from laughing when they finally deliver it.

The guy in the wheelchair who always changes his mind after his friend has done some pain-in-the-ass chore to make him happy is my favorite. That and the "I'm the only gay in the village" guy...Daffyd? Oh, and the pirate matching game skit.

Back to the muppets, sorry

melidasaur · 09-06-2005, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

I loved that bit!

God I miss the Muppets. Quality TV entertainment died with them.

I'm actively looking for the original shows on DVD as of right NOW!

Brian

Season 1 is out on DVD - I saw it at the store on Friday.

glatt · 09-06-2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Mahna Mahna

The second-best Muppets bit ever.

[trivia] That music is originally from a scandinavian porno. [/trivia]

edit: see Piero Umiliani

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 10:52 AM

Can you imagine two people doin' it on screen... and that's the soundtrack?

vsp · 09-06-2005, 11:15 AM

Now try to imagine anything _else_ for the next hour or so.

(Muppet Show Season 1 on DVD == HIGHEST recommendation. The pilot alone is worth the purchase price. And, for reference, Mahna Mahna is the first sketch on the first pisode.)

You're going to make someone ask what your #1 bit is, aren't you?

wolf · 09-06-2005, 11:51 AM

I'm guessing Swedish Chef.

Although this piece is certainly part of The Muppet Show, I could have sworn that this bit was originally done on Sesame Street.

Elspode · 09-06-2005, 12:08 PM

Rolf first appeared on the Jimmy Dean show, so yeah, there's characters and bits that existed already before the Muppets Show came along.

My fave? Pigs in Space.

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 01:58 PM

#1 is pre-Muppet Show. It's the bit where the two space aliens come across a ringing phone.

Happy Monkey · 09-06-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

#1 is pre-Muppet Show. It's the bit where the two space aliens come across a ringing phone.

The squiddish ones that said "Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-huh Uh-huh"?

zippyt · 09-06-2005, 05:11 PM

Fav muppets were Skred and ( I can't rember his name ) on SNL WAAAAAAY back in the day !!!

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 05:41 PM

That's the one!

Happy Monkey · 09-06-2005, 06:02 PM

They may have been my single favorite part of Sesame Street.

09-06-2005, 08:54 AM	#2
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09-06-2005, 11:15 AM	#8
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Now try to imagine anything _else_ for the next hour or so. (Muppet Show Season 1 on DVD == HIGHEST recommendation. The pilot alone is worth the purchase price. And, for reference, Mahna Mahna is the first sketch on the first pisode.) You're going to make someone ask what your #1 bit is, aren't you? Last edited by vsp; 09-06-2005 at 11:17 AM.

09-06-2005, 11:51 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm guessing Swedish Chef. Although this piece is certainly part of The Muppet Show, I could have sworn that this bit was originally done on Sesame Street. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-06-2005, 12:08 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Rolf first appeared on the Jimmy Dean show, so yeah, there's characters and bits that existed already before the Muppets Show came along. My fave? Pigs in Space. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-06-2005, 05:11 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Fav muppets were Skred and ( I can't rember his name ) on SNL WAAAAAAY back in the day !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-06-2005, 08:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mahna Mahna Mahna Mahna The second-best Muppets bit ever.

09-06-2005, 10:52 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Can you imagine two people doin' it on screen... and that's the soundtrack?

09-06-2005, 01:58 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	#1 is pre-Muppet Show. It's the bit where the two space aliens come across a ringing phone.

09-06-2005, 05:41 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's the one!

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Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They may have been my single favorite part of Sesame Street. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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