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As I grow older I feel my capacity to understand that Miss Piggy is not a real person reached a peak in my adolescence and is now on a steady decline. I watched a Wendy Williams interview and there's this part that's like "can we get a ring cam!" and Miss Piggy shows her bling and I'm just like fuck she's so iconic. Miss Piggy who are you wearing? Miss Piggy have you ever considered running for office??
Like literally every time I see Miss Piggy there's a period where I need to readjust to the fact that it's not a person, and I feel that period is getting longer and longer with every instance
now all my Youtube recommendations are filled with Miss Piggy interviews. I’m not complaining. Miss Piggy what’s your secret to ageing so graciously
It's not just the audience; professional journalists, hosts, and actors report it is legitimately difficult to not see the Muppet as a person, and it is, in fact, incredibly easy to interview or act with them once the performer gets properly set up.
Like that one time they couldn't figure out why Kermit's audio was so garbage... then realized they'd put the mic on him instead of the performer.
this has been a very longstanding issue - before the muppet show was even a thing some muppets appeared in commercials, such as rolf the dog
they had a continual problem where when people directing/shooting the dogfood commercial would give dirrection to rolf that they would be speaking to the muppet, to which rolf REPEATEDLY had to tell them ‘i cant hear you, you have to talk to him’ and point at the performer underneath him
rolf is one of the most embarrassing muppets to need this direction as the performer is this, damn, obvious when not on camera
‘sir, i am a bathroom mat, the man you need to talk to is back there’
I did an interview with Gonzo one time, and when I got into the Zoom call, it was the actor on screen trying to figure out his audio. And then once he did, he went like “OKAY!” and then just like dove to the floor and it was Gonzo and there was never a moment when I doubted that the dude was just Gonzo’s tech guy
I have met a muppet-like puppet in real life and when I tell you that my brain was hacked FUCKING INSTANTLY..... It was a person, I swear it was a person. I asked it for a hug (no i was not 5 years old, i was like 28 at this time). i genuinely don't know what came over me, it was just. It was a person???? Witchcraft
A couple years ago, I was invited to the birthday party of one of my former preschool students. I decided to bring my teaching puppet (a big rat) along because I knew several other kids from that class would be there, and she was always a huge hit with them.
They were, of course, very excited to see her. But what surprised me was that after the kids ran off to play in the sprinkler, the parents around me struck up conversation with the puppet. They continued for at least fifteen minutes, asking her questions like, "how long have you been teaching?" and "eaten out of any good dumpsters lately?" until one dad exclaimed "why have I been talking to a rat puppet this whole time!"
at my wedding yes i will have a maid of honour but why stop there. ill give all my maids titles. we will have a maid of hope. a maid of horror. a maid of horticulture. a maid of harm. a maid of healing. and of course. a maid of hogs
Storytime!
When my best friend got married, I couldn't be the best man because he had years prior promised the role to his younger brother. Not a big deal, not like I was super broken up about it. But he decided I must have a title, and therefore I would be dubbed The Worst Man. We both had a good laugh and mostly forgot about it.
Then comes the wedding. In the course of 24 hours, beginning after the rehearsal dinner, I:
- Shaved my beard at the bride's request, looked in a mirror, discovered what dysphoria feels like for the first time
- Had a blowout at like 11pm on the way home from an errand after the rehearsal dinner
- Opened the trunk to get the spare, found the bag of potatos I'd bought the day before had frozen overnight and then unfrozen, causing them to rot rapidly and release foul-smelling juice everywhere.
- Tried to put on the spare tire and found the mounting plate had become misaligned and so the bolts couldn't go in all the way
- Called my dad for advice, basically got mocked and insulted
- Called a tow truck and finally got it fixed, drove home feeling like shit, finally fell asleep several hours after midnight
- Woke up the next morning feeling like shit, bone tired
- Drove to the hotel to get hair and makeup done, drove to the venue, realized I was wearing the wrong shoes
- My partner couldn't bring them to me so I had to drive all the way back home
- Driving back to the venue I fell asleep at the wheel, luckily I immediately drifted into a car next to me rather than flipping the car
- Fuckin wide awake now
- My car's all scraped up along the side by the wheel of her car, and the passenger door no longer opens
- Her car is completely unscathed save for a tiny scratch, like so small it will buff right out. Not even through the clearcoat. But she insists on calling the state troopers. Wouldn't accept my phone number to deal with it after the wedding. Wouldn't accept insurance information. Had to be cops.
- Cop takes half an hour to get there
- Gives me an expensive careless driving citation (fair)
- Finally make it to the wedding, with enough time to finish getting dressed and be ready for it to start
- Make it through ceremony (very exciting, love these guys)
- Go downstairs and pass out on a couch, completely miss the reception dinner
- Am finally woken when the dinner ends and my friend notices I'm AWOL
But here's the rub. Aside from everything that happened to me? Literally the entire wedding went off without a hitch.
From this we concluded that the purpose of the Worst Man is to act as a lightning rod for all the bad luck, so that the actual wedding can go well for the bride and groom. I'm gonna make him be mine when I get married.
That skull that i hate
My friends and I have been making some warrior cat ocs for fun lately... We have never read the books, but it's been a great time! Here are some of them.
These two are Dawnpelt and Redscarf, a medicine cat and ex-kitty pet couple who are trying very hard to hide their relationship... Their apprentices totally know though (they just don't care).
something something love is fuel
apparently more than 3 people wanted this so heres more
I found a yellow ball point pen (on the floor)!
So to celebrate I'm putting him in another situation (on the floor)
The real reason why he's wearing a helmet
Couple O' Cups
