Science fiction moments from the Muppet Show

Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 11, 2009 10:24 PM | permalink

io9's roundup of "7 Great Sci-Fi Moments From The Muppet Show" includes some absolute gems, including Alan Arkin, Jeckell-and-Hyded into monster-form, performing a stunning rendition of "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah."

7 Great Sci-Fi Moments From The Muppet Show

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#1 posted by Johnny Cat, June 11, 2009 11:46 PM

Oh how I adore Alan Arkin. And the Muppet Show will be required viewing for my daughter.

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#2 posted by bjacques, June 12, 2009 2:58 AM

Damn, but Shields & Yarnell were good! I remember the show they had, but didn't like it, because of those "space uniforms" they wore in the opening bits. It gave them the same cheesy look as Space Academy, Jason of Start Command, and similar shows. My loss. YouTube have a few clips of them.

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#3 posted by CraigGNoble, June 12, 2009 5:34 AM

The Muppet Show should be nominated for being one of the Best Things in the 20th century.

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#4 posted by SamSam, June 12, 2009 6:39 AM

Wow! Wait, would that even be allowed any more? The poor widdle wabbits!

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#5 posted by GammaBlog, June 12, 2009 7:20 AM

That insane laugh track makes it even more disturbing.

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#6 posted by jjasper, June 12, 2009 7:31 AM

Funny. But not exactly heavily science fictional.

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#7 posted by TroofSeeker, June 12, 2009 8:11 AM

The song is from the Disney movie 'Song of the South', and I doubt if many of you are familiar with it at all- I hadn't seen it in over forty years. I told Sterling, a friend of my son, that Disney probably locked it in the vault forever, and that he would never ever see it. It has what could be perceived as a very bad portrayal of black people-lazy and ignorant.
A couple weeks later Sterling came over and handed me the DVD. Frickin' internets, huh?! Now I've known way too many black people to think of them as lazy and ignorant.
Judging by their writing skills, it's the PHD's I'm starting to worry about.
d8^)

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#8 posted by Anonymous, June 12, 2009 8:47 AM

I work on a kids show and you couldn't do any of that today. I don't know what broadcasters are afraid of.

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#9 posted by Boba Fett Diop, June 12, 2009 9:09 AM

More occult than sci-fi, but here's one of my favorites: Tony Randall and The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzhDsVs7FD0

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#10 posted by Daemon, June 12, 2009 7:16 PM

Jim Henson was a god.