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Q: What did Kermit the frog say at Jim Henson’s funeral?
A: Nothing.
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Tag: Jim Henson
Muppet Show – Mahna Mahna
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Aside from its notoriety from The Benny Hill Show, “Mahna Mahna” became familiar to many from its renditions by the Muppets on television. In 1969, the first season of Sesame Street featured a sketch featuring two Muppet girls voiced by Frank Oz and Loretta Long who are unsure of what to do, until they decide to sing a song, enter an unusual-looking short, shaggy-haired male Muppet character who begins singing “Mahna Mahna”, prompting the girls to join him. None of the characters had names at the time, but the male Muppet who led the “Mahna Mahna” call-and-response was eventually given the name Bip Bippadotta, so as to differentiate him from the official Mahna Mahna character that would be developed later on. The Muppet character called Mahna Mahna was originally performed by Muppets creator Jim Henson, and is now currently performed by Muppeteer veteran Bill Barretta.
The Muppets Cupcakes
A pair of baking sisters have scored an online hit by creating an amazing range of cupcakes based on Jim Henson’s Muppets.
Mandy and Caroline – the people behind Cupcake Occasions – say they were initially commissioned to create the brightly coloured cakes for a wedding last year.
But the resulting cupcake incarnations of characters including Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal were so impressive images of then went on to become an online hit.