Muppets “Bohemian Rhapsody”
In case you’ve been under a rock for the past few days, you may have missed this terrific video of the Muppets performing the classic Queen song, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
This YouTube video went positively viral via Twitter and other social networking feeds yesterday. There’s a reason: It truly brings us back to the days of classic Muppet mayhem! It has everything – the classic characters intermixed with the newer and lesser known Muppets. It has clucking chickens, Beauregard playing air guitar on a mop, and the Mahna-Mahna guys singing backup. Who couldn’t love that!
I also love the fact that, as they did historically, the Muppets have taken a song with lyrics that might be questionable for their characters (or at least not necessarily appropriate for all ages) and changed them to suit their needs. For example, the entire, “Mama, just killed a man” sequence features Animal simply shouting “Mama!” over and over again (ending in a very Muppetesque and Animal-appropriate punchline). Brilliant!
Watch the end of the video carefully, too. Note that Kermit and Scooter are using a computer that combines Windows 7 and Mac OS, running a program that appears to be a hybrid of FireFox and Adobe programs as well. It’s that kind of smart, subtle humor that the Muppets have been missing lately. Kudos to them for bringing it back (in HD no less!).
In case you don’t know some of the Muppets included in the video, Muppet Wiki has identified them all.
Prepare to LOL!
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Diane began performing as a puppeteer when she was only six years old. Her first marionette, Clippo the Clown, a gift from her Grandmother, accompanied Diane to school every year through college. As an adult, Diane began making and performing hand puppets. She writes the shows, fabricates the puppets and props, performs all of the puppetry, and even serves as her own lighting and sound engineer!
