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Hubba-Wha?! Episode #5 - ToughPigs at 20 · Muppet Fan Podcasts with ToughPigs.com

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  Have to get in to get into my game show host.
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  Persona here, I have to actually be energetic for once in my
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  life, all right? Welcome to help.
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  Allah, I'm up at quiz show brought to you by tough
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  pigs.com. It's America's new favorite game
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  show where Muppet fans Muppet professionals and everyone in
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  between competes for fabulous. Rises and to see who's this
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  week's toughest Pig. I'm your host, Evan G of tough
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  pigs.com. Today on hubba-wha our
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  contestants will be testing their Muppet ational metal with
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  a series of questions themed around the last 20 years.
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  Why that time span well, it's tough pigs 20th, anniversary
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  this year and I wanted to celebrate.
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  So we'll be talking about the past two decades of production,
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  starring Kermit. Fozzie piggy, Gonzo and the rest
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  of the now disney-owned Muppet Show gang.
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  That's right, we aren't going to be discussing the past 20 years
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  of Sesame Street or Dark Crystal or fraggles.
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  So sadly there will be no questions about Chef donger or
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  DEET or Ben Folds Five. While we often think of the
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  Muppets as being less active lately, there's still a lot of
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  media that we can talk about and then there's Lady Gaga and the
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  Muppets Holiday Spectacular which we will.
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  Be doing our best to not talk about today.
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  We're joined on this unbelievable game show by two
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  very special guest stars, Julia, Gaskell of tough, pigs.com and
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  Maria Nance of the Muppet fans talking podcast.
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  As always these questions were written by me with help from
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  that amazing Muppet resource Muppet.
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  Wiki. And speaking of, let's agree to
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  play fair. Today, we're not like Dominic
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  bad-guy. We're good guys, and we don't
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  cheat. Well why don't we get things
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  started in our first round. Will meet our contestants?
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  It's around. We like to call to tell a face
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  contestants buzz in to answer three questions about yourself.
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  Whoever buzzes in first will get introduced first ready?
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  Go Julia. Let's start with you Julia.
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  What is your name? My name is Julia gasps.
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  Kill. All right.
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  That's 10. Points, right there.
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  What is your history with the Muppets?
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  I grew up, loving them but then about a decade ago, I got really
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  into the muppets again and it's just been all a pill ever since.
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  And currently you you write for tough pigs, right?
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  You're a contributor. There I am.
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  I have been for almost 10 years. Yes.
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  Yeah. All right.
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  And who's your favorite of the disney-owned Muppet family
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  Gonzo? I've been credited as being
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  Tough pigs, Gonzo expert for the last like few years, I believe
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  good choice and yeah, you've written some great articles
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  about him, great. So that's 20 points total.
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  You'll realize that the math doesn't work out.
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  That's because telling me your name was the hardest question,
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  so that one was worth more points.
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  Maria, let's go to you. What's your name?
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  My name is Maria Nance. All right.
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  And Maria. What's your history with the
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  Muppets? One of my first memories is from
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  Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street.
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  I'm autistic and the Muppets are my special interest.
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  So I've loved them my entire life.
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  I have my own podcast from them and I also write for tough
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  things. Yeah, that's true.
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  And your podcast is Muppet fans talking, what kind of things do
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  you do on there? Well me my partner Sprout and
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  our friend Mary, we talked for about four hours and then edit
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  it down about whatever we want to do.
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  We have a very fun episode about looking into the minutiae of
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  Piggy and and Kermit's relationship.
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  We have Puppeteer appreciation. Our where we talk about
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  different puppeteers that we like me definitely worth
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  checking out and the last question I'm going to ask you at
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  this point. Maria is who's your favorite of
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  the disney-owned Muppets family? I it changes so much, but right
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  now I am hyper fixating on, Uncle Dudley, great choice,
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  great choice. Definitely, I would say in my
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  top three as well. So Maria, you've also earned 20
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  points and we are ready to move into our next round.
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  This is around that. I like to call.
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  Can you guess? Well, most of the Muppets have
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  been around since the 70s or earlier.
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  There have been a number of new Muppet characters added to the
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  gang. Since 2001, likewise While most
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  of the Muppets have a long history and still appear in
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  things, some have effectively been retired in the past, 20
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  years. Your job is to identify the
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  following Muppets based on my descriptions, each.
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  Right answer is worth one point. Remember buzz in when you know
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  the answer, but wait until I'm done with my question.
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  So our audience can play along at home.
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  We ready? Yes, yes.
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  All right. Question 1, he wondered whether
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  he was a man or a Muppet only to realize he was a very manly
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  Muppet. Maria Walter correct question 2.
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  According to a deleted scene from his debut production.
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  He was raised in a bomb Factory. Maria Constantine.
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  Correct. question, 3, this adorable Muppet is named after a
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  musician, who once performed with Rosita, So, I'll give you a
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  clue. This is from the Muppets 2015,
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  the sitcom. Oh Julia.
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  Oh wait. No, I know the character but now
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  I'm blanking on the name. Oh no.
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  I know, I know the character like yeah, I can't think of the
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  name but I never really Maria. Can you steal?
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  It's Gloria. Estefan is Gloria?
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  Estefan the baby penguin, question for the internet.
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  Hated this new character who was a love interest for an old
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  Muppet Julia Denise. Correct.
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  This Muppet was first mentioned in a press release for Muppets
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  now before actually appearing Maria, joão the legal weasel.
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  Correct question 6. This avian cooking show host is
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  one of the Muppets only female characters Julia.
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  Beverly Bloom. Correct question 7.
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  Least favorite Muppet this Chef joined Cat Cora in a series of
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  instructional videos. The questions get harder as they
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  as they go. I don't even know who Cat Cora
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  is I do, but it's been so long since I've watched this.
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  Yeah, so Maria. I don't even know.
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  It seems like you aren't even aware that this existed because,
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  um, it wasn't good. There were a series of YouTube
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  videos released. This was like before 2011, I
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  think I remember and celebrity chef Cat Cora teamed up with the
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  Muppets including a new character too.
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  Teach basic like kid-friendly recipes and that new character
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  was a chef named. Oh I remember but I don't
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  remember the name. Oh no, his name is Chef Angelo.
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  Okay idea of a now I buried it. So it looks like the Swedish
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  Chef except uh-huh less memorable looking than the
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  Swedish Chef and he there was no need to make a new character
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  named Chef Angelo. The chef but bad.
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  Yeah. And question, eight.
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  This one's important Muppet had his last English speaking role
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  in Muppets Wizard of Oz. The only production he would
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  appear in, after Muppets Wizard of Oz was a French TV, show
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  called Muppet TV that aired for two months in France.
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  I don't have a clue. The correct answer is Clifford,
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  uh-oh, Was the bouncer. He was The Bouncer and he has
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  not come back since then no. Yeah.
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  All right, let's move into our next round.
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  Say farewell to Clifford and hello to the remembering game.
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  There have been a lot of different Muppet Productions and
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  news items over the past 20 years, now's your chance to see
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  if you remember them with these trivia questions.
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  So this is just a little more straightforward, it's just going
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  to be questions. You guys have to answer as
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  always, please wait until I finish the question to buzz in
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  and each one is worth one point. Question 1.
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  What did The Muppets 2011 win an Academy Award for Maria.
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  Best song. But Man or Muppet correct.
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  The Muppets only Academy Award. Weirdly enough question to
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  finish Constantine's line someday.
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  We'll find it the Rainbow Connection, the lovers, the
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  dreamers and Maria cheese cheese, correct, dumb, dumb
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  joke, it is and I laugh every time same question 3, The
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  Muppets appeared in which popular alternative bands, music
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  video for keep fishing in 2002. Maria Weiser.
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  It is Weezer question for a Muppets Christmas letters to
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  Santa featured original songs written by which long time
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  Muppet collaborator, Julia all Williams.
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  Correct he also played an elf question 5, what was the only
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  song? On The Muppet Tribute CD.
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  The green album that had never been performed by any of the
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  muppet show Muppets. Maria.
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  It's the song from Emma tatars Jug Band Christmas is I'm going
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  to have to sing it in my head. To remember the name, our world,
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  it is our world or I suppose more accurately, it's Brothers,
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  our world, because it's the medley from the end.
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  But on the album, it's labeled as our world and I would have
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  given it to you. Anyway, question six Muppet fast
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  was the first Major Market event after tough.
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  It was founded in 2001, both the founding of tough pigs and
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  muppet Fest. What anniversary.
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  Did it celebrate? Maria.
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  Was it the anniversary of the Muppet Show, like the 20?
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  25th. It was the 25th anniversary of
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  the Muppet Show. Nice work quick, quick math.
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  Yeah. That's, that's the way to do it.
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  Question 7. This musician appeared in the
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  finale of The Muppets 2015, where he tells us, he and
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  Kermit's song is Froggy. Went A-Courtin Maria Jack White.
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  It is Jack White nice pool. I did know it.
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  I didn't think it was the last episode.
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  Yeah, that's that's the last episode.
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  He and Kermit see each other Jack White's singing.
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  You Are The Sunshine of My Life. Kermit says, that's our song.
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  Jack White goes know, our song is Froggy Went A-Courtin and
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  then they get Jack White to sing.
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  You are the sunshine of my life, to Miss Piggy to woo, her back
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  and then we never found out if they got together.
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  Yep, it didn't question eight. It's a very merry Muppet.
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  Christmas movie shows us visions of a world where Kermit was
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  never born what is gonzo doing in this universe.
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  Maria. He's homeless and he's trying to
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  do acts with a brick. He has a brick that he's doing
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  like show acts with and he's playing the guitar sometimes.
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  Yeah. He has a singing Frick.
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  Yeah, question 9 in 2002. Pepe the king prawn appeared.
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  In a series of commercials promoting, which fast food chain
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  with a very Muppet appropriate name.
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  Julia Long, John Silver's correct.
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  Question 10, what year did Disney acquire, the rights to
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  the Muppets? Maria 2004, correct.
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  All right, so let's check the scores before we proceed into
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  the next round right now. Julia, you have 24 points and
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  Maria, you have 32 points, we're moving into again, our our
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  fourth round which is a head-to-head round.
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  We call this round, be the time in this round, the rules are a
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  little different. My question that I'm going to
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  ask you in a Has 10 correct answers.
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  We're going to start with Julia. You are going to give me one
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  answer to that question. Then we'll bounce to Maria.
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  Maria. You're going to give me an
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  answer to that question. Then we're going to bounce back
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  to Julia. If you get a question wrong, if
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  you get the question wrong or if you can't answer, or if you say
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  something that the other person has already said, then it's
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  going to bounce back to the other person automatically,
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  right. If neither player can answer
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  then the round has to end. So I should also note, if it's
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  taking you too long to answer, I am gonna, you know, say we have
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  to move to the other person just to keep it fair.
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  So what some of the most important things that have
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  happened in the past 20 years are a number of recasts of some
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  of our favorite Muppet characters.
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  One of the most prolific of these new performers is Matt
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  Gogol who was given ten classic Muppet Show characters to
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  perform since 2001. Starting with Julia name, a
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  muppet show character who became performed by Matt Vogel after
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  2001. All right, sweetums, correct.
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  Maria Camila. Correct.
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  Julia Kermit correct Maria. Black pepper.
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  Correct. Julia Lizzie Island, correct.
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  Maria Robin the Frog? Correct, although Robin in
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  Muppets now would later be performed by Peter Lynn's, but I
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  would still count robbing the Frog here.
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  Julia. I have blanked so I will pass
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  right Maria. I'm going to pass.
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  All right, I'll go back. There's four remaining Julia.
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  Any other ideas before? I I'll go one more time before I
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  call it. I'm sure, I'm sure you're going
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  to say them and I'm going to kick myself.
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  Um, here's what I will say for both of you.
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  Three of them are a little tricky.
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  Admittedly their characters who haven't had big speaking roles
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  since but they did show up and speak occasionally, one of them
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  you are going to be angry about if you do not finish this round,
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  getting It's Uncle deadly.
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  It is Uncle deadly. Yeah, that's not that's not
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  that's not that's the the one that I thought was easiest.
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  Yeah. Julia any other ideas?
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  Nah. Okay.
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  Maria. Anything for the remaining
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  three, the hard ones, the hard ones.
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  I'm literally going through every Jerry Nelson character in
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  my head. That's the trick.
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  Yeah. Um it's the Jerry Nelson care.
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  Actors plus Kermit and sweetums. That's the list.
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  I mean I have a weird obscure one but that's probably not one
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  in your limit name it. He voiced scooter in Muppets
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  racemania the video game. So I did know that because I am
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  a huge fan of Muppets racemania. Except that game was released 21
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  years ago. So I am not counting it for
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  this. Got it.
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  All right. You want me to call it?
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  Call it. All right, the remaining three
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  were crazy. Harry.
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  Yeah. Pops, who does have a brief
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  speaking role in Muppets Most Wanted.
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  And Doctor Strange pork, who appeared in some YouTube videos
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  that they put out and at the O2 and that the O2.
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  Yeah. Those are the, the hardest of
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  the list. So it doesn't surprise me that
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  those were the ones that were missed And also, just because I
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  have this written down. Technically, he's currently
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  performing one of the sniffs, boy, I believe he does that to
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  the existing Frank Oz Vocal Track whenever they've appeared.
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  And also, that's not really a character and Maria mentioned
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  that he played scooter in 2000 in Muppets racemania.
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  He's also Janice in that game. Yeah.
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  All right. So, Nice work.
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  Well, a lot has changed for the Muppets.
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  One thing, has stayed the same. The Muppets love teaming up with
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  guest stars, We're going to take a look at that in a round that
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  we call mystery guest. I'm going to tell you the name
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  of a celebrity, your job is to buzz in and identify whether
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  they appeared in a Muppets production since 2001.
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  Remember, we're not counting Sesame Street, or Henson
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  Productions or anything like that, for a bonus point after
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  you buzz in name, that Muppets production, So, if you do think
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  that the person has appeared in a Muppets production, tell me
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  which one, if you don't, there's no way to earn a bonus point for
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  that round. All right, as always wait until
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  I finish saying the name of the celebrity to buzz in and again,
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  each question is worth, either one or two points depending on
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  if they appeared in a muppet production.
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  Question 1. Jason Segel Julia.
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  Yes. He was in the 2011 muffets
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  movie, correct? Also, wrote it and then the back
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  of an actor's head, looks vaguely, like, Jason Segel
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  appears in Muppets Most Wanted and that's Hall.
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  Broad brunette man. Yep could be Jason Segel, any
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  tall white man could be Jason All question to Robin Williams.
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  Julia. No, no.
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  Robin Williams did appear on Sesame Street a lot in the 90s
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  but he actually never appeared with the Muppets proper.
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  He only appeared in Muppets magazine, which is kind of the
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  Muppets, but also a magazine. So not the same question. 3.
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  Anya, Taylor Joy? Maria, no, no.
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  But Anya, Taylor Joy did provide a voice for Dark Crystal age of
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  resistance. Yeah, question for Joan Cusack.
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  Julia. Yes.
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  Yes, she was in a very merry Muppet Christmas movie as mrs.
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  Bitterman. Correct.
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  Question 5, Nathan Lane. Maria.
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  Yes, he was in letters to Santa as Frank, the TSA agent who had
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  a very strange relationship with Bobo.
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  Yeah, I need to re-watch letters letters to Santa.
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  I know, it's one of Julia's all-time favorites, this
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  Christmas, the bloopers of it are hilarious, but there are
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  many bloopers of just Bobo and Nathan Lane, improving together.
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  And it's some of my favorites which is great because Bobo and
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  Nathan Lane are two of my favorite people.
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  We, we re-watched The Birdcage, the other day, that movie is
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  great if you haven't seen it. Great, so much fun.
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  Yeah, um, great question, 6. Martin Scorsese Maria.
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  No, no question 7. Jenny slate.
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  Maria. Yes, okay, yes.
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  Can you name which production? I feel like it's the Muppets the
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  sitcom. It's not the Muppets the sitcom.
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  So I'm going to give you one point for, yes.
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  Julia. Can you steal the remaining
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  point if you can remember where she is?
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  Hmm. I can't, but I'm gonna guess,
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  I'm gonna guess Muppets now. It's not Muppets neck and
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  either. She voices Nanny on Muppet
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  Babies. Oh, I don't think I knew that.
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  That's awesome. Yeah, I knew that but I didn't
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  know we were gonna do because it's animated.
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  Yeah, but it does contain. Yeah chains, the, the Kermit and
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  Fozzie and you know, those guys. Yeah, if you haven't seen, and
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  this goes for Julia and for the audience.
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  Big babies. 2018 is a phenomenal show.
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  It's it's okay, arguably. One of the better things.
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  The Muppets have done. Certainly, since Muppets Most
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  Wanted, it's worth checking out and it's on it's on Disney plus
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  who are not sponsoring the show but you know if they want to I'm
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  open to it. Question 8.
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  Janelle Monae Julia. Yes, incorrect incorrect.
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  Unfortunately Maria you can't steal.
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  But I will ask, do you know where she showed up with other
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  Muppet characters, she was on Sesame Street because she sang a
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  song with Bert she sure did it's a great song The Power of yet.
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  Yeah they were both in tuxes and my partner Sprout and I send
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  each other that Meme of like it's us.
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  It's a great sketch. I'll have to post it in the show
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  notes question, 9, Quentin Tarantino.
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  Maria. Yes, he was in love.
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  It's Wizard of Oz, he sure wasn't Muppets Wizard of Oz.
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  Oh, in one of the weirdest, seems he okay.
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  He threatens Kermit with a sword.
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  And he also says he wants to have an anime sequence.
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  Where Kermit transfer nowhere piggy, transforms into Gonzo,
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  who transforms into scooter, who transforms into a quote-unquote
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  busty vampire vixen, Then explodes into blood.
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  Yes, that's insane. And he threatens Kermit with a
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  sword. Question 10.
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  Leonardo DiCaprio. Maria.
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  No correct question. 11. Josh Groban Julia?
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  Yes, he's been into mother production.
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  That would be barking. It's okay.
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  You want me to wait for sounds for him to stop or okay?
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  No, he's not. Okay, so yes, he was into my
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  Productions. He was both in Muppets.
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  Wanted as the guy kind of like in quarantine who comes out the
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  end and sings and then he dated Miss Piggy and the Muppets the
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  sitcom, he sure did. Question 12, Justin Timberlake.
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  Julia, no correct. He has not and the final
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  question of this round, Aubrey Plaza, Julia.
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  Yes, she was in Muppets now. Yes.
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  So I recorded a Test episode of this where I was doing it with
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  my sister and one of my friends who are both Muppet fans and
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  they could not remember that. Aubrey Plaza was in Muppets now,
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  and I was like that just proves how memorable Muppets now was
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  not. That's now has one memorable
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  segment. That's about it.
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  Yeah, I my Tough pigs makes makes clear how much I hated
• 28:21
  Muppets now. I did, did not work for me at
• 28:25
  all. All right.
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  Now, let's make things harder with my favorite game.
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  The triangle is right, each of these questions has three right
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  answers. You earn one point for each,
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  right? Answer you give remember you can
• 28:44
  buzz in, even if you don't know, all three answers, you'll get
• 28:47
  points for whatever you do, get, right?
• 28:50
  However, any ones that you miss, your opponent will have the
• 28:54
  chance to clean up, right? Again wait until my question is
• 28:58
  complete to buzz in question, 1, the 3 Muppets who go to the
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  gulag to rescue Kermit in Muppets Most Wanted Julia.
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  Thanks! I'm that, that would be Walter
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  animal and Fozzie, correct question to the three writers on
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  up late with Miss Piggy. Maria.
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  Jefe. Gonzo and Rizzo.
• 29:31
  Correct. Question three other than the
• 29:35
  Muppet Show Theme the three existing songs performed during
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  the Muppet Telethon. Julia.
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  This is besides the Muppet Show Theme.
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  You said. Yes.
• 29:49
  Okay. That would be Forget You Rainbow
• 29:54
  Connection. And Smells Like Teen Spirit.
• 29:59
  Correct question for the characters joining Dorothy and
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  Toto in Muppets Wizard of Oz and the role each played Maria
• 30:14
  Kermit said the Scarecrow Gonzo played the Tin thing, and Fozzie
• 30:20
  played the Cowardly Lion. Correct question. 5 Kermit's
• 30:26
  three, childhood amphibian friends in Kermit's Swamp Years
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  Maria Croaker, goggles and Bloch correct.
• 30:41
  That question, I thought was one of the hardest ones because I
• 30:45
  have seen swamp ears once and never re-watched.
• 30:49
  It, it's not worth to prepare for this.
• 30:52
  I watched every single DVD, I own from from Kermit's a all the
• 30:59
  way to Muppets now, to prepare for this.
• 31:03
  That's the The Mets who watched one, I watch The Muppets 2011
• 31:07
  and that was this week. I just want to say goggles and
• 31:11
  Bloch have a very strange plot line, where the rest of the
• 31:14
  movie is very Kitty, but their plot line is very adult.
• 31:18
  And I don't understand the tone of this movie.
• 31:21
  Yeah, goggles is a character who I believe it was.
• 31:28
  Yeah, Anthony strand from tough pigs.
• 31:31
  Described him to me the other day as Joey, mazzarino, doing a
• 31:35
  Woody Allen impression which is exactly what goggles is like and
• 31:40
  is a weird choice. And obviously, even weirder of a
• 31:44
  choice given Woody Allen. But, um, a weird choice for a
• 31:48
  kids movie my friend, Richard, and I say that goggles and watch
• 31:52
  for enemies to lovers. That's fair, that's fair.
• 31:57
  It's funny too. Because again, when I recorded
• 31:59
  like a test version of this, my my sister forgot Croaker and no
• 32:06
  one could remember Croaker and we were all like, what was
• 32:10
  Croaker's thing. Why can't we remember Croaker?
• 32:14
  So I looked it up on Muppet Wiki.
• 32:16
  And the first sentence of Muppet Wiki says, Croaker, is a frog
• 32:22
  with much Gusto. So, I Still don't quite know
• 32:27
  what. Croaker's thing was he gets run
• 32:30
  over, he can't hop and he's one of the only voices that bill
• 32:34
  Beretta can do. That's not like the main four
• 32:37
  voices. Okay.
• 32:39
  That's, that's Croaker. Good to know question 6, the
• 32:45
  three Muppets now, segments, that appeared five or more times
• 32:50
  in the show's run. Julia, let's see.
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  I know what they are but I don't know if I know exactly what
• 33:04
  they're called. If you can if you can describe
• 33:07
  them well enough, I love you the points.
• 33:09
  Okay? Because again yeah okay.
• 33:12
  So Muppet Labs or the second with beakers and Bunsen?
• 33:15
  Yes, Swedish Chef and Beverly plumes cooking show.
• 33:20
  Yes. Who do I know the last one?
• 33:22
  Let me think. I'm gonna I'm gonna toss it to
• 33:30
  Maria another to, okay? I do want to say the names of
• 33:33
  hers, which was Muppet Labs test field, and then the second one
• 33:40
  was okie dokie cooking. And the third one, I feel like
• 33:42
  is Miss Piggy's lifestyle. I yeah, it is lifestyle as the
• 33:47
  only one to appear in all six episodes of who she is, what
• 33:51
  does that say that? I buried that deep and Speaking
• 33:58
  of things that most Muppet fans have buried deep three, Disney
• 34:03
  Channel shows that featured actors who crossed over with the
• 34:07
  Muppets in the first Studio, DC, almost live.
• 34:16
  Maria. It was I'm going to count Cody
• 34:21
  and Dylan Sprouse is one person and then there is Demi Lovato
• 34:26
  and Selena Gomez. Okay?
• 34:28
  So Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez were in the second, the second,
• 34:34
  Muppets Studio d.c., almost like I will say, I was asking for the
• 34:40
  shows, not the actors, so I'm sure you can but Dylan and All
• 34:46
  their show was called. Maybe you can.
• 34:51
  I just thought it was stated Studio.
• 34:53
  D.c. almost live. I didn't know there was specific
• 34:55
  names. No, no, I mean like what what TV
• 34:57
  show did they come from? Oh oh they came from, there was
• 35:01
  a Suite Life of Zack & Cody, actually Life on Deck.
• 35:04
  Yes, that's what I was looking for.
• 35:06
  Okay, Julia. Can you name the other two
• 35:08
  Disney Channel shows that had guest stars on Studio?
• 35:11
  D.c. oh my gosh. I'm just going to take a swing
• 35:15
  thinking about what shows for on the Disney Channel that time So
• 35:19
  Raven, was that one of them? No, no.
• 35:22
  I was um, another guess. Okay, I don't did.
• 35:26
  I didn't grow up that just channel to not fair.
• 35:30
  You were already grown up when Studio d.c. almost like.
• 35:34
  Well then, yeah, I was probably a big way too early then um,
• 35:38
  yeah. I mean I'll give you guys the
• 35:40
  last two. It's Hannah Montana and Jonas.
• 35:43
  Oh, I didn't even know that Jonas Brothers.
• 35:47
  They this I was going to say so random but then I was like no
• 35:53
  that's on sale. So and that's that's too late.
• 35:56
  This was like when was Studio DC it would have been like 2009 or
• 36:00
  so. Not my time.
• 36:02
  I was saying you were you were too old for Hannah Montana.
• 36:08
  Question 8. The three greatest gifts,
• 36:13
  according to the Muppets 2011. Julia.
• 36:22
  It's Baby's Ice Cream and laughter.
• 36:25
  It's children ice cream in laughter.
• 36:28
  But I will give it to you because that's close enough and
• 36:31
  question nine. My other favorite question, I
• 36:34
  wrote The Three Muppet video games released for Nintendo
• 36:41
  consoles. In the year 2003 in one year,
• 36:47
  three Nintendo games featuring The Muppets were released I have
• 36:52
  no idea why I have played all of these.
• 36:56
  I own all of them. They're not great.
• 37:01
  I wasn't allowed a lot of video games.
• 37:05
  Yeah, this was. Yeah, I did not have them and I
• 37:08
  have not obtained them. I know I have heard of them, but
• 37:14
  I know one is, is histories favorite.
• 37:19
  The the one where Kermit's Frankenstein.
• 37:21
  But I The name that one actually came out in 2000, Muppet monster
• 37:25
  adventure. See, but yeah, okay, I'll give
• 37:30
  them to you. So, the first or in no
• 37:33
  particular order, one was for the Game Boy Advance.
• 37:37
  It was called Muppets on with the show.
• 37:40
  And you had to do six mini games themed after different Muppet
• 37:44
  characters, and you would just do these six mini games over and
• 37:48
  over and over, and I bought this with my own money.
• 37:52
  The second was spy Muppets license to croak, which was a
• 37:57
  James Bond Pastiche where Kermit had to take down villains, like
• 38:01
  doctor Knows by playing the same six mini games.
• 38:07
  Some of which were identical to the ones in Muppets on with the
• 38:10
  show and the last one. And my favorite was Muppets
• 38:15
  Party Cruise released for the GameCube.
• 38:18
  It's a Mario Party clone that is One of the only examples I can
• 38:24
  think of a video game. That is so bad.
• 38:26
  It's good. Yeah it fits this it hits the
• 38:29
  same like scratches the same itches like putting on the room
• 38:33
  or birdemic except it's a video game.
• 38:37
  I thought the cruise one was later and that's why I didn't
• 38:40
  mention. It's all right, so we're coming
• 38:44
  up on the end of our show, but now the points are going to be
• 38:48
  even bigger. This round is the anything.
• 38:51
  NG in the world prize game because you two are now able to
• 38:55
  ask me anything in the world or at least anything in the world
• 39:01
  of the Muppets. Each of you is going to have an
• 39:06
  excuse me, each of you is going to have an opportunity to ask me
• 39:10
  a question about the Muppets in the last 20 years.
• 39:13
  If you stumped me, you will earn 10 points.
• 39:17
  So we started with Julia on Beat the time, so we're going to
• 39:20
  start with me. Yeah.
• 39:21
  Here Maria. Do you have a question for me?
• 39:24
  Yes. From 2001 to 2003.
• 39:28
  How many times did Kermit appear on the TV show Hollywood
• 39:32
  Squares. Hmm that's I'm gonna have to
• 39:37
  take a guess. I do not know that one.
• 39:43
  For no, he performed nine times twice with Miss Piggy.
• 39:50
  That is an incredibly large amount of times considering the
• 39:54
  Muppets had absolutely nothing, releasing something going on.
• 39:59
  That's what they were doing with their time.
• 40:01
  Like they were promoting like yeah, there was no TV show or
• 40:05
  movie that Muppets from space tank to the franchise in 99.
• 40:09
  Yeah. Piggy was also on it four times
• 40:12
  and Gonzo was on it. Weiss.
• 40:14
  I think so. Was on it twice.
• 40:17
  Yeah, and they had nothing to promote know again, they weren't
• 40:21
  doing anything. Then they released spy Muppets
• 40:24
  license to croak. Julia, do you have a question
• 40:29
  for me? I do for the 2011, The Muppets
• 40:33
  film, who was the role of Tex Richman originally written for
• 40:38
  oh, great question. I know that one.
• 40:45
  Tom Cruise is Alan Rickman. That would have been incredible.
• 40:52
  Yeah I know I just I love Alan Rickman.
• 40:54
  I would have loved to see Alan Rickman do the wrap the favorite
• 41:00
  done by Professor Snape would have, you know, made so many
• 41:04
  childhoods. Alright, so you've each earn 10
• 41:08
  points for that round? So, just give me a second.
• 41:10
  I need to do some math. Unfortunately, to figure this
• 41:14
  out here. I don't remember the actor's
• 41:16
  name but the actor did that did perform Tex Richman.
• 41:19
  Apparently it was in his contract that he wanted to rap.
• 41:24
  I remember hearing that. It's Chris Cooper, isn't it?
• 41:26
  Yeah, yeah. The only reason I know his name
• 41:30
  was because Uncle deadly said it in like a bluebird once.
• 41:33
  Oh yeah, I'm not good with actors.
• 41:37
  All right, so now it's time for our final high-stakes
• 41:42
  competition. Say the word This round Works
• 41:47
  kind of like, Final Jeopardy, except I gave it a different
• 41:50
  name because I was trying to only use Guy, Smiley shows in
• 41:55
  this round, you can wager any amount of points, if you get it
• 42:00
  right, you earn those points, if you get it wrong, you lose those
• 42:05
  points. Unlike Final Jeopardy, you'll be
• 42:08
  able to bet after you hear my question.
• 42:12
  All right? Cool.
• 42:14
  Makes it a little easier. What else?
• 42:16
  So let's check the scores. Julia.
• 42:21
  You have 58 points. Maria.
• 42:24
  You have 65 points. So it's a fairly close game,
• 42:29
  right? And it's still, it's still
• 42:31
  anybody's game here. Here's the question.
• 42:36
  Other than Uncle deadly. Which Muppet appeared the most
• 42:42
  often in the Muppet thought of the week videos.
• 43:01
  All right. So you each have chosen
• 43:06
  different Muppets for this question and you each have bet a
• 43:12
  different amount of points. Maria, you bet Five Points.
• 43:18
  Would you care to share, which Muppet you wrote?
• 43:22
  Janice okay. Julia.
• 43:25
  You bet 40 points. Would you would you care to
• 43:29
  share which Muppet you chose? I think, Kermit.
• 43:34
  All right. The correct answer.
• 43:38
  Other than Uncle deadly, the Muppet who appeared, the most on
• 43:42
  those Muppet thought of the week videos that they used to put on
• 43:46
  social media every week. Was Miss Piggy.
• 43:51
  So our final scores are Julia with 18 points.
• 43:58
  And Maria with 61 points. Humorously enough, yesterday we
• 44:04
  played and Shane one with 18 points, so it's funny that it
• 44:09
  worked out that way again with 18 points.
• 44:15
  The the final Final Jeopardy question, really hit them.
• 44:19
  This is very hard. They bet like everything and
• 44:21
  they both lost it all. Oh.
• 44:24
  So in the end, our scores are Julia with 18 points and Maria
• 44:30
  with 61 points. So Maria.
• 44:32
  Congratulations, you are. This week's champion and this
• 44:37
  week's toughest Pig. So let's talk your prizes.
• 44:42
  Like Constantine. I can get you what you want.
• 44:45
  So you can choose one of two things.
• 44:48
  A corn or this original magnet of a thingy thing.
• 44:54
  I kind of want the thingy thing. Magnet.
• 44:57
  All right. That's a great choice.
• 44:59
  I will make sure to send that your way and that brings us.
• 45:03
  That brings us to the end of another one Maria, where can
• 45:06
  people find you online? If you wish to be found, all of
• 45:10
  my social media is at nerdy Maria Mania and you can find my
• 45:14
  podcast, anywhere you want to get a podcast.
• 45:18
  It is But in stocking. All right and Julia.
• 45:21
  Where can people find you if you wish to be found?
• 45:24
  I wish to be found I write often for tough pigs.
• 45:27
  So definitely just check out all the articles there.
• 45:30
  I've also popped up in a couple and going to be into things that
• 45:34
  20 the podcast. And I think I don't know if it's
• 45:36
  aired yet but I'm going to be on the third season of moving right
• 45:39
  along. I think I'm their last guest and
• 45:41
  then for social media, I'm at geek girl, grown up on Twitter
• 45:45
  and Instagram where I post some poetry and pictures of dogs.
• 45:49
  Yeah, both good things. And of course, you can find
• 45:54
  tough pigs at tough pigs.com, or at tough pigs on Twitter,
• 45:58
  Facebook, and Instagram. And hey, if you like our work
• 46:02
  consider donating to the tough pigs patreon, where you can get
• 46:06
  even more exclusive free stuff. Thanks again for being with us
• 46:10
  on hubba-wha the Muppet quiz show.
• 46:13
  And as always, I managed to get through this whole show without
• 46:17
  mentioning Lady Gaga. Muppets Holiday Spectacular and
• 46:21
  that's the way we should all live our lives.
• 46:24
  Thanks guys. Muppets Holiday Spectacular and
• 46:21
  that's the way we should all live our lives.
• 46:24
  Thanks guys.