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Hubba Wha?! Episode #16 - Muppets Most Wanted · Muppet Fan Podcasts with ToughPigs.com

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Okay. Nice work.
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Everyone make sure to fill your eye nines and we'll see you on
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the next one. So what do we do now?
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Welcome to hubba-wha a muppet quiz show brought to you by
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tough pics.com. It's your favorite quiz show.
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That's not like the others here, Muppet fans, Muppet
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professionals and In between competes for fabulous prizes,
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and to see who's this week's toughest Pig.
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I'm your host. Becca petunia of tough pigs.com.
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Last season on ha ha. We did two episodes about two of
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the original Muppet movies, The Muppet Movie and Muppets Take
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Manhattan. So many of you probably figured
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that we do one this season on the remaining, Henson era Muppet
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movie, The Great Muppet. Caper /.
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Well, here's the twist, we're not doing that instead.
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We're fast forwarding to the 7th sequel, to the original motion
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picture with this episode on The Muppets other comedy.
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Heist Muppets, Most Wanted this movie is so much better than the
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public wants you to believe it is, and if you haven't seen it
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in a while, you probably should pause this podcast and watch it,
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especially if you have the extended edition on Blu-ray.
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I mean, unless you're Driving watching Blu-rays while driving
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is illegal, and then we'll have to throw you in the gulag as
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always. These questions were written by
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me with help from that amazing Muppet resource Muppet Wiki.
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And hey, speaking of Muppet Wiki, let's agree to play fair
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not even Constantine would be so evil as to cheat at a muppet
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quiz game show podcast. So let's start off by meeting
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our gullible Muppets in. A game.
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I like to call to tell a face contestants.
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You will buzz in to answer three questions about yourself.
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Whoever buzzes in first, we'll get introduced first ready, go
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David. What is your name?
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My name is David Levy. Okay, and David.
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What's your history with the Muppets?
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Well, we're going in reverse chronological.
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The quarter. I am currently one of the
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co-hosts of the podcast Muppet ra G, which is a show by show.
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Look at for an episode by episode.
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Look at the Muppet Show where we do sort of a deep dive into
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what's going on in each episode. Who are these songs?
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Where do they come from? Who are these guest stars?
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Why should we care about them? We have a lot of fun.
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And, of course, I've been a fan since I was a wee talk.
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And often the answer Muppet turgi comes to is, we shouldn't
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care about These guest stars or songs?
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I don't know if that's true. I care deeply about them.
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I can't tell you how many times I've listened to Leo Sayer in
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the last couple of months. I'm so glad you guys enjoyed
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that episode because I Love You, Make Me Feel Like Dancing.
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Um, what's not? Hello, so and my third question
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for you. What's your opinion about
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Muppets Most Wanted? You know, this is a film that I
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didn't much care for when it first came out and every time, I
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may have seen it subsequently. I like them a little better and
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now I think I kind of love it. I should ask have you have you
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seen the extended version on the Blu-ray?
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I'm the person who's always encouraging people that they got
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to seek that out if they don't have it, I have seen all three
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available cuts of the film, okay?
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I think the extended version is better than the theatrical
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version, but that's my take and great either way that's 20
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points, right there. Now, let's move to our second
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contestant. Julia!
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What's your name? My name is Julia.
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Gasps. Co and Julia.
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What's your history with the Muppets?
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Um, like most people, I grew up with the Muppets but outside of
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that almost, I think it's actually been officially a
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decade. I've been writing.
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For tough pics.com a little website.
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I think y'all probably heard of and I had a muppet podcast, like
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I don't know eight years ago called frog Kissin and, you
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know, just generally like ripping the Muppets and give
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them big UPS to them on the internet, I guess.
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Yeah, front kissing you. And you guys were ahead of the
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curve like this was before. Now everyone has a muppet
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podcast so that was great that like it was before everyone had
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a podcast. But at the same time, Because
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podcast were so still knew, we'd had no idea what we were doing.
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So it was a little bit of a cluster but you know, still
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still fun still worth doing and Julia.
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What's your opinion on Muppets Most Wanted?
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I really like Muppets Most Wanted kind of like David.
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I think that my opinion on, it has grown over the years.
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I do genuinely enjoy it. And think there are a lot of
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good. There's a lot of great music.
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Lot of good jokes, that said, I do think that this is the Muppet
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movie. I have seen the East, because it
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is newer than all the other ones and it came out after I
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graduated college and in college, I had so much time to
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just binge all the existing Muppet films.
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And now I'm an adult with a stupid job and I have less time
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to go back through the things I love.
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So, I have seen in a number of times, but we're going to we're
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going to see how today goes but I do.
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I do like it. Answer your question.
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Yeah. See the secret is you like me
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need to be an adult where your stupid job is a teacher because
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That means that most days I don't have enough time but for
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the month of July I've been re-watching, Fraggle Rock.
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I'm just sitting on the couch watching Fraggle Rock it's
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great. But anyway you also got these
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three questions. Correct.
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So you've also earned 20 points. And now let's hop onto our train
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and head to our first stop. Our generic trivia mishmash that
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we call the remembering game. There's a lot going on in
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Muppets Most Wanted three separate, plotlines, multiple,
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European cities, and even some Mildred Huck's.
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Debtor action in this game, you'll be asked to remember
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specific details from the movie. It's kind of like a General.
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Anything goes kind of round, which is exactly the way that
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Constantine and Dominic would organize a Muppet Show.
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Each of these questions is worth one point buzz in to answer, but
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please wait until I finish reading the question so that our
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friends at home can play along, here we go.
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Question 1 name, one act that Miss Piggy performs on The
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Muppets World Tour. David.
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She sings My Heart Will Go On. She does saying My Heart Will Go
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On. Can you name the other one?
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She sings Macarena, she does sing the Macarena question to
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what act does the Electric Mayhem perform on the world
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tour? David.
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They just do a like 10 minute long Jam that we, I think in the
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Extended Cut, really only get animals drum solo, but in, but
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from what I hear, they film the entire thing and they each got
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to take a extended solo. See, here you go.
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You're answering your answering all of the questions.
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Yeah, in the context of the movie, It's supposed to be hours
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long because we see Walter staring at the clock, but they
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did actually A full ten and a half minutes of this number.
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I don't know where that footage is.
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It's not in the extended version of Ed Mitchell, wrote an entire
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ten and a half minute song that the Electric Mayhem performs and
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that was filmed. I don't think I knew that.
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Wow, question 3, what is the name of Jean Pierre?
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Napoleon's tiny Interpol. Car.
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David. I know this isn't right and
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maybe dislodge the memory for Julia to get it right?
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But is it like is it the Mega Mobile?
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It's not the Mega Mobile, you're thinking along the right line.
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I don't even have a guess and I just watched it.
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No, it's just gone. It is loo maximum the maximum.
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Yeah. Yep, there it is.
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And uh, if you remember Disney Infinity, you could get that as
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a vehicle in the Disney Infinity video game, that can't be played
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anymore. Yeah, question for while, Walter
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and Fonzie eventually figure out that Kermit has been replaced by
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Constantine, who is the only Muppet, who knows something is
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wrong from the get-go, Julia. Animal.
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It is animal question, 5 in, we're doing a sequel, Gonzo
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suggest a romantic movie, starring him and Camilla.
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What does he say? This movie should be called
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Julia Danza with the wind. It is gonzo With the Wind
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question 6. What hobby does Constantine
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start when he is most stressed? David living, it is knitting.
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Question, seven, scooter and Beauregard mistakenly believe
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Christoph. Waltz is from which country
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instead of his actual home. David heart of Australia.
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It is Australia. Instead of Austria.
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Question 8, Danny Trejo is a triple threat.
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A singer, a dancer and Julia a murderer, murderer question, 9
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before, Kermit starts whipping them into shape.
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What song do the gulag prisoners have planned for their review?
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David. Is it end of the road?
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It is not end of the road, it's a similar song.
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I can see why you'd think it's End of the Road.
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Musically, Giuliani guess. I know it's voice two men.
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Right, is a Boys to Men stank. I can't, I can't remember which
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one it is. It is you belong to me?
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Yep, Boys to Men question 10. The first Club in Germany, where
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Kermit wants the Muppets to Form is a small venue.
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That is aptly named. David, the hole-in-the-wall club
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the hole in the wall Club. Absolutely.
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All right. Well nice work on the
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remembering game. Let's move into our classic
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head-to-head Game, beat the time in the best song in Muppets Most
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Wanted I can get you. What you want, Constantine
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explains that he can make Miss Piggy's dreams, come true
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offering her several rare and exquisite presence in the full
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version of the song that is on the album.
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The Extended Cut, he offers 15 different things to her in this
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game. You'll take turns naming these
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things. Starting with Julia, you'll name
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a thing that Constantine can get Miss Piggy.
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Then we'll go to David. You'll take turns until we run
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out of gifts or neither of you can remember any, if you take
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too long or you get one wrong, your opponent will have a chance
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to steal. Ready.
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If you want these things, Constantine will give it to you
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Julia, a unicorn, unicorn. Correct David the cockatoo.
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A cockatoo correct. Julia a puppy dog.
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Correct. David a mortgage loan a mortgage
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loan Juliet and ice cream cone and ice cream cone David.
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A Hollywood star. A Hollywood star, an American
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car and American Car. David a home in Malibu Note, the
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cockatoo is in Malibu, I don't think they explicitly.
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Oh, yeah, but you may be right and you're probably right, you
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know, this better than I do. So like I had to look it up to
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write these questions. It did Listen to.
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It's a thinking that this was going to be the round I did as
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well. There are a couple things I went
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through. I was like this is definitely
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going to be asked if I should be familiar.
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Never says a home in Malibu. It's literally just A cockatoo
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in Malibu, it's never a home in Malibu so bounce back to Julia.
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Oh my gosh, I got I got so out of order for everything.
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Okay, you're welcome David strategy, 180, look stuff up.
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I can't remember the very first thing that was said, if it was
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either, I can't remember if it was either kangaroo or cockatoo
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that has already been said, but one of the most fit the said and
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I think the David start with cockatoo.
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And so then kangaroos, another one, kangaroos I didn't want to
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repeat cool David. Oh we may have reached the end
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of my memory on this. Oh I think anything a thingy
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thing. Absolutely Julia.
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A diamond rig diamond ring. I was hoping if I went with the
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second half of the rhyme. You wouldn't remember the first
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thing? Yeah.
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There are still one, two, three, four.
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Five remaining. Okay.
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What rhymes with unicorn. Hmm.
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I don't suppose you would accept the answer, anything you want,
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would you know? I guess that's literally offer
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that. Yes, you do is okay, you know
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what David, I'll give you an extra point for that.
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Julia. And he does offer the moon, but
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then says, let me see what I can do.
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Can you be more specific? It's not the moon, it's not the
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matter. Hmm.
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It's I know what it is. Is a trip to the moon?
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Yeah, it's go to the moon. Go to the man.
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Okay David. Hmm.
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Two of these things. Rhyme, there's four things
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remaining, and two of them do rhyme with each other.
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Presumably, the other two things.
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Rhyme with things, we've already said not necessarily are weird.
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Well, I mean, Bret McKenzie is not the best Rhymer to be giving
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away. He's not the best Rhymer, he has
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a thick accent and he's trying to be funny so he's might rhyme.
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I'm not sure. Maybe it is his voice.
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I think I am running on empty here.
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Julia, can you do you have anything, Can you steal if I've
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got two more at least. So one of them is a taste of
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Fame, one of them is a taste of Fame.
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Absolutely David anything because that clue you in no
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Julia. And that's rhymed with a little
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cupcake. That is run.
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You were asking what rhymes with unicorn in this song.
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Puppy dog. Of course it does.
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Yeah. David any idea for the other
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two? No, Julia, anything.
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No, I'm drawing a blank on the last two.
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All right, that's the last. The last two, which do rhyme
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even even with my New York accent or satin pillow.
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Oh, yeah. And armadillo armadillo.
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Yeah. All right.
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Hey, still pretty good. And you got the ones that are
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only on the album as well. So that's that's something.
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Let me just total this up here. All right.
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I'll be you're not going to tell us.
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Oh I mean I could you don't have to it's a real.
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It's a real close game. David.
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You've got 31 total points and Julia.
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You've got 32 total points. It's neck-and-neck because David
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did better in the first round because he was fast.
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Buzzing mostly, and you did better in the second round
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because you remembered that cupcake rhymes with Fame.
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Because I listened to that song like four times today, and
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either way, you've all made my dreams come true.
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And now, it's time to talk about something.
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Completely different in a game. I call mystery guest as we're
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doing a sequel, so clearly explains Muppet movies.
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Frequently feature Hollywood stars and one-liner cameos.
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Muppets Most Wanted is no different.
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Not only are there many guests, but many of them appeared with
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the Muppets in other Productions, whether it was
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prior to this film or afterwards, I will tell you
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another time. A celebrity has worked with the
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Muppets, your job is to identify the celebrity based on that
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description. As always wait to buzz in until
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the question is finished. Each question is still worth one
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point question, one. She once had a whole Christmas
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special co-starring, The Muppets that we all loved and still
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watch every year, Julia, Lady Gaga.
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It is Lady Gaga, don't think I've ever watched it.
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But also, I think technically was the Thanksgiving special.
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It aired on Thanksgiving weekend.
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Yeah, Julia. You, you didn't because that was
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back like still. When when we were like big on
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Muppet Tumblr when that was at saying, that's true.
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So that's like shortly after it was like 2012 or yeah.
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I did watch him buried it deep in my mind or like I couldn't
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watch it like day of and then I heard enough about it but I was
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like, maybe I can skip this one. Re-watched it within the last
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year. Yeah.
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I remember you telling me that I think you were on last last
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episode. Yeah, no, it's not.
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It is bizarre how bad it is because that feels like it
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should be a great pair. I love the Muppets.
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I like Lady Gaga. I don't feel love Lady Gaga, but
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I like Lady Gaga. She certainly entertaining and
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you put them together and it's, it's nothing.
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Yeah, cool. Maybe I'll have to give it a go
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for, like, one of my Christmas articles where I make my
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boyfriend. Watch a muppet thing he's never
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seen before. So, well, the question is, do
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you want to stay with your boyfriend?
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Because I'm all right. Question 2, he appeared to
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Muppet movies, earlier and was seduced by Miss Piggy.
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Julia Ray Liotta it is Ray Liotta r.i.p.
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Yeah. Recently.
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Mmm, question 3. She was happy to meet hairy
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monster in a song from the Elmo palooza album Julia.
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This is a probably a bad guess I'm gonna guess Salma Hayek.
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It is not sounding good guess. David Can you steal?
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Oh, With Tina Fey, it is not too much about a cameo but it is not
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Tina Fey. Um, it was actually one of the
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only musicians, who was so big that even though this sketch was
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not included in the Elmo palooza special.
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They put it on the album anyway. Celine Dion.
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Oh yeah, that makes sense. It was nineteen ninety six or
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seven when Elmo palooza came out so they had to get Celine Dion
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somewhere. Yeah, that makes sense. question
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for Johnny fiama, was almost too Starstruck to perform alongside
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this singer who he idolizes David.
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I'll let you even though it was a little early.
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Sorry, Tony Bennett, Tony Bennett, absolute favorite
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episode of Muppets tonight. It's a great episode.
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Question five, he's appeared in both original Disney plus Muppet
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Productions, a ghosts in Haunted Mansion and making Mexican food
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in Muppets now. Julia Danny Trejo that is Danny
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Trejo, a triple threat. You guys literally buzzed in at
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like the same time. Like my computer had to refresh
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to show me buzz. In first question, 6, Kermit
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gave a eulogy in a late episode of her TV show.
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Julia, the Tina Fey. It is Tina.
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Fey sounding Tina. Fey.
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David. I know she's not.
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Well, that's fine, but I'm Bo. But yeah, there's an episode of
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30 Rock there. Kermit gives the eulogy at
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Jack's mother's funeral. That's right.
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I couldn't remember whose funeral it was, but it seemed he
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would fit in just being on 30 Rock with the the tone of that
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show. Yes, question 7.
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He once sang Elmo a celebrity lullaby about the letter n.
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Julia. Ricky.
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Gervais it is Ricky Gervais. The sketch is funny, Ricky
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Gervais is funny in this movie, that's all we need to say about
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him. Otherwise I'll move on question.
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8 on a WWE Raw Halloween episode.
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He showed Miss Piggy, his actual tattoo of her and Kermit, David
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Hornswoggle. That is Hornswoggle.
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I spent all day repeating the van Hornswoggle myself because
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they knew Come on. David.
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Do you know Hornswoggle? 'S real name.
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I looked at it a lot today that it has not stuck in my brain
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Julia. Any chance, you know what words?
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Well so my boyfriend's a big wrestling fan so I did ask him.
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It's Dylan it's his last name, doesn't it only has one vowel?
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It's is it postel protour you are so close.
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It is Dylan postel lost all po STL.
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Yeah. And since that appearance he now
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has Is even more Muppet tattoos apparently, yeah, I read that he
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got some more to commemorate meeting them upwards.
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Yeah, question nine. He's done so many things with
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the Muppets and the Sesame gang over the years.
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But most recently, he sang, I love trash with Oscar on Elmo's,
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not too late show and this is a guess.
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David was an usher. It is not Usher good guess.
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I mean, if I'm gonna have to do a guess as well because I'm not
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entirely certain. Would it be?
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Oh, I know who it is. This feels like a bad guess.
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Is it Jemaine Clement? It's not your main class.
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Okay, I can't do it again. For no points.
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Tell me is it Josh Groban. It is Josh Groban.
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Well yeah I'm like sitting here being like who's who would sing
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who is it? I'm like The Concourse.
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This forgetting Josh Groban. Yeah I thought it would be too
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easy to go with some of More memorable, Josh Groban, things
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like dating Miss Piggy on that one episode of The Muppets.
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Well he did a whole music video of rainbow connection with that.
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Right? Yeah.
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And what's her name? The violin plays.
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Yeah. Everyone loved for a while there
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and then we kind of just forgot Lindsey Stirling is Lindsey
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Stirling. Yeah, that's right, I forgot
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about her. Yeah, no.
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I'm good after like that once she was just, she was super
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popular on Tumblr, back in the day.
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And final question. In this round, he appeared as an
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incompetent sound engineer. In the music video for the Ben
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Folds Five song do it anyway. Julia is also guess.
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Is it Rob corddry? It is robcoyle interest rate gas
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and that of course, was the music video that brought back
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the fraggles to our to our screens, weirdly enough All
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right. Well, speaking of guests.
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Let me tell you a quick story in 2014 Johannes and Ryan brow of
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tough pigs hosted. A special Muppet Vault event, in
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Brooklyn, where they screened Muppets Most Wanted to celebrate
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its release on DVD and Blu-ray and I guess I should mention for
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those of you listening at home, if you don't know War for our
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guests, if you don't know, Joe and Ryan used to do these,
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Amazing events in Brooklyn called The Muppet Vault where
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they would just they rent it out.
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This room at the bottom of a bar and that bar has since burned
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down but they wouldn't it out a room at the but I forget the
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name but I know it doesn't exist anymore but they would rent out
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this room and they would just like, show two hours of Muppet
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clips and do Muppet trivia that sort of inspired this show and
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also there was Was Muppet drink specials, like the fuzzy navel
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and the first mate Piggy and those would be different
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different drink specials themed after what they were doing.
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I definitely had a drink called the frazzle once.
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But yeah, they were, they were amazing but they took a lot of
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time to plan and schedule and all of those things.
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So Joe and Ryan don't really do them anymore but in 2014 they
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did. And speaking of guests here's
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what's really The important I was there but even more
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important, Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson were there and Matt
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Vogel and Eric Jacobson gave a full running commentary over
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Muppets. Most Wanted the commentary that
29:11
does not exist. On the home video release of
29:14
Muppets Most Wanted because this movie has no commentary track
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but that existed for one night only in this form.
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Later, tough pigs would post these insights on their website.
29:29
And now, in theory, we can all read it and learn the secrets
29:34
that we most want it. Even if you haven't read their
29:38
notes, you'll still be able to play this round, which we call
29:43
secrets of the month, Venice. Inspired by Matt and Eric's
29:48
commentary. You guys will be asked questions
29:52
about the making of Muppets. Most Wanted each of these
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questions is going to be worth two points.
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Again, buzz in to answer, but wait until I've finished.
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So Folks at home can play along. Let's open the vault.
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Question 1, while the movie takes place all over Europe
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Muppet performers, only recorded in which European country, David
30:23
England, England, correct, they have a long history of
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performing there. Question 2, which Muppet
30:31
performer also appears in person as one of the gulag prisoners.
30:41
David, Steve Whitmire. It is Steve Whitmire.
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He's performing Kermit when they're lifting him up, you can
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see him holding hermit so he can move his head.
30:52
Question 3, the scene where Kermit goes for a walk by the
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foggy, Canal is a tribute to which classic Noir movie.
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David the third man. It is the third, man.
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That's who read this commentary twice in the last day.
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Guess who did it question for the performers?
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Mention that in the original draft to?
31:21
There was a running gag that was almost entirely removed from the
31:24
released version and only somewhat present in the Extended
31:28
Cut in this gag. Every time Constantine sees
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scooter David puts them over. He flips him over.
31:43
That's good question. 5, when Constantine paints over his
31:47
mole, there's actually a simple practical trick to remove it
31:51
without using paint. The Constantine puppet is rigged
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with David. A magnet, a magnet.
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He has magnetic hands. Question 6.
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How many Bowl puppets were used in the indoor running of the
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bulls scene? David 11.
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David, who performed that bowl? Oh, I I've no idea was a bill
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Beretta. It was not Bill Burr at a good
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guest, Julia guess. Oh.
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Um. Peter Lynn's close.
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It was Tyler Bunch Constantine's.
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Bomb collection was originally filmed as a collection of what
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David guns guns. Whoa.
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Yeah CGI that out because they realized that was like a little
32:51
my hands or that they even wrote that in in the first place.
32:55
Like bombs feel so much more obviously funny.
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And also he uses a bomb at the beginning of the movie to blow
33:03
up the gulag and Escape. So like it makes more sense.
33:09
And it's funny. And it has more to do with the
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Muppets who literally have whole characters themed around bombs.
33:16
Yeah. But they were like, no, it's
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just dumb collection. At the end of the original
33:23
script. What happens to the Muppets.
33:31
David. So they're there to cut and
33:35
things, so I'm not sure which one you're talking about so that
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I guess the ending ending originally, they got arrested
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and that's why they ended up with the gulaka to do together
33:43
again. Correct, that's what I was
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looking for what may be other ending.
33:47
You were thinking of at the church, originally there was a
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different finale song called I think was called, we did it.
33:54
And each Muppet had a line and they went down the line, he's
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doing their line and when I get the piggies line, she wasn't
34:00
there to sing it that's when they realized that causing you
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to draw. The helicopter.
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And so there was a false ending and then the movie continued
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question 9, Matt and Eric, both share the same favorite joke.
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When Jean Pierre Napoleon speculates that the comedian
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bear is planning on stealing, Julia Tower of London.
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The Tower of London. Question 10 Eric speculated that
34:32
Robyn may not have appeared in The Muppets 2011 for two
34:37
reasons. Name, one of his guesses, which
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are probably your guesses as well.
34:47
David give me one okay, because the film allegedly took place,
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20 years after the Muppet Show. Why would Robin not have aged?
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That's one Julia. Can you name the other?
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If not, we'll go back to David because you buzzed in it.
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Basically the same time. Yeah.
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And I didn't know, I don't know if I actually have a good guess.
35:08
I was gonna say something to do with with Jerry Nelson's
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passing, but he had, he had passed a couple of years before
35:14
that though. Yeah, yeah.
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So David, you know, the other guests.
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Yeah. They thought it would be cruel
35:21
for Kermit to have abandoned his nephew and in a way that's
35:24
different than him and his friends.
35:29
I don't know, I mean sure sure but also it was cruel for him to
35:35
abandon his friends. Right?
35:36
I mean things like chosen family.
35:39
Yeah I've been also remember who was in this interview in a
35:43
different one where Robbins appearance in this film was more
35:47
or less unplanned. Do you know this story?
35:50
I did I didn't have this written.
35:52
Yeah so the joke where was originally just Rizzo but they
35:57
happen to have the Robin puppet on the set that day because they
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and, and I guess Robin is Ricky Gervais is favorite Muppet, that
36:07
is true. And so so they just somehow, I
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know that fat. Yeah.
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So in the moment, they decided to add Robbins at the scene even
36:15
though he was not originally written for it.
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Love that my mind is literally, so full of Muppet trivia.
36:23
That I know that a comedian Whom I dislike his favorite Muppet is
36:29
Robin. All right, well, speaking of me
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knowing too much trivia. Let's move into our stump The
36:38
Host Game, the anything in the world prize game.
36:42
Oh, okay. Well, let me wait for the
36:44
freight train pass. My apartment.
36:46
It's always like, at this time it's almost like they run the
36:49
trains on a schedule or something.
36:53
Here you can ask me any question.
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You want about Muppets Most Wanted?
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If you stumped me, you will earn 10 points.
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Let's start with Julia. Julia.
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Do you have a question for me, sure?
37:09
So, at the start of the film, Dominic bad-guy or bad, she
37:13
depending on how you I would. I would say bad guy.
37:15
Quite honestly says, he's in a dated, with offers of management
37:19
at the moment, trying to convince The Muppets to take him
37:22
on as a manager. Who are the three acts that he
37:24
lists that are asking him? Oh, that's right there.
37:27
Acts that he could list. That's the.
37:29
That's the very good deadpan joke where he's just like there
37:34
are three of them, Beyonce, the Jonas Brothers and try to think
37:42
about who was popular in 2014. I mean to be fair that to I
37:49
would say two of these are popular.
37:52
Well, that tells me that I probably got this wrong already
37:55
Beyonce, the Jonas Brothers. And Hannah Montana, I think
38:02
you're also thinking like, Hannah Montana, and Jonas
38:04
brothers were like the kind of mid to late like w.
38:08
I think I was still in high school so he's gonna say he
38:11
lifts One Direction you to and circus delay delay sole?
38:16
I can't say it but that okay. So I got them all wrong and
38:20
you're right. I think Wonder She was probably
38:24
the only one of those things that was actually popular and
38:26
yeah, they were completely is always popular.
38:30
That's true. It is always popular.
38:32
You just, you don't hear about it as much.
38:34
It just, it just always exists is probably the better option
38:38
like toric exactly. It's always touring, but I'm not
38:41
sure that anyone is like, you gotta like, go go here.
38:46
What Cirque du Soleil is doing right now in the same way that
38:50
it's like. Have you heard the new lizzo
38:52
album? Um yet like it's not the same um
38:56
but yeah. Julia you absolutely stumped me.
38:59
So you have earned 10 points. David.
39:03
Do you have a question for me? Yeah, I want to give you an
39:06
option because I brought two questions and one is about
39:10
people who worked on screen and what is about people, who work
39:13
behind the scenes, and you can tell me which one you prefer.
39:17
I, I'm not sure. You know, I'll I can flip a
39:22
coin. If you'd like if it's heads, I
39:27
will go with people on screen. Well, it landed somewhere on its
39:36
side. If it's heads, okay, people on
39:41
screen. Okay?
39:42
In the opening number, there is a sequence that is Sort of a
39:49
tribute to the great Muppet. Caper, where we see some water
39:52
ballet happening? What is the name of the water
39:55
ballet? Troupe that performs I assume
40:01
you're not going to accept the flying Zucchini, Brothers, know,
40:04
because they are the aerial troop.
40:06
Yes, I do not know the answer to that question either.
40:10
David is the acrobatics with an X as opposed to with the Cs
40:18
hosts Cobb. And that's exactly what David.
40:24
While I'm looking for the coin that I dropped between my desk
40:28
and my bookshelf, why don't you you want to ask the other
40:31
question? Just for no points.
40:32
But it's hard because when else are you going to use that
40:34
question for? So Muppets Most Wanted did not
40:37
Garner a lot of awards for the film.
40:41
However it did win two golden trailer awards for The
40:48
advertising for the film. And I'm wondering if you know,
40:51
the name of the advertising agency that received those
40:54
awards for their work on Muppets Most Wanted.
40:59
There's only two ad agencies. I know.
41:02
And one is the one that employs Don Draper.
41:05
And the other one is the one that employs bill Jill Gil.
41:11
And Phil Phil. So if it isn't one of those, I
41:17
don't know the answer. It is not.
41:19
It is Buddha Jones. All right, both fair questions.
41:24
Apparently you did not comb the IMDb page the way that I did to
41:27
prep for this episode. So here's something funny when
41:32
I'm doing these, I have literally never thought to look
41:36
at. IMDb, that is the first time
41:39
that you're saying that I'm like, oh yeah, I guess I could
41:41
use IMDb to help me. Help me write some of these
41:45
questions. I only, I watch it again.
41:49
I look at old tough pigs articles, I look at old Muppet
41:52
Wiki articles. If I happen to own any, like for
41:57
older stuff, where they would write, Books about it.
42:00
Obviously, there is no Muppets Most Wanted behind the scenes
42:03
book, but like, well, but there is the Muppets character
42:05
Encyclopedia which was a tie into this, that's true, but
42:09
like, I'll read books. But like I have literally never
42:11
thought to check IMDb, which is so you're kind of funny,
42:14
because, obviously, It's the website people use.
42:20
Well now we're going to move into our final round even though
42:26
I have not found the coin that I dropped behind my desk, but
42:31
we're going to move into the final round, which we call say
42:35
the word, as you know, in this round, you can wager any amount
42:40
of points. The winner gets the points that
42:43
they wager, the loser loses, the points that they wager.
42:48
Let's check the scores. So you know how Points.
42:51
You could potentially wager David, you have currently. 53
42:58
points. Julia, you have currently.
43:02
Oh, I'm sorry. David.
43:03
You have 30. You have David you currently
43:11
have 63 points. I forgot to add the 10 points
43:15
from the end there. Julia you currently have 51
43:20
points. Unfortunately, David pulled far
43:25
ahead during that last round. Yeah, I think I need three
43:29
answers and I only got one of them.
43:31
Something, you know, 63 and fifty one sixty three and 50
43:36
100. Do a little math to figure out
43:37
my wager. So here's your question as we
43:42
established earlier during the extended version of I can get
43:46
you. What you want?
43:48
Constantine offers, Miss Piggy, a Hollywood star.
43:54
If you look closely, it isn't a Hollywood star, but one
44:00
belonging to a former Muppet Show guest star who also cameoed
44:05
in a previous Muppet movie whose Hollywood star does Constantine
44:12
offer to Miss Piggy. So we're sending you a wager and
44:17
then me a wager and your answer. And again you're just sending it
44:20
to me so that your opponent doesn't see.
44:38
All right, so you each answered a different.
44:44
Former Muppet Show guests from a former Muppet movie.
44:50
Julia, you wagered one point, who did you guess?
44:54
I guess Steve Martin, because I wasn't sure.
44:59
David, you wagered all of your points who did you guess?
45:04
I guess it's not a guess because I know for sure Uncle Burl it
45:09
is, Uncle miltie himself Milton Berle, the way my face lit up.
45:15
When you ask that question was like oh this is actually a thing
45:17
I remembered. Yeah I could tell when I asked
45:19
it. I'm like David knows David Moyes
45:23
and so our winner and today's toughest Pig Is David David?
45:30
That's that's true for to. I am ready for the inevitable
45:35
hubba-wha Tournament of Champions?
45:36
Yeah. No I got to start, I can start
45:39
planning that you'll probably lose to Shane.
45:42
Let's be honest and true anyway. You win your choice of the crown
45:49
jewels of London or this magnet of Constantine.
45:55
Oh, I love it. That is, I love the magnet.
45:58
Okay, well that's good because you were going to have to get
46:01
the crown jewels yourself. I can't mail them to you so you
46:06
were going to have to go there and ask for them.
46:08
Well luckily I just watched a documentary about the best way
46:11
to steal them. Yeah the best way is to hire
46:13
babies. Some creepy babies can't believe
46:18
I didn't get a question in here about the baby's.
46:20
I was surprised. I like counted.
46:21
How many babies there were when I was watching it.
46:23
Although I also then immediately forgot, but I thought there was
46:27
going to be a Bobby, been some question.
46:28
There should have been there sort of in that is still like,
46:32
it's funny because you watch that with a, if you ever watch
46:36
this movie with people who don't know the Muppets.
46:38
Well, all they can do is say those babies are horrifying.
46:42
And then like you have to explain to them like it's me
46:45
sitting on the Couch, with my fiance being, like, those were
46:48
recurring characters on The Muppet Show like appeared, many
46:52
times a season. Like, yeah, every time they pop
46:57
up in something and I'm watching it with my boyfriend.
46:58
I'm like Robby Benson stole those babies, you 10 pounds?
47:02
Yes, almost definitely. Oh yeah.
47:05
And yet the babies that were the only good sketch on all of my
47:09
efforts. Now, was Seth Rogen and that it
47:11
is, that is true to the creepy baby.
47:15
Dolls and pop. It's well that brings us to the
47:20
end of another one so guests. Where can people find you?
47:24
If you wish to be found, let's start with Julia.
47:28
Y'all can find me on most social media at geek girl, grown-up
47:32
where I rant about pop, culture, or share, poetry, or articles.
47:36
And then I also write for tough pigs, a handful of times a year.
47:41
And you were recently on our other podcasts I was, yes, I was
47:46
the last guests for their previous season and then I was
47:48
the first guest for this one where they're doing lepak
47:50
Christmas, Carol, in the middle of summer.
47:52
Yeah, don't worry. I already have a Thanksgiving
47:55
episode coming out in the middle of the summer as well.
47:57
So get ready for that and David where can people find you?
48:03
You can find me as an individual on most social media as it's the
48:06
Levee and you can find me on the Muppet turgi podcast, which also
48:10
is this time. So, The media as Muppet ergy.
48:14
That's right. And you guys just started season
48:17
three of The Muppet Show. Yeah, Ka the good season of The
48:20
Muppet Show, which is exciting because we really enjoyed
48:24
seasons one, and two, so we're having a great time.
48:26
We're recording a few weeks ahead of what we're releasing.
48:30
So yeah, you're right for the good stuff.
48:34
You're at a you're at a good run right now.
48:35
I know you when were recording this, you just released the
48:39
episode with Gilda Radner Gilda Radner.
48:44
Thank you for Bailey is next week, which we are just over the
48:47
moon about. And then after that, is after
48:50
that already, Harry Belafonte is no.
48:52
Then there's generate Ableton. And then there's a bunch of
48:54
Cooper and I mean, that's a good good stuff like Well, either
49:01
way, you can, of course, find tough pigs at tough, pigs.com,
49:05
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49:18
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49:31
I'd like to thank some other people for helping out.
49:33
Of course, both of our guests. Thank you both for being here,
49:38
I'd like to thank myself because it's important to take pride in
49:42
your work. I'd like to thank myself for
49:45
writing producing and editing the show.
49:48
Thank you to Stacy Rosen for writing the theme music for the
49:51
show. Thanks to Richard, Gomez for
49:53
doing some new artwork for the show.
49:56
Thanks to Johannes the tough pigs must Up at Fan podcast
50:00
executive producer and thanks to Jean Pierre Napoleon and Sam the
50:05
eagle for wait, no, they actually, they do absolutely
50:12
nothing against the plot of Muppets Most Wanted.
50:16
No thanks to them. This is this and lastly thanks
50:19
to all of you at home for being with us on Pablo the Muppet quiz
50:24
show. And as always, Muppets Most
50:27
Wanted is good reviewers at most major newspapers are just mean
50:33
good night everyone. Hi, I'm Connor and Constantine.
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50:46
They have guy. Lady Gaga.