The Muppets Mayhem Interview: Live at D23 Expo 

I view them as living entities who just so happen to have a hand up their bum.

That's the Magic of the Muppets. ❤

There mouth s move

Harry Belafonte, Buddy Rich and Dave Grohl are just some of the celebrities who have faced Animal in a drum battle.

@@tysargent9647 Yea, and lived!

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...Agreed I'd like to assume they would normally have a rig like Big Bird's suit but a smaller version built for comfort working in a television show...

I was trained by Matt Vogel and Peter Linz. Believe me, those guys have incredible arm strength!

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I'm friends with a muppeteer and I can confirm yes. I've seen it first hand, and it's the best thing ever.

@@CrystalLynn1988wow that’s so cool

Nah, muppets now had swedish chef, enough said

@@Ashwgun sadly he could not save the show. But he did his best. Now a Swedish Chef series on the other hand, hoo boy; that would be amazing!

@@WakoDoodle a Swedish Chef series would do great, all it takes is Disney actually promoting it and boom! instant success

The chef is better in small doses tbh.

Sorry we missed it. You looked great.

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Me either that's why it makes this so hilarious

jim henson used to do it a lot! look up him doing kermit on johnny carson

And Zoot

I knew something was missing!

This isn’t the first time you get to see the Muppet Performers lol

@@tyleriguana oo

@@emilyschulz907 Yeah! The Muppets have done many live performances and even interviews where you get to see the performers. A lot of the Muppet Performers are even recognizable in the puppetry community.

Dave actually has a great little story about that. The first time he ever got fitted for a suit and tuxedo, the guy who made and fitted the suit was absolutely baffled by his build, and had to come in for extra fittings because he was quite literally, lopsided. His right arm (the one that holds up the puppet) is super powerful and over developed, and his right shoulder is actually like an inch or so taller than his left.

@@megelizabeth9492 Yep, the Muppet performers have notoriously bad posture.

Like, this stuff really messes with your body. I'm pretty sure Dave has had multiple shoulder, hip and back surgeries at this point, and despite it all, is still such a total pro. (Apparently, one of the first things Frank Oz taught him when he was first learning to puppeteer, is that you just can't think about how absolutely exhausting and downright painful it can be.)

Also, the Ipad is a makeshift monitor I think, so they can actually see what they are doing.

@@megelizabeth9492 oh wow. I thought it was for a script

He must be, he's taken on all five of Frank Oz's major Muppet Show characters (Animal, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, and Marvin Suggs), plus Bert, Grover (also Frank Oz characters), Oscar the Grouch (originally played by Caroll Spinney) and Guy Smiley (a Jim Henson character) on Sesame Street.

Me too it was so hilarious at 8:19 where he wanted to play tag

Lol seeing the performers isn’t a way to “ruin the magic.” The magic is how these characters come to life. That is the art of puppetry and a part of Jim Henson’s vision.

The performers ARE THE CHARACTERS. Real Muppet fans know this!

Didn't ruin the magic for me

@@andyreacts Me neither. The performers sort of disappeared after a minute.

then you should see the old interviews with Jim and Kermit

It isn’t about the elbow. It is support for their back shoulder.

I think it was a great idea

On May 10th

It's more like a really big Behind The Music type documentary on the Electric Mayhem, presented in 10 episodes

2023

May 10th 2023

that's why they had to put their arms down in the middle of it!

Well it's a phone recording and live so I'm sure it's not peak audio for them

@@whofactchecksthefactcheckers the voices can be heard well enough to tell the problem is not about the device’s recording but more so the recreation of the voice

Performers train their successors, and they're largely picked for how well they can retain the soul and mannerisms of the character. Of course the voices aren't going to be 100% identical to the original performers, but that comes second to overall skill at character acting and puppeteering; Frank Oz has mentioned this from time to time

Disagreed. Kermit/Fozzie/Piggy/Gonzo get plenty of airtime and they're always the ones who are brought onboard whenever Muppet presence is needed somewhere (talk shows, interviews, surprise appearances, hosts, promotions, etc). They were at this same convention promoting the restored re-release of A Muppet Christmas Carol too. If the wider-but-still-well-known cast (like the band) is always left out/pushed into the background, then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where they never get any recognition because they were never given any in the past. They have to start somewhere, and they're pretty popular already (especially Animal, who would be enough to get casual people interested). Not to mention that The Muppet Show always had sketches with random nameless monsters doing spontaneous stuff, so it's not even as though they're going for fully obscure characters like that. This could be a good step away from Disney forcing their Disney-fying on the Muppets brand where they just reduce a franchise to like 3-4 characters and one song - they seem to forget that this is a musical franchise and has more songs than Rainbow Connection for instance. I'm sure there will be cameos but the Mayhem are a motley crew, they should do fine as long as the performers aren't micromanaged to death.

@@fishdude2954 I wish that was realistic...sadly it's just not though. This franchise is called THE MUPPETS, not ELECTRIC MAYHEM BAND unfortunately. The band are a huge part of the past successes of The Muppets cuz they ARE Muppets themselves! Take them away from their counterparts and it just won't meld like it always has. The personas that each classic character exhudes works so well because they depend on working with each other to create a blend. I still don't know why Disney insists on doing new things for The Muppets... It has not spelled much success for them. Why can't they just do a new Muppet Show and copy the way the original show was in it's beginnings-- Creative, inventive puppetry (no CGI), relevant guest stars, a stage, a backstage, a show, and some songs?

This is progress actually. It used to be that you never saw the puppeteers at all.

@@megelizabeth9492 Agree, and Eric Jacobson does pretty much jump up into View halfway through.

He literally runs out into the audience, and is just hanging out there with animal for a bit.

Yeah I used to think he was a smart guy

Reduced to what? I'm not familiar with him, is he usually better at keeping up with people he interviews or something? Otherwise I don't see a problem. Performing with/interviewing Muppets is an honor, not an insult

@@fishdude2954 He was an actor for many many years. Starting when he was real young 6 or 7 then continuing to act into adult roles. Very talented so seeing him do this is a waste of talent.

And Camilla the Chicken too. Don’t forget Camilla. And Fozzie’s mother.

It's not uncommon for guys to do voices a female characters. Especially since there are some ladies that do voices for Guy characters