Why I Like The Muppets

Max here. Now people always ask me, "Why do you like the Muppets?" Well, I'm here to answer that question. But before I begin, I'd like to thank all of my readers and fellow bloggers, Aunt Angela and Uncle Jeremy from OUR JOURNEY, and my mom's best friend from Alabama and one of the biggest Muppet fans and Journey to Tennessee's first follower, Andy. Thank you for reading and commenting, and I hope you like this one as well.

So, why do I like the Muppets. Well, to start the Muppets give a good sense of laughter and positive energy. Take Fozzie Bear for example, he tries to be funny but he succeeds... by not being funny. Although, he keeps trying to do it anyway.

No. 2, The Muppets always have a guest star, it's a big variety of them. From Ethel Merman, to the Mummenschanz, Don Knotts to Steve Martin, Elton John to Julie Andrews. Even Alice Cooper, hard rocker, guest starred. And not many kids know who Raquel Welch is. It just goes to show ya', The Muppet Show has history.

#3, I love the characters they are hilarious, I can even do impressions of some of them. Actually most of them I can do, sometimes even the Sesame Street characters. I love them.

There's Pepe, the prawn with a Spanish accent. Rizzo, the rat with a New York type look. Gonzo, the stunt artiste that never gives up. Fozzie, the comedian with the hecklers that never stop heckling. Miss Piggy, the pig... I mean girl, with a strong arm. "Hi....ya!" she says. And Kermit, the host with problems and a green outside. But my favorite is the Muppet Labs guinea pig, Beaker. You remember him he was nominated for a Webby award. He won.

Another thing I like about them is their sketches. The variety of performances is very open. There's Pigs in Space, parody of Star Trek, starring Captain Link Hogthrob, Miss Piggy, and Dr. Julius Strangepork. There's The Swedish Chef and his variety of food. There's Muppet Labs, "Where the future is being made today", with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker. And there's Veterinarian's Hospital, "the continuing stooory of a quack who's gone to the dogs", starring Rowlf as Dr. Bob, Miss Piggy, and Janice.

But the one thing I like the most is the youth within it. I once heard a recording of a man say, "The most sophisticated people I know, inside their all children. We never lose a certain sense we had when we were kids.", the late, Jim Henson says.

So I hope you get to know the Muppets as much as I do. So I say to you, Meep, Wocka Wocka, Hi ho, and WOMAN! And goodbye.

Dedicated to Jim Henson

The Muppets gang says hi, (upper center).

Brooke Shields with Gonzo (upper right).

Pigs in Space picture (upper left).

Nana in Tennessee

Hi, ya... It's me. I'm back. And Happy International Day of Families. Yes, that's today and it's a weird coincidence beacause my grandma and grandpa, Nana & Umpa, is in town today and tommorrow. She comes from my mom's side of the family, obviously since my other grandma lives here already. It's also another coincidence that it's my mom's birthday. It's been fun we've played dinosaurs, the family's went to On the Border, we even got to watch half of the "Secrets of the Muppets" episode of The Jim Henson Hour on YouTube. We're gonna watch the rest tomorrow. I had a great time. It's still not over yet.

Ya know, I learned alot from that "Secrets of the Muppets" episode. Well, since they told the Muppets' secrets, here's one you didn't know. Gonzo said, quote, "At night, uh, I puts soda into my socks to make my feet fizz, oh...", unquote, but not unwierd. And you think that's funny, try seeing Gonzo, and two other new Muppets, Bean Bunny & Leon, running and screaming in terror when Jim Henson says 'puppet'.

So it's been great, now I may have not gotten mom a present (yet) but I've given her alot of attention even though it's Grilled Cheese Friday. It's going to be great, so I hope you have a great weekend. See ya.

Umpa (far left), Nana with a broken nose (middle), Mom (far right), and me (lower middle) at my Dad's chiropractic graduation in Logan College of Chiropractic.