Everyone seems to think the Muppets are wonderful but I think it’s notable that Michael Caine, famously one of the nicest men in Hollywood and a good judge of character, never worked with them again after Muppet Christmas Carol
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Word on the street is Caine couldn’t quite nail the accent they wanted, which Henson did offer to help with but a massive on set argument started after crew on set heard Caine say “you were only meant to put your hand in the bloody puppet”
That was the one and only time Sir Michael Caine was ever out-acted on stage or in front of a camera. It was devastating for him. Why would he have put himself through that again?
Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol only and received a caricature puppet in his likeness. Scrooge puppet carried on
He accepted the role to allow his then seven-year-old daughter to watch him on the big screen. He has also said that his depiction of Scrooge is his most defining performance
I mean, the Muppets are the epitome of postmodernism in the sense that they openly broadcast to the public what an organizational mess they are internally.
*drunken voicemail *. Hheeeeey, I’m having a shit day. Things are fucked everythings fucked. The special about co-parenting is in the can and on time. Don’t call back I’ll I’ll I’ll sleep it off
It took me a lot of time to process this post and things cleared up when my main conundrum with it became whether to read it in Kermit's or Miss Piggy's voice.
I'm American so I don't know world maps. Or even that America is actually 2-3 continents and not just one nation.
The Burger King is royalty of whatever nation hamburg is part of but is probably from a neighboring ethic group. Like how the the famous corgi trainer and drug dealer of London was Welsh
European royalty was really it's own transnational ethnic group, which really made a mess of things when nations stopped being their private property and their subjects had to figure out who they were and weren't a part of.
Michael Caine is on record for saying he will star in whatever film pays him money so he's not exactly particular. My favorite is his 10 day stint in the Bahamas for Jaws 4 and consequent interview "I haven't seen it, but I have seen the house it bought my mother, and it's marvelous!”
I hear Rizzo winds up having beef with just about every guest star. But he refuses to get help for any of his many addictions. And his contract DOES give him probably way too much creative say.
If anyone is a fan of him personally, I highly recommend reading his autobiography. It gives an unmatched insight into the mind of a man who is… pretty typical for a bloke of his vintage.
Yes I presumed he would be more intelligent. Falling for the looks of Shakira from advert was it? & presuming he would have to go overseas to meet her seemed so off.
Probably had more to do with the machinations required to act with a bunch of hand puppets. That is just a little out of the ordinary and probably a little frustrating. Plus, how many feature films did the muppets d? It’s not like he had that many chances either
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He accepted the role to allow his then seven-year-old daughter to watch him on the big screen. He has also said that his depiction of Scrooge is his most defining performance
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The Burger King is royalty of whatever nation hamburg is part of but is probably from a neighboring ethic group. Like how the the famous corgi trainer and drug dealer of London was Welsh
But really I'm 80% sure he's Slovak.
Felt, get it?
I HATE it when that happens.
No questions.
Why do we fall?
So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
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