Shades of Grey

A recent birthday present has been amusing the three of us- series three of the Muppet Show. We have seen various “Best of” compilations & I do remember it being on the telly but when you watch the original episodes there is much that is not familiar, particularly the guests. The particularly good routines are on the compilations of course, but tucked away on one of the programmes I found this little gem in amongst the rhinestones.

I reckon that Rowlf the dog is secretly my favourite character, although if pressed for a quick answer I would say Fozzy Bear or the Swedish Chef. The idea of eight little notes reminded me of seeing Richard Stilgoe a long time ago (relax, I got paid!) and he did a routine of songs based on the intervals, i.e. he started with C C#, played a bit of a ditty, then did C D, and so on for the full set of twelve. (He was very clever but too smug for his own good, I felt).

David liked this, but said that his favourite song is Animal, Swedish Chef and Beaker singing Danny Boy, which he found on Youtube.

I’ve never seen it before… and that is an omission that has made me always in the kitchen at parties. I perhaps need to watch the other series as they get released.