Maybe You Can Hire The M-Team

"In 1972, a crack vaudeville unit was sent to off Broadway by a theatre court for a joke they didn't tell. These Muppets promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the Tony Awards they survive as Muppets of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The M-Team." (The M-Team by Amy Mebberson; link via Comics Alliance)

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Muppet Babies Meets The Wire

Another awesome Wire mashup from Warren Ellis's REMAKE/REMODEL challenge, this time imagining Bubbles as Fozzie Bear Scooter, Brother Mouzone as Gonzo and Kermit as Omar Little. (Wire Babies by Felipe Sobreiro)

And, because it really does seem a perfect fit, the cops of The Wire in Police Academy, by Mike O'Dwyer.

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Miss Piggy And The Elders

Art is just coming alive for me since coming across Hillary White. Her latest, Miss Piggy and the Elders based on Artemisia Gentileschi's Susanna ei Vecchioni. I'm like all cultured and stuff now.

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I always thought that was an abusive relationship. (Muppet Marriage by rory, for Art Jumble)

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While I'd like to believe that I'm Animal, the reality is I'm much closer to Fozzie Bear. Same shape too. (The Muppet Show Alignment Chart by MightyGodKing. Thanks to the Mighty John Farrier for the tip.)

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Sesame Street Anatomy Lesson

I'm hoping Cookie Monster is shocked and not hungry, because if he is, this lesson will not end well. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Bird by Hillary White, based on Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. (Link via Super Punch)

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Where is the new Muppets Show? This is the sort of parody we need to see!
Muppets Kick Ass: Green Ass, Hit Pig, Blue Daddy & Red Prawn, from the always talented pop culture mashup artist James Hance.

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The Creation Of Kermit

Jim Henson first formed Kermit out of the felt of the table and then reached his hand into his body, giving him the breath of life. James Hance takes Michelangelo's painting and makes his own creation myth. (The Creation Of Kermit via StrangelyDrawn)

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Muppets Last Supper

Kermit as Christ pretty much goes without saying, but I wonder about Gonzo as the Judas figure. Sure, he's a Weirdo, but would he betray Kermit? He performed his art for arts sake (if also for the love of a good chicken.) Fozzie on the other hand always wanted to be the star of the show but always failed. Maybe with Kermit out of the way...

Part Four of this week's geeky Last Suppers is The Last Mupper, from multi-talented artist Jesse Rubenfeld, who I had a chance to meet briefly at this year's Toronto Fan Expo and saw this on his display wall.

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So is Kermit unhappy because he's dissecting a frog or is he bothered by what he sees inside, knowing his innards are somebody's hand? (From Annalee at deviantART via The Daily What)

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St. Kermit of The Muppets

Our saints, who art in movies, TV and music... I don't know if these stunning stained glass treatments are real or just clever photoshops, but it is my kind of religion. From Holy Taco's 25 Awesome Stained Glass Windows.

St. T of the A-Team

St. Gene of KISS

St. Optimus Prime of the Autobots

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It's The Great Muppet Caper vs. Oceans 11, one of the best mashups I've seen in some time. Filmmaker Kat Reilly nails the audio perfectly and of course Brad Pitt just had to be Fozzy Bear. (Link via Neatorama)

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Have you ever seen Christian Bale and Kermit in the same picture. No. Why? Because they are the same person/puppet!
It really is uncanny. Get dozens more at Kermit Bale.

The Frogfather

Don Vito Frogeone does a favor for Fozzarino Bearzinni. One day he will ask a favour in return...

It's Not Easy Being Green

“Soon after the death of Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog turned to a life full of drugs, alcohol and sex. His fall to rock bottom was quick and unrelenting.” This is the opening on the site sadkermit.com, which documents our favourite frog’s downward spiral. What led me there was Kermie’s gut wrenching cover of Hurt, which is almost too painful to watch. Is it a cover of the original Nine Inch Nails song or of Johnny Cash’s brilliant version? I think Kermit draws from both and makes the song his own. If this is what’s happened to our little felt friend, he has gone to a very dark place.


After emerging from the depths of Kermit’s pain I needed to get the image of what he was doing to Rowlf out of my mind and decided to go looking for some more Muppet mashups. After taking the red pill I came across the Muppet Matrix, a computer animated version of the Matrix trailer, using an all-Muppet cast. Kermit is Neo, Rowlf is Morpheus, Miss Piggy is Trinity and Gonzo is Smith. Great stuff and it’s well worth waiting for the ending.