When The Going Gets Weird, The Weirdo Turns Pro

Gonzo goes gonzo in NC Winter's one-man show at Gallery 1988. I'd love to see the Muppets remake Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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Fear And Loathing On Sesame Street

Duck Hunter S. Thompson

Muppet Babies Meets The Wire

The Ringwraiths Of Sweetums

The best thing about a new Muppets movie coming out is all the awesome Muppet mashups that are surfacing because of it. Viva pop culture revivals! (Dark Sweetums by Justin Hansen for draw2d2's Muppets/Tolkien mashup.

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The Muppet Show Alignment Chart

The Long And Winding Moria Road

Hey, Sauron. Why So Glum?

My God, It's Full Of Muppets!

Behold, the Muppetverse! Well, maybe just one galaxy at least — I'd sure like to see the full pantheon. (Ruaraidh Bruce via Comics Alliance)

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The Heckler Causality Loop

I Want To Believe. Wocka, Wocka, Wocka!

Kermit & Miss Piggy Were No Rainbow Connection

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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Zombies Of Fortune

The Last Sucker

I Love It When A Menagerie Comes Together

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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Toy Story Wire: Way Down In The Hole
The Wire: The Animated Series
It's Not Easy Being An American Psycho

The Muppet Show Alignment Chart

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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Omar's Coming! The Wire Alignment Chart

Alice in Wonderland Alignment Chart

Pop Culture Character Alignment

It's Time To Get Things Restarted

The Muppets may be testing the waters of their popularity, with the release of several sure-to-go-viral clips o YouTube over the past couple of weeks. There are rumours of a new film on the horizon or perhaps a return to TV. Either way, I'd love to see them back, especially if they can recapture the pre-Disney, Jim Henson anarchic joy of the originals.

For now the Swedish Chef, Beaker, Gonzo and Sam the Eagle have all set up YouTube accounts and are creating original clips. It's funny stuff and I'd be satisfied with that alone.

One of Statler and Waldorf's exchanges sums it up perfectly:

Waldorf: The internet is a completely different culture, isn't it?
Statler: You said it. Everything here is immediately followed by sarcastic comments and nasty responses
Waldorf: Yup. We're finally where we belong.

Here is Beaker's version of Ode to Joy to give you an example.