By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities. Sophisticated and highly individuated, each of the Muppets embodied a conventional character type from classic television comedy. Kermit functioned as straight man to the majority of the show's jokes. Miss Piggy, the resident diva, evolved from first season chorus girl to full-fledged megastar. A Costello to Kermit's Abbot, Fozzie peddled his vaudevillian shtick to a tough audience, but his genuine sweetness made him lovable even when his jokes were…mehr
By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities. Sophisticated and highly individuated, each of the Muppets embodied a conventional character type from classic television comedy. Kermit functioned as straight man to the majority of the show's jokes. Miss Piggy, the resident diva, evolved from first season chorus girl to full-fledged megastar. A Costello to Kermit's Abbot, Fozzie peddled his vaudevillian shtick to a tough audience, but his genuine sweetness made him lovable even when his jokes were lame. These essays represent the work and ideas of a global community of scholars and Muppet enthusiasts, providing a unique perspective on just how Kermit and the rest of the frogs, dogs, bears, and chickens became cultural icons with influences reaching far beyond the world of 1970s television comedy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jennifer C. Garlen is an independent scholar in Huntsville, Alabama, where she teaches courses on literature, film, and popular culture for lifetime learning programs. Anissa M. Graham is a senior lecturer in the English department at the University of North Alabama where she teaches courses in writing and literature.
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Table of Contents Preface Part One : Audience Participation How to Become a Muppet; or, The Great Muppet Paper BEN UNDERWOOD The Muppets as a Metaphor for the Self GIDEON HABERKORN Stuffed Suits and Hog-Wild Desire LYNNE D. SCHNEIDER The Muppet Show Re-Forms the Fringe ANISSA M. GRAHAM Part Two : Adaptation and Performance From Muppetry to Puppetry JENNIFER STOESSNER The Muppets and Shakespeare HUGH H. DAVIS "Starring Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit": Muppets as Actors GINGER STELLE A Rainbow for the 21st Century: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and the Reimagination of the American Myth ALISSA BURGER Gonzo, (the Great) Cultural Critic JENNIFER C. GARLEN Part Three : Theories and Strategies The American Journey Narrative in the Muppets Movies TARA K. PARMITER It's Time to Get Together for Some Sex and Violence on The Muppet Show? KATHLEEN E. KENNEDY "British to a Fang, British to a Whisker": Reconsidering The Muppet Show's National Identity RAYNA DENISON The Muppet Show as Educational Critique JULIE G. MAUDLIN The Uniquely Strong but Feminine Miss Piggy MARYANNE FISHER and ANTHONY COX Muppets and Money ANDREW LEAL Appendix: The Muppet Show About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Preface Part One : Audience Participation How to Become a Muppet; or, The Great Muppet Paper BEN UNDERWOOD The Muppets as a Metaphor for the Self GIDEON HABERKORN Stuffed Suits and Hog-Wild Desire LYNNE D. SCHNEIDER The Muppet Show Re-Forms the Fringe ANISSA M. GRAHAM Part Two : Adaptation and Performance From Muppetry to Puppetry JENNIFER STOESSNER The Muppets and Shakespeare HUGH H. DAVIS "Starring Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit": Muppets as Actors GINGER STELLE A Rainbow for the 21st Century: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and the Reimagination of the American Myth ALISSA BURGER Gonzo, (the Great) Cultural Critic JENNIFER C. GARLEN Part Three : Theories and Strategies The American Journey Narrative in the Muppets Movies TARA K. PARMITER It's Time to Get Together for Some Sex and Violence on The Muppet Show? KATHLEEN E. KENNEDY "British to a Fang, British to a Whisker": Reconsidering The Muppet Show's National Identity RAYNA DENISON The Muppet Show as Educational Critique JULIE G. MAUDLIN The Uniquely Strong but Feminine Miss Piggy MARYANNE FISHER and ANTHONY COX Muppets and Money ANDREW LEAL Appendix: The Muppet Show About the Contributors Index
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