Kanye West Works on "Black Version of The Muppets"

For his Steely Dan-sampled "Champion" video, Kanye West turned himself into a Muppet (video), and now The Daily News reports that West could be developing a Muppet-like television show. MTV's Doug Herzog told the paper "We're working on a pilot with Kanye. It's going to be a black version of 'The Muppets.'" Maybe Bert & Ernie could make a cameo and work on their rap game...or perhaps Roosevelt Franklin can make be resurrected! In real Muppets news, the NY Times checked out the show's comeback, which includes a Christmas special to be aired on NBC this December (being filmed in Brooklyn).

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on September 23, 2008 1:27 PM

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schadenfreudian mensch

@berniegoetz

"Proof once again that corporations love identity politics. I'm sorry, I meant "pride in one's race/gender/sexual orientation.""

Does that mean Bert and Ernie are really two fags living in a committed relationship? Because if they are I would be curious to know which one is the catcher and which the pitcher.

@Polite New Yorker

"Big Bird doesn't care about Black people."

That's because Big Bird is yellow and yellow people...well, you know.

NannyState

Next thing you know, Charlie Rangel's going to snap up all the rent-stabilized cribs along Sesame Street.

berniegoetz

AveHebrew: What is the argument on the other side of the race issue? It would be interesting to know more about this apparently dynamic issue.

Barbj8

Muppets aren't white. They're yellow, red, blue, green and hairy.

a781422

Muppets did a Christmas Special years ago with Robert Downey Jr called "Mr. Willoby's Christmas". This was right around the time that Downey got into some legal troubles and they never aired the show again.Hope they have better luck casting this time around.

AvenueHebrew

White people love to blindly assume the argument on the other side of the race issue.

TK

separate but equal?

Pull My Finger

Yo yo yo keepin it real at da puppet show ya all.

berniegoetz

Pilot episode will also be about how the "black" Oscar the Grouch (oh, I mean Oscar the Righteous) will be flooded out of his garbage can and the white man won't do shit about it.

berniegoetz

Proof once again that corporations love identity politics. I'm sorry, I meant "pride in one's race/gender/sexual orientation." Self-created, militantly defended, ultra-loyal niche demographics for the win!

KiljoyWasHere

muppets don't have races. they have species.

theLtrain

Niggas wit puppets. Catchy ain't it

Polite New Yorker

Big Bird doesn't care about Black people.

plk779

Maybe they can borrow Franklin from Gob Bluth..

mryoon

yay equality!

....wait a damn minute. the muppets have no race or color! they're FRIGGIN MUPPETS!

ides_of_march

"ides can be the klan member."

No, the real klansman is the racist fool who decided to make a segregated version of the Muppets based on race in the first place.