Gothamist: Kanye West Works on "Black Version of The Muppets"

schadenfreudian mensch

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:10:05 -0500

@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

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:02:00 -0500

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

berniegoetz

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:50:07 -0500

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

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:15:28 -0500

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

a781422

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:35:05 -0500

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

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:27:04 -0500

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

TK

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:28:26 -0500

separate but equal?

Pull My Finger

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:27:57 -0500

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

berniegoetz

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:27:45 -0500

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

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:26:12 -0500

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

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:24:46 -0500

muppets don't have races. they have species.

theLtrain

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:22:40 -0500

Niggas wit puppets. Catchy ain't it

Polite New Yorker

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:20:53 -0500

Big Bird doesn't care about Black people.

plk779

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:18:48 -0500

Maybe they can borrow Franklin from Gob Bluth..

mryoon

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:10:01 -0500

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

ides_of_march

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:25 -0500

"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.

Rfive

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 -0500

oops. no klan members on the muppets.

Rfive

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:59:34 -0500

ides can be the klan member.

ides_of_march

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:53:42 -0500

Obama can be the black Grover.

ides_of_march

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:53 -0500

Oprah can be the new Miss Piggy.

MrCow

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:05 -0500

what the fuck

babyhitler

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:37:06 -0500

Wasn't Mr snuffleupagus black? look at the size of that trunk