Muppet Outtakes and Bloopers

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Thanks to Quentin T. for the clips!

[@10GaugeManiac]

The chicken saying "Jesus Christ" killed me

[@thirdgen377]

It's the only reason I'm watching it again

[@UltimateDorito]

I didn't catch it!! I had to go back, it's hysterical!! 🤣

[@ShrimpoHunterWoody]

​@@UltimateDoritoListen closely to the moment 0:54

[@klinero14]

This was or is a kids show?

[@nina2by4]

FLY CHICKYBOO!

[@jadedoldjoe8709]

That “chicky in the basky” shit had me laughing way harder than it should’ve.

[@johnchief270]

This whole video got me like that. Muppets sure were wholesome 😆

[@kuramayoko23]

It had to be hard trying to shoot a chicken like a basketball into a hoop while you are using your hands in a puppet.

[@DeaconTaylor]

I had to rewind it a couple times. Wait a minute, did that chicken just say Jesus Christ? 😲 So funny

[@annafantasia]

@@DeaconTaylor Hahaha yeah, so much for wholesome (they really actually weren't wholesome, bless them)

[@Floodbait_117]

Omfg

[@Fakan]

The puppeteers staying in character even when screwing up is what always gets to me. XD

[@cubey]

Look up mst3k bloopers

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

The best!😂👍

[@SailorYue]

"Elmo only had one line!"

[@theblackbaron4119]

Yeah, my favourite one is where Robbin Williams appears on sesame Street (still technically Muppets) and Elmo accidentally calls him "Mr Robbins". He then proceeds to slump back into the puppeteer pit and goes"I only had three lines" :'D

[@JoseTelesforoJuanNepomuseno]

Those Muppets are professionals, you know.. the show must go on

[@plaguedoctor8180]

1:42 I love how he yells at his *own puppeteer* to get back.

[@sorryitsmoops]

I laughed out loud at that! Hilarious!

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@sorryitsmoops Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@tachapaksupun1936]

Wow

[@Hothenrik]

Gonzo at 1:44--"Stop the camera!"🤣

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Hothenrik Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@40GamesAG]

Hahaha, Scooter slapping his puppeteer for accidentally appearing in the shot is one of the million reasons I love the Muppets

[@The_Zap_Bug]

Richard Hunt my beloved

[@Beatngu23]

Get back get back! Lmao!

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@The_Zap_Bug Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Beatngu23 Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@Beatngu23]

@@UnicornFairy42 no I've seen emit otter's jugband Christmas though!

[@BoredGhostInk]

The gonzo GUILT part should be a good meme

[@Draco_Alpha]

I did a thing imgflip.com/i/2gzttr

[@caramellopippop7190]

I LITERALLY just thought of that haha

[@soranotroxas0299]

There was something so off putting about it

[@gimmickgotbored7157]

You did this

[@piperd9069]

Im from the future and I have good news

[@VGFGE]

Gonzo yelling GUILT is way funnier than it should be to me.

[@abst3r390]

yeah i lost it

[@GmodPlusWoW]

The widening eyes particularly sell it.

[@RichardHannay]

“No, I’m Scooter... Kermit’s the green one” 😆

[@irohaboat]

It ain't easy being green

[@nathalieduverna6963]

That was an accident. It felt like it

[@sethraelthebard5459]

Our brains know they're puppets, but in our hearts we know that each Muppet is REAL. Another aspect of a person's soul manifested in fuzzy reality.

[@no-good_oddity]

So...... ᵃ ᶠᵘʳˢᵒⁿᵃ

[@ashtonjenkot8520]

@@no-good_oddity oh god why 🤣

[@KingGhidorah5464]

“Ker- oh, Kermit…” “No, I’m Scooter. Kermit’s the green one.”

[@arcihungbycraneonfire]

@@no-good_oddity you are a fuzz to deal with :smirk:

[@Wizard0fDogs]

When I was a kid I genuinely didn’t realise since in a muppet movie the credits always listed the muppet name rather than the puppeteer and I thought that credits were legally binding or something xD

[@55robloxmaster]

As a person who hasn't watched these, I can barely tell these are bloopers. That means they're doing it right.

[@valenciageode25]

Yeah, before the accidental misnaming Scooter I was wondering why it was a blooper.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@valenciageode25 Have you ever seen Jim Henson's Animal Jam?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@Dylan P. Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@aodhablackheart]

Frank Oz is one of those people especially gifted at turning bloopers into entertainment, like Rik Mayall :) Check out the Emmet Otter's Jug Band outtakes that are out there somewhere.

[@P-P-Panda]

Seriously

[@OstianOwl]

Funniest thing to me is just imagining Jim Henson continuing to do the Swedish Chef voice even as he continually misses.

[@thepapistyourmotherwarnedy752]

Fun fact: that isn’t Jim playing the Chef’s hands, they’re Frank Oz’s!

[@scootersweetpuppy]

Lol. the chicken says "Jesus Christ!"

[@lenb7275]

scootersweetpuppy lmao !

[@AngelToon]

I heard that too! XD

[@THE______TRUTH]

Ahahah i never knew muppets believed in Jesus 😂😂🤣

[@maralogan4072]

Haha I heard that SHE CAN TALK lol

[@emilysantoyo918]

That part made me die xDDDDD😭

[@THE______TRUTH]

1:44 the Muppet smacking the puppeteer on the head, saying "GET BACK GET BACK" lmao

[@Fuchsschwester]

I didn´t even notice that. Now I can´t stop laughing!

[@SpyseSpyseBaby]

It really shows that even though things were going wrong they stay in character and make the best of it. True entertainers.

[@NuisanceMan]

SpyseSpyseBaby They learned that from doing live shows, where it really matters!

[@RobTheEnby]

He's smacking Richard Hunt, his puppeteer until his death in 1992.

[@danhill123]

I heard stop the ca-pnosbdhdso

[@thepapistyourmotherwarnedy752]

How Jim actually stayed in character and didn’t break down laughing as Frank continually missed the basket never ceases to amaze me

[@DaemonMunkir]

I love how they stay in character when they mess up

[@FurlowT]

They are insanely good. A true estimate to that is when the Big Bird actor came in full costume to Jim's funeral and sang "It's not easy being green". Imagine how hard it is to stay in character while fighting back your own tears.

[@JohnSmith-my7rj]

Fozzie just yelling 'LUNCH!' was was too funny

[@flickcentergaming680]

Agreed

[@mollykoenig7009]

1:52 I have been laughing at "GUILT" for ages.

[@Jamzability]

“My mouth is stuck”🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@soylencer]

🐸 GEE THANKS EVERYONE 🐻 EYE OUT ITH THTUCK

[@pixiebubbles2628]

0:54 Chicken gets dunked on: "BA-KAH! Jesus Christ!"

[@emilypetsche1]

1:45 LOL Richard Hunt telling himself to get back 😂🤣

[@supersebac320]

The best thing of the swedish chef blooper os hearing the people laugh in thr background, even they couldnt hold the laughter after something so silly

[@audreyseddon9749]

There were a few skits where the crew laughter was actually kept in the final edit because it was so appropriate.

[@NLNowProductions]

The Simple Mister Mornkiinmitrr4hj

[@alexlogan9604]

K-Kermit *NO I'M SCOOTER*

[@kellyweingart3692]

Kermit’s the green one”

[@madyb3491]

1:53 had me WHEEZING

[@rulerofcrickets]

***G U I L T***

[@QueenofVHS]

Word of the day: GUILT.

[@Corrieography]

1:52 my inner soul talking to me when i do something shameful.

[@donnaquixote7538]

The best part is how his facial expressions look actually real in that part 😲

[@h2oPit]

"Is this it? That's the end, okay. Lunch!" is quite the most perfectly normal blooper

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Swedish Chef always knows the right thing to say in Swedish. Gordon Ramsay has been real quiet since the Swedish Chef started throwing his utensils and making the finest Michelin-starred meals

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Can anyone from Sweden actually understand the Swedish chef when he speaks real Swedish or his mock Swedish.

[@BYERE]

I always love how with vocal mess-ups, the puppeteers make the puppets react, like at 1:02

[@dylancole1910]

This just makes you realize how much improve these puppeteers actually do on the sets of these kids movies and shows. It's hilarious.

[@adreabrooks11]

The Muppet Show was never intended to be a kid's show; that's what Sesame Street was for. In fact, one of the original pitch-productions (it was too early in the game to properly call it a pilot) was called Muppets: Sex & Violence. It was always Henson's goal to re-awaken puppeteering as a storytelling medium for all ages, and the Muppet Show was a major step in that direction.

[@chonkybonky]

@@adreabrooks11was Henson still around for avenue q? I wonder what he thought /would’ve thought of it

[@adreabrooks11]

@@chonkybonky He'd probably have loved it. After all, one of the Muppet Show's early episodes was literally titled Muppets: Sex & Violence.

[@elianaiv..]

As a swedish person, the swedish chef is the best.

[@MichaelBrookham]

Love when the chicken swears. I actually expected to hear a blooper of the Swedish Chef saying something in pure English through Jim Henson's voice.

[@palmerlp]

The Swedish chef took two puppeteers, one for the mouth and one for the hands. Henson and Oz always tried to knock the pots off the back wall when they threw the utensils at the start of the sketch.

[@HailAnts]

The Muppets staying in character, that was the essence of Jim Henson. They weren’t props, they were characters. I remember reading about the Muppets time on the very first season of SNL right before _The Muppet Show_ premiered. The SNL cast (except for Gilda Radner) and writers all hated them. Writing the Muppet sketches was always the job of the newest writer because it was considered punishment. A writer recalled bringing his script over to Henson‘s hotel room, and Henson saying, _”No, he wouldn’t say this”._ The writer just complained how the Muppet was lying flat on an ironing board in front of him, so he thought the whole thing was stupid. Early writer Michael O’Donahue’s famous quote, “I don’t write for felt”. Jerks..

[@OrangeDog20]

They weren't characters, they were actors.

[@yosefdemby8792]

Gilda Radner didn't hate them?

[@yosefdemby8792]

And he took a Big Bird doll and strangled it with venetian blinds. And John Belushi would often gripe about giving up screentime for The Mucking Fuppets.

[@HailAnts]

@@yosefdemby8792 No, she absolutely adored them! It was her that accompanied them in the very last SNL sketch they appeared in. The sketch took place in a closet where the Muppets had been abandoned for the rest of the season..

[@RobMacKendrick]

O'Donahue should be so lucky.

[@StasioYouTube]

1:45 Scooter telling the head to GET BACK!

[@tyhillbroussard4924]

1:00 chicken: "Somebody get a ladder!"

[@MrJaredb92]

BREAK?!

[@Floodbait_117]

@@MrJaredb92 i thought it said something elae

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

Ker--

[@Arathor82]

1:53 how has that not become a meme ?

[@Draco_Alpha]

Arathor82 It is now. Share with your friends! imgflip.com/i/2gzttr

[@NaughtyGnats]

Arathor82 it already haz

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@NaughtyGnats Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@NaughtyGnats]

@@UnicornFairy42 no?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@NaughtyGnats Do you want me to send you some episodes of Animal Jam?

[@mustashride]

The Swedish Chef skit is how I learned about what murder was as a child...fun times.

[@umachan9286]

The best part of all these is how the puppeteers still stay in character when messing up. Brilliant.

[@una_10bananas]

Gonzo just going "GUILT!" is my favourite thing

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Rowlf: That sums Italians for ya- The audience: He's got a point. He's an icon, he is a legend, and he IS the moment Thankfully the NY mafia didn't watch because if they did, Rowlf definitely wouldn't have survived in The Muppets Take Manhattan

[@adammcmorris198]

What’s the response that makes him shrink back? I can’t make it out

[@shaerayne56]

ok, Gonzo leaning in staring, exclaiming so seriously... "GUILT"... That's my new bread and soup.

[@v1ntagecassette]

Actively losing it over Scooter yelling at his own puppeteer's head to get back

[@Seantendo]

0:54 Was not expecting to hear that.

[@Twobarpsi]

Jesus saves!

[@E0O2X314FT]

@@Twobarpsi Jesus shaves? Good to know!

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@E0O2X314FT Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Twobarpsi Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@dontfollowmeimlost6634]

2:52 sounds like the pufferfish meme😂

[@Bobsheaux]

Jerry Nelson... voicing a chicken... crying out "Jesus Christ!"... My life is complete.

[@jojopuppetstudio]

“Jesus Christ somebody get a ladder “😂😂

[@dianeb528]

I'm dying 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephaniekern603]

1:44 Scooter shouting at his puppeteer to get out of the shot. 😂

[@1977TA]

This confirms my theory that muppet performers actually become the characters they are controlling.

[@adreabrooks11]

For Kermit, this certainly was true. Jim was a very private and retiring man. Kermit was the face he preferred to show the world - to speak his words and play his roles in front of the audience.

[@ember_fox666]

That's it! I am making a meme out of that "Guilt" bit! LOL

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

1:56 A reference to Watney's Red Barrel; the infamous British beer that was immortalised in Monty Python's Travel Agent sketch.

[@kjohnson9306]

After watching that documentary the Defunct TV did about Jim Henson, then doing some research, and then watching this...I realize that most of the people that were behind the scenes in this video have passed away.

[@emilyholasek63]

I love Defunctland! I'd like to see him do another mini series on the rise and fall of Nickelodeon.

[@Whatsuppbuddies]

Duh?

[@booberfraggle]

@@Whatsuppbuddies Wdym “duh”, plenty of these people are still alive too. The Muppets aren’t old enough that everyone who was working with them would’ve crumbled into dust by now.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Whatsuppbuddies Have you ever seen Jim Henson's Animal Jam?

[@foggyvhs8790]

When he sneezed and broke the machine.. wheezing.. had to get out of bed to walk that off

[@KarboniteKyla]

I never really watched the muppets as a kid. Mostly because my parents didn't really like them. I really like puppets. The Swedish chef always gives me the giggles

[@adreabrooks11]

That's okay; the Muppet Show wasn't meant especially for kids anyway. :) And total agreement: Chef dribbling the chicken like a basketball is hilarious madness!" XD

[@tats_sacs]

The Swedish chef has real hands. Thanks Colbert. Now i can’t unsee that.

[@macsnafu]

Are you SURE these are *bloopers?* They all seem like part of the act to me. "No, I'm Scooter. Kermit is the green one."

[@MA-wq2ih]

Like Fozzie was in shock from what they were watching....

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@MA-wq2ih Have you ever seen Jim Henson's Animal Jam?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@yes 123 Do you have any family members or friends that might have any Animal Jam episodes recorded on 📼?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@yes 123 Why don't you ask them?

[@sonicguyver7445]

You know these are good outtakes when you don't know where the screw up happened.

[@playstationguy9531]

0:14 Bork Bork BORK!

[@drusbasky]

“Guilt”

[@Draco_Alpha]

I did a thing imgflip.com/i/2gzttr

[@Growl60]

“No I’m Scooter. Kermit’s the green one.” 😂

[@WolfyFancyLads]

Honestly, the biggest blooper was how the chicken sounded like it was moaning. XD

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I love when the muppeteers ad-lib and you can hear the other muppeteers laughing! 🤣👍

[@Lordborg2184]

God bless you Jim Henson and Frank Oz, you two were my childhood

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Well said. Mine as well, greetings from Sweden!

[@yosefdemby8792]

Also Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Steve Whimitre, Kathryn Mullen, and others!

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@yosefdemby8792 Have you ever seen Jim Henson’s Animal Jam?

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@UnicornFairy42 No.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@yosefdemby8792 Do you have any family members or friends that might have any Animal Jam episodes recorded on 📼?

[@deletebilderberg]

The chef and the chicken. Pure insanity. 😁

[@maralogan4072]

OMG that was so freakin' funny the Gonzo GUILT part killed me

[@Ogrematic]

I love The Muppets. Always have, always will. RIP JH.

[@becuaseimbored3481]

I love how the "GUILT!" clip makes about as much sense in context

[@rebecasandstrom6526]

I freaking love the original muppet tv show, classic

[@Leto_0]

This humor is so incredible because it appeals to everyone. That's really hard to do well but they make it look easy

[@YourBoyDonald]

When the chicken said Jesus Christ i cried from laughter XD

[@emilypetsche1]

1:04 “Ker- oh Kermit” 😂🤣

[@J.C982]

0:35 They are sure going on it.......CLAPPING THOES CHEEKS!!!!

[@leonb2637]

The Muppits show was one of the funniest show on TV in the 1970's. Even the guests got into the fun. There satires of Star Trek ('Swine Trek) were spot on.

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

True actors stay in character even when they mess up and part of being a puppeteer is being a good actor along with operating a fleece puppet with rods

[@abraxas6326]

It's 2:30 in the morning I'm high as fuck and I just laughed so hard at the "chicky in the basky" I woke up both my roommates.

[@kxmode]

“GUILT” - Gonzo

[@englandcalling9721]

I'm still surprised there are any bloopers, because if there's one thing Muppets can do really well, it's keep a straight face.

[@wumpis]

He was violating that chicken...

[@PuppyLove2468]

omg rowlf doing a peace sign as he nopes outta there lol

[@Mojo1356]

Does anyone know where that’s from?

[@p.e.miranda2038]

@@Mojo1356 Jimmy Dean Show, Lord knows which episode

[@WelcomeToTheScene1]

GUILT

[@lobsterworldwide]

It’s so great how the puppeteers stay in character

[@Ravengirl0814]

I love that it’s obvious that they are just having fun. 😂

[@bsharpmajorscale]

I've got to assume this kind of thing was part of the inspiration for the "bloopers and out-takes" of certain Pixar movies.

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

"Kermit's the green one" :o

[@spooked_glitch]

The fact they never break character no matter what is incredible

[@eily_b]

I always loved Scooter the most and even his puppeteer is amazingly lovable. His bloopers are my favourite. ❤

[@mousekuteerkhylert.n.p1228]

3:07 My mouth is stuck!😄🤣

[@arthurmartin4616]

Why did it take me this long to realize Swedish Chef has human hands

[@bryce988]

1:59 fozzie lunch

[@MrMaxeemum]

Why did the Muppets have to end? This was a fantastic show.

[@deanmeyer1815]

Good, I miss that show! RIP, Jim Hensen!

[@davidharing6475]

Fozzy shouting "LUNCH" got me laughing harder than maybe it should have.

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

I never really took time to appreciate the way these puppets were made to be so life like. I mean, you think that it would be easy cause they are not on strings. Then you got to remember both arms move and they puppeteers need to do most their skits half blind from where they are hiding

[@samuraipizzaman7415]

1:52 1:53 a modern masterpiece

[@puirYorick]

I was halfway starting to think I had imagined the last one where Fozzy's mouth is stuck. Thanks for posting.

[@buttondefine4988]

The chicken saying "Oh Jesus christ" and Fozzie yelling "is this it? That's it. Ok... Lunch!" had me dying.

[@kittygaillot2286]

0:54 Jerry Nelson in Camilla’s voice “Jesus Christ!“ Bbrilliant!

[@spicydragon3881]

OMG - I grew up on The Muppets - I absolutely LOVED this! Thank you.

[@commenteroftruth9790]

That chicken bit was top tier

[@toddnolastname4485]

The Chef said too many English words in that clip. I never before realized it was Henson doing his voice. But he sounded too much like Kermit there.

[@dustybunny6716]

I honestly laughed so hard with the Swedish Chef and the chicken.

[@richardbailey7558]

Swedish Chef was insane