Muppet Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins Has Daddy Issues | Stuff You Like

We're setting sail for adventure with the Muppets! Boldly going where no one has gone before! To a treasure island! And dealing with Totally A Disney Princess Jim Hawkins and his daddy issues while we're at it!
Also: SINGING! And GREENSCREEN and AWKWARD DANCING and TIM CURRY!
Huge thanks to Battle Geek Plus: / bgpawesome
and Rocked Reviews: / rockedalbumreviews
for their vital contributions in the field of Muppet-related dancing.
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[@CJ-Jones]

"Upstage, lads. This is my *only* number!"

[@rb2157]

First saw this well into adulthood-- I was miserably ill, and a friend came over with blankets, soup, and Muppet Treasure Island. It's a reliable comfort watch for me and probably second only to Princess Bride in the number of lines in its script that I quote regularly.

[@masonwheeler6536]

Fun fact: Tim Curry was once asked what was his favorite movie he's ever done, and he responded it was this one, because he got to work with the Muppets.

[@noneofyoubusiness4895]

I also gather he regretted his participation in the Rocky Horror Show, because of how it affected his acting career

[@nicobones9608]

I love this review! I would say, though, that the song "Cabin Fever" does have a purpose beyond just being a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: it shows us a passage of time between them starting the voyage and them drawing near the island.

[@flemingmggmail]

1. "Pirates ... less Johnny Depp, more David Weber books." Thank you, someone else understands. 2. "Which is a good thing, but not enough to make him a not horrible person." Too many people don't understand this about character in fiction, nor people in real life. 3. " A Muppet Christmas Carol which straight up terrified me when I was little" "Rizzo the Rat: 'Boy, that's scary stuff! Should we be worried about the kids in the audience?' Gonzo/Charles Dickens: 'Nah, it's all right. This is culture!'"

[@Bustermachine]

Question, which David Weber are we talking about? I only know David Weber the Baen Scifi author known for his space battles like spreadsheet accounting.

[@richardfarrer5616]

That last song is just so completely fun. You are a strange and wonderful person, Jill.

[@annbrookens945]

I absolutely LOVE Muppet Treasure Island! Perhaps I should mention that I was in my 20s when the very first Muppet movie was released and I've been a rabid fan from very early on. As you say, Long John Silver has a HUGE advantage in the charisma race since he is TIM CURRY! An amazing sound track and MUPPETS creates the most bestest movie i could ask for.

[@allieshrader3280]

So I know this is a nearly 6 year old video, but this was absolutely gold, and the sing along at the end made my night. Possibly my week!

[@mathsalot8099]

Ahh yes, cabin fever. All the more applicable here in 2020.

[@annbrookens945]

Boy, you've got THAT right!

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Still super-accurate!

[@lhamson4386]

Muppets Treasure Island was the movie of choice when we camped in my grandparents trailer, and it remains my absolute favorite Muppets movie to this day. My love for this movie will never end

[@wafelsen]

Oh also, given your expressed love for Tim Curry, might I suggest a review since you have likely seen it, or just that you watch if you haven’t, the Three Musketeers with Curry as Cardinal Richelieu?

[@DianeCastle]

Thanks for inserting that Big-Lipped Alligator Moment inside the Big-Lipped alligator Moment.

[@T_Mo271]

The transition and buildup to "Boom shaka-laka-laka" always gets me. And "When you're a professional pirate (with that Tim Curry vibrato), you don't have to wear a suit".

[@frankm.2850]

I absolutely LOVED this movie as a kid. Especially the opening credits song.

[@zachseatdriver9671]

It sends me every time i think about how sam the eagle was rowing that boat around for like half the movie and only as he was getting to shore was he like "maybe this long john silvwr isnt on the level"

[@swordfish1929]

I remember watching our Muppets Treasure Island VHS with my siblings a lot when we were younger; we could all recite the film from memory and all loved it. I also used to get freaked out by Muppet's Christmas Carol although it is now my favourite Christmas film

[@Oxnate]

Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails!

[@classicslover]

Now petitioning for a Muppet version of Jill. I never met Kermit, BUT I did meet Paul Williams...who wrote "Rainbow Connection".

[@PaigeSinclaire]

Cabin fever was my fave song lol omg my sister got annoyed whenever I watched it cause of how catchy it is lol

[@carlossemedo368]

Nice channel, some fine points, yadda yadda...but this one...I thought only me and my little sister liked this film - makes my day (and the rest of he week) to see the people commenting. Cheers everyone!

[@Markus_Berglund]

" - And Jack Sparrow is Jack Sparrowing it up." Nice summary of Pirates of the Carribbean! :-)

[@noneofyoubusiness4895]

"It's not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache."

[@justinratcliffe947]

Happy 25th anniversary Muppet Treasure Island

[@SamauraiRippeR]

I'm sorry, but I could not concentrate on what you were saying as soon as Cabin Fever came on in the background. It's just such a fun song.

[@42roadsforman44]

Haha. I turned around just for a second from a standard review only to find a crazy dance routine going on my television. Nice!

[@wingweaver023]

My favorite Muppet movie!

[@bobgroves5777]

My kids grew up with this movie. We had it on VHS before we got it on DVD. My daughter loved it and we sang all the songs.

[@maryloohoo8526]

I have never been more excited to find a video in my life I think

[@papabearlives9995]

I didn't realize I needed a cabin fever sing-along until now. Thank you so much for that

[@owengreig1088]

This was both my introduction to the Muppets and Treasure Island.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

A worthy introduction, to be sure

[@robinloynd3157]

This is a great movie. Love it.

[@LairdErnst]

“And it’s amazing!” Yes it is. Lol!

[@georgehillyer7959]

About Jill: “ How does she do that?” This was my kids favorite Muppet movie, and it became mine. No they are 17 and 20 and we still exchange “how does she do that” and sing the “this is my only number” and the beginning song on a regular basis. I also loved your “Lawful Good” D&D reference. Been watching some of your older videos (obviously, since this one is several years old) and been enjoying your style. I also sword fight with my children, so your more eccentric ones are great as well. Nice and thoughtful work.

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

It sounds like you have an amazing life. I want to sword fight my parents and quote kids movies ad libitum.

[@georgehillyer7959]

@@Rachel-fi4sc :::Sheepish look::: We still have toy lightsabers and nerf swords at home and my kids and I practice Kumdo, a Korean sword style. I think of it as a good life in many levels.

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

@@georgehillyer7959 I know my toy lightsaber is still around somewhere.... I kinda miss practising the "Ultimate Visual Guide" katas lol. If fencing is anything to go by, sword-fighting must be great exercise, and it looks like great fun, too.

[@charityrochford2175]

I am so glad KZbin brought this 7 year old video up as a suggestion! ❤

[@johntabler349]

That is how you do it family adaptation of a classic that both entertains the young and sparks interest in the original

[@kendramalm8811]

"We see you have boom-boom sticks... Goodbye!"

[@sandichase7571]

Cabin fever!

[@calvinball1]

Love this move to death. Love hearing your take on what makes it work. haha, the phrase Big Lipped Alligator Moment lives on

[@SJHFoto]

I have to say, I thought I'd enjoy a review of this film, but I was ecstatic to see how you really took this to the next level! That cabin fever montage was excellent! So, the Death Star trench was a muppet fever dream!? Hehe!

[@chuckreisse1444]

Favorite video!!!!!

[@docstockandbarrel]

So, the plot of dating my ladyfriend goeth thusly: Picked her up on a street corner. First “date” was a party with Muppet Treasure Island viewing as part. She was like, “Who is this masked bandit?” I was like, “I’m not wearing a mask, but I will steal your heart and your cat.” Maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea, I knew all the words, she didn’t expect that from such a manly specimen. So yeah, we got married the next year. Such a good movie.

[@frankm.2850]

Its funny, I remember the first time I saw the movie kind of idolizing Jim Hawkins. He was older than me, more competent, and got to go on an adventure in search of treasure and wacky shenanigans. As a thirty something now, he just kinda feels like a little boy that's in way the fuck over his head.

[@stephenwood6663]

To be fair, Lester Tourville would have made a truly first-class pirate. Perhaps in another life?

[@wafelsen]

This video foreshadows the later video that got me here watching as much of your body of work as I can consume. You have good taste and are smart about it.

[@LairdErnst]

Do Treasure Planet for compare and contrast!

[@kesserobinson5459]

I read once that the difference between Tim Curry (Treasure Island) and Michael Caine (Christmas Carol) was that Michael Caine treated the Muppets like fellow actors and Tim Curry treated himself like a fellow Muppet.

[@waylandyutani7106]

Next time you ask your Patrons what they want, I'm *so* voting for "singalongs" 😁

[@LukeADouglas]

"If I had a life I'd hate it."

[@pmsteamrailroading]

Now if we could just get “muppets 1776”.

[@cameronnouwens]

MI CASA ES SU CASAAAA!

[@frankm.2850]

What movie has Tim Curry been in where he's not THE BEST THING in the movie though?

[@frankharr9466]

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