1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,440 do do do do do do do do do do do do do 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,440 hello and welcome to we can't rewind we've gone too far a podcast where a scotsman an irish man 3 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:23,200 and a bulgarian discuss the worst silliest weirdesses fuck music videos i am neil hi i'm 4 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:24,000 Hi, I'm Dave. 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,220 Merry whatever holiday you celebrate, you lovely human beans. 6 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:30,140 Beans? Human beans? 7 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:31,260 Yes. Yes. 8 00:00:31,540 --> 00:00:32,640 You lovely human beans. 9 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:37,960 Now I'm self-conscious about saying beans, as in beans, as in Heinz. 10 00:00:38,220 --> 00:00:40,200 That's the episode is brought to you by Heinz Beans. 11 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,860 You do know that other brands make beans as well. 12 00:00:44,260 --> 00:00:45,260 Other brands are available. 13 00:00:45,460 --> 00:00:50,900 We have come from the land of tacky Christmas theme songs to introduce you to this year's colonish stocking. 14 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:52,980 All I Need Is Love by CeeLo Green. 15 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:54,560 featuring The Muppets. 16 00:00:54,940 --> 00:00:55,840 This song exists. 17 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:56,960 Somehow. 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,640 Celo, what are you doing here? 19 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:01,660 I was just about to ask you the same thing. 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,239 Well, I'm here for Christmas with all the guys. 21 00:01:04,699 --> 00:01:05,420 What's going on? 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,780 I was on my way to a Christmas party in Atlanta 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:08,500 and I got lost. 24 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,760 Oh, gee, hotlanto? 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:11,140 Yeah. 26 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:12,900 In a convertible rose? 27 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:14,980 Oh, you're never going to make it in this weather. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,360 Well, why don't you come in and join our party? 29 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:18,040 You sure? 30 00:01:18,580 --> 00:01:18,900 Absolutely. 31 00:01:19,260 --> 00:01:19,820 We'd love to have you. 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,020 CeeLo Green's car breaks down on his way to a Christmas party. 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,880 This happens in front of a house full of Muppets partying, so naturally he joins in. 34 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:51,520 As any same person would. 35 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:55,740 Now, I fucking love the Muppets, especially in the context of Christmas, because a Muppets 36 00:01:55,860 --> 00:01:58,860 Christmas Carol is a masterpiece and I will fight anyone who disagrees with me. 37 00:01:59,260 --> 00:02:03,260 This video unfortunately doesn't quite live up to that gleaming gem of a cinematic experience. 38 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:07,520 There's also a Muppet version of CeeLo Green, which is weird because CeeLo himself is already 39 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:08,360 a pure Muppet. 40 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:13,960 Released in November 2012 and currently holds 6.7 out of 10 on IMDB. 41 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:15,400 This is not a joke. 42 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,280 This video is directed by Mark Klasfeld, a person who in all fairness has done a lot of music videos in his life. 43 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,660 Like, a lot. 44 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:25,380 And some proper bangers too. 45 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,540 Foo Fighters, Sub 41, Britney Spears, Neely. 46 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:34,160 Also a fair amount of videos that we are bound to someday watch for this podcast. 47 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,620 So are we all excited for Christmas? 48 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:51,520 the zoom lag made that sound like we were very not excited 49 00:02:52,859 --> 00:02:57,660 that was us actually being quiet depending on what lord on omnicrom does 50 00:02:59,519 --> 00:03:04,640 i'm excited to have time off work for a bit how about you yeah enjoy christmas we do the same 51 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:10,760 thing every year we just go around to my family's and drink lots basically but uh yeah so it's always 52 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:11,860 good though. This is my 53 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:13,980 first Christmas song this year. 54 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:16,480 I usually wait until the first, you know, 55 00:03:16,660 --> 00:03:18,540 traditionally. I think I love Christmas 56 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:20,580 Day. I can't stand the run 57 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:22,580 up to Christmas because it's just so 58 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,520 long. It's like, start feeling 59 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,520 the Christmas cheer on Christmas Eve 60 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,180 and then it's better. It's my thing. 61 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,460 We say while recording a podcast, Christmas podcast 62 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:32,520 in November. We're part of the problem, guys. 63 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,760 It's December. 64 00:03:34,260 --> 00:03:36,400 No, it's Christmas Eve. Oh, I can see 65 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:38,360 old Saint Nick from here. He's 66 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,360 crashed into the high-rise. 67 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:43,200 Neo looked 68 00:03:43,980 --> 00:03:45,340 very very sad for a second there 69 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,260 when he realised this is the first 70 00:03:47,940 --> 00:03:49,440 Christmas song he's listened to this year 71 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:51,500 this is how his season is going to be like 72 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,200 buddy sorry 73 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,180 not even a wham 74 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,500 could have been fairytale in New York 75 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,460 instead we listened to this 76 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:00,920 so we did this for you listeners 77 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,620 what are your initial thoughts 78 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,140 about this 79 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,320 video? I think I'm significantly 80 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:08,759 less harsh on it than you 81 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:11,300 by the judging by these notes. 82 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:13,760 So why don't you unleash your hate for a moment? 83 00:04:14,940 --> 00:04:16,560 It's just a really fucking dumb video. 84 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,799 There's not much hate to it. 85 00:04:18,239 --> 00:04:20,340 I just, it's a shite video. 86 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,400 It's just offensively bad. 87 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,340 Like, it's not, it's not funny. 88 00:04:25,660 --> 00:04:26,480 There's nothing to it. 89 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:27,780 It's just a bad video. 90 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,860 But someone paid money for it. 91 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:31,340 I think we do, we do have a note at the start, 92 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:33,960 which I think we're just going to say and move on. 93 00:04:34,060 --> 00:04:34,940 So we don't bring it all down. 94 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:36,120 But apparently he's a piece of shit. 95 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:36,820 So you'll agree. 96 00:04:38,020 --> 00:04:38,440 He is. 97 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:43,700 yeah yeah it sounds like he's uh not a very nice person back to happy muppet film yeah 98 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:50,240 yeah let's start with the most obvious one why is he dressed like a literal trash bag that he is 99 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,040 yeah it's quite the look he comes in and sort of looks like what material would you call that 100 00:04:55,340 --> 00:05:01,440 pvc like the one that they make like the king clothes portrayed he's like in a big big red suit 101 00:05:01,780 --> 00:05:05,660 kind of made of that because it's red it has a christmasy flair to it i guess if you say if you 102 00:05:05,620 --> 00:05:10,700 say so yeah i think it's a sort of uh sort of outfit only he could pull off and i don't know 103 00:05:10,820 --> 00:05:15,880 what i mean by that but it just sort of you know it just sort of suits him very well does it well i 104 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:24,420 mean no i mean it's it's horrid right i mean if you look at it just he's either really sweaty or 105 00:05:24,580 --> 00:05:29,780 really cold but he did drive with his roof down in the middle of winter in a snowstorm that is true 106 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:34,279 plus oh actually i'm just i forgot there's actually there's a red overcoat that he wears 107 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,280 throughout the video. 108 00:05:35,540 --> 00:05:36,640 Jesus, that looks uncomfortable. 109 00:05:38,420 --> 00:05:39,460 Looks like a Christmas turkey 110 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:40,440 wrapped in plastic. 111 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:41,560 You don't want to get that 112 00:05:41,570 --> 00:05:42,760 too near to the fire 113 00:05:42,970 --> 00:05:43,720 or it'll start melting. 114 00:05:43,940 --> 00:05:45,260 It'll be like napalm. 115 00:05:46,060 --> 00:05:47,260 That doesn't make the video 116 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,360 so much better though. 117 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:50,520 Pulls up in a Rolls Royce 118 00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:51,140 without a roof. 119 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,060 What's the word I'm looking for? 120 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,320 Convertible Rolls Royce. 121 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:55,580 And that is mentioned 122 00:05:55,820 --> 00:05:56,380 by the Muppets. 123 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:57,440 Initially I was like, 124 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:58,120 oh, that's kind of funny 125 00:05:58,340 --> 00:05:59,520 because he's driving in a snowstorm 126 00:05:59,570 --> 00:06:00,140 in a convertible. 127 00:06:00,580 --> 00:06:00,780 I don't know. 128 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:01,540 I find it kind of strange 129 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:02,799 that they're specifically 130 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:08,040 naming the brand of the car it kind of feels like product placement in a kid's video i don't think 131 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:17,560 it is but it feels weird to me is it is it product placement or is it uh status confirmation like oh 132 00:06:17,690 --> 00:06:22,900 a driver's convertible rolls royce maybe maybe he insisted that he turned up in a rolls royce 133 00:06:23,230 --> 00:06:28,099 i don't know it's it's a fucking tacky video yeah from that point on it's basically just the 134 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,340 Muppets doing Muppety things. 135 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:30,520 They're throwing fish at each other, 136 00:06:31,030 --> 00:06:31,920 pulling chickens out of boxes, 137 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:33,960 and they're just fucking around 138 00:06:34,470 --> 00:06:35,620 in sort of Muppety fashion. 139 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:37,000 I had that kind of effect 140 00:06:37,220 --> 00:06:38,620 where when there's music hand visuals, 141 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:41,000 the music can lie to you about the visuals. 142 00:06:41,340 --> 00:06:42,320 Because I think because it's like 143 00:06:42,370 --> 00:06:43,220 a happy, cheery song, 144 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:43,800 I was kind of like, 145 00:06:43,850 --> 00:06:44,680 oh yeah, this is pretty good. 146 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,200 And then it was only once I kind of 147 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:47,440 stopped and thought about it, 148 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:48,060 I'm like, nothing, 149 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:49,140 nothing has happened. 150 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,860 Wait, has Cedar Green been in any films? 151 00:06:52,140 --> 00:06:52,840 I hope not. 152 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:54,260 Probably not. 153 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,480 Let's have a quick look. 154 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,580 He might have been in something like, this is the end or something, where acting does not matter. 155 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:04,840 No, he's been on TV shows. 156 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:06,760 Did he play himself, though? 157 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,900 I think it was the voice he was on. 158 00:07:09,540 --> 00:07:11,940 That's why he's been driving in the chair, sort of a play on that. 159 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:13,160 Ah, okay. 160 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:14,320 Play on that thing. 161 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:17,840 It's funny, though, I don't feel like Ceele Green has any charisma. 162 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:19,640 He just blends in with the Muppets. 163 00:07:22,180 --> 00:07:26,520 I don't mean that in the bad way, but he just, I don't know, he's just a bit dull. 164 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,460 Oh, it's a bit sad that the best actor in this is literal puppets, 165 00:07:31,940 --> 00:07:35,240 like felt puppets that have people's hands up their asses. 166 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,040 Well, well, well, the Muppets are good actors. 167 00:07:37,180 --> 00:07:38,540 This is something I wanted to mention. 168 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:41,600 Apparently, well, I have seen this in real life, not in the Muppets, 169 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,680 but with a different puppeteer, whenever you're like filming the Muppets, 170 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,560 they all stay in character in between takes. 171 00:07:46,980 --> 00:07:50,739 So you'll be like sitting there giving an actual Muppet directions 172 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,480 and they'll be talking about it and going and that's not nice i presume it's something to do 173 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,140 with like voice like just for them to not break voices because i presume it's quite difficult to 174 00:07:59,290 --> 00:08:03,180 keep on especially fucking kermit voice imagine that that would hurt your hurt your voice after a 175 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:09,860 while because i did one video for a a retail chain in the uk which will remain unnamed that it was 176 00:08:10,020 --> 00:08:14,380 basically like an internal video starring a muppet style puppet and the puppeteer was this american 177 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:18,439 guy and he was fucking fantastic and he would literally keep the puppet in character the entire 178 00:08:18,460 --> 00:08:22,400 time so i kept on finding myself just like looking this puppet in the eye and talking to it i was like 179 00:08:22,860 --> 00:08:23,180 you're not real 180 00:08:45,579 --> 00:08:46,880 I'm drinking Irish coffee 181 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:48,060 to get into the Christmas spirit 182 00:08:48,420 --> 00:08:48,860 and it's working 183 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,000 thank you coffee and alcohol 184 00:08:50,140 --> 00:08:51,020 no judges here dear 185 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:51,660 absolutely not 186 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,220 it's five o'clock somewhere 187 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:54,120 I've never had an Irish coffee. 188 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:54,600 No joke. 189 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,320 You should have one. 190 00:08:55,340 --> 00:08:55,540 They're good. 191 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:58,440 Surely you did just by extension of having coffee in Ireland. 192 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:00,500 Well, technically yes, I guess. 193 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:02,940 Great combination whiskey and caffeine. 194 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,260 It's a, it's a, it's what you need when you're doing a Christmas podcast. 195 00:09:06,460 --> 00:09:07,840 I need to ask what whiskey you're using. 196 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:08,640 Uh, Jura. 197 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:09,480 Oh, yeah. 198 00:09:09,780 --> 00:09:09,920 Classic. 199 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,260 It's considered bad manners to use good whiskey for like mixing stuff, but I didn't have any 200 00:09:15,420 --> 00:09:15,740 other whiskey. 201 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:16,080 So. 202 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,060 Fuck 'em. 203 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:20,380 Like just the standard 10 year old single malt. 204 00:09:20,540 --> 00:09:21,060 I can't remember. 205 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,520 I don't think it's in 206 00:09:22,780 --> 00:09:23,160 particularly fancy 207 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:23,680 it's fair 208 00:09:24,460 --> 00:09:25,540 should we try to talk 209 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:26,140 about this video 210 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:27,180 it's a really bad video 211 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,040 there's nothing to talk 212 00:09:28,140 --> 00:09:28,600 about it but 213 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:29,240 should we try 214 00:09:29,730 --> 00:09:30,400 yeah try for a bit 215 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:30,940 then we'll talk about 216 00:09:31,060 --> 00:09:32,160 other Muppets stuff 217 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:32,880 which is actually good 218 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:33,820 I think to be honest 219 00:09:33,910 --> 00:09:34,800 the best part of this 220 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:35,880 video was the 221 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:37,100 were the Muppets 222 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,200 and I'm 223 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:38,900 I'm quite a 224 00:09:39,180 --> 00:09:39,860 I'm quite new 225 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:40,740 when it comes to 226 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:42,020 actually appreciating 227 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:42,540 Muppets 228 00:09:43,020 --> 00:09:43,180 I 229 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:44,080 the old me would have 230 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:44,580 been like I 231 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:45,420 I have no interest 232 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:45,900 in these 233 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:47,420 these suck things 234 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:48,340 whatever you want to 235 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:48,720 call them 236 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:51,200 but they 237 00:09:51,220 --> 00:09:53,020 the video a little bit grounded 238 00:09:53,590 --> 00:09:54,660 and make it a bit of fun. 239 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,260 I felt like they could have probably played a bit more 240 00:09:57,380 --> 00:09:59,680 on the Muppets Christmas 241 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:01,980 Muppets Christmas Carol. 242 00:10:02,620 --> 00:10:02,800 Yeah. 243 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:04,720 They could have played with that a bit, I think. 244 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,420 But it just feels, I don't know, it just feels a bit dull. 245 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:09,560 Yeah, I think it's legitimately 246 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,700 in my opinion, one of the best 247 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:12,680 Christmas films ever made. 248 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,920 It's not even just because it's Muppets, it's just a good film. 249 00:10:16,060 --> 00:10:16,920 The first time I watched 250 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,800 Muppets Christmas Carol was Last Christmas. 251 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:20,780 Oh, nice. How did you find it? 252 00:10:20,860 --> 00:10:21,620 It was good. 253 00:10:22,339 --> 00:10:25,340 Basically, Scott was very irrationally angry 254 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,500 that they've never seen that. 255 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,780 No, it was 100% rational. 256 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:29,960 100% rational. 257 00:10:30,420 --> 00:10:32,320 Or Treasure Island. 258 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,320 So we watched him back to back on Christmas Day. 259 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,800 You know, I remember not liking Muppets Treasure Island as much, 260 00:10:37,180 --> 00:10:38,940 but that was probably just because it was... 261 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:40,120 Tim Curry, how dare you? 262 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:43,160 Well, apart from Tim Curry, who's, you know, amazing and everything. 263 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,200 I feel like Treasure Island has a bit more adult jokes. 264 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,940 Like something like wink, wink, nudge, nudge towards the parents in the audience. 265 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,720 of tim curry's in it then probably pretty much i think the the the new muppets i've not seen the 266 00:10:55,890 --> 00:11:01,900 second one but the the muppets movie the one that came out like five or six years ago is i remember 267 00:11:01,990 --> 00:11:07,120 i watched that on my birthday one year and i just remember laughing my ass off to a ridiculous degree 268 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,920 the entire time and that's that's got some good songs in it the more i think about it the more i'm 269 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:17,199 like i'm annoyed at this it really depends whether this song is how much of it is um the muppets or 270 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:22,780 like the jim hansen corporation foundation how much is their involvement and how much is 271 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:27,160 ceilogreen's involvement maybe it's like a sort of made by committee sort of situation this this 272 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,000 one because i know that the muppets movie the new ones it was written by brett mckenzie from 273 00:11:32,140 --> 00:11:38,060 flight the concords and that's what that's why is the music so good in that so maybe this was just a 274 00:11:38,340 --> 00:11:43,080 a bit of a made by committee sort of i've now imagined a committee of muppets arguing about 275 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:45,040 one of the questions I was going to ask 276 00:11:45,220 --> 00:11:47,180 both of you is which is the best 277 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:48,920 song to feature the Muppets 278 00:11:49,010 --> 00:11:50,520 in terms of Christmas songs I think 279 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,620 it feels like Christmas which is 280 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,100 I think it's at the start of the Muppets Christmas Carol 281 00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:57,340 and Thankful Heart which is towards the end 282 00:11:57,460 --> 00:11:58,380 where Michael Caine has 283 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,100 realised the error of his ways at Scrooge 284 00:12:01,380 --> 00:12:03,000 and you get the delight of 285 00:12:03,130 --> 00:12:04,400 Michael Caine's terrible singing 286 00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:06,680 life is like a journey 287 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,720 who knows when it ends 288 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,320 Yes, and if you need to know 289 00:12:17,990 --> 00:12:19,780 The measure of a man 290 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,920 You simply count his friends 291 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,140 Stop and look around 292 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:27,840 Which I highly recommend. 293 00:12:29,580 --> 00:12:30,720 They're both really good Christmas songs 294 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:32,320 and I just mentioned it as well. 295 00:12:32,420 --> 00:12:33,680 There's A Muppet of a Man 296 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,640 which is in one of the new movies 297 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:37,740 proper power ballad. 298 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:41,700 Jason Segel, he just 299 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,900 gives it 110% in terms of power-balled cheese. 300 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,140 - I don't know. 301 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,720 - I'm a man, I'm a man. 302 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:01,100 - I'm a man, I'm a very man. 303 00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:04,320 - Yeah, I'm going to suggest we just keep fishing. 304 00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:05,840 - The next number, Kermit. 305 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,240 - Terrific, Fanny, that's great. 306 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,540 Oh, hey, Brian, River, Scott. 307 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:10,740 Are you guys ready? 308 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:11,280 - We're up next. 309 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,680 - Well, actually we have a big problem. 310 00:13:12,730 --> 00:13:13,740 - Wait a second, where's Pat? 311 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:14,720 - We can't find him. 312 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:15,840 - What? 313 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:18,740 - Well, don't worry guys. 314 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:21,020 We know what to do in situations like this. 315 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:21,820 - What's that? 316 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:22,400 - Pat! 317 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:25,380 - Get me, get me, get me, get me. 318 00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:26,180 - Relax, relax. 319 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:28,620 Everything is taken care of again. 320 00:13:28,820 --> 00:13:29,100 - It is? 321 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,740 - I was gonna say, did either of you 322 00:13:30,930 --> 00:13:33,920 knew this song existed before we looked into it? 323 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:34,760 - Nope, nope. 324 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,220 - That's not a good sign, is it? 325 00:13:36,340 --> 00:13:39,500 - Nope, I had no idea this had happened. 326 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:44,000 I'm trying to think, well it was 2012, I'm trying to rewind my mind back to 2012. 327 00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:45,780 What Muppets films were out? 328 00:13:45,860 --> 00:13:49,740 I think, so the Muppets film was in the newer one, came out in 2011. 329 00:13:50,180 --> 00:13:54,260 Because I was thinking maybe this was like a Muppets dark period where there weren't any good films out. 330 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,920 And they just thought, so the Muppets film was out in 2011 and they went with this. 331 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,380 So you hear the real Muppets are? 332 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,580 Yeah, because Waller, who I think they made for the Muppets film, 333 00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:06,880 because he's kind of like a generic main character Muppet, he's in this video. 334 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:08,720 So yeah, so it was after the Muppets film. 335 00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:13,460 So maybe this was just cashing in on the fact the Muppets film was successful. 336 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:16,400 Was Craig Robinson in the Muppets movie? 337 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:17,600 No, I don't see him. 338 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,200 I did enjoy Craig Robinson's cameo as Santa. 339 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,300 That was probably one of the few parts that I did enjoy. 340 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:24,540 Because he can actually act. 341 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:30,240 There's not much acting needed from him because I genuinely think that his reaction to this 342 00:14:30,820 --> 00:14:32,180 accidentally racist sentence. 343 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:33,120 Yeah. 344 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,060 Okay, so for people who have not seen the video, which is every single one of you, don't lie. 345 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,000 There is a moment when Santa shows up in front of the Muppet Walter. 346 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:44,620 Walter, was that his name, Walter? 347 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:52,400 And Santa turns out to be Craig Robinson, a really funny Black American actor, him being Black Matters. 348 00:14:52,640 --> 00:15:01,600 He has a monologue of saying how Christmas is real because something, something, if Christmas is in your heart, Christmas is in your home or something like this. 349 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:06,880 To which this actual Muppet Walter turns around and says, 350 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,860 Oh, sweet, Santa is my homie. 351 00:15:09,580 --> 00:15:13,320 Which, Walter is a very white-looking Muppet, 352 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,080 and that was very awkward to listen to. 353 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,520 Craig kind of takes a breath and, like, looks straight down the camera 354 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:22,120 in a sort of disappointed fashion, 355 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,780 which I did find quite funny, 356 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,600 which is a bit weird for a Muppet's thing. 357 00:15:27,780 --> 00:15:29,380 But it was funny as fuck. 358 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,560 You think one person would clean up their chimney? 359 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,880 I knew it, I knew it. 360 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,020 You're real. 361 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,720 Of course I'm real, Walter. 362 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,660 You got Santa in your heart. 363 00:15:42,220 --> 00:15:43,640 You got Santa in your home. 364 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:47,260 So, so Santa's my homie. 365 00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:49,960 Yeah. 366 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:51,680 I'm your homie. 367 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,420 my final point is i don't really have a final point but all i need to say is 368 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:14,600 isante your homie i hope so nelly i hope so oh god i won't take a shower after this so this this 369 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:19,479 was a new song for me and i'm not a huge fan of cilo green or the muppets but i'm solely starting 370 00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:21,160 warming to like the Muppets 371 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,980 but this is the first Christmas song I heard this year 372 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:25,980 and now it's likely to be stuck 373 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:27,560 in my head and that's a bad thing 374 00:16:28,079 --> 00:16:29,760 I picked this video and 375 00:16:30,319 --> 00:16:31,940 I've had this slow realisation 376 00:16:32,140 --> 00:16:33,840 throughout this podcast that I've made a terrible mistake 377 00:16:34,959 --> 00:16:35,980 because nothing happened 378 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:37,900 I was lured in 379 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,300 just by the fact that I love the Muppets 380 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,780 and the Muppets can do no wrong, this must be fine 381 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,080 but I think this is one case where the Muppets 382 00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:45,240 have phoned it in 383 00:16:46,420 --> 00:16:47,859 try harder next time Muppets 384 00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:50,320 this was when the Muppets 385 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:52,980 they were down on their luck 386 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:54,780 they'd all 387 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:55,720 developed drug problems 388 00:16:56,779 --> 00:16:58,560 and Sheila Green came around and they thought 389 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,440 let's make a video and they didn't know what they were doing 390 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,380 it's not their fault guys, it's not their fault 391 00:17:04,820 --> 00:17:05,260 poignments 392 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,819 this Irish coffee's really kicking in 393 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:08,780 favourite part is 394 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:10,860 3 minutes 15 seconds in 395 00:17:10,910 --> 00:17:12,720 I need to underline this video 396 00:17:12,829 --> 00:17:14,360 is fucking 7 minutes long 397 00:17:14,740 --> 00:17:17,839 so halfway point, 3 minutes 15 seconds in 398 00:17:17,959 --> 00:17:22,339 Santa's Craig Robinson looks straight at the camera after Walter the Muppet tells him, 399 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:23,579 so Santa's my homie. 400 00:17:24,199 --> 00:17:26,839 And this is the only redeemable moment of the whole video. 401 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:29,300 And I laughed a lot. 402 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,940 And the worst part is everything before and after the Santa being your homie remark. 403 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:36,560 I mean, come on, it's a really fucking tough video. 404 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:37,300 Favourite part? 405 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:42,660 I guess the funny Muppet banter got me in the Christmas mood, I guess. 406 00:17:43,740 --> 00:17:45,960 But I did appreciate the credits at the end. 407 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,500 And I think that's, we've said this before, it's quite an understated thing. 408 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:57,380 And I think most, if not all, music videos should at least have some form of accreditation to say who was involved in the making. 409 00:17:57,740 --> 00:17:59,260 I find it quite interesting, personally. 410 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,180 So there wasn't actually a lot with this one, to my surprise. 411 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,380 It felt like there wasn't a lot of money thrown at it. 412 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:06,180 This is me. 413 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:09,700 Worst part, for me, the worst part was the song itself. 414 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:12,420 I think it's best enjoyed muted. 415 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,100 So my favourite part, the rapping prawn Muppet. 416 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:16,940 Pepe the prawn. 417 00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:22,440 I enjoyed that just purely because he's dressed like a Russian gangster rapper. 418 00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:24,260 And he sounds like the guy from Little Big. 419 00:18:24,490 --> 00:18:25,300 And I just find that funny. 420 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,380 And the worst part, yeah, just general disappointment in the Muppets. 421 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:31,800 Just basically CeeLo Green destroyed my childhood. 422 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:37,800 Add this to the little controversies on Wikipedia. 423 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:39,820 I'm going to add that to Wikipedia. 424 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,920 In 2021, CeeLo Green destroyed David Mikichi's childhood. 425 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,760 So is that an iron out no? 426 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:47,800 No. 427 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:48,540 No. 428 00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:51,560 Yeah, it's a hard no from me. 429 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,560 But go and watch the three minutes, 15 seconds in, 430 00:18:55,180 --> 00:18:58,340 just to look at Craig Robinson's disappointed face 431 00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:59,680 of what he's done in his life. 432 00:19:00,919 --> 00:19:04,380 He does generally have a bit of a look of a kind of like, 433 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,060 what am I doing here? 434 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,960 He's like, oh, fuck, I've made a mistake. 435 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:10,820 To me, it's like, oh, I'm glad I got paid up front for this. 436 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:16,180 Yeah, the look on his face is kind of like the visual representation 437 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,120 of how I felt as I realised I made a mistake picking this video. 438 00:19:19,540 --> 00:19:20,520 Just like, ah. 439 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,480 I think the Muppets hit a new low. 440 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,500 Yeah, and his first name is C. 441 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:24,880 Oh! 442 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,760 Take a look at the show notes for links to today's video. 443 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:29,780 Yeah. 444 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,320 But why would you want to say? 445 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:33,680 If you really want to, links to Instagram, etc. 446 00:19:34,420 --> 00:19:36,480 Also email, go into farcast.gmail.com. 447 00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:38,840 we'd love to hear your thoughts and any good recommendations 448 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,760 for Christmas videos. 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