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"Man or Muppet" is a song from Walt Disney Pictures' 2011 musical comedy film The Muppets, written by singer-songwriter Bret McKenzie. Performed by the film's main characters, Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (), the song also features Bill Barretta and Jim Parsons portraying the contrasting identities of Gary and Walter, respectively. [2]
Primarily a musician, McKenzie has worked as a songwriter and music supervisor for film and television since the 2010s. He served as music supervisor for two Muppet films, The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), the former of which won him an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Man or Muppet".
The Muppet Show became an immediate hit and "Mahna Mahna" was the highlight of that episode. During the sketch, Mahna Mahna managed to dance his way backstage and out of the Muppet Theater, phoning the Snowths to sing the title lyrics one last time and end the song. At the end of the episode, he managed to enter Statler and Waldorf's box.
Mar. 10—Hey music lovers, here's a question. What do the songs "Sweet Leilani," "Man or Muppet," "I Need to Wake Up," "It Goes Like It Goes" and "Jai Ho" have in common? Ok, I intentionally made ...
The 84th Academy Awards did not feature performances from either nominated song ("Man or Muppet" from The Muppets or "Real in Rio" from Rio). [13] No reason for this was given by Oscar producers. This was only the third time that Best Original Song nominees were not performed (the others were in 1989 and 2010).
"It Goes Like It Goes" is a song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. [1] Jennifer Warnes sang the vocals for the Norma Rae soundtrack in 1979. [1] " It Goes Like It Goes" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1979, [2] defeating such fellow nominees as "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles and "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, to the consternation of some critics.
Robert Lopez was born in Manhattan, to Katherine (Lowe) and Frank Lopez. [3] [4] He is partly of Filipino descent through his father (who was born on a ship in the middle of the ocean after departing Manila); his paternal grandfather was Filipino, and his paternal grandmother was of half Filipino and half Scottish-American descent (both originally resided in Manila). [5]
The song was performed by a group of Muppet eskimos in the Gilda Radner episode of The Muppet Show. In Lisa Stansfield's 1990 music video for her cover of Cole Porter's "Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)", the beginning and ending are both references to the song. The video begins with her disembodied head zooming in, while singing the ...