Tuesday, February 12, 2013

MUPPET OF THE HOUSE: This Ain't It Cool post about the next Muppet movie (mild potential spoiler) jokingly suggests that Les Mis would've been better as a Muppet movie.  Without getting into the merits of that, I'm quite confident we can cast Muppet Les Mis here.  Some things are easy--Kermit as Valjean, Piggy as Fantine (of course she's going to want the diva role), and Robin as Gavroche--but who's your Javert?  Statler and Waldorf (with one in drag) as the Thernadiers?  Offer up your suggestions below.

15 comments:

  1. iamnothamlet11:56 PM

    Sam the Eagle has to be Javert. That's obvious.

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  2. Scooter and Skeeter as the Thernardiers. Louise as Eponine. Piggy as Cosette and Kermit as Marius. Fantine is the difficult one, but since I'm all for killing her off early and getting the show finally going we'll toss Janice in there.


    Of course: Sam the Eagle as Javert.

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  3. Sam the Eagle is Javert, I think.

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  4. I LOVE that we came up with this independently. Also, Gavroche has to be played by that annoying Robin.

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  5. Fozzie needs to be Monsieur Thenardier.

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  6. Fred App9:14 AM

    Are we limited to the Muppets from the Muppet Show, or can we use the full range of Muppet characters? Because I think having Ernie as Valjean and Bert as Javert would be pretty awesome.

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  7. Adam B.9:22 AM

    Unless it's Bert and Ernie in the two leads, why can't Fozzie be Valjean with Kermit as Marius? [Basically, I want to hear "Who Am I?" in Fozzie's voice.]

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  8. Gonzo as Grantaire.

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  9. Could Fozzie carry that heavy a role? [I've had "Bring Him Home" in Kermit's voice running through my head for an hour now]

    If you don't play it straight, you could have Piggy try to force her way into the Eponine role after realizing that Fantine dies so early.

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  10. I would say Animal and Janice as the Thenardiers.

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  11. Joseph Finn12:03 PM

    I go with the delineation that Ernie and Bert are not Muppets, as they did not originate on the Show or movies.

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  12. isaac_spaceman9:00 PM

    Neither did Kermit

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  13. Heather K10:52 PM

    Rolph the dog as Enjolras?

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  14. I want Piggy to be Fantine, but then also take over the parts of Eponine and Cosette. In my mind there are actresses are playing Eponine and Cossette. Piggy takes each one out just as she starts her big number (one after the other) so Piggy can play all of the parts. This works very much along the same lines as Piggy being jealous that Jenny is spending time with Kermit in "Muppets take Manhattan." In this scenario, Kermit is Marius.

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  15. Joseph Finn10:11 AM

    Yeah, but Kermit was created so long ago that I think he's above this conversation.

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