The Muppet Show - Jabberwocky

[MrJacobs]

Burble, Burble, Burble! 

[bkeels002]

Saw this for the first time in my college lit class. How did this escape me as a kid?

[ltrainblume]

Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All the mimsies were the borogoves And the momraths outgrabe Beware the Jabborwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the jubjub bird and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! One-two, one-two and through and through! The vorpal blade went snicker-snack, He left it dead and with it's head, He went galumphing back!

[babygir1598]

@ltrainblume

your dumb

[Triceratops916]

This is the only poem I've ever memorized thanks to this sketch! Long live the Muppets!

[RandomImpUlse01]

My schools choir sang this last year for a concert haha.

[imakeyougoWTF]

Scooter's Facepalm at the head pun made my day. xD

[TroyCutie679]

I absolutely love this. I think it's genius.

[LeoxRenet]

I love this and its all because of Scooter stealing the show :D

[TheSloppyJoeians]

go-lumpf go-lumpf XD

[TimeWaster001]

This has got to be my favorite rendition of this poem! :) I love how the Muppets make it funny considering this poem is rather creepy! XD

[yummyfishmeister]

My first exposure to this poem... I memorized it soon afterward and can recite it to this day :)

[beah312]

I had to read part of this in a play

It was awesome!

[Streety101101]

americans....

[lgd1974]

This episode aired in 1980. I was only six years old and the Jabberwocky freaked me the hell out! I never forget it.

[Nirvanasteve]

@lgd1974 You and me both, brother. I think I had nightmares about that thing.

[00purplepickle]

LOVE IT!!!! BEST POEM EVER! (made even cooler because of being performed by the muppets)

[Sunhawk7ajj]

To be famous for nonsense... brilliant writer!

[simplecoffee]

"It was an outgrabe!" XD classic!

[serangelc]

frabjous!

[EmilyDreamed]

lololol

[dorourke105]

Wow those must've been some drugs Lewis Carroll was on. Scooter's right even when you what it is you don't know what it is

[Charlottetaylor11811]

Im doing this at school! For Drama! :D

[lordofwrath88]

"So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.... Who the hell talks like this?" -Desi Arnaz

[321WolfLink123]

"Even when you know what it is, you don't know what it is."

True dat.

[MythicDude]

How wonderful!

[gabedestellano]

This used to scare me as a kid.

[bobbystips]

@gabedestellano Me too! Still does a bit!

[Tawnybmw]

I love this. They translated everything so well: the Jabberwock, the toves, borogroves and the raths. And they kept it awesomely funny! Yay for Muppets!

[flexibledude123]

i kept expecting Beaker to show p and set somethin on fire accidently

[MrsCobblepot]

Burble-burble! Burble-burble !

Galumph! Galumph !

[CrimsonNineTail]

Scooter just described everytrhing about the Jabberwocky poem, "Even if you know what it is , you don't know what it is." LOL

[EVILED2]

wow this is weird!

[sparkshark789]

"Well, you should quit while you're a head."

[AlmostWorthless]

Tim Burton can suck it.

[happylmc]

I gotta say, that would be a really hard poem to act out if you were trying to make it serious. There are so many nonsence words that need to be improvised that it can't be done as anything but silly.

[SilverZeo88]

Insane.

[yuonacotncsaepe]

One-Two One-Two

And Through And Through

The Vorpal Blade went snicker snack

He left it dead and with it's head

he went galumphing back

[ShadowinEX]

"And has thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms my beamish boy!

Oh frabjous day! Collooh! Collay!"

He chortled in his joy.

[longfoot]

Phil Harris' comedy record used some of the poem. It was recorded late 40's or very early

50s. I heard it on the radio in total fascination.

(we didnt get a tv till '52) The record is here at ut - the mountaneer and the jabberwock.

[emandem03]

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

He chortled in his joy. love that!

[thedorkinabubble]

Oh man, this makes me so happy! :)

[DanSolo0119]

Well this is bizzare, even for the Muppets

[loveless0808]

can't i just put my body on and go hoooome?

XD

[nmorgan3]

I agree with Scooter that is the weirdest thing I've seen on this show. except for maybe the Alice Cooper one that was pretty weird.

[ikbenbeterinclubpeng]

Even when you know what it is, you won't know what it is

[nmorgan3]

you took the words out of my mouth

[HyaenusDominae]

BURBLE BURBLE, BURBLE BURBLE! rofl

I love Muppets, and I love Lewis Carroll, especially Jabberwocky, so this is like to awesomes thrown in the blender and mixed into a stew of refined awesome!

[SuperSenshi]

Wasn't there an episode where Scooter breaks his glasses? If so, where can I find it?

[NDW85]

I think it was the one where Beverly Sills guest starred.

[MrFantabulousMKL]

@NDW85

No ,Brooke Shields was the guest star in this one!

[1712Overture]

@MrFantabulousMKL

No, he's answering when Scooter glasses broke: Beverly Sills' high note.

[sickage101]

i loved this vid lol MUPPETS RULE xxxx

[IANOYTYK]

You know what's creepy- in the original book the puppet here looks like that original drawing of the jabberwocky... Cool...

[Qardo]

I love it! A mix of D&D (I am such a nerd) and Dr. Susie XD

[153cassie]

"I tell ya, this is the weirdest thing we've ever done on this show." LOVE IT!

[badjohnfaglie]

That Jabberwocky puppet looks very close 2 the illustration in the book.

[PersephoneMilneaux]

Many of the puppets were based on John Tenniel's illustrations used originally in Through The Looking Glass especially the Jabberwocky but also the slithy toves, borogoves, and mome raths. This is by no means the best version of a enactment of Jabberwocky but it's how I found the poem (and fell in love with Carroll books).

[badjohnfaglie]

Then my question is 2 U is; what is the best Jabberwock enactment?

[LadyNekoshema]

have you seen the scene? even when you know what it is, you don't know what it is!

lmao, oh Scooter

true though

[wasjohnny]

"This is the weirdest thing we've ever done on this show."

Really, Scooter? Your whole show is that weird.

[towerofdave]

wat

[OohcoolProductions]

All I know is that Brillig is like 4 in the afternoon, the rest I have no clue XD

[caitlinjane92]

This was awesome! I love the way they made the Jabberwock look.

[easonglobal]

My favorite part is when the Jabberwocky goes "Burble Burble Burble Burble" It gets me every time.

[efil4own1]

I love how Rowlf gets a little *too* into character towards the end.

[TsWade2]

Rowlf look so cute.

[RandomPankakes]

who needs acid! just watch this non stop for like an hour and u'll b hallucinating jubjub birds and moanraths.

[Eldrazor]

Rofl...

[antomoyo]

Do you have a song of PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000's The Muppet Show?

[PinacaLove]

i love this poem cause it makes me go crazy, i dunno what it all means haha.

calooh callay

[zeferia]

My Grandmother has this memorized and if you spend enough time around her you will hear her recite it, i promise that she isn't senile either.

[princessbeffer]

Finally. I understand the story behind it.

[BuckWilliams17]

I'm glad somebody does. I'm more confused than ever.

[Pooleman96]

Didn't you heed Scooter's warning? "Even if you know what it is, you don't know what it is!"

[JPLOWMAN2]

I just realized something; if people have such trouble understanding it in basic english, imagine the headache it might give people from other countries. I mean, how would a poem like this sound in french?

[palitodepan123]

hahaha im mexican

and i didnt understand a word

i dont feel bad, alice didnt understand any way xD

neither any of u

[1712Overture]

@JPLOWMAN2 LE JASEROQUE

Il brilgue: les tôves lubricilleux

Se gyrent en vrillant dans le guave,

Enmîmés sont les gougebosqueux,

Et le mômerade horgrave.

[talakanash]

@1712Overture

c'est très beau mais, même avec la traduction, je ne comprends toujours pas.

that's beautiful, but even with the translation, I still don't understand. Perhabs an old english language?

[sleepywarlord]

@talakanash No, a lot of the words are either combinations of existing words, or entirely made up words.

[NDW85]

If I took a guess, I would say that was Henson who voiced the Jabberwocky however I could be wrong.

[Scooterpiety]

Steve Whitmire :)

[MptLvr]

In the beginning- Listen to when Kermit says poem. Sounds more like poim, lol :D

[braybray101]

omg!!! this is a song and it is in my school play -wonderland!!

[princessbeffer]

that's actually where this poem is from.

[phreak]

Alice in Wonderland, right? Or was it Alice and the Lokking-Glass?

Lewis Carol, the man who wrote about his trips on LSD. XD

[princessbeffer]

It's part of the whole Alice in Wonderland canon. Disney though didn't put the jaberwokky into their version because they deemed it too scary for kids. but if you listen closely, when the chesire cat appears for the first time, he's singing a version of the song. Just a bit of trivia.

[phreak]

I was talking about the live-action XD but that is helpful. :)

[perfgeek]

Neat trick given the LSD wasn't introduced until 50 years after his death :)

[phreak]

meh. then opium. XD

[richintalent]

laudanum

[rasellewolf]

I'm pretty sure it was in the Looking Glass...

yeah, lol...well, it makes for good material

we had to write children's books in my old computer class, and the dude who sat next to me based his off an acid trip XD

[happybunny98]

LOL. I like went they

"Gulumphing back"

and the ending verse with the Jabberwocky.

LOL, and the last things they say.

[heartbrkr164]

my favorite show and poem!

RIP jim henson!

[KarlNemetski]

Where is that other creature? That spider looking thing that is all black that was the size of the entire stage like that entity from Stephen King's movie IT. I remember there being some other hideous ass beast, but I do not see it here. Does anyone remember what I am talking about?

[KarlNemetski]

MKULTRA right here buddy. Woah!

[wretched17]

Loved the Jabberwocky poem, and absolutely loved The Muppet Show. A smashing combination woot