Muppet Upside-down Opera

Jim Henson and Jerry Nelson ("The Fuzz Brothers") doing a hilarious (and very weird!) upside-down opera bit, "Muppera." From Season 4, Episode 409 (Beverly Sills as guest star). I believe this segment only aired in the UK, and was left out of the US version. Some sources say this was filmed with the players on their backs, but it is obvious that the camera, not the people, was turned. You can see the beads on the costumes dangling toward the performers' chins, which means the chins were pointing at the ground, not the ceiling.

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• opera
• comedy
• parody
• muppet
• Fuzz Brothers
• muppera
• Muppet
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[DC41288]

creepy, but awsome

[bakerpaters]

It IS weird, but very funny.  Not unusual for Henson and Nelson!

[FragglevisionReturns]

Mahnamahna!

[DELIVEREE]

Thumbs up if the brown haired guy sings like/better than another brown haired guy (Justin Bieber)

[Maniaxe613]

lol You can see nostrils at 1:56.

[MarioZoneAlt69]

@RabbitDance The one on the right I believe.

[longfoot]

Even the genius Henson is allowed an occasional flop. This one flopped way over board.

[beatlesopera]

To quote TV tropes a "Big lipped alligator moment" (comes out of nowhere, 100% over the top and never mentoed again) and from "uncanny valley" (almost human but not quite which makes it creepy)

[christophermcmanus]

BRAVO! I featured this video my blog: chinfacetheater at blogspot.

Best,

Christopher

[DELIVEREE]

The brown falsetto one, while Jerry is the gray baritone one.

[NaiTaiDai]

This weirded me out as a kid.

[RabbitDance]

Which one's Jim?