Kermit the Frog singing Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” is a thing of beauty
Back in 1996, Kermit played a blinder in an episode of Muppets Tonight, in which he sang Talking Heads’ classic hit, “Once in a Lifetime”, complete with an oversized white suit, as worn by singer David Byrne in the performance documentary, Stop Making Sense. It recently popped up on Twitter, thanks to this:
https://twitter.com/HistoryMuppet/status/1122667228028076033
We doubt Miss Piggy was happy about the image that appeared for the lyrics “with a beautiful wife”.
She may not have appreciated it, but we do, and so did these people –
Wait, what? Howwwwww??? https://t.co/PZE2U9ax7Z
— @[email protected] (@seb_ly) April 29, 2019
Who knew I needed this in my life https://t.co/8zWYsRIRmk
— BarbsNZGarden (@BarbsNZgarden) April 30, 2019
— 👹SMOPPET👹 (@SMOPZILLA) April 29, 2019
Smiles. I needed to see that again, evidently.
— Todd Silas (@tsilas) April 30, 2019
This. This is glorious.
— Speedy (@SpeedySoccerbal) April 29, 2019
Twitter user, Justin Koehn, said what we all know to be true.
This world wouldn’t be the same without The Muppets
— Justin Koehn (@justinkoehn) April 29, 2019
If you want to remind yourself of the original, you can watch it here. Same as it ever was.
Footage property of Disney.
H/T: Muppet History