Kermit's Swamp Years

Kermit's Swamp Years
by David Gumpel

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DVD Review: "Bridging the gap between Muppet/Human relations."
Summary: 3 Stars

The best parts of Kermits Swamp Years were, by far, the scattered in-jokes. There were countless missed opportunities for obvious in-jokes throughout Muppets from Space, and I was disappointed after every such scene ended without one (but thats another movie). The pig scene, while it had no point, came with an obvious, yet entertaining gag at the end. The young Jim Henson, the Statler and Waldorf-like tortoises, and the Statler and Waldorf cameo (gods, but I miss their original voices) were executed beautifully. The movie house scene was inspiring, and I enjoyed the fact that the swamp alligator was named Arnie; both mild references to the original Muppet Movie.

Now on to the dismemberment

Remember that annoying, singing kid from Muppet Treasure Island? Every human actor in this movie made my teeth itch as much as that little nancy-boy did. I have no doubt in my mind that the guy who played the 9th grade science teacher in this movie is actually a 9th grade science teacher in real life. Why? Because he sure as hell doesnt teach acting!! And if he does, he mustve taught the kid who played his younger self in the flashback scene. Both of them should be banished to accounting school to do math problems, as far away from the camera as possible! Mr. Wilson, the pet store owner, was Jim Varney-ing all over the place, I thought I mightve hit the remote by accident and switched to Ernest Scared Stupid. And why didn?t Kermit swallow that damn fly at the beginning?! If he had, I wouldnt have had to put up with him at the end!! (Although, his CG joke during the outtakes was a nice touch.) At least the songs were bearable. The song in the pet store had some great Muppet-style puns in it. But the score just screamed made for video. (oh wait?.)

Ill admit, the movie had some slight saccharine issues, but the relationship between Goggles (the dumbest name in the whole film) and Blotch (the coolest name in the whole film) was probably the sweetest element the movie had going for it. As long as youre not looking for good human actors, and are looking for great Muppet actors, Kermits Swamp Years is pretty entertaining.

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