113: Bruce Forsyth & Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Fozzie Bear vows to finally fight back against Statler and Waldorf, be it by heckling them back or by rubber chicken-based physical violence. Luckily for him, he has an ally in special guest Bruce Forsyth, jack of all trades equally at home on the stage and the television screen. Then we watch Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, a movie that is as uncomfortable as its title is unwieldy.

Topics of discussion include: Snurf evolution, Cordening, our continuing exasperation with At the Dance, Muppet trafficking, double standards of Muppet nudity, the degree to which talk segments are scripted, how self-awareness is not inherently a virtue, and Jojo Siwa.

Further resources:

• BBC Blogs - BBC Genome: Coming to You Live - The Origins of Outside Broadcast Television
• Bruce Forsyth Obituary
• Bruce Forsyth on Magnum P.I.
• Didn’t he do well…
• Sir Bruce Forsyth breaks TV career world record