The Most Sensational, Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational...Part II

This is the second half of Christian's Muppet-themed performance. The first song, for those of you old enough to remember The Muppet Show and yet young enough to be on a "blog," is the theme song to the Muppet Show. Notice at the end when it looks like he's tooting a horn. Remember how Gonzo always did that at the very end of the song?

One night for Christian's favorite weekly tradition of "Family Movie Night," (he and Eric spread the sleeping bags and pillows out on the family room floor and eat popcorn or ice cream as they watch a video - I'm usually doing laundry or something equally enjoyable), Eric brought home a video with three episodes from The Muppet Show with Elton John, Gene Kelly, and Julie Andrews as "special guest stars." For days after we all were assigned to be one of the special guest stars. Usually, Christian was Julie Andrews, I was Gene Kelly, and Eric was Sir Elton John. Go figure. On other days, Christian was Kermit, I was Fozzy the Bear, and Eric was Scooter. One day Christian lamented with a sigh when Eric went to work, "I miss my friend Scooter."

I'm swear I'm pretty strict about TV viewing, and I'm continually embarrassed that he makes it look like he's seen it 30 times and never does anything else. Invariably he's on a kick of one video or another and walking around reciting dialogue from it. Once during a Veggie Tales "Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly" kick he would go around saying vehemently, "No more namsy-pamsy pleasantries! When Sly walks in, we nab 'im, pure and simple!" Pleasantries? This kid really should not be allowed to watch TV at all.

Oh, and by the way, if you hear Christian say anything really violent, he learned it from our New Testament videos from The Living Scriptures. They have taught me that there are a lot of mean, violent people in the Bible. I thought I would love those videos, and I think I still will appreciate it when Christian is older, but they're not exactly TV-7. Still, it is nice when he really learns the scripture stories, and the other day when Eric was attempting to snooze on the couch in our den, Christian said, "Arise, and walk!" over and over until Eric finally got up. That was a good one.

Anyway, the translation of the second clip is, "And now, PIGS IN SPAAAACE!"