Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Singing frog


Wife had been wondering about these weird noises that Sadie was making. She said she sounded like Regan from the Exorcist. One time she made the sound in front of both of us and I laughed and told her she was just imitating Animal from this great Muppet clip of Beaker singing "Feelings." When I filmed this, she had been sitting in front of the computer singing along with Beaker and imitating Animal yelling "Quiet!" So, I grab the camera to catch it, and predictably, all she cares about is the camera. In this video, when you hear me griping about how she only ever wants to see the camera, what you can't see is that I then turn the view finder around so Sadie can see herself. The look on her face is priceless. She does finally give us a half-hearted "quiet" but she's totally phoning in the performance.

By the way, you can watch that Beaker clip here. Aside from the fact that this is clearly the best version of Feelings (his lyrics are way better than the original), I love the way Beaker "watches" the band before he sings. But the best moment is right after the sax solo. When it cuts back to Beaker, it's like he was watching the saxophonist. I just love the little touches like that. Almost makes you forget there's just a bunch of dudes under a table.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the clip is hysterical! it's easy to see why this is her favorite. showes Sadie has a great sense of humor! muppets rule!

as to Sadie - I think we have an actress in our midst - maybe Soen and Sadie could go on the road - he could do his "funny faces" and she could just point and smile? you and Michaela can retire!

love dee dee

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