Now THAT's a Crossover...

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

Okay, so my first post here was going to be a fic, or at least a pre-fic begging for a beta. (prequel! With Jeeves POV for the start of "Jeeves Takes Charge"!)

And then, last night, I rewatched "The Great Muppet Caper" for what may well be the 753rd time, and in my very favorite scene, I noticed something I never had before. Without recapping the thing to death (because if you haven't seen this you really, really need to) Miss Piggy has broken into a posh house owned by a character played by John Cleese, and is attempting to impress Kermit by pretending she lives there. And when Cleese, carrying a poker, catches them hiding in a closet (seriously, words cannot express how funny this is) Piggy brushes out past him, saying, "Thank you, Jeeves. No time for cocktails."

Let's just all process that for a second. Miss Piggy reads Wodehouse.

And, since he doesn't get the reference, Kermit apparently doesn't. That almost surprises me more...except that maybe it's just his character that doesn't get it, and Kermit himself wrote that into the script.

The meta here is making me giddy. Or maybe that's the lack of oxygen from giggling.

Comments

[meleth.livejournal.com]

I don't think it necessarily implies that Miss Piggy reads Wodehouse. Jeeves has become, since enough people read Wodehouse, a common name for the paragon of butlers, the valet with complete decorum and an encyclopedic knowledge of everything, a la Ask Jeeves. So Miss Piggy could very well use the term as simply a stereotypical name for a butler/valet (since nobody seems aware of the difference anyway).

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it makes me so happy!

*imagines completely crack fanfic with Piggy getting engaged to Bertie to try and make Kermit jealous, and Jeeves looking on in horror as Muppets rampage through the flat*

No? Just me? Oh well.

[weaselwoman13.livejournal.com]

*would have just spat out Coke, had she been drinking Coke at the time*

Oh, man. That's hysterical.

Ah, Fozzie! Care for a quick snifter at the Drones?

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

"Wakka wakka! Hey, does anybody here like flowers? Can I get a volunteer from the audience to smell my buttonhole? Come on, somebody must want to smell my buttonhole! Hey! Hey, don't throw breadrolls at me! I'm a professional: I've had three performances!"

Ooh! Ooh! And Anatole vs. The Swedish Chef:

"Der scherndy werndy merndy, carrots und onionsy. Der chicky! Der chicky gern in der put! Eergh!" *struggles to force a panicking, "bwock"ing Camilla-the-Chicken into a copper pot. "Ah! Chicky in der put. Und..."

"Nom d'un nom d'un nom! Who is this darn nutcase, who is using of my knives? Where is my poule en casserole? Do they think they can do this to Anatole? Is this jolly good? NO! Anatole will not stay to be waved in the face with live chickenses!"

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

I love you.

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

*pounce!hugs fellow Henson fan!*

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

*pounces back* (if that's possible) *g*

[smokingthings.livejournal.com]

hahahaha I love it!

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

Dies at your comma sutra icon!!!!!!! *L*!

[mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com]

Am reminded briefly of lucylou's Bertie and Jeeves puppets.

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

Those were deeply awesome. And the comic! Seriously, I set up an LJ account just so I could join this community. I have no power to resist the J/W's sway. It has devoured my mind (or what formerly passed for a mind).

[kurasuperson.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Miss Piggy is a most cultured young, err, lady! :-)