The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

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A quartet of Travelin' Musicians. Added by Jbrangwynne53 The Muppet Musicians of Bremen is an hour-long Muppet TV special, syndicated in 1972 as part of the "Tales from Muppetland" series, following the 1969 special Hey Cinderella! and 1971's The Frog Prince. Bremen is a modern telling of the "Town Musicians of Bremen" fairy tale popularly recorded by the Brothers Grimm. In this musical special, Kermit the Frog narrates the story of the Muppet Musicians of Bremen. In a departure from the source material (the folk tale "The Musicians of Bremen"), the action takes place not in Germany but in the Louisiana countryside. Leroy (a donkey), T.R. (a rooster), Rover Joe (a hound dog) and Catgut (a cat) escape the clutches of their cruel human owners and set out in search of a better life. They find musical instruments -- which they learn to play remarkably quickly -- then form a band and go on the road, playing their own distinctive brand of Louisiana Bayou jazz. While their owners -- a gang of robbers named Mordecai Sledge, Farmer Lardpork, Mean Floyd and Caleb Siles -- are hiding out in a cabin in the Bayou to divide their loot, the fugitive animals mistake the cabin for lodgings where they can play their music in exchange for room and board. The superstitious gang members are spooked out of their lair by the sound of mysterious music on a night with a full moon. Two of the most prominent Muppet character types, the rats and the chickens, were first created for this special.

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Songs

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Travelin' Musicians Cock a Doodle Blues Cat Gut You Gotta Know Your Friends Family Song

Credits

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Executive Producer: John T. Ross Producer/Director: Jim Henson Book and Lyrics by: Jerry Juhl Music by: Jack Elliott Muppet Performers: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, John Lovelady, Danny Seagren, Faz Fazakas Voices: Jerry Nelson as T.R. and Caleb Siles Nick Nichols as Leroy and Lardpork Francois Klanfer as Rover Joe and Mordecai Sledge Phyllis Marshall as Catgut Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog and Mean Floyd (uncredited) Jerry Juhl as Chickens (uncredited)

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The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (video) The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (soundtrack)

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IMDb Jim Henson's Red Book entry on special Another Red Book entry

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 1 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguB6wLxicU16 mai 2008 - 9 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 1. tubaplayindonkey 6 videos. Subscribe ... Standard YouTube License. 117 likes, 2 ...

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 2 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdW86TllH8Q16 mai 2008 - 10 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey Leroy the donkey meets T.R., which, right now, stands for Terrified Rooster.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 3 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrMyZGkNlE16 mai 2008 - 6 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey How Rover Joe got beat up and throwed out. And we meet Catgut.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 4 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEFG9jBHSek19 mai 2008 - 9 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey Old Caleb Siles tosses Lady Catgut to the fates, but she ain't sung her last song yet!

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 5 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb9WW6eSSNs19 mai 2008 - 8 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey The Band finds a lovely family's farmhouse and decides to serenade 'em for their supper.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen - 6 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqlGkrS9z0U19 mai 2008 - 9 mn - Ajout par tubaplayindonkey and they all live happily ever after, even though they never made it to Gogolala.