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The Next Muppet Movie

Our finishing-up-dinner chatter was fun tonight at chez Alberti. DH came up with the idea that The Lord of the Rings could be done with muppets, and the idea hit us all like a firecracker. We were laughing with delight as we dabbled in our fantasy of being casting directors. It was amazing how well some of the brainstorming worked. Some characters were harder to cast. Here's some of what we came up with:

Frodo-- Ernie
Gandalf-- some thought Kermit, but I voted for Big Bird
Aragorn-- I thought Kermit would make a good one, others picked Big Bird
Sam-- Grover
Gollum-- Elmo (his voice works really well for this, and he could say "My Precious" very convincingly)
Elron-- Bert (because he is pointy and serious)
Sauron-- Oscar the Grouch
Gimli-- Cookie Monster
Tree Beard-- Snuffleupagus (perfect, I think!)

Couldn't figure out a good Legolas, and there are a woeful shortage of female characters in both the muppets and LOTR. I suppose Miss Piggy could be Arwen, and that would make sense if Aragorn is Kermit.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun with the ideas and the kids errupted in wonderful imitations of the muppets doing their respective parts. And I'm sure I'll be hearing more over the next few days...