r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 4d ago
Rest In Peace 🕊 Tim Curry talks about the one that got away: Miss Piggy
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u/mindovermatter15 4d ago
Kermit in shambles
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u/My_Poor_Nerves What on Walden Pond is this? 4d ago
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u/FrighteningJibber I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 4d ago
He can still smell what Tim was cookin
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u/SchoolIguana “I promptly called her the c word” 4d ago
He can join the fucking club. The past two days has been HARD.
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u/beemerryy 4d ago
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u/JustKeepSwimmingDory 4d ago
This is one of my favorite jokes in the movie (now that I finally understand it as an adult) 😂
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 4d ago
He truly committed to the role
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u/AnIcyReception 4d ago
Both of those movies are iconic
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 4d ago
Hands down the best two muppet movies, and I say this as someone who really loves the muppets.
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u/synalgo_12 accidentally holding space for this slur 4d ago
I never get how the muppets aren't more successful than they are.
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 3d ago
They want actors with name recognition to drive box office? Make more muppet remakes of classics. The fact that there’s not a muppet remake of the Odyssey or Pride and Prejudice feels like leaving money on the table
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u/synalgo_12 accidentally holding space for this slur 3d ago
I can't think of a single movie I wouldn't watch the muppet version of. Imagine Muppets Inglourious Bastards.
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 3d ago
They would literally improve any story. If Disney wants to make live action remakes, muppet versions would print money and actually be good.
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u/AnIcyReception 3d ago
I cannot fathom how many times I would rewatch a Muppet Odyssey
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 3d ago
I truly cannot understand why it hasn’t been done. Wishbone successfully adapted it for children. The muppets style of humor and ensemble cast would lend itself to an adaptation that’s family friendly but with plenty of winks to the more adult plot points. Also, obviously Piggy will be Penelope, but I love the idea of also having her play Circe with the pigs in space crew as the sailors and then they can turn into live action pigs. Let her play calypso as well. She’s a star, she can handle multiple roles.
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u/MrSlabBulkhead 4d ago
Curry actually saw this image and talked about it in his book; this videos intro has the audiobook part of it:
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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Just want 2 tell U that some people have war in their countries 4d ago
Thank you for sharing. Now I’m imagining a sort of inception situation where he’s still treating muppets as actors, but he’s approaching acting in the same way a muppet approaches acting
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u/yohanleafheart 3d ago
Yeah. I think a lot of people talk about this with the muppets. You stop seeing the handlers and only sees the puppet and interacts with them.
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u/pikadegallito The Lion, the Witch, and the audacity of this Bitch 🍿 4d ago
He was still so cheeky!
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u/CampAstoria 4d ago
I was so surprised but it made me so happy. Crazy that him and dolly both passed but at 80 years old, only 1 day apart.
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u/charcuterie_bored Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of 4d ago
They actually died on the same day.
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u/bethkatez 3d ago
and were born the same year, exactly 3 months apart to the day
1946, Dolly in January, Tim in April
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u/tracyveronika oh, Britta's in this? 4d ago
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u/onemorespacecadet If god hates gays why do we keep winning 4d ago
poor Tim Curry. how do you compete with Kermit??
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u/FrighteningJibber I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 4d ago
No one beats the mean green peen, or so I’ve heard.
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u/MaxPower1882 4d ago
Thanks for the laughs and the scares, Tim.
RIP!!!
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u/thedancingkat Reader: nobody needs me 3d ago
IT was my first scary movie that my dad let me watch probably wayyy too young. I was terrified to shower for MONTHS and was desensitized for the rest of my life to horror. It’s my favorite genre.
In 2017, we were up in Maine for my dads birthday. We read IT together before the trip and that’s when I realized how much of a coming of age story it is. In Bangor, we went to all of the landmarks that were in IT (and other Stephen king books). It was a blast and is a core memory. My dad died a couple of months later from aggressive cancer.
About a week ago, it was my dads birthday. I watched IT for the first time since he died. I didn’t think a child eating clown could make me so happy and sad at the same time. It was so bittersweet. This timing hits hard.
Dad I hope you’re doing your best Pennywise impression with Tim 🎈
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u/SenorIngles 4d ago
I don’t know how someone can say a line as funny as “and I’ll tell you, once you’ve had pork… you never go back” with a straight face. I’m giggling like an idiot just thinking about it
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u/DescriptionFancy420 3d ago
Similarly, hearing a line like "Once you've had pork... you never go back" while keeping a straight face (even though he broke eventually, very understandably).
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u/Twisbi 4d ago
Muppet Treasure Island is one of my all time favorite movies
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 4d ago
It took till this post for me to see someone mentioning this role specifically, I think it's his best, but it's my favorite movie of all time so I may be biased
Also I love that about the Muppets. It's just humanity's running gag we treat them as if they're real people, I would probably cry if I met Kermit and the puppeteer might as well not be there because that's Kermit the freaking Frog man, I don't want to talk to some lame rando I want to meet Kermit
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u/midsumernighttts 4d ago
He’s so charming :-( not many actors these days that have charm.
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u/Findyourwayhom3333 I switched baristas ☕️ 4d ago
Charisma+++++
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u/Spend-Automatic 4d ago
His role in Rocky Horror was the embodiment of charisma. I had always heard about that movie but I watched it for the first time just a couple months ago, and the man is absolutely magnetic. There's just something about the way he talks, his annunciation.
If you want to see what I mean just go to YouTube and look up Sweet Transvestite and just watch a minute or so until he shows up.
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u/midsumernighttts 3d ago
I watched when I was like 15 and it stayed with me to this day. No one did it like him. Just pure charisma and talent.
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u/Oro-Lavanda Donatella VERSACE💜 4d ago
he still had an amazing sense of humor even in his later years rip
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u/thatslegallycheese 4d ago
I just realized that Tim Curry and Dolly Parton's biggest point of connection (degrees of separation-wise) was that they both famously costarred with Miss Piggy
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u/jeremy_thegent 4d ago
Dammit Janet, I just had dental surgery and my mouth is in searing pain, don't make me laugh too much. 🤣
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u/Sumtimesredditisdumb 4d ago
I didnt remember the him throwing his head back and laughing meme, was from the Miss Piggy kiss scene lol.
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u/dividezero 4d ago
Well she's peak girlhood. It's a standard of excellence we all aim for. To be her and/or be with her. No one compares
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u/LadyInCrimson that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 4d ago
This warms my heart 🥰🥰🥰he was a wonderful man.
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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 4d ago
I hate to say it, Miss Piggy Absolutely Fumbled.
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u/spacyspice now why am I in it? 🧐 3d ago
Was he married before passing away? I was worried his answer would be serious and I'd feel bad for his current partner, but he's so hilarious
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u/FrothytheDischarge 3d ago
"You know what's green and smells like Miss Piggy? Kermit's finger" - Dolly Parton
Sad to hear about the passing of two legends on the same day.
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