Immediately – April 8, 2024 – a complete photo voltaic eclipse will move over Mexico, america, and Canada. Lots of the ToughPigs employees (and readers!) might be witnessing it, and some of us have even traveled to expertise the eclipse in its direct path. The sky will get darkish, the air will get chilly, animals will fall asleep. The following complete eclipse to hit america received’t be till 2044, so it’s a reasonably large deal.

However you realize what else is a reasonably large deal? The Muppets.

I’m gonna be sincere, I’m uninterested in the Muppets being overshadowed by different franchises like Marvel or Star Wars. And now they’re being actually overshadowed by the moon passing between the earth and solar?? No, this received’t do.

Again in 2009, in honor of the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon touchdown, I wrote the “now basic” (supply: myself) ToughPigs article “Crater Haters (or, No Praises for Lunar Phases),” by which I argued that Sesame Road hates the moon. And truthfully, it’s nonetheless all true.

Why doesn’t Ernie wish to reside on the moon? As a result of he hates the moon.

Why does Cookie Monster wish to eat the moon in “If Moon Have been Cookie“? As a result of he hates the moon.

Why does Elmo wish to dance on the moon? As a result of he’s dancing on the grave of his enemies.

I’m gonna add Huge Fowl to the ever-growing checklist of moon-haters. Want proof? See this image under of Huge Fowl from a PBS interstitial, proving that the moon touchdown was faked by hanging out with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin with no area go well with or respiratory equipment.

Whereas it appears ridiculous to hate the enormous satellite tv for pc orbiting our planet and controlling our tides, we’ve acquired to facet with Sesame on this one. Take a again seat, the moon, and let the Muppets have the highlight.

You realize who else hates the moon? (Moreover you and me and Cookie Monster.) Summer season Penguin from the latest Muppet Infants sequence. She hated the moon a lot, she tried to blow it up. Yeah, that’s an actual factor that occurred.

If that moon have been to move between the Earth and solar, there’d barely be an eclipse. Good job, Summer season. You inform that eclipse who’s boss.

And who higher to take that highlight away from the moon than the divine Miss Piggy herself? If anybody’s going to eclipse the eclipse, it’s Piggy’s want for stardom.

Are you able to think about Miss Piggy wanting up on the big glowing orb within the sky and demanding to take its place? I positive can. It’s like she’s been subtly inserting herself between us and the moon for years in preparation. Why take a look at the eclipse when you may be Piggy as a substitute??

In the meantime, deep underground, the Fraggles of Fraggle Rock took a unique method. Reasonably than hate the moon or want for its demise, they appear to concern it, exhibiting reverence as a vengeful deity to worship. Seen within the episode “Seize the Moon,” they sing its praises after which try to rescue it after it was stolen by the Gorgs.

Whether or not the moon is supposed to be hated or feared or utterly overshadowed, we are able to’t deny that it’s a reasonably large deal. We are able to solely hope that the Muppets may also get their day within the solar. By which I imply, utterly masking up the solar to solid a shadow throughout the planet and trigger irreversible eye injury.

Blissful eclipse day, Muppet followers!

With due to the Muppet Wiki for his or her extremely helpful article on the moon!

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by Joe Hennes – Joe@ToughPigs.com