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Best wishes for your recovery. As for the alcohol changing to sugar thing, I think alcohol acutally changes into false courage and the urge to do Chinese Fire Drills.

But I could be wrong…

As far as writing about the Great Muppet Caper (GMC), I thought I would jot down a few of the lessons that I have learned from the movie.

1. Hats are a great way to change your appearance.
2. Pigs really can be models.
3. Never skimp when it comes to flying.
4. Don’t forget to take some money with you when you take a date to a fancy supper club.
5. However, money is not necessary for hotels if you choose the “sneak out in the middle of the night” option for payment.

Of course there are many more lessons to be learned from the movie, these are just a few. One of things that I love best about the Great Muppet Caper is that no matter how many times I have seen it, I still laugh at the jokes. How can anyone not laugh when Kermit gasps while reading the menu at the supper club. When asked what the matter is he replies, “I find it slightly amusing that the roast beef is the same price as an Oldsmobile.”

Or when Miss Piggy ends up in prison because Nicky Holiday planted stolen jewels on her.

Prison Guard: Miss Piggy.
Miss Piggy: What?
Prison Guard: Your lawyer is here to see you.
Miss Piggy: Lawyer? I don’t have a lawyer.
Prison Guard: Och, sure you do. Little green guy.
Miss Piggy: [short intake of breath] Kermie. Oh. No wonder he hasn’t come by to see me. He had to finish law school.

Or when Kermit tells Miss Piggy she is overacting and to quit “hamming it up.”

The GMC is my family’s favorite movie of all time. We watch it when we get together for holidays and we quote it all year round. Once I even memorized most of the Happiness Hotel song. One of my favorite lines is “If you don’t mind friendly animals and you can learn to stand the smell, well welcome home, to the Happiness Hotel.” The thing about the GMC though, is that you can’t really watch it alone. You have to watch it with people that will laugh with you, or else it is just not as fun. I personally think you can tell a lot about a person by their feelings toward the GMC. If they don’t think it is funny, then they probably are not, as Ann Shirley would say, “a kindred spirit.” There is something about sharing a good joke with someone that really just brightens your day, and since the GMC is full of good jokes, watching it with friends is a good time.
Jane, I wish I could bring the GMC over to your house and watch it with you while you are recovering from surgery. No, it wouldn’t make the pain go away, or solve your shoulder problem, but I hope you would get a good laugh out of it, which always makes things better.

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Is Muppet Caper the one where Piggy dances in the water? Yeah. I remember in high school Adrianne and I went camping with our family. We sang this song over and over: “Happiness, Miss Piggy. Love’s caress, Miss Piggy. All the world ever wanted was you, a dream come true.” We were both boyfriendless and full of hope for the day that a boy would tell us we were his dream come true. Sucks to be in that position again.

What a depressing comment. Feel free to delete.

Hope you’re getting lots of recuperation!

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