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A podcast looking back at comedies on key anniversaries to ask: what was innovative material then, what continues to be successful now, and what have people thought about it along the way?... more
FAQs about Farced Perspective:How many episodes does Farced Perspective have?The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.
April 12, 202375: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Lou RawlsThrill to the unexpected, as Pete and Ben look things up on the Internet while broadcasting! Join them to discover whether Muppet special guest Lou Rawls has deliberately smuggled bird imagery into many of his lyrics, and whether a bonus question can earn Ben yet another victorious Lego minifig!...more1h 37minPlay
March 28, 202374: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Peter SellersBen and Pete take the content warning on Disney Plus to heart, but is it about Beaker's abrupt teleportation — which had previously been edited out by Nickelodeon — or Peter Sellers' cultural depictions? And is Fozzie secretly torturing his boss to force him to break down publicly and perform one of the Muppets' most well-known songs? The answers to these questions and many more can be discovered if you just BLOOP!...more1h 36minPlay
March 14, 202373: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Julie AndrewsPete and Ben go bullish and steak their reputations on some prime cuts of cow-based punnery that you'll calf to heifer yourself to believe. Somehow in the midst of all that, they manage to talk about Julie Andrews' career and how she was able to naturally interact with the Muppets in a way to which other guests could only aspire. Pete also watches a clip from the infamous Muppet Movie test footage, and Ben remembers a favorite childhood book....more1h 44minPlay
March 01, 202372: Henson Perspecive: Guest-starring Bob HopeBen and Pete come to very different conclusions about the underplayed demeanor of Bob Hope as he enters his last quarter-century of comedy on The Muppet Show. They also discover that Ben is racist against pigs, that Pete might want a cat for a sleep mask, and — against all expectations — that Kermit might be a well-modulated stage manager after all....more1h 52minPlay
February 21, 202371: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Elton JohnPete and Ben come to very different determinations of the rules Pete has established for judging the performances of the guest stars on the podcast. They also make a ruling on Ben's previous confusion about Muppet crocodiles, talk about not talking about a particular sketch, and find an unexpected application of the word "hornswoggle"....more1h 35minPlay
February 08, 202370: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Judy CollinsBen and Pete clash over what comes off more poorly in this episode: the newly corporeal figure of of Scooter's uncle or the folk music stylings of the guest-star. They also guess what segment of the show was produced months after filming and engage in a truly gross pun run....more1h 46minPlay
January 31, 202369: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Rudolf NureyevPete and Ben discuss the legacy, potency, and popularity of the Soviet Union's premiere cultural defector, and consider how he's objectified by the episode, whether Statler and Waldorf should sing along to the theme song, and how big Robin's hat should be. They also determine a head-canon for the Muppet Show warm-up comedian and that Pete doesn't appreciate anything classy....more1h 37minPlay
December 28, 202268: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Zero MostelBen and Pete look at the posthumous release of the Muppet Show episode featuring Zero Mostel, discussing his maximalist performance, dissecting the show's spec script origins, and digressing into the depths of wordplay "betta" left unplumbed....more1h 34minPlay
December 14, 202267: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring John CleesePete and Ben investigate how well the Fawlty John Cleese of 1977 matches up with the potentially more cloth-eared John Cleese of 2022, and what the term "cloth-eared" means, anyway. They also investigate the height of the Muppet theatre, where Frank Oz was during this episode, and why both local fireworks and Siri seem to want to interrupt their recording session....more1h 47minPlay
December 07, 202266: Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Don KnottsBen and Pete get lost in a circle in a spiral, in a wheel within a wheel, as they talks about the strange edits that Disney has imposed upon their hosting of the Don Knotts episode of The Muppet Show. They also warily wander the circumference of the topics of relatives, the proper reaction to the cuteness of dogs, and whether the episode has gone on for so long that they might as well start over....more1h 44minPlay
FAQs about Farced Perspective:How many episodes does Farced Perspective have?The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.