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Sep 10, 2023 · Movin’ Right Along is a popular song from the 1979 film “The Muppet Movie,” written by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher and performed by the Muppet characters Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear. This upbeat and catchy tune perfectly encapsulates the adventurous spirit of the movie and has become an iconic anthem for fans of the Muppets.
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"Movin' Right Along" is sung in The Muppet Movie by Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear as they set out together in Fozzie's Studebaker for California.
The song is generally upbeat and has a number of comical lines reflecting the passing scenery, such as Fozzie singing "Hey, I've never seen the sun come up in the west?" It also notably features a cameo from Big Bird who's heading east to break into public television. Later on in the film, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem perform their own (mostly) instrumental version while taking the rest of the Muppets to Hollywood on their bus.
The following lyric, which precedes the final verse, is not included in the film version but has been heard in audio form:
The song was later used in the "Wildebeest & Turtle" episode of The Animal Show to a montage of animals who love to travel-migrating great distances each year. In the same episode, Stinky the Skunk briefly sings the song after the video montage ended.
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•The Muppet Movie (1979)
•Movin' Right Along/Never Before, Never Again (single, 1979)
•Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets (1986)
•Music, Mayhem and More! (2002)
•The Green Album (2011, performed by Alkaline Trio)
Lily Tomlin sang and signed the song to a group of deaf children on Sesame Street in 1975. The same year, she played the mother of two deaf children in Robert Altman 's film Nashville, and they sang the song in the film. In 1976, on the 11th episode of The Muppet Show, guest Lena Horne sang the song.
Feb 9, 2021 · For Williams, the song is about our ability to create the world we want to live in by believing in what we dream. "The things that is so human about the song, and spiritual at the same time, is that it honors the questions, not the answers," he said. "That moment made Kermit not the mentor, not the teacher, not the preacher.
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The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film to feature the Muppets. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns .
The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack album from the 1979 film, The Muppet Movie, featuring the songs and select score written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. Originally released on LP by Atlantic Records in North America and by CBS internationally, the album reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 , and was ...
Feb 9, 2022 · And perhaps the best of the songs, and perhaps the best Muppet movie song overall, is "It Feels Like Christmas." Sung by the jovial Ghost of Christmas Present, "It Feels Like Christmas" is a true Christmas classic. It's joyful, festive, and full of heart, with a dash of Muppet humor for good measure. It's so much so that even Scrooge is smiling ...
