[Kermit the Frog rings the the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on Monday. Stocks are now sharply higher in early trading. Image via Richard Drew/AP.]
Sometimes material is just too good to use once and throw away. This seems to be the case with Jason Segel's Kermit story, since he used it last week and again last night on Late Night. Comparison inside.
A chain-smoking, drugged-up, and depressed Kermit the Frog does his take on Elliot Smith's "Needle in the Hay." Who knew Kermit had a dark side? This brings new meaning to his cries of how "it's not easy being green."
The Muppets have always been a beacon for clean, good humor. That's usually after they've had their morning coffee. Because they were certainly not for kids on The Today Show this morning.
Oh, Glenn Beck. Why are you not content to be just a run of the mill asshole? Why must you bring celebrity interpretations into the mix, as you did this evening with a Kermit the Frog impression? It's sad.
Cameron Diaz is a playa, Jessica Simpson drowns her dumping sorrows with friends, Lilo and Sam Ronson engage in an epic fight over Drea De Matteo, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy are engaged and Jeffrey Donovan get a DUI.