George Custer / Miss Piggy

September 8, 2020 7:38 PM

Civil War generals as Muppets. The thread does what it says. Plus some civilians. (Threadreader)
posted by doctornemo (8 comments total)

Some deep cuts, muppet-wise. I didn’t agree with all of these but some were good enough that it makes up for the ones that are a big stretch
posted by aubilenon at 10:05 PM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]

Next up - The Muppets Take Manhattan II: 9/11
posted by fairmettle at 11:38 PM on September 8, 2020 [1 favorite]

General Sherman as Oscar the grouch.
posted by clavdivs at 12:34 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Yeah, a lot of these didn't work for me. Plus I was really hoping that it was matching generals to muppets in terms of personality instead of appearance. Based on this assumption, I clicked on the link very curious to see which muppet was a big enough asshole to match up with George McClellan.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 3:46 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

I see what you mean, AMFBI, but then again Benjamin Butler and Waldorf.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:33 AM on September 9, 2020

I got to the Jefferson Davis one and noped right out. Why would someone think this needed to be a thing? Seems needlessly disparaging of the Muppets.
posted by fuse theorem at 6:55 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

based on behaviour I would think burnside == crazy harry?
posted by hearthpig at 8:01 AM on September 9, 2020

Yeah, I don't think it's such a great idea to normalize or humanize Confederate generals by portraying them as muppets. I don't think people think about how this would make BIPOC feel when they create things like this.

If we are going to leave this post up, even though I don't think that's wise, it seems like we should be addressing it from a purely critical perspective. For example, the Confederate muppets are not "history" just as Confederate monuments are not "history". Both are propaganda in different ways.
posted by nightrecordings at 8:03 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]