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We Got This with Mark and Hal

#31 - Best Muppet w/ Kirk Thatcher

We Got This with Mark and Hal

Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi

Thrillingadventurehour, Markgagliardi, Arts, Society & Culture, Hallublin, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Drunkhistory, Welcometonightvale

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In the third and final Dragon Con-versation of 2015, Mark and Hal sit down with Kirk Thatcher, who has worked with the Muppets as a creator, writer and director for 30 years. Who better to help pick the best Muppet than someone who's actually WORKED with all of them?! Topics include: - Punks on buses - Rancor Monsters - Eagles - Jim Henson - Polygamy   IT'S NOT TOO LATE to get your tickets to see Mark and Hal LIVE in NYC with special guest John Hodgman! Click here for tickets!

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Hello people of the planet. Thank you for downloading episode 31 of we got this with Mark and Hal.

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Hey, friend, you have tickets to a New York Superweek show yet? You don't? Well do you want to miss us talking with John Hodgman our very special guest?

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for you. Just stay seated. Do you need something to drink? Are you hungry?

0:22.0

You look a little hungry. I'm going to fix you some food.

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But while I'm doing that, why don't you get some tickets to our show Sunday October 11th, 8 p.m. at Le Poisson Rouge?

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0:38.2

get tickets. Also while you're sitting down and doing things on your

0:41.7

computer why not go to iTunes and give us a rating and a review.

0:45.0

It would really help us out and we'd really appreciate it.

0:48.0

And now without any further ado, with the final installment in our Dragon Conversations trilogy for 2015, it's episode 31 of We Got This.

0:57.0

Hello, I'm Hal Lublin and I'm Mark Gagliardi.

1:00.0

Since the dawn of humanity, one issue has gone unsettled with the fate of the world in the balance

1:06.4

we're here to settle once and for all.

1:09.4

Best Muppet. That's right, don't worry everyone. We got this.

1:17.0

Podcast should have a theme song.

1:19.0

Podcast should not have a theme song. Yes, they should. No, they shouldn't. They't they sound good yeah but people are just going to skip past it hmm you know what you're right

1:30.8

we got this hello everybody hey what's up listeners We Got this. Hello everybody.

1:33.0

Hey, what's up listeners?

1:35.0

It's Mark and Howell with We Got This and a very special guest today.

1:40.0

Yes, we're going to be deciding the best Muppet, which obviously is something that can be empirically decided only by us and our special guest, Mr. Kirk Thatcher, who has worked for the Henson company in around the Muppets for 30 years, is that right? Yeah, next year will be, I guess no, 30 years, is that right?

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