Just some food for thought! Have a nice day! /umT7ERZO6Dįrom that obscure detail in an even more obscure Muppet film, a conspiracy grew. In that alternate reality, you can see the World Trade Center outside Piggy's apartment window. Want to remind everyone that in 2002's "It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas," Kermit wishes he had never been born. In other words, in 2002, in a timeline where Kermit never existed, the Twin Towers still stand. In the Miss Piggy scene, we can see out her window into downtown Manhattan, where the Twin Towers are clearly visible. In this reality, Fozzie is a pickpocket, Rizzo the Rat is being eaten on Fear Factor and Miss Piggy is a lonely spinster. He’s then transported to an alternate timeline where he sees how the world would be had he never existed. Making use of the same premise as It’s a Wonderful Life, the movie finds Kermit wishing he’d never been born after failing to save the Muppet Theater. The allegations are so patently absurd that they render themselves harmless, but as a die-hard Muppet fan, there’s another reason why I love the joke - most Kermit memes are random gags, yet “Kermit Did 9/11” actually stems out of an obscure piece of Muppet history.ĭuring the 2002 holiday season, NBC premiered the largely forgettable It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. If you’re unfamiliar with “Kermit Did 9/11,” it lays blame for the September 11th attacks on the host of The Muppet Show. But although I personally find most 9/11 conspiracy theories to be absurd if not downright offensive, I can’t help but love this one. government to Popular Mechanics, one conspiracy has never been thoroughly investigated: “Did Kermit cause 9/11?” While most of them have been disproven by everyone from the U.S. Club and Mashable.As we approach the 20th anniversary of September 11th, old conspiracy theories about the terrorist attacks are starting to resurface. In the following hours, GMA's tweet was met with a slew of snide remarks from those who noticed the misnomer #tealizard, as well as media coverage from The Verge, AOL, A.V. Meanwhile, ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) chimed in on the emerging Crying Lebron photoshop meme with a tweet asking the followers whether it should be counted among the ranks of other well-known memes in the sports world, in which Kermit the Frog's tea-sipping image was mislabeled with the hashtag #tealizard. On June 21st, LeBron James' fashion statement was picked up by several news sites and sports blogs, including USA Today, Washington Post, GQ, New York Daily News and BarStoolSports, many of which underscored the celebrity athlete's sense of humor. That same day, James posted an Instagram of his meme-themed hat alongside the Larry O’Brien Trophy with the caption taunting his critics and skeptics: On June 20th, 2016, the meme saw a resurgence when Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James who led the team to earning its first NBA championship title in the franchise history, returned home wearing an “Ultimate Warrior” t-shirt and a cap embroidered with an image of Kermit the Frog sipping tea. In the first 24 hours the video gained over 100,000 views and 480 comments.Īs of June 2014, there are over 2,100 images uploaded under the tag "kermitmemes" on Instagram. On the following day, YouTuber Bugatti Beez uploaded a video of Kermit the Frog reading notable "But Thats None Of My Business" examples (shown below). The first post featured a photograph of Kermit the Frog drinking a glass of iced tea with a caption mocking men who wear fake Jordan sneakers (shown below). On June 22nd, 2014, the single topic blog "Kemit the Snitch" was launched on Tumblr, which highlights notable examples from the image macro series. On the same day, Twitter users began tweeting jokes using the hashtags #NoneOfMyBusiness and #Kermit, reaching over 19,000 and 11,000 mentions in the first four days respectively according to the Twitter analytics site Topsy. In the first four days, the feed gained over 130,000 followers. On June 20th, the Instagram feed was created, which highlights pictures of Kermit the Frog with "none of my business" captions. On June 17th, the earliest known Kermit image macro including the phrase “that’s none of my business” was highlighted by the Instagram feed in a post mocking delusional women described as being "ratchet" (shown below, right). As early as January 2014, Instagram users began posting captioned images of Kermit the Frog with the hashtag “#kermitmemes” (shown below, left).
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