- Our resident interview specialist cornered Brian Lynch on the View Askew board recently, where he was kind enough to answer two questions, first about an old project titled “Everybody’s Deadâ€, and then, with incredible detail on what he had written for his take on a “Muppets†sequel (which was sadly never made):
BL: Nope, EVERYBODY’S DEAD will see the light of day. But probably not as a movie at first. I think by this time next year we can all talk about EVERYBODY’S DEAD at length, for it will be thrust out into the world like a crying, angry baby. But, again, not as a movie at first.
CG: You think the Henson Company will put your script out as a comic some day?
Just out of curiosity, what was the plot of your script (ala…Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppets In Space, etc…)? Any hints??
BL: MASSIVE SPOILERS FOLLOW!
The name of it was THE NEXT MUPPET MOVIE, and it was the same universe as THE MUPPET MOVIE, only years and years later, and the Muppets were hugely successful and some were getting kind of spoiled. Kermit’s trying to keep them together and he’s stressing out.
Anyway, an evil Hollywood agent signs the Muppets and starts putting them in solo movies and TV shows (Gonzo is the next James Bond and the next Batman, the Electric Mayhem goes Marilyn Manson-y after Animal starts a solo rap career, that kinda thing).
Kermit has to pull together a makeshift band of Muppets (Robin, Rizzo, Pepe, Bean Bunny, Digit from THE JIM HENSON HOUR, etc.) to re-start the Muppet show.
Eventually Kermit figures out the Agent had an ulterior motive in breaking up the Muppets, goes to confront the Agent, gets kidnapped, and the original Muppets have to work with the newbies to save him. The ending involves a lot of Ninjas, a giant Elephant, a seven foot Kermit, and Gonzo saving the day by crashing through the skylight in his Batman gear.
The Agent runs away, the Muppets all come back together, everyone is happy…
…but at the very end, we see the Agent gets dropped off by a taxi, fully ready to try to break up a new group. As he walks away, we pan out and reveal he’s on Sesame Street.
Cameos were from Pierce Brosnan, John Cleese, Mary Tyler Moore, Marilyn Manson, all the Sesame Street Characters, Mr. Rogers, the Teletubbies…it was epic.
I talked to Michael Keaton once who had read the script and wanted to meet me because of it. I asked him to play the agent if it ever got made, and he said that would be cool. I’m very sorry it didn’t get made.
That’s the most I’ve ever spoiled about it. It was like a purging.
We’d have loved to see that Muppet flick…This is the first we’ve heard it talked about in years. As for today, Brian’s hard at work on “The Sims†feature film — We’ll keep you up to date if we hear more on that project or any of Lynch’s other work, including the elusive Big Helium Dog, still the only View Askew Production NOT to hit DVD.
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