The Muppets Dump Chick-Fil-A

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The Muppets have dumped their partnership with Chick-Fil-A after having sold the company Creature Shop toys for the chain's kid's meals. The Jim Henson Company has posted a statement to their Facebook page:

The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors. Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-muppets-dump-chick-fil-a.html

Yay!

[Kalidurga]

1. Durn Liberal Muppets...

Next thing you know they will do a movie where Animal and Gonzo get married.

I think I would go to the movie. I bet it would be picketed. That would be sweet.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Next thing you know they will do a movie where Animal and Gonzo get married.

Great,....now I just pictured the honeymoon video....

[dogknob]

16. "There Will Be Chickens" n/t

[hootinholler]

20. Not just chickens, Rainbow Chickens! n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Pullets.

[Ken Burch]

38. wow...at 3:38 or so, "Janis" totally shreds!

n/t.

[Ken Burch]

32. "Brokeback Muppet"?

...besides, everybody knows Bert and Ernie tied the knot in Boston years ago.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. "everybody knows Bert and Ernie tied the knot in Boston years ago."

Just because the argue like they're married?

[Ken Burch]

34. No...because they sleep in SEPARATE beds

That's the dead giveaway that they're old marrieds.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. That's usually a dead givaway one sleeps in diapers.

Bert look like he's the one that's had the prostate surgery.

[Ken Burch]

36. That would explain Bert's anger issues, as well.

And it all got worse when Bert joined the police:

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Great,...now I'm gonna be looking for bulletproof underware in rows of cops.....

[Ken Burch]

39. Glad to help.

n/t.

[piperpibroch]

2. I dunk them....

[fishwax]

3. good!

[rhett o rick]

4. Plez take a few seconds to send them a message.

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Connect/Contact-Us-CARES

[UnrepentantLiberal]

13. That link didn't work for me so I used this one.

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Connect/Contact-Us-CARES

[dgibby]

5. Excellent!

Time to boycott the Chick.

[Towlie]

27. Never been there, never will (and I eat a lot of chicken.)

[kellytore]

6. I have sent them a message

and have also ordered boycott Chick-Fil-A bumpers stickers. http://www.cafepress.com/shirtsoup/8296901

[ThatsMyBarack]

18. Welcome to DU, kellytore!

[kellytore]

25. Thank you ThatsMyBarack

[Kees]

8. Sweet

Take it to them Lisa Henson! Your dad, Jim, would be a proud papa!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

19. Welcome to DU, Kees!

[Daemonaquila]

9. Go Creature Company!

You'll never be a 10th of what you were when Jim was alive, but I'm glad you're still doing the right thing!

[FLyellowdog]

10. Woo! Hoo!

[Faygo Kid]

11. It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights.

[VWolf]

12. Mana mana!!!! n/t

[Diclotican]

26. VWolf

VWolf

I had that song on my mind for a whole 1/2 year thank you very much a couple of years back.. The first I was "hearing" when I woke was nama-namana and the last I was "hearing" when I got to sleep was "nama-namama".... Oh joy...

But the Muppet's was/ and is still great.. I have a few movies about them - and it is always found to just look at the movies - and remember how it was then, when the world was little less complicated and more Innocent than today.... Childhood..

Not to say, how funny it can be, when you are over-tired and is looking at the Muppet's at youtube... It is outright hilarious to look at at 5 in the morning

Dicloticna

[VWolf]

31. Totally agree

Life was simpler and seemed to be much happier back then.

Glad to have resurrected that earworm

[Diclotican]

40. VWolf

VWolf

Yea thank you verry mutch manama-mamana

Diclotican

[joeybee12]

14. Well, it was always obvious Bert and Ernie were gay...

Series-ly, some nutjobs were saying they were gay and Sesame Street was trying to indoctrinate children into the "homosexual lifestyle."

[indepat]

15. That's an up-yours

Chick-Fil-A.

[beac]

24. I believe in this case it's a

SnuffleUPagus yours.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Good for the Muppets.

I love those guys.

[craigmatic]

22. First Bill Nye now the Muppets. I'm glad shows and figures from my childhood hold a liberal world

view.

[Renew Deal]

23. Good

[NoMittens]

28. obama's campaign should force mittens 'front and center' on this issue

People should be made aware of how bigoted the mormons were/are on this issue (e.g., Prop. 8)! A very clear line of distinction between the candidates on this issue should be made early and often!!!!!!!!

[Phentex]

29. Hooray!

Some day we'll find it, the rainbow connection...

[slampoet]

30. i am surprised this didn't happen sooner considering that the Muppets are about

10% chickens and gay Muppets, (I'm looking at you Scooter and Lew Zealand)

I think Gonzo is 10% chicken.