{"id":48518,"date":"2013-03-13T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=48518"},"modified":"2013-04-20T09:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T16:18:20","slug":"muppet-movie-song-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/muppet-movie-song-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Poll: What Is Kermit Singing About?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over on his <a href=\"https:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2013\/03\/03\/in-previous-eras-a-schism-like-this-would-involve-the-death-of-millions\/\"><em>Whatever<\/em> blog<\/a>, author John Scalzi poses an interesting philosophical question about the nature of an important scene in &#8216;The Muppet Movie&#8217;. I thought I&#8217;d put it to our readers to decide the correct answer.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In his famous song &#8220;The Rainbow Connection,&#8221; Kermit the Frog sings the following verse:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why are there so many songs about rainbows<br \/>\nand what&#8217;s on the other side? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSFLZ-MzIhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note the line break in the lyrics and accompanying pause in Kermit&#8217;s singing. Scalzi interprets this to mean that Kermit is asking two separate questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why are there so many songs about rainbows?<\/li>\n<li>In a related topic, what&#8217;s on the other side of rainbows?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On the other hand, many listeners believe that Kermit is asking just one question: Why are there so many songs about what&#8217;s on the other side of rainbows?<\/p>\n<p>Do you see the critical distinction? <\/p>\n<p>For my money, I have always believed that Kermit is asking just one question in regard to songs about what&#8217;s on the other side of rainbows. In support of this, I have to ask just how many songs there are about rainbows anyway? Excepting this one itself, the only other song about rainbows that I can think of is &#8220;Somewhere over the Rainbow&#8221; from &#8216;The Wizard of Oz&#8217;, which is indeed about what&#8217;s on the other side of rainbows. <\/p>\n<p>What other famous songs about rainbows am I missing? Is Kermit being ironic when he asks &#8220;Why are there so many?&#8221; when there&#8217;s really just the one?<\/p>\n<p>How do you read his lyrics?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-417\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_417\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_417_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"ada0ab123e\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What Is Kermit Asking in \"The Rainbow Connection\"?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-417-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-3836\" name=\"poll_417\" value=\"3836\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3836\">One question: Why are there so many songs about what's on the other side of rainbows?<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-3837\" name=\"poll_417\" value=\"3837\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3837\">Two separate questions: Why are there so many songs about rainbows? 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