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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Puppets have been used in comedy and cultural commentary since Punch & Judy and before. Dickens would have dug it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I meant more the context of the individual characters. Like, having Statler and Waldorf as Marley is funnier if you know who those two are

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Also he'd need to know who Bob Marley was in order get the Jacob and Robert gag...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Punch and Judy appear in the background of at least one of the opening scenes of The Muppet Christmas Carol