Funny Images of the Swedish Chef
| The Swedish Chef | |
|---|---|
| The Muppets character | |
 | |
| Offset appearance | The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)[1] |
| Created by | Jim Henson |
| Performed by | Jim Henson (1975–1990) David Rudman (1992) Bill Barretta[2] (1996–present) |
| In-universe data | |
| Species | Muppet (Human) |
| Gender | Male person |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Nationality | Swedish |
The Swedish Chef is a Muppet grapheme that appeared on The Muppet Show. He was originally performed past Jim Henson and Frank Oz simultaneously, with Henson performing the head and vocalism and Oz performing the grapheme with real hands. The Swedish Chef is currently performed past Bill Barretta. He is best known for his ridiculous cooking methods and the phrase "Bork, bork, bork!".
Character [edit]
A parody of television chefs, the Swedish Chef wears a toque blanche, has a thick brown moustache and has bushy eyebrows that completely obscure his eyes. He was one of the few Muppets to employ an actual puppeteer'south visible hands, which extended from the ends of his sleeves and facilitated handling nutrient and utensils. Frank Oz originally provided the character's hands.
Well-nigh all Swedish Chef sketches on The Muppet Evidence feature him in a kitchen, waving some utensils while singing an introductory song in a mock language – a semi-comprehensible gibberish supposedly mimicking Swedish phonology and prosody. The song's lyrics vary slightly from ane episode to the next, but always stop with "Bork, bork, bork!" as the Chef throws the utensils aside, occasionally knocking items off a shelf or the dorsum wall in the process.
Later this introduction, the Chef begins to set a recipe while giving a gibberish explanation of what he is doing. His commentary is spiced with the occasional English language word to clue in the viewer to what he is attempting. These hints are necessary as he ofttimes uses unorthodox culinary equipment (firearms, sports equipment, manus tools, etc.) to set up his dishes. (E.thou. "See de moofin? Und here de nail-a-shootin" before tossing an English muffin into the air and bravado a hole through it with a blunderbuss to make a doughnut.) The sketch typically degenerates into a slapstick finale where the equipment or ingredients (frequently a live animal he is attempting to cook) become the better of him.
The Chef is referred to past proper name in one episode, in which Danny Kaye plays his uncle. Kaye reels off a very long name merely adds, "But nosotros call him Tom" – much to the Chef's entertainment.[3] In 2010, the Chef was seen wearing a wedding ring, implying that the grapheme is married.[iv]
Inspiration [edit]
Some claim that the Swedish Chef was inspired by a existent-life chef. 1 example is Friedman Paul Erhardt, a German American television receiver chef known every bit "Chef Tell".[v] [6] Another example is Lars "Kuprik" Bäckman, a real-life Swedish chef. Bäckman claims that his rather unsuccessful advent on an early edition of Proficient Morn America caught the attention of Jim Henson, who after bought the rights to the recording and created Bäckman's Muppet alter ego. Bäckman'south Dalecarlian accent would explain the chef's strange pronunciation. Muppet writer Jerry Juhl denied Bäckman'southward story and insisted the character had no existent-world analogue: "I wrote, rehearsed, rewrote, brainstormed, and giggled uncontrollably a thousand times with Jim Henson as we dealt with the Swedish Chef, and I never one time heard him mention an actual Swedish chef..."[7]
Co-ordinate to Brian Henson, in one of his introductions for The Muppet Show, "[Jim Henson] had this tape that he used to play which was 'How to Speak Mock Swedish'. And he used to drive to work and I used to ride with him a lot. And he would drive to work trying to make a craven sandwich in mock Swedish or make a turkey casserole in mock Swedish. It was the most ridiculous thing you had ever seen. And people at traffic lights used to end and sort of expect at him a trivial crazy. But that was the roots of the character that would eventually go the Swedish Chef."[8]
When interviewed on the subject in Swedish magazine Expressen in 1985, Jim Henson claimed that "1 of my writers came upward with the idea that the chef should sound like the Swedish actors in Ingmar Bergman films".[9]
Performance [edit]
The Swedish Chef is a variation of a live-hand Muppet. The Chef'southward lead performer, originally Jim Henson, uses their dominant hand to perform the graphic symbol's head and mouth, and provides his mock Swedish dialogue. Both hands of a 2nd puppeteer, originally Frank Oz, serve as those of the Chef, which, in a twist on the formula, are actual human being hands instead of puppet gloves, allowing him to better interact with the nutrient he prepares.
In recent years, the Chef has been sometimes seen wearing a wedding band, one belonging to Steve Whitmire, who unremarkably performed his easily during the majority of Bill Barretta's tenure as the character (since Whitmire's departure from The Muppets, Peter Linz has served as the Chef's easily).
In Sweden and other countries [edit]
The Muppets have not had the same cultural touch in Sweden equally in the United States. In Sweden, the Swedish Chef'due south name was translated as Svenske kocken, pregnant the "Swedish melt". A 2012 Slate article[10] stated that "the fact that his nonsense words are so widely interpreted equally Swedish-sounding is bewildering and annoying to Swedes" and argued that Swedes don't detect the grapheme funny at all; the author quoted his married woman who said the character "doesn't audio Swedish, doesn't act Swedish, and there'south null Swedish about him. He's not funny."[x] The linguist Tomas Riad said "it's non funny for united states to laugh at. It's funny for other people to express mirth at."[10]
In the German language-dubbed version of The Muppet Show, the Chef is Danish rather than Swedish, and his name is Smørrebrød Skagerrak.[xi]
Appearances [edit]
Also appearances in The Muppet Show, the chef also appears in The Muppet Flick (1979), The Corking Muppet Antic (1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Muppets: A Celebration of thirty Years (1986), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), Muppet*Vision 3D (1991), an allure institute at Disney's Hollywood Studios, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Muppets From Space (1999), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Moving-picture show (2002), Studio DC: Most Live (2008), a sketch for the cast of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and an episode with Hannah Montana star Jason Earles and Cory in the House star Jason Dolley, the Muppet viral video "Popcorn" (2010), The Muppets (2011), Muppets Virtually Wanted (2014), a regular office on The Muppets (2015), and also appearing as a guest alongside Miss Piggy on the 5th season of MasterChef Junior (2017). A younger version of the Swedish Chef appeared on the Disney Inferior series Muppet Babies where he was referred to simply every bit Chef. The Swedish Chef has likewise appeared in a 2013 "This is SportsCenter" commercial with Robert Flores, Henrik Lundqvist, Steve Levy, and Linda Cohn.[12] [thirteen] [14] He appears in Muppets Now on the segment "Økėÿ Døkęÿ Køøkïñ" in which he competes confronting celebrity chefs.
Run across also [edit]
- Cröonchy Stars
- Swedish cuisine
- De Düva
References [edit]
- ^ Shemin, Craig (2014). Disney'southward The Muppets Grapheme Encyclopedia. New York: DK Publishing. p. 171. ISBN9781465417480.
- ^ "The BladtCast Podcast #52: 52 Pick Upwards". Archived from the original on 2 Feb 2017.
- ^ "Video clip from season 3, episode 16". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "The Muppet Evidence: The Swedish Chef Gets Lost Spoilers?". TVSeriesFinale.com. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved x March 2011.
- ^ LaBen, Craig (29 October 2007). "'Chef Tell' Erhardt, 63, early Goggle box chef". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved thirty October 2007.
- ^ "Friedman Paul Erhardt". Legacy.com. Associated Press. 30 Oct 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ Chapman, Phillip (3 July 2001). "Will the real Swedish Chef please stand up?". Muppet Central. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "Muppet Central Guides - The Muppet Bear witness: Connie Stevens". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012.
- ^ ""Mupparnas kock i Nöjesmassakern"". Bonnier AB. 18 November 1985.
- ^ a b c Stahl, Jeremy (28 August 2012). "What Do Swedes Call up of the Swedish Chef?". Slate. Archived from the original on xiv July 2014.
- ^ Hampe65 (21 Feb 2012), Dänischer Koch macht scharfe Sauce, archived from the original on 12 March 2017, retrieved 9 March 2017
- ^ "Henrik Lundqvist Stars In New 'SportsCenter' Commercial With Swedish Chef (VIDEO)". Huffington Mail service. 21 Jan 2013. Retrieved 25 Jan 2018.
- ^ Hanstock, Pecker (18 Jan 2013). "ESPN, hockey and the Swedish Chef". SBNation.com.
- ^ Phillips, Amy (23 January 2013). "This Is SportsCenter: The Muppets' Swedish Chef co-stars with NHL's Lundqvist in latest ad, Okey Dokey? - ESPN Front Row". ESPN Front Row.
External links [edit]
- The Swedish Chef on Muppet Wiki
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chef
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