Was there a rough draft of "Man or Muppet" with a slightly different tone? Photo / File
Was there a rough draft of "Man or Muppet" with a slightly different tone? Photo / File
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US investment bank Goldman Sachs may have been the original inspiration for Kiwi Brett McKenzie's Oscar-winning ditty Man or Muppet, according to documents supplied exclusively to the New Zealand Herald.
It is understood Academy Award winner McKenzie, half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, titled the song Goldmanor Muppet in an early draft.
According to a source close to Kermit the Frog, the song's lyrics were amended after Muppet producers came under pressure from Goldman's legal department.
However, the New Zealand Herald has obtained an exclusive copy of the original lyrics that allegedly puts to music a CDO deal between Goldman executive Gary and hapless muppet Walter.
Goldman or muppet
Gary: I trade on my tradition but sometimes I ask myself the question what's the right derivative to sell just as well I am a goldman and not a muppet if I was the muppet then you'd be the goldman but I'm not the muppet and you're not the goldman because I'm a goldman that makes you a client of a goldman
Walter: I sign on the bottom line and hope our interests are aligned you say this product could never turn toxic I give you my cheque because you are goldman and I'm just a muppet if I'm not a muppet then I'd be a goldman but you're not a muppet and I'm not a goldman so that makes me a client of a goldman
Gary: here we go again he's made up his mind the muppet's already signed
