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The best parodies / derivative uses always involve muppets

By J. DeVoy

This is the trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.  It was a popular book, so naturally I neither read nor cared about it.  Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame scored the movie, which includes a cover of Led Zepplin’s Immigrant Song, performed with Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLvMg62RPA&w=560&h=315]

Never to be outdone, Disney promoted its Thanksgiving offering, The Muppets, with an advertisement spoofing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s, titling it “The Pig With The Froggy Tattoo.”

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHqLcEtt368&w=560&h=315]

Perhaps internet memes and user-generated content have come full circle to influence the muppets’ formal marketing.

Still, it’s not quite as good as this classic:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgZ2GJOeQKA&w=420&h=315]

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