Talk:The Swedish Chef
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Henson and Oz
User:Jkazoo added this sentence to the article: "It became a game between Henson and Oz to guess how many things Oz could knock down when he threw the utensils." That's a fun piece of information, but backstage info needs a source. I posted on Jkazoo's talk page and asked for a source... -- Danny
(talk) 15:58, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
El Hambo
I'm new to this, I apologise.
The Swedish Chef was also an inspiration for a Finnish Folk Song, entitled El Hambo, by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.
The text of the song is nothing more than random vowels and consonants. It is evident, however, that Mäntyjärvi has his tongue planted firmly in his cheek since in the foreword notes included with the edition of music he states, “Sources of inspiration for this piece include, surprisingly, genuine Norwegian folk song arrangements and, of course, the Swedish Chef in The Muppet Show.” -Clint Richards http://music.sdsmt.edu/Events/03-04/04sprconcert.htm#El%20Hambo
Noogie 05:18, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
section edit links
I've removed the section edit links on this page. In order for the table's column widths to match between each section, I've used colspan tags to maintain a single table. Otherwise, uneven column widths between the sections make the page look messy. However, editing a section independantly of the rest of the page tends to make edit previews look like you've broken the table. So to deter from this, contributors must edit the page from the main link and lose the luxury of section edits until I can figure out a better way to do it. I have some ideas, but won't be implementing them right away. — Scott (talk) 14:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Tom?
Does anyone know what source there is for the Swedish Chef's real name being "Tom"? --Andrew, Aleal 01:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I've never heard that before. Even if there was a one-time joke about it, I wouldn't consider it "canon." PrawnRR 02:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- It's from the Danny Kaye episode of The Muppet Show; after the Chef says something, Danny says, "Yes, that's his name" and drolls out a long incomprehensible Swedish name, then adds "But we call him Tom". It may have been an ad-lib, but Danny continues to call him Tom throughout the sketch. -- MuppetDude 15:56, 11 May 2006 (UTC)