Changes: Professor Krassman

PERFORMER	Mel Brooks
DEBUT	1979

Revision as of 12:12, 23 September 2018

TMM-Promo-ProfessorKrassman — Professor Krassman threatening his hostages.

Professor Krassman is the world's leading authority in the rapidly growing field of mind control in frogs. Krassman is hired by Doc Hopper in The Muppet Movie to force Kermit the Frog to appear as a commercial spokesman for Doc Hopper's Frog Legs.

The result of many late nights at his laboratories in Cologne and Dusseldorf, Krassman's latest achievement is an imposing device used to perform an electronic cerebrectomy, a process by which a frog's brain is reduced to guacamole. Due to the timely intervention of Miss Piggy, (whom the professor really should not have insulted) Kermit's gray matter is saved, and Krassman becomes a victim of his own machine.

In typical mad scientist fashion, Krassman is prone towards maniacal laughter, taking great joy in his work. When others join in, however, he curtails it, stating that "I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter."

Krassman's lab coat has "Prof" emblazoned on the back. This is an allusion to Mel Brooks' role as Governor LePetomaine in Blazing Saddles, the back of whose suit coat was clearly labeled "Gov."

Krassman calibrates his machine to 666, The Number of the Beast, and misspells 'frog' when whispering to Doc Hopper. He says, "Our little f-o-r-g..."

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+{{character|image=Professor-Krassman.jpg|performer=[[Mel Brooks]]|debut=1979}}
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-[[Image:Professor_Krassman.jpg|thumb|300px|"Let's fry them brains!"]]
+[[Image:TMM-Promo-ProfessorKrassman.jpg|thumb|300px|Professor Krassman threatening his hostages.]]
-'''Professor Krassman''' is a [[Germany|German]] mad scientist who appeared in ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''. Employed by [[Doc Hopper]] as part of his on-going campaign to obtain [[Kermit the Frog]] as commercial spokesman, Krassman is the world's leading authority in the rapidly growing field of mind control in [[frogs]].
+'''Professor Krassman''' is the world's leading authority in the rapidly growing field of mind control in [[frogs]]. Krassman is hired by [[Doc Hopper]] in ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' to force [[Kermit the Frog]] to appear as a commercial spokesman for [[Doc Hopper's Frog Legs]].
-The result of many late-nights at his laboratories in Cologne and Dusseldorf, his latest achievement is an imposing device for use in performing an electronic cerebrectomy, a process by which a frog's brain is reduced to [[Avocado|guacamole]]. The electronic yarmulke is attached to the patient's head. Due to the timely intervention of [[Miss Piggy]], Kermit's gray matter is saved, and Krassman becomes a victim of his own devices.
+The result of many late nights at his laboratories in Cologne and Dusseldorf, Krassman's latest achievement is an imposing device used to perform an electronic cerebrectomy, a process by which a frog's brain is reduced to guacamole. Due to the timely intervention of [[Miss Piggy]], (whom the professor really should not have insulted) Kermit's gray matter is saved, and Krassman becomes a victim of his own machine.
-In typical mad scientist fashion, Krassman is prone towards maniacal laughter, taking great joy in his work. When others join in, however, he curtails it, stating that "I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter."
+In typical mad scientist fashion, Krassman is prone towards maniacal laughter, taking great joy in his work. When others join in, however, he curtails it, stating that "I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter."
-==Behind the Scenes==
 Krassman's lab coat has "Prof" emblazoned on the back. This is an allusion to Mel Brooks' role as Governor LePetomaine in ''Blazing Saddles'', the back of whose suit coat was clearly labeled "Gov."
+Krassman calibrates his machine to 666, [[The Devil|The Number of the Beast]], and misspells 'frog' when whispering to Doc Hopper. He says, "Our little f-o-r-g..."
-The evil science teacher in ''[[Kermit's Swamp Years]]'' was named [[Dr. Hugo Krassman]], an allusion to Professor Krassman. Kermit suggests in the DVD audio comentary for the film that the two may be related.
+==See also==
+*[[Dr. Hugo Krassman]]
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 [[Category:Muppet Movie Characters]]
 [[Category:Human Characters]]