The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have approved a musical Form to be used at the beginning of meetings of the Church of England’s General Synod. A spokesperson for the Archbishops described the new Form as ‘a joyful expression and affirmation of the long-standing self-identification of the Church’s bishops as muppets’. The House of Bishops is to be called the Menage of Muppets, the archbishop of the northern province becomes the Archmuppet of York, and the hitherto informal designation Archmuppet of Canterbury will be the formal synodical title of the archbishop of the southern province.
Female Muppets
It’s time to play the music
It’s time to light the lights
It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight
Male Muppets
It’s time to put on makeup
It’s time to dress up right
It’s time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight
Archmuppet of Canterbury
Why do we always come here
Archmuppet of York
I guess we’ll never know
Archmuppet of Canterbury
It’s like a kind of torture
Both
To have to watch the show
Menage of Muppets
And now let’s get things started
Clerical and Lay Members
Why don’t you get things started?
Clerk to the Synod
It’s time to get things started
Menage of Muppets
On the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational
This is what we call the Muppet Show!
