This is an absolutely charming and witty video as a tribute to ABBA commemorating the 30th anniversary of the group winning the 1974 Erovision Song competition that launched their international career. If you love ABBA this is a must see and even if you don't it's still a must see. This is the story of a man who shows up at a record executives office (British comedian Rik Mayall) in Stockholm in 1974 hoping to get an audition and record contract for the band he manages. The puppet creators of Jim Henson created the intricate puppet parodies of the members of ABBA. Skillfully operated and choreographed they are simply delightful. All four members of ABBA have non-speaking cameo roles. Björn appears at the 1:51 mark in the six minute video to give some papers to the receptionist. Frida appears in a window at the 2:34 mark and Agnetha appears in the window behind her at the 2:39 mark to watch the audition. Benny appears at the 3:08 mark listening to a couple (the man is played by the great Swedish film star Michael Nyquist) in the reception room before he makes a phone call. Entertainer Cher appears in a cameo role in the window at the 4:27 mark and even "Eddie" the mascot of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden shows up in the window at the 4:17 mark. As the puppets enter an elevator they meet the actual band ABBA as they are leaving the elevator. This scene uses an old clip of ABBA from the video "Eagle" in the film "ABBA: The Movie" and superimposes the puppets and their manager into the scene so it looks like they are together in the elevator with ABBA. A foursome of actors are filmed from behind leaving the elevator to add to the illusion. Lots of pieces of actual ABBA songs in the soundtrack which the puppets lips and movements masterfully match. The dialog by the actors are almost all lyrics from ABBA songs. It took a team of more than 50 people to put this together. I had not seen this until recently. I would give this a 10 out of 10.
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