The Recast with Ameena Hamid
Have you ever asked yourself ”what if my favourite film was recast with The Muppets?” No? Well, Ameena Hamid has and in each episode of The Recast, she asks a guest to suggest a film, keep one person and come up with a muppet-only cast list for the rest of the characters.
Listen on:
Join Ameena and her carousel of guests for this absurd, high-fructose and joyful dive into the cinematic universe that is her childhood love for ’The Muppet Show’ all grown up.
Image Credits:
Font: KERNIT (Brian Collins, Jules Tardy, Tom Wilder)
Ameena Cartoon: Charlotte ’Sketching’ Connelly
Muppet Outline & Composition: Ameena Hamid
Jingle & Additional Music by Ryan Carey-Hills
Episodes
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
It's Episode Four! This week we tackle the mammoth film franchise that is The Avengers with LA legend and Ameena's friend Sebastian "Seb" "Sebas" Mullen.
This episode has a cold open, Ameena fighting chickens and Sandra Bullock. #WHOISJENNIFER
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
After an incredibly long and unplanned hiatus, we are back with our third episode and pretending nothing happened. This week we dive into Mamma Mia and it's men with Grainne Robson.
This episode has far too much about Ameena's dating history, loads of chickens, Cher and singing. #ItsABaseballFieldSizedBox
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Onwards to our second episode featuring the fozziest (who knows) Dean Johnson and his choice of film: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 🎅
This episode has a famous special guest, an enthusiastic button, Statler and Waldorf trivia and of course the terror that is Big Bird. #TheFlagsAreYellow
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Our pilot episode features the wonderful Sam Rippon as our first guest and brings us the film that started this nonsense: Love Actually! ❤️
This episode has a pig slap to a whole family, the octopus lobster child, Muppet f*cking, Beaker’s dulcet tones, and swapping Portugal for Sweden. But most importantly #BackBobo 🐻
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Have you ever asked yourself ”what if my favourite film was recast with The Muppets?” No?
Well, Ameena has and in each episode of The Recast, she asks a guest to suggest a film, keep one person and come up with a muppet-only cast list for the rest of the characters.
Join Ameena and her carousel of guests for this absurd, high-fructose and joyful dive into the cinematic universe that is her childhood love for ’The Muppet Show’ all grown up. 🐸