Happytime Murders Nominated for Multiple Razzie Awards!

Yesterday we previewed a new Oscar salt & pepper shaker and today the Oscar nominations were announced. Along with the Oscar noms celebrating the best films of the year come the Razzies, "celebrating" the worst. 

This year the Razzie noms are extra salty (see what I did there) as they include multiple nominations for The Happytime Murders.

The "accolades" Happytime has been noted for include: 

Worst Actress: Melissa McCarthy for both The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party
However, she is also received an oscar nomination for Best Actress for Can You Ever Forgive Me? (is that a subconscious apology for the other two?)

Worst Supporting Actor: Joel McHale

Worst Screen Combo: Any Two Actors or Puppets (Especially in Those Creepy Sex Scenes)

Worst Director: Brian Henson 

Worst Screenplay: Screenplay by Todd Berger, Story by Berger and Dee Austin Robinson

and Worst Picture for which The Happytime Murders is facing off against Gotti, Robin Hood, Winchester, and Holmes & Watson.

The 39th annual Razzie Awards will take place Feb. 23, the night before the 91st Academy Awards.

Personally, I think the hate is undeserved and hope it loses all the "awards" it is nominated for. 

Joel McHale Joins Happytime Murders!

Joel McHale, who led the cast of NBC's cult comedy Community, and hosted E!'s Talk Soup (later renamed The Soup), is the latest star to join the Henson Company's puppet noir film. 

McHale joins previously announced stars Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, and Elizabeth Banks. 

This isn't the first time McHale has worked with the Muppet performers. He appeared on season 42 of Sesame Street explaining the word "prickly, Statler and Waldorf made an appearance on The Soup to promote the video release of The Muppets, and McHale shared the screen with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in a 2015 Audi commercial.

McHale is playing a stern FBI agent who is working on the case.