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Michelle Obama with her cuddly co-presenters
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Back in the prehistoric days of the original Muppet Show there was always a scene in which a guest celebrity bantered awkwardly with Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear. Netflix has revived this ancient tradition with a new puppet-fuelled educational series in which none other than former First Lady Michelle Obama exchanges quips with a “half-yeti, half-waffle” sentient sock named Waffles (performed by Michelle Zamora) and squeaky side-kick Mochi (Russ Walko).
It’s every bit as bizarre as you would imagine – try to picture Cherie Blair taking tea with Tinky-Winky, Dipsy and the demon vacuum cleaner off Teletubbies – but Obama ultimately only has herself to blame. Waffles + Mochi is made by Higher Ground, the production company she established with her husband and which has struck a Meghan and Harry-style multi-million dollar deal with Netflix.
Waffles + Mochi review – Michelle Obama s charming puppet series Adrian Horton © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Adam Rose/AP
As first lady, Michelle Obama received plenty of cable TV flak for her youth nutrition initiative, Let’s Move!, which combined the soft touch of the First Lady’s “mom-in-chief” persona with actual policies to combat childhood obesity and improve school lunches. The subsequent administration may have tarnished the Obamas’ legislative legacy, but soft power abounds on the streaming services; the latest in the lucrative partnership between the Obamas’ Higher Ground production and Netflix is Waffles + Mochi, a mostly charming, zany children’s series in which two puppets explore, via magic flying shopping cart, the world of food cast in its rosiest light.
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