Kanye West’s Hip-Hop Muppet Show

 

Kanye West has teamed up with comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla’s Jackhole Productions to create a project for Comedy Central described as hip-hop meets the Muppets.

West and fellow executive producer Rhymefest will serve as musical directors on the show which, if picked up, is scheduled to debut in 2009.

According to Billboard.com, West hosts the half-hour pilot, which has already been shot tentatively titled “Alligator Boots.  Like The Muppet Show, the idea is to have a different celebrity guest host for every episode.

 This isn;t the first time the rapper has teamed up with The Muppets.  He had some muppets join him on his Glow In The Dark tour over the summer.

And a  puppet version of West was created and starred in his music video, Champion.

The clip, released to coincide with the Beijing Olympics, showed the mannequin competing against real athletes in a 100m sprint.

It was directed by production company Neon. It is not known whether they are involved with Alligator Boots, which is the brainchild of TV producers Jackhole Industries.