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The Swedish Chef is a Muppet character that appeared on The Muppet Show. He was originally performed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz simultaneously, with Henson performing the head and voice and Oz performing the character's live hands. The Swedish Chef is currently performed by Bill Barretta.
A parody of television chefs, the Swedish Chef wears a toque blanche and has bushy eyebrows that completely obscure his eyes. He was one of the few Muppets to employ an actual puppeteer's hands, originally Oz's, in the designs – that is, they were visible to the audience through his sleeves and facilitated handling food and utensils.
Nearly all Swedish Chef sketches on The Muppet Show begin featuring him within a kitchen environment, waving some utensils while singing his signature yodel-esque song in his typical mock Swedish – a semi-comprehensible gibberish mimicking Swedish phonology and prosody. The song's lyrics vary slightly from one episode to the next, but always end with "Bork, bork, bork!" as the Chef throws the utensils (or whatever else may be in his hands) aside with a clatter that seems to startle him.
Jason Jordan Segel (/ˈsiːɡəl/; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, as well as for his work with producer Judd Apatow on the television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
Segel has also starred in several films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Despicable Me (2010), "Bad Teacher" (2011), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), The Muppets (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), and Sex Tape (2014). His performance as the late author David Foster Wallace in the 2015 film The End of the Tour was met with critical acclaim, earning him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
Segel was born January 18, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, to Jillian (Jordan) and Alvin Segel, a lawyer. He grew up in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian. He has stated that he was raised Jewish, as well as "a little bit of everything". Segel went to Hebrew school and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, and also attended St. Matthew's Parish School, a private Episcopal school. He has an older brother, Adam, and a younger sister, Alison.
I've searched and searched for you
In every face i've passed
And i've searched through their souls
From the coolest springtime
Until decembers cruel
No matter what i do
I was only searching for you
To do what i must do
I must go on searching for you
My ships sail the empty seas
Running our crossbones
To seek your poetry divine
My words are used up
And rhymes that brought you down
No matter what i do
I was only searching for you
To do what i must do
I choose you
With every step i choose
I was only searching for you
To do what i must do
I choose you
I built my temples there
To speak your name alone
I've pissed my life away in every way i've known
I'm not sure what i've seen
But still my heart is sewn up
Inside your tattered clothes
No matter what i do
I was only searching for you
With every step i choose
I was only searching for you
To do what i must do
I must go on searching for you
No matter what i choose
I choose you
Release me so i can love again
Release me so i can love again, love again
Release me so i can love again, love again
Release me so i can love again, love again
Release me so i can love again, love again