Sings the Muppets LP

The same guy who created Family Guy has spent over a decade cutting big-band standards albums for Republic and Verve, straight-faced, no punchline. His 2011 debut Music Is Better Than Words landed a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, going up against Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand, so the seriousness isn't a bit. Sings the Muppets points that same orchestral, American-songbook treatment at Rainbow Connection and Bein' Green, which is either the most on-brand joke Seth MacFarlane has ever made or the least.