Too bad Ric wasn't there:

Annie: Now this is podracing!

Ric: No it's not. This is flying a Naboobian fighter against Trade Federation Droid Fighters and Droid Controller Donuts. Podracing is a sport on outer rim planets where large spaceship engines are electro-magnetically tethered to a small pod and raced around Moab, Utah. It's so intense, most muppets die before finishing and some muppets esplodé right there on the starting line. Obstensibly, humans are unable to compete, but if the EU can be believed, almost all victors are in fact human.

Annie: I was speaking figuratively, you 2 meter hairless gorilla!

Ric: I'm not a Gorilla, and I have lots of hair on the back and sides of my head.

Panaka: Remember, folks... Panaka has a full head of hair, a gorgeous smile, and a piratey eye patch. Rock the vote!