Watching season 1 courtesy of a cheap ($1) dvd set at a yard sale.
Not going well, to my surprise. The artsy stuff (Juliet Prowse dancing with weird human-sized puppets) still works, but I'm not much laughing at the comedy.
There are countless TV shows which never finished their complete runs on DVD. Even more frustrating are ones that released the first season or three on Blu-Ray, then went to DVD-only releases for the rest (most tragic example: Fargo).
Never found it funny. I always found the infantile smash and crash kind of "comedy" very annoying (Laurel & Hardy, Three stooges etc.). There were some fragments in that show that were an exceptions to an otherwise sad rule, but all the characters "you had to love" I hated, Miss Piggy being the first. It is the TV-show equivalent of having a group of unruly 8 year olds. No I don't have to love it for its anarchic nature. I hate anarchy. It's extremely overvalued by the same predictable twats, I mean "proponents", and brings nothing good.
D.S.
No prizes for a "hilarious" response in the form of Sesame Street's Oscar picture, especially now that it's pointed out. Just that it has been makes it so "original, daring and fun".
Never found it funny. I always found the infantile smash and crash kind of "comedy" very annoying (Laurel & Hardy, Three stooges etc.). There were some fragments in that show that were an exceptions to an otherwise sad rule, but all the characters "you had to love" I hated, Miss Piggy being the first. It is the TV-show equivalent of having a group of unruly 8 year olds. No I don't have to love it for its anarchic nature. I hate anarchy. It's extremely overvalued by the same predictable twats, I mean "proponents", and brings nothing good.
D.S.
No prizes for a "hilarious" response in the form of Sesame Street's Oscar picture, especially now that it's pointed out. Just that it has been makes it so "original, daring and fun".
Never found it funny. I always found the infantile smash and crash kind of "comedy" very annoying (Laurel & Hardy, Three stooges etc.). There were some fragments in that show that were an exceptions to an otherwise sad rule, but all the characters "you had to love" I hated, Miss Piggy being the first. It is the TV-show equivalent of having a group of unruly 8 year olds. No I don't have to love it for its anarchic nature. I hate anarchy. It's extremely overvalued by the same predictable twats, I mean "proponents", and brings nothing good.
D.S.
No prizes for a "hilarious" response in the form of Sesame Street's Oscar picture, especially now that it's pointed out. Just that it has been makes it so "original, daring and fun".
"Oh, an aristocrat, eh?"
Jim you need to be more clear in your messages. If your mission giver were this unclear, you'd be parachuting into the arctic whilst the rest of the IMF would be waiting for you in vain at the studio backlot, I mean in Eastern Europe, I mean South America, I mean.... well the backlot.
I remember enjoying the show though I wasn't a huge Muppets fan. Loved the OST and played it often back then. Never liked Miss Piggy, what a bitch! Really watched it for the chef and the old grumps in the balcony.
From a bit of web searching, I gather that seasons four and five are presumed to be too expensive to get rights to do releases for against likely sales (those seasons contain both Christopher Reeve aka Superman, and the Star Wars cast in the run up to Empire's release).
Of note, the original Muppet Show was filmed here in the U.K., funded by Lew Grade's ATV, as Henson couldn't get financial support to shoot it in the 'States. That then explains why quite a few guests are U.K. in origin, and also why the Star Wars cast got in, as they were filming Empire at Elstree with Frank Oz in 1978 or 1979, I believe.
I remember enjoying the show though I wasn't a huge Muppets fan.
I was a huge Muppets fan. I enjoyed the show immensely when it came out. Maybe it had to do with me been a teen then.
Or maybe it was the time, because I remember enjoying both the 2nd series (what was it called? The one with the Storyteller half?), and Muppets Tonight when they came out, especially the Tony Bennett episode.
From a bit of web searching, I gather that seasons four and five are presumed to be too expensive to get rights to do releases for against likely sales (those seasons contain both Christopher Reeve aka Superman, and the Star Wars cast in the run up to Empire's release).
I think that was when Nureyev was on the show, too.
I read the "trivia commentary" track for the episode I've made it up to (the Paul Williams). It said that this one was nominated for an Emmy for writing. My hopes were up.
But no, it was not much different than the others.
Except for the Rita Moreno. That was is the one to beat. But it's hard to beat Rita Moreno!
Except for the Rita Moreno. That was is the one to beat. But it's hard to beat Rita Moreno!
Also illegal.
I wish I could confidently say that the reason the first three seasons didn’t sell well is because Disney skimped on some of the more costly segments, editing them out when they couldn’t secure the rights, or didn’t want to be bothered. I was sorely disappointed by the missing sketches. So I wish I could say that, but unfortunately it’s probably just a matter of ‘kids today’ not being interested, and nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. (It didn’t help that this was sort of a double-dip for die hard fans who already had the overpriced—but complete—VHS tapes.)
Except for the Rita Moreno. That was is the one to beat. But it's hard to beat Rita Moreno!
Also illegal.
I wish I could confidently say that the reason the first three seasons didn’t sell well is because Disney skimped on some of the more costly segments, editing them out when they couldn’t secure the rights, or didn’t want to be bothered. I was sorely disappointed by the missing sketches. So I wish I could say that, but unfortunately it’s probably just a matter of ‘kids today’ not being interested, and nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. (It didn’t help that this was sort of a double-dip for die hard fans who already had the overpriced—but complete—VHS tapes.)
I didn't realise that some of the shows on the existing disc releases had been edited. A full and proper release of the shows and seasons in their entirety may never happen
