The Muppet Show

[Piperken]

It's time to play the music.
It's time to light the lights.
A new show with the Muppets premiers for us tonight!

Unfortunately, I do not have Disney. You all will have to mention when discussing if it had The Critics.
It's only the Muppet Show if it has The Critics. The Critics were just the right amount of adult in it!

 

[Tonguez]

That was a decade ago - "the muppets" was back in 2015. It ran for one season.

Personal opinion - in trying to make that series more "adult" they made the characters more mean-spirited, which didn't really fit their prior ethos, so people abandoned it and ratings crashed.

Muppets Mayhem, from 2023, understands what they characters stand for, and is delightful.

A decade really! Seems I have some catching up to do

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Unfortunately, I do not have Disney. You all will have to mention when discussing if it had The Critics.
It's only the Muppet Show if it has The Critics. The Critics were just the right amount of adult in it!

It does have Waldorf and Statler.

 

[Staffan]

I just watched it, and it hit me right in the nostalgia. I do sincerely hope that this will be successful as a pilot for a reboot of the Muppet Show, because I loved every second of it, and I just spent half an hour with the biggest smile on my face.

 

[Umbran]

Unfortunately, I do not have Disney.

It is airing on ABC at 9 PM, I think. Check your local listings!

You all will have to mention when discussing if it had The Critics.

You mean Statler and Waldorf? They aren't critics. They're hecklers

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

.

 

[aco175]

It was cute and hit many good marks. Kermit is no Kenny Rogers though, but Sabrina Carpenter did a good Dolly Parton

 

[trappedslider]

i'm watching it now and enjoying, and now i need a version of manchild with the chickens

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I'm going to watch this before bed. I loved this show growing up. Hopefully there is a moment as iconic as Alan Arkin's attack on those bunnies.

 

[Umbran]

I'm going to watch this before bed. I loved this show growing up. Hopefully there is a moment as iconic as Alan Arkin's attack on those bunnies.

It was a pretty perfect "half hour to unwind" before bed kind of show.