Muppets General

it kinda still is

Since this is a general thread for Muppets as a whole, I want to ask this.

Does anyone else think it's darkly funny how after a fade to black, we smash cut to see the ship in the middle of nowhere (before the "Cabin Fever" song, at literally the first second of the attached video)?

I swear, every time that second shows up, I end up chuckling.

edited 28th Sep '15 6:58:23 PM by TargetmasterJoe

Bump...?

Well, I have to tell someone that there's a character in Muppets from Space called Fast Eddie!

... so even with a canceled TV show and an apparently halted movie deal, the Muppeteers are STILL appearing in random videos! That is dedication!

Finally, a new video! I thought this would never happen!

I guess making new Youtube videos is going to be the Muppet gang's thing for a while, now that they got much of nothing big going on.

And finally we get a new proper ''Pigs In Space'' segment!

That was...strange. Not that I'm complaining. And Strangepork has finally returned!

The Gravity of the Situation

In another note, Freeform had the Muppets appear on TV spots for its 25 Days Of Christmas. I caught the one where Gonzo tries to get a kiss from Piggy. :D

Kermit's a puppet

Love that meta-joke.

Yeah my face was aghast. I had to check which dimension of reality I was in. :D

New Valentines Day video!

I.... made.... a.... Recap.Fraggle Rock page.... *flops*

EDIT: Made a Characters.Fraggle Rock page too!

edited 21st Feb '17 10:36:53 AM by lalalei2001

I feel bad for how hard I laughed at this. Poor Big Bird, and the poor writer! http://www.scq.ubc.ca/in-which-our-protagonist-learns-the-importance-of-the-base-case/

Very relevant, and possibly calls for an update to the Muppet tvtropes pages...

I've updated most of the pages. I had to reach a strange compromise for Characters.Sesame Street.

edited 11th Jul '17 6:24:50 PM by TropesForever

wait ernie hasn't been steve whitmire for three years

Indeed. Statler has also been recast to Peter Linz in a couple of recent ads.

I didn't' notice it myself, but the Toughpigs article states that none of Steve's characters appeared in the Youtube videos "Thought of the Week", which also caused fans to speculate something was up.

Whitmire's response. Keep in mind there is no proof yet that this is coming from an imposter, so take this with a grain of salt until this blogger shows more information that makes it certain it's the real Whitmire.

The most alarming piece of information is that it was Disney that decided to recast without input from Whitmire himself first, and that this decision was in effect since October 2016!

UPDATE: with Muppets Studio statement Steve Whitmire, the longtime Kermit the Frog puppeteer recently fired by Disney’s Muppets Studio, says he is “devastated” and was denied the opportunity for a face-to-face discussion over the studio’s “drastic action.”

More details.

Uh oh.

I can't watch. But I can't look away either.

A friend on FB said that examples like this makes her feel like there are nostalgic franchises that should probably just end.

edited 19th Jul '17 4:28:59 PM by kyun

It's not like the two recent movies were bad. Sitcom was pretty okay too.

Matt Vogel's a really good puppeteer and I look forward to seeing his Kermit.