Originally Posted By phruby They need to have Mark Hamill (and his cousin Luke Skywalker) back again. That would mean the return of Angus McGonagle, the Argyle Gargoyle, gargles Gershwin gorgeously.
Originally Posted By dagobert LOL An organization wants you to boycot the Muppets. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slashfilm.com/one-million-moms-boycotting-the-muppets/">http://www.slashfilm.com/one-m...muppets/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Meh, someone is always going to boycott something. I'm not too concerned about it I've got my DVR set to record the premiere tonight. Here's hoping for a reboot of the Muppets that is actually successful!
Originally Posted By u k fan I've seen the first episode and I thought it was great. It is a grown up Muppets that you get here, but if you can manage Kermit saying "sexy" you'll be fine!!!
Originally Posted By KyleBurbank IMHO, the jokes are tame and will likely go over the kids' heads. No worse than a Dreamworks film. But we'll see where they take it.
Originally Posted By KyleBurbank Unless your kids understand Fozzie saying personal ads for bears got him the wrong kinds of responses...
Originally Posted By phruby That show was awful. It's like they took the worst and unfunny jokes from the Larry Sanders Show and made the Muppets say them completely out of character. There was none of the crazy Muppetness that we saw in previous shows. Where was the explosions? Where was Gonzo doing crazy stunts? Why did Fozie have to insult the big mouth monster? The big mouth monster should have eaten Fozie. That would have been more inline with the Muppets. The only good part was the Dancing with the Czars joke. I really wanted to see Rizo and Pepa do that skit. The Tom Bergeron scenes were good. The whole love triangle thing with Kermit just doesn't work and is a little creepy. I hope the show gets better but I doubt it will survive 13 episodes. They had it right when they made Muppets Tonight. This show is not the Muppets and very uncomfortable at times.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I was never a watcher of the original series. But I do appreciate the humor and fun of The Mupperts. This new series, and the tone of it, seems a bit 'off model.' It's like making the 'Star Wars' characters funny -- ie: commercials with Darth Vader strolling around Disneyland, or Stormtroopers on ESPN Sportscenter. Sure, it's funny, for two seconds, but doesn't really do much to maintain the integrity of the universe. Suddenly, Fozzie is dating a human woman? It just felt a bit convoluted.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Being Chinese-American, I got more of a laugh out of Fresh off the Boat.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Being Chinese-American,.> In a hilarious reveal on last night's show, so is Fozzie the bear. Wocka-wocka-wocka!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I didn't see the show last night, but I am confused about Kermit and Miss Piggy's "conscious uncoupling." Maybe I'm behind the Muppet times, but I thought the gag was that Miss Piggy was wildly in love with Kermit, who attempted to avoid her affections. I never knew they were officially a couple.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That was the deal during the Muppet Show, and I make always liked that. In the sort of "off TV years," when they would do talk shows to promote a movie, for instance, at some point they became a couple.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I watched last night's episode, and thought it had potential but wasn't there yet. I thought that the whole thing just felt sort of cold and dry (and not as in "dry humor"...just dry). I liked some of the stuff, like the running bit with Tom Bergeron, but the whole thing just felt very lifeless for such over-the-top characters I will say that there was a lot of really cool visual tricks going on, which made it fun to see how they did things. It seemed like a huge Muppet cast, including lots of really random background characters. I'm still lukewarm on the show, but willing to give it another shot
Originally Posted By familyguy I agree with Ferret. I was thinking it was kinda boring until the Tom Bergeron appearance and the "I'm not in the elevator yet" line. That was my first lol moment in the show. There were a couple other moments after that as well. I think it was decent for the pilot episode, so we'll just have to see where it goes from here. I'll be watching to see how it goes.
Originally Posted By basil fan I was amazed at how unfunny this was. I was going to say the only funny bit was Dancing with the Tsars, but someone else beat me to it. Muppets Tonight was funnier. And it wasn't very good. The Wacky Races <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/wackyraces.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ces.html</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck >I hope the show gets better but I doubt it will survive 13 episodes. They had it right when they made Muppets Tonight. Muppets Tonight only survived 22 episodes. So they didn't exactly have it right.
Originally Posted By u k fan This is much more inline with Jim's version of the characters than some would have you believe. In fact one week before Jim died a press release was put out saying Kermit and Piggy had split and this was to be followed by tabloid articles about their new romances etc. The whole thing was quietly shuttered when Jim died, but despite what internet foamers seem to be saying Jim wouldn't have minded this at all. The show needs time to bed in, but a friend in the know who has seen a few future episodes says it just gets better and better. Muppets Tonight was getting there when it was cancelled, but this is much stronger IMHO!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just watched tonight's episode. They nailed it on getting the tone right, IMO; classic Muppet stuff. If they can keep this up, I'm definitely going to keep watching
