I love the Muppets, and will sit through The Muppets Take Manhattan or The Great Muppet Caper at practically any moment of the day, any day of the year. Now, I will say that my excitement is slightly tempered by the idea of the modern-day ABC handling this event. Will the story suffer through what I'm sure will be a bunch of attempts to add a little flavor to the story line in a way that only fifty-year-old white television executives know how? Perhaps, but the Muppet humor usually shines through anyway. Take a look at the cast. Ashanti plays Dorothy, Kermit plays the Scarecrow, Gonzo the Tin Man, Fozzie the Cowardly Lion (a role J-Unit also played when he was 12), and Miss Piggy is the Wicked Witch of the West. That's one hell of a lineup.
So, go ahead and mock me, but I'll be setting my TiVo to record this when it airs this Friday night, May 20th, at 8 PM. Don't let my disturbing boner imagery prevent you from tuning in as well. Who knows, if it is good maybe we'll get that Fraggle Rock version of Pulp Fiction I've been clamoring for.
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Comments (10)
This Article was more important than the latest recap of 24!!!! I hope it is because you rushed this one out and 24 you are taking a good deal of time with so it is rip-roaringly(?) funny. PLease there is no excuse.
1 of 10 | Posted by Annonie Moss | Posted on May 17, 2005 4:02 PM
Which one's Ashanti?
2 of 10 | Posted by karsh | Posted on May 17, 2005 4:39 PM
A Fraggle Rock version of Pulp Fiction would definitely have me pitching a tent, hopefully someone at ABC is reading this.
3 of 10 | Posted by goodjobben | Posted on May 17, 2005 4:40 PM
Dude, the Muppets as experienced by adults are not ironically lame. They're just lame.
4 of 10 | Posted by brett | Posted on May 17, 2005 5:25 PM
nbc didn't screw up "a very merry muppet christmas" a few years ago so i think this will be another gem in the muppet collection, whether abc is involved or not. as you said, the muppet humor shines through.
this by no means makes up for three hours of the bachelor last night. ugh.
5 of 10 | Posted by mattie | Posted on May 17, 2005 5:29 PM
Dude, watch Desperate Housewives. It's a bunch of gay men trapped in women's bodies.
6 of 10 | Posted by a desperate househusband | Posted on May 17, 2005 7:30 PM
I read in Entertainment Weekly that the Muppets were controlled by some German production company for the past few years, and no one at Henson was happy about it. They are now under new ownership, so everyone is hopeful that this new movie will be a return to the "fun for kids but some adults see the humor, too" feel of the past. I will definitely watch.
7 of 10 | Posted by Ashes | Posted on May 18, 2005 6:51 AM
J-Unit can attest to the fact that I'm one of the most obsessive Muppet fans out there, so I of course have to weigh in here with some comments.
I would flip around Ashes statment and say that in order to go back to the Muppets' heyday they need to make it "fun for adults but kids can see the humor too." When the Muppet Show came out in the late 70s it was not a kids show (its pilot episode was entitled "Sex and Violence"). The first three Muppet movies are really not kids movies either, although they can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
In my opinion, the problem with recent Muppet projects (including, mattie, the mostly abysmal NBC Christmas movie) is that somehow the Muppets have become geared towards children first and dumbed down a lot of the writing. The last really great Muppet project was "Muppet Christmas Carol," which appealed to all ages without being strictly a kids' movie - it was very faithful to the novel and didn't shy away from dark or serious moments. Here's hoping this new "Oz" film remembers that the Muppets weren't originally just for kids. And speaking of Oz, I miss Frank.
8 of 10 | Posted by MyMomStalksB-Side | Posted on May 18, 2005 9:45 AM
I LOVE THE MUPPETS!!!!!
Ashanti, eh, not so much.
9 of 10 | Posted by Genevieve | Posted on May 18, 2005 10:20 AM
I really the mupphet wizard of oz and I hope they play it again and again. I dont care what yall say. I loved it.
10 of 10 | Posted by Ashlegh | Posted on May 21, 2005 6:40 AM