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By Daniel Fienberg Vanity Fair took a little flak earlier this week with a picture of the faces of late-night TV that was entirely ... is at the heart of ABC’s The Muppets.
Unto most every TV-watching generation, a new Muppets show is born. The original “Muppet Show,” which ran from 1976 to 1981, had Jim Henson’s felt puppets take over a vaudeville theater to ...
Here’s your streaming guide for all things Muppet Muppet movies and TV shows available on Disney+ In addition to the brand new Muppets Now series, Disney+ features the most robust assortment of ...
The 2011 big-screen reboot concluded that the Muppets don’t work on TV any more, except for a one-off telethon to save their theatre, and 2014’s criminally underappreciated sequel packs them ...
How do we make it work on two levels?” Denise and Kermit the Frog on the new adult-oriented “Muppets.” What viewers will see on TV, therefore, may be a painstakingly recrafted distillation ...
Alongside “The Muppet Show’s” Disney+ debut, TV critic Robert Lloyd lists the most important (non-Muppet) puppets in TV history, from Howdy Doody to Baby Yoda. These are the Muppets who will ...
People often have a fixed idea of what Jim Henson’s Muppets are and what they are always supposed to be — which is typically what the Muppets were when they were children. But the only real ...
He's gone on to make primarily silent background cameos in more recent Muppet movies and TV shows. Originally intended as a one-off character in a sketch on a 1978 episode of The Muppet Show ...
Yolonda the Rat, however, has not been given the same time to shine. She was excellent as Kermit's assistant on The Muppets TV series whenever she appeared. Her no-nonsense attitude, amidst all ...
The Muppets return with 'Muppets Now,' a Disney+ series that's closer to their variety/sketch roots than their disappointing 2015 ABC sitcom. By Daniel Fienberg The most wonderful thing about ...