On the very briefly lived Muppets Tonight! series of the late 90s, who was the host?
(Hint: It wasn't Kermit. Man...Muppets Tonight! was such a clumsy, unfunny show. Classic Muppet writers like Jerry Juhl weren't involved, new characters that lacked charm and chemistry were heavily featured, the guest stars dominated the shows instead of acting as guests...*sigh*)
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It was that big purple guy with the red Rastafarian locks. I think his name's Clifford. Rizzo the rat was his cohost/cohort too, if I remember correctly.
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I remember the good Sesame Street, though I think Maria was with Luis by the time I was born (I'll have to look that up) one of my elementary school teachers taped a ton of episodes soon after she got a VCR, so we watched them a lot. (not that I remember when VCR's came out).
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I think my favorite was when Ernie kept trying to think of things to count in order to fall asleep that wouldn't wake up Bert. I laugh just thinking about that.
1 fire engine (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) 2 fire engines (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) 3 fire engines (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) ...
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Correct. Clifford was originally created to play the guitar on Solid Foam, MuppeTelevision's in-house band. For some reason, he was chosen to be the host of Muppets Tonight...the show that also introduced *shudder* Pepe', the King Prawn Who Is Crammed Down Your Throat Over and Over Again In Every Muppet Project Since 1996. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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I used to like Muppets when i was a kid, but now i think that big bird is a homosexual, and the count a q-nt, well not how they act but how they look
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I think my favorite was when Ernie kept trying to think of things to count in order to fall asleep that wouldn't wake up Bert. I laugh just thinking about that.
1 fire engine (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) 2 fire engines (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) 3 fire engines (clang clang bee boo bee boo...) ...
I know! My favorite is Bert's screaming reaction to the balloon popping. It's so choice!
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Muppet Babies was a spin-off of a very popular segment in The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which Miss Piggy fantasized that she and Kermit had known each other as toddlers. It began in 1984, and for the next seven years was one of the most popular shows on CBS' Saturday Morning Line-Up.
CBS requested that Jim Henson make a spin-off of the spin-off, and in 1985 Little Muppet Monsters began showing immediately after Muppet Babies. This show featured a trio of brand new, live action monster Muppet kids who lived in a basement of the adult Muppets' home. 18 episodes were made, yet only two episodes were ever broadcast.
What was the reason?
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I never watched Muppet Babies. The concept seemed way too annoyingly, calculatedly, cute. Was it actually any good?
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It should be noted that I do recall more often than not much fun was poked at how cute the characters were...especially after Bean Bunny was added as a Muppet Baby.
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Answer: Jim Henson himself decided to cancel the show, as he felt it did not match the high standards he set for his projects for children.
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Why does Bert state tell Ernie that it's "no big deal" that the pigeon Bernice knows how to play Checkers?
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Bunsen and Beaker lived next door, and they came to visit, but I don't think they were in every episode.
I *loved* muppet babies when I was growing up. I'm so sad that they don't run them anymore as reruns.
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I liked Muppet Babies a lot, but I'll admit I was a bit freaked by the episodes where Baby Robin visited. It raised so many questions about Baby Kermit. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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This thread is making me so happy! I love reminiscing about what a good show these all were. Keep them coming Puffy!
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During the first season of "Saturday Night Live" (way back in 1975), Jim Henson's Muppets were regulars on the show. Not the bunch seen on any other projects or skits...but a decidedly adult, bizarre bunch of Muppets who haven't been seen since.
The human SNL performers (with the possible exception of Gilda Rander and Chevy Chase) were infamous for -hating- the Muppets. In fact, after Jim Henson returned from taping the pilot episodes of The Muppet Show over the the UK halfway through the season, what had been done to the Muppet sets? And when did he find out?
(This is a rather obscure question, so I'll give a bonus.)
Bonus question:
Who is Oscar the Grouch's best human friend? (Though he'd never admit it.)
Henson returned to find out that all the sets for the SNL Muppet skits had been scrapped, and subsequently the SNL Muppet characters were fired on the air. Ouch.
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Ah! I think I know this one -- "Turn the World Around," which was sung by Harry Belafonte on the show and at Henson's memorial service.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Henson returned to find out that all the sets for the SNL Muppet skits had been scrapped, and subsequently the SNL Muppet characters were fired on the air. Ouch.
Huh, by "fired on the air," do you mean that it was actually announced that they'd no longer be appearing? (Like how Andy Kaufman was voted off SNL?)
By the way, I'm really enjoying this thread, thanks!!
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Let's just say the remainder of the SNL Muppet skits that season (they still had a contract to fulfill) became increasingly short, grim, yet strangely funny.
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quote:Originally posted by ElJay: Wait a minute, they made Snuffy visible to everyone? Did they move Oscar into a penthouse, too? Sesame Street is dead to me now.
Snuffy was made visible to everyone years ago as a teaching lesson for parents. Sesame Street was trying to teach parents that if a child tells you the same story over and over again (like someone touching them inappropriatly) they are probably telling the truth and should be treated that way.
Snuffy was made visible in the early 80s (I know because I was still young enough to be watching the show at that time), I'm surprise so many people were so shocked by that.
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see this is what happens when you respond without reading the whole thread first. you end up repeating what others have already said.
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Wow. I have the Rowlf the Dog album with "Lydia The Tattood Lady" on it, but had no idea it was sung at Henson's funeral.
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1) Unlike most of the Muppet projects aimed at children, Jim Henson had a definite ending in mind for Fraggle Rock. The last episodes featured all of the conflicts introduced in the first season being gradually resolved. What was the final conflict resolved, leading to a state of peace and happiness for all the characters?
2) What did Gonzo really want to try during the opening credit sequence of The Great Muppet Caper? And what was Kermit's rather dry reply?
3) Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas featured all of the following songs -except- A) The Underwear That Your Grandma Otter Wore B) We're Closer Now Than Ever Before C) It Feels Like Christmas D) Brothers E) Riverbottom Nightmare Band
4) Prairie Dawn, the intelligent and calm little girl Muppet on Sesame Street is eternally what age?
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2) I _really_ should know this... Muppet Caper was my favorite muppet movie as a kid... EDIT: I did sort of know what Gonzo wanted, but I had forgotten the awesome reply by Kermit. Yay internet
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1) Doc discovered the existence of the Fraggles. Even though he was moving to a new home, the magic of Fraggle Rock allowed him to keep in touch with his new friends...no more need for them to sneak around and hide.
2) Gonzo: "I'd like to try this without the balloon!"
Kermit: "Try what, plummeting?"
Gonzo: "Yeah!"
Kermit: "Well, I suppose you could try it once."
3) C- "It Feels Like Christmas" is a song from Muppet Christmas Carol.
4) Prairie is a (very mature) age 9.
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Rowlf the Dog has been pretty much a musical number/secondary character since the mid-70s, but he originally starred as the sole Muppet on another show. Name the show.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Correct. Clifford was originally created to play the guitar on Solid Foam, MuppeTelevision's in-house band. For some reason, he was chosen to be the host of Muppets Tonight...the show that also introduced *shudder* Pepe', the King Prawn Who Is Crammed Down Your Throat Over and Over Again In Every Muppet Project Since 1996.
Hey! I like Pepe'. Of the new muppets he is definitly the best. After all, he did save the muppet theatre from Ms. Bitterman. "Great news, everybody! Unless you happen to be an evil, sexy banker lady, then it SUCKS, okaaay"
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