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Muppets at Walt Disney World Remake (Open Brainstorming)

ScorpionX

ScorpionX

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The Muppets at Walt Disney World was a movie that I was in that was made to promote the partnership with Disney and the Muppets in 1990. The film needs a remake, with more characters (Big Bird, Fraggle, etc.), recent attractions (Test Track, Tower of Terror, Animal Kingdom, etc.), and a lot more comedy. What do you think?
 
CharlieD

CharlieD

New Member
Cool you were actually in that movie! Are you an actor or something?

Oh and it would be kinda pointless to remake it, it's only 20 years old for a start.
 
Fractal514

Fractal514

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No, they do not, at least they don't own Sesame Street. In fact, that was a BIG deal at the time, Children's Television Workshop owns them and wants nothing to do with Disney.

I'm not sure about the Fraggles but I have to think at this point they are past their point of really having an impact.

One thing I HAVE always wanted was to hear the Muppet Show Opening in the 3-D show, they tease it, but don't deliver. What teases!!!
 
ScorpionX

ScorpionX

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Fractal514 said:
No, they do not, at least they don't own Sesame Street. In fact, that was a BIG deal at the time, Children's Television Workshop owns them and wants nothing to do with Disney.

I'm not sure about the Fraggles but I have to think at this point they are past their point of really having an impact.

One thing I HAVE always wanted was to hear the Muppet Show Opening in the 3-D show, they tease it, but don't deliver. What teases!!!
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Outside Muppet-Vision 3D is its gift shop. The entrance is marked by two giant statues of me and an awning that looks an awful lot like Elmo. Seasons 24 to 36 aired for a few years on Playhouse Disney, as well.

So, does Disney own Sesame Street? The answer is: more or less.
 
stlbobby

stlbobby

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They do not own the Sesame Street characters and have no rights to them. They are owned by the Children's Television Workshop now the Sesame Workshop. Kermit is the only crossover. Beyond Big Bird's cameo in the original movie there is very little cross-pollination.

Check the link below:

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2004/021704.shtml

And that's not Elmo on the gift store.
 
TrevorA

TrevorA

Active Member
In the Parks
Yes
^It's on Youtube, if you just want to watch it. Otherwise, I think I've seen it on Amazon, but don't take my word.


---TrevorA

EDIT: It's not there, sorry. But Youtube is still good.
 
heartodisney

heartodisney

Active Member
With all that has gone on with the Muppets...internet promtions and tv comercials..an update really is not a must at this time. But, that is not to say from us...just the "powers that be".
 
MANEATINGWREATH

MANEATINGWREATH

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The Rights

The deal between Jim Henson and Disney was that Disney would get the rights to Fraggle Rock and the Muppet Show (Including anything else related to the characters of that show, like the movies and specials), but not the rights to own Sesame Street.

Jim believed that Sesame Street should stay its own seperate thing and steer clear of Mickey Mouse and all of his friends. Disney wanted the rights to the show, but they just couldn't get it.

So after Jim died and the rights to the Muppets were floating around Disney bought them and the Fraggles while the Sesame Workshop steered clear from being purchased by Disney and went on their own seperate way.

However they did make one deal with Disney. And that was they could continue to use Kermit as a character on Sesame Street in memory of Jim. Disney agreed and to this day Kermit continues to be a character on the show, even if most of his clips are being reused from when Jim was still around. So Sesame Street characters really have no right being cross-pollinated with Disney characters anymore. Sure the Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock characters have spent Christmas and an award show together but that was a long time ago, so these fantasies can only dwell in our imaginations and memories.

And although that canopy thing may kind of look like Elmo it's not. It's just a Muppet monster converted into a canopy as the Muppets are well known for their hoards of crazy monsters. It kind of looks like Elmo but Elmo doesn't have teeth, a yellow nose, or yellow eyelids.
 
ScorpionX

ScorpionX

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stlbobby said:
They do not own the Sesame Street characters and have no rights to them. They are owned by the Children's Television Workshop now the Sesame Workshop. Kermit is the only crossover. Beyond Big Bird's cameo in the original movie there is very little cross-pollination.
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I am? DR. Bunsen Honeydew and one of the Mahanas(?) made cameos on SS.
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