Muppets Now Coming to Disney +

[Matt_Black]

Yes, and Sesame Street has been terrible for a while, too!

 

[Phroobar]

I want to love it so much but....I don't know. Muppet Labs with Bunsen and Beaker have been great and I enjoyed the Swedish Chef but some of the other sketches fall flat for me. And like, what is with so few sketches? The first time I saw the Lifesty with Miss Piggy or the cooking segment with Swedish Chef it was like "awesome" and now I'm like, don't they have other ideas? It's like they have four rotating sketches and that is it. Even the same guest stars- Taye Diggs and Linda Cardelli (spelling?). Like, ummmmmmm. Is that it? They need more wth Gonzo and Rizzo, Raplh, the Electric Mayhem, Kermit, new muppets, etc. It's okay, and the muppets are always a joy for me but I find myself looking at my phone and multi-tasking while I watch and that should not be the case.

Exactly! Why are there only four sketches and they are the same thing every time? Those four sketches are supposed to be improv but it feels very scripted and not funny. Where is the zanniness?

The Muppets need music! Where are the musical numbers?

Muppets Now is painful to watch what Disney is doing to them.

 

[erasure fan1]

Muppets Now is painful to watch what Disney is doing to them.

Some like to blame the muppets, but it has been painfully obvious that Disney has no clue what they are doing.

 

[mf1972]

i haven’t watched the last 3 episodes as of yet, but it sounds like i’m not missing much. from what i have seen, it’s not really that good. might’ve mentioned it earlier, but i actually enjoyed the show abc had on a few years ago. leaned a little more to some adult humor, but i liked it.

 

[Brer Panther]

They should have just kept these as shorts and posted them on YouTube.

 

[Matt_Black]

The Muppets need music! Where are the musical numbers?

Licensing issues, most likely. Unless you want to hear "Rainbow Connection" for the zillionth time.

 

[erasure fan1]

might’ve mentioned it earlier, but i actually enjoyed the show abc had on a few years ago. leaned a little more to some adult humor, but i liked it.

We rewatched it a couple weeks ago and it was better than I remember. If they had been more original and more creative, maybe people would have stuck with it.

 

[Phroobar]

Licensing issues, most likely. Unless you want to hear "Rainbow Connection" for the zillionth time.

The biggest media corporation in the world can't afford to license a few songs for their streaming service tv show. Give me a break. Like Disney doesn't have a large inhouse catalog.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The biggest media corporation in the world can't afford to license a few songs for their streaming service tv show. Give me a break. Like Disney doesn't have a large inhouse catalog.

Or, and this is a crazy idea, write new songs?

 

[Phroobar]

Why can't Muppets Now have some country or pop stars come on to sing a song with the Muppets? Why not use some of those Disney channel pop stars?