Tigger1988
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frcouk83 said:They should put Muppet Babies on Toon Disney!!!
YES!!!! wow I miss that show!
frcouk83 said:They should put Muppet Babies on Toon Disney!!!
I have it on tape from a long time ago. It's so fun. Reminds me of my childhood.Crazy Harry said:I heard a while ago that if the wizard of oz made for tv movie did well that we would see more of the muppets in the parks. Does anyone know how that movie did or if anything is being considered because anything with the muppets would be acceptable, for obvious reasons.
Woody13 said:Disney doesn't own any part of Fraggle Rock.
frcouk83 said:They should put Muppet Babies on Toon Disney!!!
Walt Disney Company 2004 Annual Report said:New plans for television shows, feature films, music, stage plays and theme park attractions starring the Muppets are in the works.
Pumbas Nakasak said:Maybe Im getting my dates wrong but as an original muppet show user I dont see where the idea that it was aimed at hippys comes from, unless this is another insular navel gazing California thang.
Not many hippies in the UK, at the time it was glam rock followed by punk, infact Floyd was the only hippy type and now with hindsite hes more of a jazz type figure, and with a name like Floyd,a bit of a 70s prog rock influence there. wasnt it made in Britain in the early days????
Connor002 said:Well, Mr. Henson was part of the hippie movement over here and had been know to ahhh... well... experiment with ahhh... you know... there are even rumors that he hid certain materials in the muppets in order to smugle it into the UK. So, some of Jim Henson's personality rubbed off on the muppets, and the humor in general wasn't the clean cut kind we're used to from disney.
Connor002 said:I like the muppets but a big problem with them is the fact that they're oriented for the "hippie generation."
ThreeCircles said:I was lucky enough to have sailed on the Disney Magic as she was brought back home from California through the Panama Canal. During one of the evening performances, which Kermit co-hosted with Mark Curry, they had a great movie with the Muppets running rampant throughout the ship.
edwardtc said:So, you're saying Jim Henson was a pot-head and drug smuggler. Right....
Woody13 said:Disney doesn't own any part of Fraggle Rock.
They would have to license Fraggle Rock. Why pay for a license for characters that you and 3 other people like?Crazy Harry said:Funny, I don't think they own star wars, indy, twilight zone ect. either. And as someone else has mentioned, what of the merchandizing, there must be some kind of deal. Besides, I just think it would be cool regardless.
That was perfect! I hate Kermit now. He sounds like a high pitched idiot! Disney needs to fire the entire Muppet cast and get some puppet masters that know the art. It will take time.CThaddeus said:I was never much of a fan of Fraggle Rock, but just to set the record straight, Disney definitely did not get the rights to that show. See this link:
http://www.henson.com/company/021704.html
It's very clear they only got the Muppets and Bear's clan.
Now, as for the Muppets, I hope Disney does manage to give them a comeback. But, as has been mentioned, with sub-par TV movies like "The Muppets Wizard of Oz," that ain't gonna happen very soon. The real problem is the same one Disney suffered from when Walt died - Jim Henson is gone. He seemed to be the real source of the humor and heart. Without him, the Henson Company has really floundered. Add to that the fact that they lost probably 80% of their original Muppet voices with Jim's death and Frank Oz's moving on to bigger things, and you've got a real sad state. And then when you start hawking garbage like Pizza Hut, you know your product is in the toilet.
I think they're going to need about ten more years to really come back. Disney needed twenty, and Jim has been gone ten already, so give them time. I guess we have to learn to adapt to the new Muppets, and they will have to adapt to us, as well.
That being said, Muppet-Vision 3-D is the best!
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