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this is so niche but shout out to that one time walter hit on gordon ramsey lowkey

#That short is SO good #also more Walter screen time is always a win #muppets #the muppets #walter muppets #walter muppet #swedish chef #the swedish chef

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Happy Earth Day!

#it’s not the day after earth day shh it’s EARTH DAY #the muppets #earth day #robin the frog #muppets

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this is all that goes through my head whenever people get upset abt queer muppets in general (most recently with pogey although the conservative outroar wasn’t as bad as it was with gonzo)

#who’s gonna tell em #muppets #the muppets

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#HAHAH #its fun seeing people in the tags so surprised #and like ‘he also played this muppet!’ #psa on this post that there were not that many muppeteers back then #most famous puppets were played by one of like 7 people #anyway tho that aside amazing post lol

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losing my mind because i've watched this movie so many times and this is the first time i've noticed any of this. but floyd and janice get absolutely FLATTENED. and then honeydew and scooter just. fall. while beaker clings on for dear life. also camilla is attached to the church roof and is just falling over with it. this clip has no business being so funny and idk how i never noticed

#THE WAY SCOOTER JUST RAGDOLLS OFF THE RAINBOW AAAAH #that’s so funny I love muppets being tossed around lifelessly #the muppets #muppets #the muppet movie

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GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! JIM HENSON DOCUMENTARY IS COMING OUT NEXT MONTH!!!

#WAHOOOO #YIPPEEEE #IM SO READY #the muppets #muppets #Jim Henson

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Muppet Fact #1052

Originally, Kermit was going to be sitting on a lilly pad and not a log during the "Rainbow Connection" scene in The Muppet Movie, but it was easier to hide Jim Henson and position Kermit using the log.

Source:

Hennes, Joe. “A Thankful Heart: The Paul Williams Interview, Part 2.” ToughPigs, March 11, 2013. https://toughpigs.com/paul-williams-2/.

#woah I’ve never actually seen pictures of this stunt #that diving bell really do be very small for him #jim henson #the muppets #muppets

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Hmm. Jerry nelson

#so accurate #peak little guy performer #muppets #robin the frog #the muppets #gobo fraggle #fraggle rock #emmet otter

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Richard Hunt

#scooter #miss piggy #the muppets #the muppet show #richard hunt

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me on my way to fuckin get you

[a gif of a puppet from fraggle rock running in a garden in a very stiff mechanical fashion end id]

#THEY USE THIS RUNNING MECHANIC SO OFTEN SO FAR AND ITS FUNNY EVERY TIME #I’m six episodes in lmao #fraggle rock #the muppets #wembley fraggle

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Thinking about Rainbow Connection describing the call of adventure as both a fruitless pursuit and a necessary experience, describing dreams as both illusions and aspirations. Thinking how Kermit sings it as a children’s puppet, a fantastical character, only to become the fullest version of himself when he discovers that there’s beauty in the most ordinary things, especially in the connections we form.

#dang I was having thoughts like this yesterday about this song lol #also I’m going to go back there someday and the various interpretations of it #so many of the songs have such a sense of nostalgia and longing for the childhood wonder lost when you become an adult #and how hard it is to hold on to that childhood wonder in a world that criticizes and others you for it #have a lot of thoughts #the muppets #the muppet movie

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Just finished Funny Boy, what am I supposed to do with myself now

#OH MY GOD IT WAS SO GOOD EVERYONE PLEASE GO READ ITTTTT #it’s so inspiring the last few chapters especially just made me feel so hopeful about life and so at peace aghghhhh #maybe I’ll watch some more fraggle rock #it will make me cry but I can’t imagine not being in muppet mode rn #the muppets #muppets #funny boy #Richard hunt

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PLEASE expand on your thoughts for muppets abc i would love to hear them /nf /gen /pos

Okay for some reason I didn’t get notified for this ask so sorry it’s a bit late!

But YES thx for the opportunity to rant ab this show

Pros

I actually am a big fan of muppets abc. I’ll get into the cons later but I like the style of humor the show has (for the most part), I like when the muppets have more of an adult spin where it’s not like family guy humor but it’s a little more mature than most muppet projects. The modern muppets have been so heavily targeted toward children in many projects that it’s nice to see them recognize that a lot of modern muppets fans are adults (not that adults can’t like children’s humor, I for sure do, but y’know).

Also I really like a lot of the people they chose as guests for the show, and I honestly like the sitcom style following the muppets backstage of a show. I think it’s a good modernization of the original muppet show premise that allows it to focus less on skits and more on characters. Also normally I despise social media plot lines but I actually like the way this show handles pulling the muppets into the digital age, which is crucial for such a timeless property.

Also, as many problems as there are for muppets fans, it’s a really good show to watch with people who casually enjoy the muppets. This show’s style is more to the taste of some of my family members so I like watching it with them. And separate from the muppet’s characterizations the comedy is really good (but that’s subjective so I can see how it rubs some people the wrong way).

Cons

For one the cliffhanger ending kills me. Even if this show was weirdly received it had a really short run, they could’ve used a few more episodes or another season so we didn’t get left on such an annoying cliffhanger (that left Kermit and piggy still officially broken up since the show didn’t continue long enough for them to get back together).

Ok let me get into characters now, because that’s a criticism that I think is 100% valid (though I also think few people other than jerry juhl have properly understood the muppets and not flanderized their characters in some way)(but yeah it’s really bad here).

Scooter!!

How they’ve massacred my boy!

We’ll get to piggy but scooter is the one I’m most upset about. Why? Why change him from nepo baby humor to haha nerd comedy?? It was 2015 man we love making fun of nepo babies and rich people nowadays why would they change the character whose gimmick gets funnier with age?

His characterization feels pulled from the Big Bang theory. All his comedy is just “virgin nerd” comedy. I love that the show tried giving him more screen time than other projects but they fumbled the bag. He was a spoiled teenager who was wild and fun and could get away with anything because his uncle was rich. I get he’s older now but I refuse to think aging did this to him.

Because I’m a nerd I’m gonna pull some quotes about scooter from the new Richard hunt biography bc that man understood his characters.

“Like Hunt, Scooter is a born performer. Scooter also resembles Hunt in his amiable disposition and his almost nonchalant acceptance of the other characters and their quirks.”

“This acceptance stems from his own quiet confidence in himself… happily amusing himself and the people around him.”

“‘Scooter is a perpetual kid and very comfortable with who he is,’ said Hunt.”

HMMMM? CONFIDENCE? A PERFORMER? COMFORTABLE WITH WHO HE IS?

abc scooter just gives off such anxious vibes it really makes him feel like he’s lost the part of himself that made him so much like Richard Hunt.

Piggy

Ughhh she’s just not fun to watch for the most part in this show. I like the idea of her being the star of the show this time around, reminds me of her unexpected rise to fan-favorite muppet soon after Oz took over her character.

I also really like her friendship with deadly. I think miss piggy so often is boiled down to her love for Kermit that I really love the idea of having her explore platonic bonds. Her looking so hard for happiness in romantic relationships but eventually realizing that deadly is the one who’s been by her side, that he’s her friend and that she really loves him for sticking by her is a really sweet arc (for both of them. Love platonic piggy relationships and I like the modern fashion designer vibe they’ve been doing with deadly, I think it’s a fun reimagining of his original character).

But her diva meter really is pushed up to eleven.

Not to pull more from the Richard hunt bio, but Oz describes piggy as “The tough woman underneath the coyness. And the fact that she had to be coy to get things the way she wanted them, like most women at that time.”

Piggy is from humble beginnings and understands how she needs to act to get people to feel a certain way about her. She also won’t take shit from anybody, though. She knows her worth and knows she’s worked hard to get here, but it also was such an uphill battle to stardom for her I just refuse to believe she would become so selfish and act so privileged the way she does in the show.

ABC piggy doesn’t feel like a girl who tries to be coy but knows to be tough when she needs to be. ABC piggy is mean. She has a thin temper and everyone is scared of her and she’s so removed from the non-famous life that she has trouble bonding with people. She only does community service for publicity and can barely manage to do any manual labor. She’s not tough. She’s angry. She’s short-tempered and violent. And she has no trace of her humble roots, that gratefulness for the position of fame she’s in that she holds in so many other roles.

Others

Sam is pretty creepy. I love his gag of being the censorship for the show, him popping up saying “can’t say that” is a nice little nod to him trying to control the chaos of the original show and his little conservative speech sketches. His crush on Janice is kinda odd tho. I like him getting more modern spotlight, I really like his character in most wanted (though a rewatch of that is needed haven’t seen it in a while). But yeah he’s kinda weird here.

Also why were gonzo and Camilla broken up. Disagree. Idc about your relationship drama they’re the muppets otp.

Uhh trying to think off the top of my head, it’s been a few months since my rewatch of the show. I don’t like the mayhem fight. I think teeth and Floyd fighting over Janice is weird and off for them in modern day. Respect Janice rejecting labels, go off Queen.

Conclusion/TLDR

I had more to say than I realized but I don’t want to make too long of a post. Tldr, I really like the show and it’s humor but it does feel divorced from “the muppets” as a pre-established franchise and characters. The characterization is bad, even though I appreciate them trying to give more screen time to some lesser used characters, it didn’t really work. I just think it had a lot of potential, and I like the idea of a more adult but still family oriented muppet show, but the execution was really hit or miss.

Refer to my previous post about it for more condensed thoughts, weird show all around lol

Also stan abc Big Mean Carl. Stole the show, 10/10

#wow thanks for the ask sorry about the length of this post yikes #but lmk if there’s any other muppets projects you’d like to hear me rant about! #muppets abc discourse has been said before I know none of these are really new takes but these are my thoughts #the muppets #muppets #muppets abc #the muppets abc #muppets 2015 #scooter muppets #miss piggy #Sam the eagle #aghg this took me like half an hour to respond to lol. good use of time tho #ask #asks

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I’ve just watched the first 5 episodes of fraggle rock, and fraggles are SO FUN to draw!

#more little guys for me #also I swear red doesn’t look as highlighter yellow in person #traditional art #fraggle rock #fraggles #the muppets #jim Henson #my art #gobo fraggle #wembley fraggle #mokey fraggle #red fraggle #boober fraggle

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A sweet tune for all the dreamers out there

#I love your art so much #the muppets #kermit the frog #jim henson #muppets #kermit

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No honestly my favorite muppets song BY FAR

This looks familiar, vaguely familiar. Almost unreal, yet it's too soon to feel yet.

Close to my soul, and yet so far away. I'm going to go back there someday.

Sunrises, night falls. Sometimes the sky calls. Is that a song there, and do I belong there?

I've never been there, but I know the way-I'm going to go back there someday.

Come and go with me, it's more fun to share. We'll both be completely at home in midair.

We're flying, not walking, on featherless wings. We can hold onto love like invisible strings.

There's not a word, yet, for old friends who've just met. Part heaven, part space-or have I found my place?

You can just visit, but I plan to stay-I'm going to go back there someday.

I'm going to go back there someday

-fucking GONZO omg

#they did not have to go this hard #that silly goofy movie and then suddenly they hit you with the most somber serious hopeful ballad of finally finding a life you enjoy #I’m just so obsessed with it it’s so good makes me cry every time #how dare he be like this #gonzo #muppets #the muppets #i'm going to go back there someday 🥹

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these are SO scuffed but whatever

(also tumblr killed the quality wth)

#mmmm very tempted to put one of these in my pinned post #but am I a man or a muppet?? #muppets #the muppets