Top 10 Muppets Facts That Will Ruin Your Childhood
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2022
- These childhood-ruining facts about the Muppets will hit you like a rainbow connection. For this list, we’ll be looking at times they stopped the music and dimmed the lights to expose a darker side to Jim Henson’s puppet creations. Proceed with caution; you have been warned. Our countdown includes "The Muppet Show," "Sesame Street," "Inner Tube," and more! Did the Muppets define YOUR childhood? Let us know in the comments!
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No actually and yay I love ruiing childhood facts
Not exactly , i met them with the 2011 movie "The Muppets" but, a good question anyway.
11:15 you forgot orange is the new black
YES I watched muppets tonight & the muppets show in the 90s reruns on the Disney channel & I'm a 90s baby i'm 32 & seen everything muppets have done
@@samuelcollantes1175 same actually
Jim Henson created “The Muppets” to destigmatize the stereotype that puppetry is just for kids. “The Muppet Show” was originally made for adults yet still had a family friendly aspect in some way. The “questionable guest appearances” emphasized Jim’s vision and his decision to showcase.
Agree that is why its appealing till now and that is why i agree with Oz who said that disney doesn’t know how to handle or what to do with the muppets
@@DT14Real Yeah! Disney doesn't know exactly how The Muppets were intended and only use them for children entertainment and rely too heavily on celebrities rather than showcasing the styles of this puppetry.
The decision makers in entertainment and advertising, as well as the critics, have difficulty understanding the audience appeal of various types of content. They tend to believe that all puppets and cartoons are for children and science fiction is for teens. The original Star Trek series was canceled because advertisers did not believe the that it was one of the few TV shows that had a large audience of scientists, engineers, and other professionals. Even Steven Hawkins was a fan and made a guest appearance on the show. After over 50 years, spinoffs of that franchise are still going strong.
@@CheezheadJohn it's so weird because those old guys must have grown up with radio re runs of flash Gordon which was the biggest thing for kids before the 50s which is why George Lucas had wanted to make a remake of it because he had known adults like him would still love sci Fi shows.
Wait if that’s true, Why was it premiered on the Disney Channel?
The "Muppet Show" was not created for children. It had far more adult viewers. The humor, satire, and skits were often not written for children.
Exactly, just a lot of kids watched it with their parents and then it was saw as being a family show but that was never the intent.
I was just about to comment this. It was not made for, nor marketed for children. That was what Sesame Street was for. The Muppet Show was always meant for adults.
There are sources that claim that Jim was constantly pushing development of a Muppet Show because he was afraid the success of Sesame Street was going to type cast him as a children's entertainer. He developed his shows for adults first (see SNL), was persuaded to develop Sesame Street for kids, then created the Muppet Show for adults.
A lot of shows back then were like that.😅
Shoot, 90's Nickelodeon being a big example..😆
The Muppet SHOW was created for kids, based on the adult content characters that made Jim Henson famous. Before they created the kids show, you can see his muppets on things like SNL. 🤣
Another "kids show" that was developed from a VERY adult stage act was Peewee's Playhouse. 🤣🤣🤣 Both shows found success with multiple age groups, because there was definitely plenty of adult humor intertwined with the family friendly bits. 😘
From the very first animations, ALL cartoons were initially targeted towards adults as well. Apparently, it took several decades for the powers that be realized the buying potential of kids begging their parents. 🤣🤣🤣
@@bethanyhanna9464
Comic Soupy Sales' TV show was generally seen as a kids' program, but there were segments that appealed to teenagers and young adults too (the series first went on the air during the 1960s, when the "Youth Culture" was becoming popular), like when Sales performed his novelty song "The Mouse" on the show, with young people in the background doing a "twist"-like dance.
The PBS show "Arthur" is a children's show, but it could also appeal to adults with its inside jokes, its parodies of famous books, movies, television shows, etc, and the way it occasionally tackled taboo subjects like cancer ("The Great McGrady"), book banning ("The 'Scare Your Pants Off' Club"), people with Asperger's Syndrome ("When George Met Carl"), and so on.
I remember watching an episode w Susan Sarandon guesting on Sesame Street. They had her & the Count walking in the rain w a newspaper up to a castle. Count wanted to count the knocks, then realized it was his castle. Kids would have no clue, but that was a funny thing for adults bc it was reprising Susan's part in the Rocky Horror Picture Show lol
Back in 79 and 80, I was in the Navy stationed in Rota Spain. There was a bar named "Bennies" just off the base that was run by an Ex-Pat American named Bill. Every Friday at 9 he would bust out the VCR and play a recently taped "Muppet Show".
For that half an hour, everything stopped. People would start showing up around 7 just to get a good seat at the bar or a table. Full grown men and women, gathered around a bar to watch a TV show, from America. A taste of home, served with fried rice, calamari, and a pitcher of Sangria.
I was a kid in the 70s, and definitely knew who Vincent Price was before I ever saw the Muppet Show. The narrator must not realize how thin the TV options were in the 70s. Most families only had one TV, and that TV only got 3-4 channels, and children's programming was limited to a few hours a day, and Saturday mornings. Saturday afternoon TV often showed campy old horror movies including ones with Vincent Price, and he would also appear as a guest on the variety shows and daytime game shows that were popular in that era.
And if you lived in a PBS house, you wouldn't think of him as some sort of monster, you'd think of him as the guy who sat in the chair and introduced Mystery, or did those commercials for those charity coupons at Halloween, or was on Scooby Doo (the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo). A bit spooky yes, but not at all threatening.
There's also The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, which definitely WAS targeted at kids, which had Vincent Price as a host (apparently they filmed his segments for the entire series in one weekend). Not sure if that predates the Muppet Show episode, though. All his segments had horror-themed jokes, gags, and puns. Show had tons of characters. almost all played by one guy, Vincent Price was one of like only 4 other guys on the show.
I REMEMBER living that.
My cartoon time was Saturday morning, and I remember hating Jimmy Carter, because when emergencies happened, he interrupted cartoons.
Who the f**k did he think he was telling? Saturday morning was when adults got to finally sleep in, and the kids got to control the show selection - hence cartoons.
I knew a limited selection of the "real world": I knew the walk to school, school, the walk home - which was the time older kids had a chance to bully younger kids, and my block.
So tell me how my limited world knowledge understood Jimmy Carter ( Big smile to show all his teeth ) understood anything but some jerk interrupting my cartoons ( which were only on for a couple of hours a week that I got to see )
I was 6 at the time and totally knew who Vincent Price was. That episode was the talk of my 1st Grade class that Friday afternoon. Most kids were very excited about it.
And we watched shows like Hollywood Squares... which were designed to supply the past prime actors that started the industry with work.
Up until into the late 60s, perhaps early 70s, actors generally didn't have agents and big paydays.
They were employees of the Studios, and paid like any other job.
So, I never saw any film with Ruth Buzzi in it... but I know who she is.
I think there's a big misconception that The Muppet Show was made for children. It was not, it even aired in a prime time evening slot. So, having "questionable" guests really isn't questionable at all. Statler and Waldorf should be the biggest giveaway that it's not for the youngins. That's not to say The Muppet Show was inappropriate for kids, the humor was just above their heads and that's ok. I certainly enjoyed it when I was little but even moreso as an adult!
older cartoons like tom and jerry and looney tunes were also not made exclusively with kids in mind. most of the audiences for those cartoons were adults and the shorts were produced accordingly
My grandfather knew Jim Henson. They went to (I believe) the University of Maryland together and Jim was doing puppet shows. My grandfather said to him, "You're not going to get anywhere playing with puppets." then went to Vietnam.
The Muppets also aired on the first season of Saturday Night Live in a recurring sketch called "The Land of Gorch", which was very adult-themed. Ultimately, it got canceled, and John Belushi hated it.
Jim Henson wanted to be on the show to showcase that puppetry wasn’t just for kids which was his vision.
Couldn't blame Belushi for hating it. Although the puppetry was impressive, the sketches were not funny or enjoyable.
@@martyhall3922 The Muppet sketches on SNL were written by SNL cast members, and they hated it. Mostly because of the fact they’re giving air time to the Muppets instead of themselves.
Belushi hated anythng that wasn't about him.
@@merlinsclaw He famously coined the phrase “Mucking Fuppets!”
Sadly there can never be a perfect thing there's always a dark side to everything
Rebecca is also on the dark side, same with the British woman!!!!
The guest appearances were great. I laughed at Muppets getting throttled by whoever and my very first exposure to hard rock 🤘🖤 was Alice Cooper on the Muppet Show.
Yeah, right? I see know problem with his guest appearance nor Vincent Price’s.
no*
Same!
The Muppets customized their show to fit each guest star. You can notice this if you binge watch it.
I LOVE the Muppet Christmas Carol. Best version!
I also love that version! Every Christmas Day I call a great friend to say "Merry Christmas!!" and...
"DON'T LIGHT THE RAT, LIGHT THE LAMP!!"
Then I thank her for asking me to celebrate Christmas with her and her family in 1999. I had just been relocated to another city, reassigned to a thankless job, no friends in that city, no family, newly physically disabled by an auto accident, newly divorced after 20 years of marriage, etc...
That 1999 Christmas introduced me to their favorite Christmas movie - The Muppets Christmas Carol!
Especially Sam the Eagle as the headmaster.
@@anthonybanchero3072 it's the American, I mean british way!
You're wrong about the guest appearances. As a child of the 70's, born in 1970, every guest was appropriate and popular at the time.
Well...that was interesting about the song "Manah-Manah" and the backstory of Miss Piggy.
Wasn’t Miss Piggy’s backstory just improvised though? I don’t know if that is canon. The ma nah ma nah was really interesting though.
During the talk spot with Jim Nabors , Jim asked her what sign she was born under. She said that it wan”t so much under a sign as over one , “Bob”s Butcher Shop”! And that she moved away from there as soon as possible! “Can’t say that I blame you!” Jim replied! 😃👍
I never knew that the "Manah-Manah" song was first recorded in Italy, or that it was originally part of the soundtrack for a porno film. SHOCKING! 😲😱🤯🤬 WHO KNEW?
I first heard the song on "Sesame Street," in a scene where two little girl muppets want to sing a song, but they need one more person to sing with them. Then along comes a male muppet who looks something like a hippie type with long scraggly hair, and when he speaks, all he can say is "Manah-Manah," which the girls realize is the name of the song, so they figure he'd be a perfect singing partner. The only trouble is that as the girls are singing, the long-haired fellow keeps upstaging them with his outlandish ways of singing the "Manah-Manah" line.
I think this skit was performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (with two monster-like muppets in place of the girl muppets, but still keeping the hippie type guy), and years later, on "The Muppet Show, with the same characters from the Sullivan program.
Believe it or not, I once heard the original recording of "Manah-Manah" (the one featured in that porno flick) on "Captain Kangaroo."
@@michaelpalmieri7335 That older version on Sesame Street is on UA-cam. Interesting thing to watch out for if you are watching it again and haven’t noticed it already, is to take notice of the girls’ voices at the start and hear them swap over! 😃👍
@@johnrowley3721
Really? I never noticed that. 😕
Muppeteer Steve Whitmire is an old friend whom I first met in 1976. There is more to the story... When Disney was planning a new Muppet movie, they presented Steve with the script. In it was a scene where Kermit was to lie to a child. When Steve protested saying Kermit would never lie to a child, Disney fired him.
Terry Thomas...
the photographer
Atlanta, Georgia USA
Steve seems like a nice person.
Yep, that sounds like Disney. If you are not on board with what we want to do, get out of our magic kingdom. Kermit would never lie to a child, not even his own nephew, for crying out loud.
*Ouch* (Wait, is this the scene where they're trying to get as many people as possible into the theater to see the show and a young boy asks Kermit if he's one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Kermit says w/out skipping a beat, "Yes, yes I am." ?)
Are you gonna want to work with Steve Whitmire after you heard that he is very difficult to work with?
The Muppet Show was family entertainment made in a time honored way of multi-level jokes. The adult aspects were done with innuendo that sailed over the heads of children watching while still being entertaining for parents and kids. Cartoons routinely hid gags for adults within that children were oblivious to.
Vincent Price, Johnny Cash, Alice Cooper were some of my favorites as a kid. Although my absolute favorite was Liza Minnelli, specifically when they did the Copa Cabana number where a Muppet got brutally murdered. Gen X kids are a bit dark!
I wish Disney hadn’t fired Steve Whitmire in the first place then he’d still be playing Kermit
DAMMIT DISNEY!!!!!!!
Worst fucking mistake ever
Yeah, the Kermit now sounds really bad. Like, nothing like Kermit
@@fabiannaklemczak7778 couldn’t agree more
@@fabiannaklemczak7778 go watch the D23 clip of Kermit singing a song from Muppet Christmas Carol.
Apparently his new performer has taken the critique to heart, and improved his performance as Kermit.
He sounds much better now!
As a parent I loved watching Sesame Street parody of grown up shows that kids have no idea about. We have to watch children’s programing so throwing us a bone with adult jokes is awesome!
Another thing was the stuff that came out about Kevin Clash about 10 years ago. I mean he did so many cool puppets that I grew up to so it was disappointing to hear what he was accused of.
^This! This ruins my childhood! Not the stuff on this list.
Oh come on, Vincent Price was in the 60's Batman long before he was on the Muppet show. I'm sure a lot of kids who grew up then knew who he was.
Come on. Are you really telling me that you guys don’t know that the Muppet show from the 70s-80s was a prime time show for the whole family? Of course there were guests who appealed to all types. I was in High school and we watched it to see the guests like Alice Cooper and for the cheesy humor.
Steve Whitmire didn’t just voice Kermit. He was a professionally trained puppeteer, specifically a “Muppet Performer.” Puppetry especially Muppet style puppetry is more than just “voicing a character.” Diminishing a puppet performer to just their voice discredit’s their work.
Are you gonna want to work with Steve Whitmire after you heard that he is very difficult to work with?
@@RedRobin6543 Hi! I am sorry for only seeing this now. Thank you for your comment and sharing what you are thinking! I have known about the issue ever since Steve’s separation. I think that he is a wonderful person who was doing his best to continue Jim’s legacy. It might have been harsh and difficult at the same time I think I would still want to work with him. Even though he has controversy, I still like him as a person and he isn’t a bad person. I like people in general and I do my best to see the bright side of life in admits of chaos. Thank you for asking!
Had a good laugh when you brought up the fact that Miss Piggy doesn't know where bacon comes from......🤣🤣🤣
I remember that ad and found it very disturbing.
And yet, in an episode of “Pigs in Space” she called Link “bacon brain” over some silly thing Link said! 😁👍
I've read so many creepypasta about childhood shows nothing can ruin my childhood anymore 😅
I've seen every episode of Robot Chicken multiple times so nothing can ruin my childhood these days either lol.
@@1visualfxguy yess samee
@Black Mamba 4 Life yess
Um...The Muppet Show was NOT a "kid's show". That is a common mistake.
Wait if that’s true, Why was it premiered on the Disney Channel?
A lot of the “adult” references are not for the kids - they’re for Mommy and Daddy 😂
They shouldn’t have fired Steve Whitmire, he has kept the soul of Kermit even after Jim Henson’s death. Also you people should’ve put Kevin Clash the puppeteer behind Elmo had affairs with underage teens! I’ve always hated Elmo, but a lot of kids had their childhood ruined when they found out the Elmo puppeteer is a creep!
Are you gonna want to work with Steve Whitmire after you heard that he is very difficult to work with?
@@RedRobin6543 yeah I would work with him, lot of the veteran puppeteers like Frank Oz and Caroll Spinney got along well with Steve, the problem he just didn’t like working with Disney and the understudies that were amateurish!
I grew up on the Muppet Show and Sesame Street. I remember the first time I saw the episode with Roger Moore and laughing hysterically. Because they were muppets not real animals.
I will now be humming Mana Mana with a slightly knowingly Swedish smirk.
My brothers and I knew who Vincent Price was. He made multiple guest appearances on Scooby-Doo.
Ms. Mojo, please understand this: The Muppet Show was INTENDED FOR ADULTS!!!! Sesame Street was for kids, the Muppet Show was supposed to be for adults. Or all ages, but really, Henson wanted to show that puppetry was for everyone, not just kids, so the Muppet Show was supposed to be Sesame Street’s counterparts. So this “well we’re not sure how they thought this Muppet Show thing would go with the kids” is irritating because the Muppet Show wasn’t originally meant for kids!
Whatever it takes, puppet performances are always impressive for kids, regardless of what are they saying, what are they acting, and what are they behave. Like the old traditional english puppets Punch and Judy, even they tend to hit each other but their appearances and cute looking can't take the kids' eyes off them. Same as the muppets, their funny and cuddly look won't avoid the kids seeing their actions.
As a kid that watched the muppets, I can tell you I knew who most of the guest appearances were and those I didnt were just funny characters.
You forget that the GenX was the young audience of the Muppets. If we could raise ourselves, we could appreciate the adult humor of The Muppets. I knew who Vincent Price was, and it was exciting to see Roger Moore on the show. I did not know who Alice Cooper was, but no problem, if he wasn't relevant to me, then he didn't occupy my brain cells for long.
if you think kids wouldn’t recognize vincent price, you clearly haven’t seen the multiple times he cameoed (and even had a main recurring role) in various incarnations of scooby doo
The Brady Bunch
I'm surprised they didn't mention Wilkins Coffee
On #6, I was 9 years old when I was watching the Muppet Show, and just because you might think these were questionable choices now, we knew exactly what we were seeing and had no problem with it. I remember watching Debbie Harry performing, and instantly becoming a fan of her music. In fact, I think you are overreaching on a lot of these "facts"
A lot of people forget that there is a really dark side to some of Jim Henson's creations. The Dark Crystal, The Storyteller, Labyrinth, Mirror Mask are all pretty dark!
Mirror Mask is a post-Jim's death production
How about Jim Henson’s son directing the very adult movie Happytime Murders with Melissa McCarthy.
Wow!
These facts are rough,but they did NOT ruin my childhood!
They helped out my adult hood!
I laughed really hard watching James Bond hit the Muppets. That show made me laugh really hard every episode. 😮
Goldfinger. An armored truck spilled its cargo of gold bars.
I like the fact that out adult shows and parodies in it in a way because it can also keep the parents entertained and it can be shows that some children might be interested in seeing once they are old enough, it also has made some of those shows more popular or quotable because they were refenced in a show that's be going for over half a decade, I even learnt a few things and have been quite entertained myself watching them and shared a few giggles in between. 😊😂
Sesame Streets do share demographic with GoT/TB audience and that demographic is called parents.
Dammit, I was about to say the exact same thing. lol
Yep, that stuff is intentional and I don't think Ms. Mojo gets that point.
"Does Sesame Street share a demographic with True Blood and Games of Thrones?"
Yes, it's called the "parent and adult caregiver" demographic. In a perfect world (the kind Fred Rogers imagined) adults watch PBS shows with their kids to support their learning by talking about what they see and processing it with them. Celebrity appearances and cultural references are our reward for making it through another "Elmo's World" segment. XD
You forgot that Kermit hated Piggy and only tolerated her since she was his star. Also that they were never really married.
Watching the Muppet Show as an adult I never got tired of it. It was clever and entertaining and didn’t disappoint. Particularly liked the varied guests
I love the muppets and I never knew about this!
Well, I watched this video, and my childhood is still intact.
"Intact" is one word, not two.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 Noted. Thank you.
@@tyrannosaurusburke
You're welcome, D.B.
Y'all do know that some of Henson's early short bits on the Tonight Show and others were really kinda scary. Like the little singer who does the inchworm song and it turns out the inchworm is the nose of a monster, or the little face from I've grown accustomed to your face, that eats it's skin off and becomes a small skull that then tries to eat the singer ... And you wonder where all those wonderful monsters came from ... Yeah, I wasn't a kid in the 70s ...
I remember “Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue”. I actually enjoyed it. It kept me off the path of drugs and alcohol.
It was okay
I mostly just wanted to see all my favorite cartoon characters come together in one big crossover
(Something that doesn’t happen too often)
I only found out about the mahna mahna origin fairly recently. That's kind of mad.
A little context on "Roger Moore attacking Muppets". The plot for that episode was that Kermit has sent Fozzie out to get people to play spies attacking "James Bond" on the show... except not only did Moore not want to play Bond on the show, the spies weren't actors. So that's actually Roger Moore fending off a bunch of Muppet spies. While singing "Talk to the Animals", no less.
I heard that Margret Hamilton reprised her role as the wicked witch of the west in the banned sesame street episode
The James Bond one and the Johnny Cash one, were hilarious! I was about a little kid and loved watching the show with my parents.
Am I the only one who finds it funny whenever Disney takes the high ground on questionable content of others? Considering they are the kings/queens of questionable content themselves...
You sure can tell that MOJO is this generation and the muppets were ours.
The works of Jim Henson is partially why Gen X and early Millenials like myself are the way we are.
“Either someone gets eaten or something blows up.” YESSSS.
Can u Do a review on Elmo in Grouchland??
I remember the Rainbow Connection thing. Baffling. I mean, I'm still obsessed with the song myself, but if I really wanted to hear it, I just watched the movie....Over and Over.....Like, I can recite the whole movie and sing all the songs...But I never thought to hold anyone HOSTAGE because I couldn't listen to the song!
That’s hilarious. Daddy Bush talking about drugs ruining your life. Too bad he didn’t teach his son that by not helping him get to be president even after all the stuff he did. Maybe a lot of people would still be alive.
We saw the Pit and the Pendulem in Junior High before the Muppets came out. We loved Vincent Price.
Kid Danger: *wearing his big trucker pup outfit and drops his jaw* what!? *twitches his eye and ear*
I saw all of these episodes when they first came on in syndication, (ahem), and not one of the guests frightened me😊
I always wondered why Nanny’s head was Never shown
Frank Oz, & Jim Henson were some of my heroes.
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The Cartoon All-Star should have been called "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Love the Genesis reference ♥
I totally disagree with you regarding the guest stars. You need to chill.
The references to Game of Thrones et al are for the parents who watch the show with their kids, so they get some entertainment out of it as well.
Oh, puhleez.
I grew up with Sam and Friends; Wilkins and Wontkins; Rowlf the Dog on The Jimmy Dean Show; 'Glow Worm' -- the bit where Kermit is trying to catch and eat a 'worm', which turns out to be the lon long skinny nose of a monster who chomps Kermit; Storytellers; Sesame Street (before it got annoying with Elmo); Fraggle Rock; Labyrinth; The Kingdom of Gorch, on Saturday Night Live; The Dark Crystal; various Muppet movies; The Muppet Show; other Muppet performances on Ed Sullivan, and other variety shows.
The Muppets have always had double entendres and wordplay. That's what Family Entertainment is. Something the whole family can enjoy at the same time. Something to keep the adults from being bored, and something the kids can enjoy, without understanding all the jokes.
Lighten up, Miss Mojo. What you 'revealed' wouldn't ruin my childhood. However, the fact that you felt compelled to present this 'revelation' comes close.
I really feel like Big Bird (and Caroll Spinney) almost dying on the Challenger should have been closer to number 1. Imagine the press and Sesame Street trying to deal with that.
The Muppets were sneaking humor and songs for adults into Sesame Street literally from day one. The hope was that parents would be intrigued and watch the show with their kids.
Heck, I remember 30 years ago when my neices were watching it and saw Muppet characters named "Meryl Sheep," "Placido Flamingo" and "H. Ross Parrot."
I might add the way Frank Oz has been treated over the years has been a tad disappointing. Yes, he wanted to go do his own acting/directing gig and distance himself from puppetry but I've heard him say when he's offered to come back and perform characters it's always a "We'll call you" sorta thing. Also, my impression has been that the women muppeteers have always been second-class citizens. I swear Karen Prell was just sitting in the audience at the 2001 Muppet Convention when she was asked to come on stage and "join the guys!"
My husband and I watched The Muppets all the time. I think it was the early 70s. When my kids were born, they watched the show and we all still love the Muppets.
As one who was an adoring kid watching the Muppet Show, all of fourteen years old, I assure you, we knew all those guest stars. Our parents were watching too because it wasn't a kid show, it was a family show. Back then, the average household only had one tv so prime time included adults. A show the whole family could enjoy, the Muppets had a ton of double entendres.
I don't know the muppets that well. I never knew it was for adults.
I believe Disney & Jim Henson's family made the wrong choice to let Steve Whitmire go. I haven't seen or heard from Rizzo in 5 years now. Also, I thought Kermit & Piggy's wedding from The Muppets Take Manhattan would've been on the list
I loved the muppets! My favorite Christmas Carol is the Muppets! As a kid like most shows didn't understand the adult content.
So what? Disney has done plenty of disturbing violent moments as well. Think Mickey’s a 24/7 saint?
All these years I did not know that TI’s wife played on the muppets
The reason that Sesame Street parodied those adult shows was two-fold. 1. Even 3 yr olds will have heard the titles and been curious about them. 2. Sesame Street tries to appeal to the parents as much as the kids with such references and A-list celebrity cameos. And who hasn’t seen at least one “Put Down the Duckie” with a large number of Celebrities repeating that “you gotta put down the duckie if you wanna play the saxophone.”
No mention of Jim Henson's Muppets that appeared on early episodes of SNL. As a kid, and a Muppets fan, I watched these and wondered, WTF????
Wow they just used the wicked witch episode if Sesame Street that was a lost episode until earlier this year. Awesome! 🤘🏼👍🏼
The witch was portrayed by Margaret Hamilton, who also played the character in the movie "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) with Judy Garland.
A few weeks after she visited "Sesame Street," Hamilton was on another PBS children's show, "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," only this time, he appeared, not as the witch, but as herself, the reason being that she wanted to explain to children, who may have been frightened by her "witch" role on "Sesame Street," that she was only playing a fictional character, and that witches weren't real.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 I know.
Downloaded it just in case it gets deleted. If you wanna see it i can send you the link on google photos
@@elenamartinez4160 I already got the full thing downloaded from Reddit a while ago.
I was surprised when I first learned that Frank Oz was the original voice of Miss Piggy; but in retrospect, Piggy sounds like a very sick Bert.
Fun fact: The first episode Steve Whitmire worked with The Muppets on was the Alice Cooper episode of The Muppet Show through March 28th and March 30th, 1978 and he was a fan of Alice who was among the many rock stars Whitmire liked when he was in high school and he even had a photo with Alice along with a puppet Whitmire created of Alice.
He met up with him and took the picture with him again about 40 years later.
The Ma Na Ma Na one really got me
NEVER, EVER had an issue
with any guest on the muppet show.!
vincent price & alice cooper
were top 5 material.
harry belafonte was ~sublime~
✌🏻🇦🇺😃
Folks tend to forget that Kermit was originally a resident of Sesame Street.
It isn't unusual for children's media to include references to things only the adults will catch. Think Robin William's impersonations as the genie in Aladdin. Parents often watch with their children, and these are included for them. However, I never thought a song from an "adult" film would be done by Muppets.
I never had any issues with Alice Cooper being on the Muppet Show. He was kind of an edgy cartoon character himself, even though it was a horror cartoon.
That really down-to-earth hippy Christian Scientist who started an empire with a sense of humor, some serious skills as a puppeteer, a green piece of felt, a ping-pong ball and a magic marker really is my hero. Anyone who doesn't believe in magic NEEDS to study the life and times of Jim Henson. My favorite story, oddly enough, is to do with the way he shed this mortal coil.
He and his wife (also a puppeteer) were long-separated, but were still the best of friends. He became ill and showed up at her house one night for a visit so the two of them could just shoot the shiznit and enjoy one another's company. At one stage, she began to grow really concerned for his well-being and asked him if he wouldn't like for her to take him to the hospital to which he replied something along the lines of "No, it's okay. It's late and all. Let's not bother anyone with this now," and knowing him to be stubborn about stuff like that - bothering people with his problems and in general, really - she gave in to his wishes, allowing him to just lie on the couch and be with her, talking and bouncing ideas, thoughts and memories around. He died the next morning. Just slipped away. In his will, he strongly stipulated that his memorial service was to be a joyous and colorful affair at which no attendee was to wear black and each was to be issued with a little plastic butterfly on a stick at the door to wave up and down in the air during moments of applause, musical numbers and all the ceremonial bits ordinarily observed in quiet mourning with heads bowed and tears shed. And that funeral, which can be watched on UA-cam, was more than a little well-attended. It took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on May the 21st, 1990, which probably takes him all the way out of the firing of that other fellow who voiced Kermit who was mentioned in the above presentation. It was beautiful with musical numbers like "Rainbow Connection" and "It's Not Easy Being Green" performed by an obviously emotional Big Bird, and everywhere one looked, those butterflies were a-fluttering. What a great spirit the world lost that day. This world could really use a few Jim Hensons today, couldn't it? I consider myself part of an elite club of individuals who had the privilege of being touched personally by his work during his living years.That isn't to say I consider Jim Henson fans who were born after he passed away non-members of said club. Anyone who's been changed by "Sesame Street" or any of the Muppet Movies, even the somewhat dumber ones made in more recent years, and especially the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational "Muppet Show" with its numerous incredible guests of its day including the likes of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan and Prince and... and... and... any such individuals have been touched by an angel in my view, and I'm so glad to share in the good fortune of such people. I'm sure I'll die feeling the same way.
Ma na ma nah was all over the radio at one point. I remember hearing it as a kid.
I knew that Henson didn't invent it, but that performance is the Benchmark. That by which all others are measured
I loved jabberwocky as on the muppet’s show (Kermit stepped out of character to say “this is the weirdest thing we’ve ever done).
The adult TV show references in Sesame Street are meant to keep the adults who are watching with their children, entertained.
def going to check out the banned episode of sesame street, just to see what all the fuss was about
What Miss Piggy did in Dennys commercial is normal. Pigs are known to be cannibals in real-life. Also my old teacher gave her pet pig a piece of bacon once. Also even though it's not a cannibal thing but in one adaption of The 3 Little Pigs from Rabbit Ears Production the Third Pig cooked and ate the wolf when it went down the chimney.
Yeah when you talk about childhood and the Muppets you have to remember that the Muppet Show was not specifically a kid's show. The guest star list is fine. Just because a show or movie is animated or has puppets does not mean it was aimed at children.
You're right. A lot of animated movies aren't really for children. Look at "Fritz The Cat," for example. It was rated X! In fact, that was part of its ad campaign: "He's X-Rated and animated." Years later, there was a sequel called "The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat," which was rated "R," and in those days, that was considered "close" to an X-Rating.
The film version of the novel "Watership Down" was animated, but it too couldn't be considered a "kiddie movie," with its graphic violence and bloodshed.
Even G-Rated films can be rather on the darkish side. The 1973 cartoon version of E.B. White's children's novel, "Charlotte's Web" might be unsettling for younger kids, since it's about a spider who tries to prevent her friend, a pig, from being slaughtered for smoked bacon and ham. She succeeds in doing this, but then she dies instead, because spiders have a very short life expectancy.
Big Bird almost going on the Challenger rocket gives the same vibes as MrBeast being requested to go on the Titan submersible
Here's what I'm thinking: Top 20 Most Savage Statler and Waldorf Moments.