grim_tales

I can't decide whether to buy this blind (I really don't remember much of the original Muppet show - I was only born in '82) or just rent it to check it out. I did like the 90's spin-off "Muppets Tonight!" though, was this ever shown in the US?

Snowmaker

Michael Corvin

There is a big Muppet thread around here somewhere but a quick answer. The muppets don't seem to age. They hold up rather well. I've probably watched the set 3 times with my daughter(she loves them).

The pic quality is amazing for such an old show. They did a fabulous job on it. Hopefully we see season 2 this fall.

Yes, Muppets Tonight! was on here. I enjoyed that one as well. I remember Henson going on Arsenio to promote it(took the Jamaican muppet with the dreads), good stuff. Probably one of the last interviews he did. Hopefully they can add it as a feature when they release that show.

Snowmaker

The real question is when do we get Season 2??

nemein

You know there's a rule against post "Posting complete nonsense, gibberish or using the forum to play posting games."


Personally I would highly recommend it. If you seriously aren't sure whether or not to buy this blind though it really should go in the review/recommendation forum.

grim_tales

Snowmaker,
Huh?
Thanks Michael, sorry I didnt do a search. Are you sure you saw Jim Henson promoting it? It first premiered (in the UK anyway) in 1996, and Jim Henson died in November 1990, that doesnt make sense to me, unless he came up with the idea years before and it took years to be made.
I'll check the discs out first via my rental service and see if I like it, if I do, its bought

grundle

I loved The Muppets when I was a kid in the 1970s.

I don't have season 1. But people say the characters were still in development, and the opening is different.

However, everyone who owns it says it's great.

I'm not a completist. I do plan to buy season 2, and maybe season 5. Those 2 seasons have my favorite guest stars.

Here's a list of guests on all the episodes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...he_Muppet_Show

I'm worried about the overlapping discs. How's that going? Does it damage the discs?

BravesMG

Trust me, the discs are fine. My wife watches at least one of these a day since they came out last year, not a single issue on any disc (as much as I wouldn't mind them taking a vacation for a while).

Michael Corvin

It is Henson I remember and his appearance on Arsenio would have been 1990(the year he died), Arsenio's second year. Per google(lots of results that say basically the same thing) it does seem that Arsenio might have been his last public appearance. So it was a year after The Jim Henson Hour had been cancelled and 6 years prior to Muppets Tonight! So I'm not sure why he was on, I think it was a New Years Eve episode, but lack of guest listings for Arsenio makes it hard to track down. So he must have been promoting something else, or just there because.

Brooklyn

Not as far as I can see. The tray has indentations for the 2 discs (on each
side) to sit in, with the bottom disc's spot being lower, like a 2 tiered stair
step. As such, the hub in the center of the top disc is too high to allow
the discs to actually hit each other. You'd have to press down on the
outer edge of the top disc for it to be able to make contact with the other.
And you really can't even do that, as the hub for the lower disc is designed
to act as a rest for the overlapping rim (it's curved with a flatened out section).

grim_tales

I think Lost S1 has the same sort of overlapping discs

grundle

Thanks!

grundle

Thanks!