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DVD The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition)
The charm, the zaniness, the corny jokes, the showbiz cliches--every element of The Muppet Show holds up 30 years after Jim Henson's legendary variety series' debut season. Well, perhaps not everything: Today's younger viewers might have a hard time placing some of The Muppet Show's then-guest stars, such as Florence Henderson or Ruth Buzzi. But then, the Show's real celebrities are perennial icons Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the... whatever, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets' harried, well-meaning family of entertainers. Season One finds the show pretty much in the basic shape longtime fans will remember: A musical introduction followed by backstage chaos, another musical number, a sketch, a scene with the guest star, and so on. A half-hour episode can fly by pretty quickly, but it's interesting to note that the series hadn't quite found its familiar tone through much of the first year. A reliance on too many disposable verbal jokes and redundant, so-so material for sketch fodder ultimately gives way to more creative premises and the development of key relationships between characters. By the final half-dozen episodes in the first season, The Muppet Show is truly cooking. Season highlights include Kermit's confession to guest Juliet Prowse that he always wanted to be a dancer, and Prowse's comparison of the little green superstar to Robert Redford. Joel Grey does a cabaret-style act for a roomful of Muppets and is later outraged when Kermit's introduction of the actor proves so thorough there is nothing left for the latter to say. Rita Moreno proves quite game in a funny piece, set in a French cafe, in which her dance with a man-size Muppet turns from romantic to table-smashing violent. Harvey Korman plays bumbling ringmaster Maurice the Magnificent, easily the worst animal trainer in history. Phyllis Diller bats out shameless one-liners ("I sang 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,' and it fell on me"), and Vincent Price toys with his own horror film image by playing a ghoul who turns into a maudlin orchestra conductor at midnight. --Tom Keogh
Stills from The Muppet Show (click for larger image)
Review(s): DVD The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition)
LOVED IT!
I LOVE THE MUPPETS SEASON 1!!! ive never seen it before but it was everything i expected from the muppets!! they never fail me! i love muppets everything! i cant wait for season 2!!! ;)
Fun for the whole family, parents included!
If you think you can't handle another minute of Elmo, perhaps it's time to introduce your kids to The Muppet Show collection. Even if you didn't watch the show as a youngster, you will probably appreciate the show's roster of guest stars, including Candice Bergen, Sandy Duncan, Florence Henderson, and other luminaries you may have forgotten--not to mention the show's smart, funny, and child-appropriate variety show sketches. Above all, it will remind you of Sesame Street's best years--before it was dumbed down by that irritating red character who refers to himself in the third person. (What IS that about anyway?) The Muppet Show Collection features Kermit and other beloved characters--plus the indomitable Miss Piggy! I recently showed the a couple of episides to my three year-old daughter and she thought Miss P was hilarious--and what child would wouldn't? She was a cultural icon! A great gift that seems a more worthwhile than most of the newer kid's shows on dvd.
Muppet Show - Season 1- Rocks!
How can one NOT love the Muppet show?! It's great that some famous individuals can take themselves less than seriously to appear opposite puppets and make it look legit. Gotta love Statler and Waldorf.... there's a little bit of them in all of us!
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