The trailer for the new “adult” Muppets is kind of horrifying. There were a few jokes I liked but the Muppets did not need to be made more edgy or like the Office…
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What’s horrifying about it? I laughed a few times, which is a few times more than I laugh at most current sitcoms.Report
I did like the joke about Gonzo and Miss Peggy performing A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters for a month in Detroit. That image made me laugh. Some others were funny but the whole Office/Reality Show angle and the Fuzzy Bear relationship thing….Report
Meh…when the trailers hit for Fraggle Rock 2: Doozers After Dark then i’ll consider my childhood retroactively ruined.Report
I’ll watch if it has Franklin on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PkutG_Q2QReport
I don’t see how that trailer is in any way edgy.
It’s certainly more contemporary than the old show, but it’s not exactly post-watershed content.Report
It’s not a dark and gritty reboot?Report
[In deep, gravely voice]
I’m Gonzo.Report
He’s the Gonzo we need, not the Gonzo we deserve.
“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
– Sam the Eagle, speaking of Crazy HarryReport
“Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible… A frog!”Report
That’s the thing, the original show was very contemporary too. It’s just contemporary back then included a great deal of variety shows, like Sonny & Cher, Donnie & Marie, and the godfather of them all Ed Sullivan – plus, the comedy oriented ones like Laugh In, Hee Haw, and (the one the Muppets most resembles) the Smothers Brothers.Report
@alan-scott
I called it edgy because all the press and marketing has described as supposing to be more adult and edgy.Report
Poop jokes for the kids, interracial dating jokes for the grownups.Report
This atrocity must be stopped.Report
1) Why do you hate the breaking of the 4th wall, Saul?
2) The original muppet show was built on parodies of the pop culture tropes of the day. Now, it would be the office. Back then, it was PIGS. IN. SPAAAAAACE.
3) The original Muppet movie is pretty dark, with the frogs legs restaurant and Kermit winding up in a electric chair at one point. (and like jaybird already said, whatever is going on between Gonzo and Camilla. NTTAWWT)
4) I will be disappointed if they don’t also bring back musical acts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLAReport
I was in Menominie, Wisconsin a couple weeks ago and that stupid song kept going through my head. Sometimes I hate the way my brain works.Report
Next time you’re in NE Illinois, think Lydia the Tattooed Lady:
When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world,
if you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
or Washington crossing The Delaware. Report
@kolohe
I see your duet and raise you a Drum Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJh9W3GcpmoReport
The excellence that Jim Henson and his collaborators strove for still never fails to astound me. Not only do those drums sound a lot better than they probably had to be for TV, they also took the care to make sure the sound of the muppet drums were distinguishable from Buddy Rich’s drums.Report
That’s the episode where Rich drums all over the walls, because when he plays a house, he really plays a house?Report
Yeah, but can that Rich guy do “Caravan”?Report
I’d love to see an episode where J.K. Simmons comes in and tries to bully Animal into being a better drummer.Report
Look it’s just good they’re still working on the property, it deserves a chance and as, Kolohe very aptly observed, the original Muppet show was this way too.Report
I watched the trailer. The jokes were good, I got several grins, snorts and a chuckle. That’s good stuff. The voices were painful, not because they aren’t good but because they aren’t the ones from our childhoods. That cannot be helped, tempus fugit, all men are mortal.
It looks very promising, I will be watching.Report