Earlier in the year John and Josh presented a night at ACMI all about the Muppet Show and how it changed the world of television.
It sold out very quickly and chances are you missed it. Never fear, though. Through the magic of modern technology we’re able to bring you an edited audio version of night that most people have already forgotten.
It becomes episode 286 of our little show and you can listen along and pretend like you were actually there.
In the show notes we’ll include a bunch of clips that we played so you can listen and watch at the same time. Enjoy.
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Videos
Play these videos along with the audio to help you pretend like you were really there!
Some Backstage Shenanigans
Alan Arkin and the Bun Bun Bros.
What Kermit was doing before the Muppet Show
Pitching The Muppet Show
A Pilot: “Sex and Violence”
Over-thinking the Muppet Show I
Over-thinking the Muppet Show II
Warning: This clip contains a lot of blackface
Puppeteers and their favourite Muppet Show characters
An Example of Muppets Tonight
The Legacy of the Muppet Show
embedding is not available but you can see it on YouTube.
Statler and Waldorf at the movies
Muppets TV/h3>
A Little Bit of Kylie
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3 Comments
David Boxcutter says:
Blatant missed opportunity for a Manha Manha on “apocrypha”.
Murray says:
Does anyone know whether the Outland listed here is the same one that was the best new comedy of 2011? 🙂
http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/2011/12/sneak-peek-whats-on-abc-tv-in-2012.html
John Richards says:
No Murray, you’re thinking of the Outland that was the cult hit of 2010 (according to The Sunday Age)…