Back to the Rock Season 2
Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock Season 2 has premiered on AppleTV+. Watch the anticipated new season and let us know your thoughts.
Sesame Street Season 54
Sesame Street Season 54 has premiered on Max with new episodes each Thursday. Watch and let us know your thoughts.
The Muppets Mayhem premieres
The series debut of the year is here! Let us know your thoughts and reviews of The Muppets Mayhem now streaming on Disney+.
Bear arrives on Disney+ The beloved series has been off the air for the past 15 years. Now all four seasons are finally available for a whole new generation.
Sam and Friends Book Read our review of the long-awaited book, "Sam and Friends - The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show" by Muppet Historian Craig Shemin.
This isn't a sign of the apocylpse.
Here's how I see it.
The Muppets are best represented by their classic TV and film library, which is now in the hands of one of the best home video divisions out there. Take the incredible 2-disc editions of things like "Fantasia", "Who Framed Roger...
"The Muppet Show" aired on all of the CBS Owned-and-Operated TV stations ("O&O's"). These were in big cities like NYC, LA, Chicago, Denver, etc. That's why they're mentioned in the credits.
In smaller markets the show aired on whichever station bought it. In Syracuse, NY the show aired on...
It's funny you mention Disney...despite the fact that those "TV Funhouse" parodies I referred to slipped by, Disney is notorious for their dogged pursuit of copyright violators--from the harmless uses you describe to parody and satire that should be covered under the First Amendment. Disney is...
Here's a very simple explanation--not meant to be the exact answer :attitude:
---but something close.
"The Rainbow Connection", like nearly all pieces of popular music, was written by a songwriter affiliated with ASCAP or BMI, the two major songwriters' unions. Each year millions of entities...
Satire and parody is very broadly protected under "freedom of speech." Mad magazine parodied copyrighted characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and the "Archie Comics" gang back in the 1950's. SNL has presented much more repugnant character assasinations (no pun intended) in its "TV...
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