Where are the older humans?

[MikaelaMuppet]

Really nice to see Luis back again!

 

[BEAR 2]

Oh, definitely Petey for sure. Nothing like promoting classic breakdancing to today's preschoolers.

It would be nice to see Ruthie make a special appearance again, although I don't know if she does much performing anymore. She's kinda up there.

She's 81, no older than Bob is. She's up there but no reason to stop performing. Betty White, anyone?? But, of course, I think Betty is superhuman.

Seriously, though, I don't think she performs anymore other than voiceovers.

 

[jobi71]

Betty White is super human. If you can find the clip of her on 30 Rock defying the "Rule of Three" it is amazing. I think what has most fans upset is not that they let these cast members go (they are older, there needs to be a curriculum we can maintain etc) So I think the main issue is we were never able to say good-bye to these beloved characters (on a show that did a good job of saying good-bye to characters and actors - Will Lee, Jerry Nelson). I feel that they did a disservice to themselves by having this happen all "off screen". I understand that an episode about these folks moving on may not have fit in with the direction the show was going, but how about Gordon and Susan are retiring in Yuma! And Luis is joining Maria in Puerto Rico (a hot potato I know), Bob is moving to Japan. Just give us some closure on these characters. It can happen in You Tube videos it does not to be within the show.

 

[BEAR 2]

Betty White is super human. If you can find the clip of her on 30 Rock defying the "Rule of Three" it is amazing. I think what has most fans upset is not that they let these cast members go (they are older, there needs to be a curriculum we can maintain etc) So I think the main issue is we were never able to say good-bye to these beloved characters (on a show that did a good job of saying good-bye to characters and actors - Will Lee, Jerry Nelson). I feel that they did a disservice to themselves by having this happen all "off screen". I understand that an episode about these folks moving on may not have fit in with the direction the show was going, but how about Gordon and Susan are retiring in Yuma! And Luis is joining Maria in Puerto Rico (a hot potato I know), Bob is moving to Japan. Just give us some closure on these characters. It can happen in You Tube videos it does not to be within the show.

I would have appreciated that too. Some sort of closure. They did that when Hooper died and they did that when David left the show. They said he was moving. Because these 5 have been major staples since day one (or almost day one), it would have been nice. I think the actors would have appreciated it too. I will admit, I got every emotional when I found out that they were leaving. I felty like half my family was moving away. I know that seems so stupid.

On a related note, I just wish that the humans were a little more prominent these days. Maybe it doesn't go with the style of what they want now, but there were many moments just between the human cast early on that were so great. It wasn't always about the Muppets. They took a secondary role to the human adults, which was fun for a change. For example, Maria and Luis getting married and the baby; the adoption of Miles; Olivia and David singing "It Feels Good When You Sing a Song"...I could go on. I just loved when they were in the spotlight too.

 

[Censored]

Betty White is super human. If you can find the clip of her on 30 Rock defying the "Rule of Three" it is amazing. I think what has most fans upset is not that they let these cast members go (they are older, there needs to be a curriculum we can maintain etc) So I think the main issue is we were never able to say good-bye to these beloved characters (on a show that did a good job of saying good-bye to characters and actors - Will Lee, Jerry Nelson). I feel that they did a disservice to themselves by having this happen all "off screen". I understand that an episode about these folks moving on may not have fit in with the direction the show was going, but how about Gordon and Susan are retiring in Yuma! And Luis is joining Maria in Puerto Rico (a hot potato I know), Bob is moving to Japan. Just give us some closure on these characters. It can happen in You Tube videos it does not to be within the show.

No, the problem was that they let them go, period.

 

[Censored]

Age is just a number. The issue should be the ability to perform one's job. They never fired Will Lee.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Y'all, we've already established they weren't fired because of their age. First of all, Alison was let go and she's only in her forties. They were let go because (1. the show is focusing on less characters now so kids can have consistency and get acquainted with the main characters more easily (2. Bob McGrath said it was educators themselves who recommend cutting back on characters.

 

[D'Snowth]

HULK MAD1 HULK SMASH1 HULK NOT ACCEPT OLDER SST CASTMEMBERS BE FIRED! HULK SMASH SST!

 

[BEAR 2]

Well, it's already happened and it's now old news at this point. We can still look back at the old stuff. I just hope we get something really great for the 50th anniversary and that all of them are included in whatever they choose to do to commemorate. It's interesting...all of the great milestone moments have involved Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Bob and Gina (and of course Mr. Hooper). They don't do episodes like those anymore. I feel like the last thing we got like that was the hurricane episodes. And I hope they have something good planned.

 

[BEAR 2]

Also, wouldn't it be fun to see Linda make a visit? I always liked her.