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Yeah, that's an excellent find. When this thread started, I was surprised they had inserts with his voice in rotation in 1990, I had no clue they were still airing them in 2001. Of course, by that point, the viewers watching would have no clue who David was.

Using IMDB and Muppet Wiki, I believe I found the final time an insert featuring David was used. Episode 3701 from season 29 features him singing "I'm Pretty". This was in 1998, over eight years after his passing. Surprised they still used his material almost a decade after he left the show.

I stumbled upon this after watching the documentary. This is some incredibly rare footage, clearly not meant to be distributed to a public audience. But now I wonder if any others might surface.

I gave this a watch after reading the book by Michael Davis. It's free on Pluto TV for anyone who is interested. I have to say that my favorite part was the various Sesame bloopers that pop up (there's a particularly hilarious one with Kermit and Gladys). It was also great to see interviews...

Presumably, this will be a sequel to "Street Gang" and focus on the recent developments of Sesame Street. https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Street_Fight

Viewership was decent (actually above the last few episodes of The Muppets from 10 years ago!), but its performance among adults aged 18-49 is most noteworthy to me. Instead of the countless "more adult" options, it was The Muppet Show that posted the highest rating among that demographic. And...

The ratings are in. The Muppet Show was the highest-rated show on Wednesday night in the Adults 18-49 demographic! http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2026/02/wednesday-tv-ratings-2426-muppet-show.html

I read in "Street Gang" that the Disney deal would have only permitted Jim to work two weeks out of the year on "Sesame Street", which would have been unnecessarily restrictive. It is such a major "what if" what could have been though.

I agree that I would prefer Steve doing Kermit, but I will say that I think Matt has improved his performance. There were a few moments here and there where it started to work for me. And on another note, I feel like David Rudman has really upped his game as Scooter. It was an alright...

I thought it was pretty enjoyable overall. It really did feel like they had the tone of the classic Muppet Show down for the most part (with a modern twist of course). Perhaps just nitpicking, but I would've preferred they did it like the original series where the guest star performs in the...

Hate to bump such an old thread, but I was inspired to read Street Gang after reading Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography last summer, and I have a lot of thoughts. For reference, I read the 1st edition, so I'm not sure what changes there were in the 2nd one, but I'd love to read that one as...

Suggs did have a cameo in Muppets 2011 with a bit of dialogue. Wow, I didn't notice Hilda was back until you mentioned it, that's quite a comeback after (according to Muppet wiki) a 40 year absence.

I was surprised to see that humans make up the audience now. Although I'm not going to complain about a Maya Rudolph and Beautiful Day Monster interaction. Overall, it looks promising. From the trailer, we see a heavy emphasis on backstage scenes, which is a plus. I do find it amusing, though...

So I've made my views on Vogel's Kermit clear many times, but let me shift gears and provide some praise to a different Steve recasting. Peter Linz absolutely knocked it out of the park playing Lips in The Muppets Mayhem. And I mean no disrespect to Steve, but Peter's version of Lips feels like...

Good ending overall. I think the whole "band breaking up" arc was more than a little rushed though, really wasn't all that necessary if everything was going to get resolved almost instantaneously. Nora meeting each member of the band to try to convince them to return seemed way too similar to...