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That's why I phrased my last reply with a reference to the Muppets. ROFL xD

Peter Gabriel is the quintessential example of good music. So is one of my all-time favorite albums. It would be great if we saw him on Sesame Street or having a cameo in the "next" (in quotes because we don't know if Disney will seriously consider a sequel) film.

The Muppet Show maybe, but considering that Disney has not released the final sets for that, I don't know if they will give those three series the time of day.

D'Snowth is right. I think music went downhill once pop stars like Britney Spears and Hilary Duff and boy bands started coming onto the mainstream, because all they really had to do was rely on an eccentric Swedish songwriter to help write most of their material. I'm not saying all today's music...

Yep. Also known as the "Millennium Whoop."

I don't think DVD's are seriously dying out, but I get your point that the Muppets seem to be experiencing a(nother) fatigue when it comes to what Disney decides to do with them. They've received a few setbacks already, most recently Steve Whitmire's firing.

It was worth a try. It was better than nothing. I still think McClellan was right though in that we should ask every now and then if the project's still in the works, that is if you're polite about it. You don't want to be a jerk about it. You can't demand someone like Disney to release...

Maybe if all the Muppet enthusiasts petitioned or got out a lot more, perhaps? If we just continue to sit in this forum complaining and ranting how they may never be released, it just seems nihilistic to me. I always have a little bit of optimism about such matters, even if it's been a long...

Freaking jealous, man. I would've loved to see him! I hope he's doing well since he's now a free agent...

Yeah, I'm afraid we might have to rely on Shout! Factory or Mill Creek to release the remaining sets, though the former would be a better candidate for that. Again though, they will still need to get the copyright holdings cleared for all of the episodes, including approval from the surviving...

I love Bobo the Bear because of his gruff, faux-sinister voice, sounds perfect for an "In a world..." commercial spokesman. He has that ironic, deadpan humor that I really admire, and I think he was a perfect fit for the Muppets.

I agree. Jim worked ALL THE TIME. Not much of a break. That's how he coped with his brother's fatal accident. All he had to do was keep on working. And as you said, it meant a lot of sacrifice, including an eventual separation from Jane in the 1980s. He was almost never home and when he was it...

Because Disney's unpredictable.

Even though I wasn't born when he died (he died on May 16, 1990; I was born a year after), he's one of my heroes. I've greatly admired him since I first got into the Muppets and JHC in general via Sesame Street and Bear and the Big Blue House. I remember when I just started 8th Grade, I went to...

Harry Belafonte would be my second favorite. Everyone doing "Turn the World Around" is one of the most memorable segments in the history of The Muppet Show in my opinion. It's also one of my favorite songs from the show.

Wait, there's a new Dark Crystal coming out? Besides the point, Jim and Frank had always been friends since Jim first saw him at a puppet convention back in the early 1960s. They were like brothers-in-arms. Maybe he just doesn't talk about the JHC that much since they haven't been putting out...

It may partly be their 2000's input, which did not have some very memorable movies (regardless of what everyone else thinks here), the direction the Jim Henson Company's going, or maybe kids or young adults these days are more into the adult humor, like Rick and Morty or The Simpsons. It's...

Yeah I'm hoping for a new lineup of Muppet movies too. I liked 2011's The Muppets, except for some of the music, which seemed too frolicsome, and the continuity (The ACTUAL Muppet Studio was at Elstree Studios in London, not L.A. where the movie is set), but Muppets Most Wanted was kind of eh. I...

I know! I wish we had a MuppetCon (KermitKon?) or something.

Court is now adjourned.