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I wonder if this special will have some Lady Gaga-only numbers, in addition to Muppet-only numbers/sketches. The John Denver specials had John Denver-only numbers... Well, even in the era of YouTube I still haven't seen the A Christmas Together special but the album has as many Denver-only...

And yet even in the early years it wasn't often they had multiple major characters interacting. Maybe they already realized by then that the performance was as important as the voice, and didn't want other performers performing their characters wrong. In fact, it seems like in the first ten...

I wonder if they could have gotten the whole band for The Jim Henson Hour or Muppets Tonight. Both shows frequently featured appearances by multiple humans in addition to the guest stars, and the episode Power even featured an entire band (The Nylons). Muppets Tonight had a lot more...

Another thing not mentioned in this thread is the fact that during the 1970s, it was common for the human cast to do voices, most notably in the Roosevelt Franklin segments, but also in many early Anything Muppet numbers. I wonder what it would have been like if the human cast provided as many...

So the fact that the Muppets are in the title means that they are heavily featured, beyond just a few segments. I wonder if Lady Gaga will be in all those sketches. Considering all the extra celebrities who will appear. It might be odd for all segments with the celebrity guests to include...

The whole band wouldn't have been on The Muppet Show. No band ever was.... The lead singers of bands were (Debbie Harry, for example), I think they wanted to have the Beatles on the show but only if they could get all four members, and it would have been expensive. KISS could have done something...

I sort of feel like it's a little disrespectful that they stopped showing material that Jim Henson performed in a few years ago. More than anyone else from the show who has passed away. Of course it would have probably been more disrespectful if they stopped showing Jim Henson material right...

I don't think it has specifically been said whether this is a Lady Gaga special with other celebrity guests including the Muppets in one or two segments (and maybe a finale with the whole cast of the special) or if the Muppets will be among the stars, like in the John Denver and the Muppets or...

Well, the author did interview a lot of people who knew Henson, and it's possible some of the people interviewed misremembered things that we already know. The books Jim Henson: The Works, Sesame Street Unpaved, Street Gang, and Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street...

One thing I've wondered about... The Muppet Wiki page for this show refers to it as "The Muppets Present". The only time I saw that title announced anywhere was in a 2001 press release of upcoming Muppet projects. Then it was announced that FOX was going to do a new Muppet show in spring 2002...

Does Bambi even have a plot? I had been wondering that for awhile, and when I watched the movie last night to see, I couldn't tell if it had a plot or not. As far as I'm concerned the plot can be summarized in just one sentence: A deer grows up. It feels more like a collection of several...

I kind of like the way the puppets looked in the first season. Maybe not better than they would look next season and later, but I still enjoy watching those early, cruder versions of the puppets.

This thread was so much fun, I wonder if we should start a separate one in the General Discussions regarding other long-time franchises. Or a separate thread for The Jim Henson Company.

That's unfortunate. I wonder if there's something preventing Ryan from getting your e-mails. I know that the first few things I sent in for the Mindset have never been posted, and after my first article was posted I have occasionally sent in articles that weren't posted. I can see why a few...

I was wondering if the show was still showing full-frame segments this year. I haven't seen too many episodes from this season. It's interesting, segments from the first 20 years were very common up until about season 32, though it seems segments from the first season were scarce in the...

This is all great, though I can't remember if I've seen this thread before or not. I feel like I have, and yet also feel I haven't. Did you ever do The Muppet Mindset article about this? I don't recall seeing it, and I look at the website every day. Have you ever thought about making some...

I've only seen one Larry and Phyllis segment, and that one is boring (though I'd like to see some others to see if they get better), but all of the Buddy and Jim segments I've seen are great. There's also Wally and Ralph who were on the show from 1971-1974. I've only seen one of their bits, and...

Wow, Drtooth's post was.... A little bit better than mine. It mentioned some of the things I wanted to bring up but forgot (like the use of song covers and giving alternate performers to Frank's characters). But there are a few things I don't think have been brought up: This might be minor...

In one episode of Dexter's Laboratory, Dexter and Dee Dee compete on a game show, and at one point they each have to answer a question about what each others favorite thing is. Dee Dee correctly guesses Dexter's secret lab, and Dexter holds up the answer confirming she is right... But why WOULD...

I liked Rules of Engagement. But I don't remember hearing about Better with You.