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Not very many; it wasn't really until at least the mid to late 1980's that such books started to come out, and even then they were usually about TV shows that had been running for years or ones that had finished years ago.

You have to place this type of thing in its context; "Making of" specials for TV & Film were almost unheard of in the late 1970's/early 1980's. In fact it wasn't really until the mid to late 1990's that they started to become more common.

I'm afraid not; it only aired on CBS affiliated stations as per the end credits. Whether it has *since* aired on affiliated NBC and ABC stations, I'm afraid I don't know.

Again, I think people are jumping the gun a bit, with regards to the Bonus material. The Press Release is very ambiguous in places as it lists the already announced extras but also mentions hours of bonus materials. That release is wrong as well, as it claims the show garnered eight Emmy...

I said that you could see a performer, but I did not say which character was being performed. Check the back-right of the screen and you will see the performer in question.

Can't remember if this is mentioned in the Muppet Morsels for the Valerie Harper ep of TMS (not mentioned in the guide on this web site) but I spotted a performer (possibly Jim Henson) during the Swedish Chef sketch. You can see the top of the performer's head and their back as well.

Of course if the copyright had never changed hands in the first place we wouldn't have this problem. C'est la vie.

No mystery there - Disney accidentally used an earlier edit of the Joel Grey ep.

Can I just point out one important factor - that we don't know what *all* the extras are. All that has been announced (as per the first post on this thread) is... Bonus Features: • Original Pilot: "The Muppets Valentine Show" • The Muppets on Muppets: Kermit, Gonzo and Rizzo sit down for...

The Season One episodes are set out *more* like a typical comedy-variety series a la Ed Sullivan, whereas from Season Two onwards the guests began to take a more active part in the backstage mayhem. Not sure who we can thank for that - Jerry Juhl maybe?

Flashdance was released in April 1983, whereas Muppets Go to the Movies was recorded in 1981 - so the answer is no.

If you could just point out exactly where I said in my posts that these specials should never be released on DVD, I should be very grateful.

We are talking about three Muppet specials that are not re-run on a regular basis, and as far as I'm aware have never even been screened overseas. Most of the general public would never have heard or even remember these specials, and as such they would not be big sellers on DVD. It would be...

I think there's a bit of confusion here - as I understand it characters from other companies are able to appear in the specials without any problems. It's the fact that they can't appear on the cover of a commercial release of this special.

The only people going "bonkers" are those (such as yourself) who are criticising Disney unnecessarily. DVDs usually don't get formally announced until at least a month until they are due to be released. Disney don't want to make the mistake of announcing a title too early, otherwise they could...

Ummm.... we are talking about three rather obscure Muppet specials from the 1960's; somehow I don't think they would be big sellers. Besides that, Disney may not even own the rights to the specials.

Get a Grip folks! TMS is not the only thing that Disney will be releasing on DVD this year. Please keep that in mind. I'm sure that there will be an announcement in due course, but as I've said time and again - You just have to be patient and wait. And if you can't, then that is your bad luck.

I would post what I think but I'm afraid if I did then I would get told off.

That's all true, but I'm interested in finding out whether there were specially made ones for the UK airings. Other ITC produced shows had them, and my hypothesis is that TMS did have some.

No, those were the special "trailers" that were recorded for each episode. I'm talking about ad caps that appeared before (and possibly after) the commercials.