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How did they film Muppet Show audience shots?

Pinkflower7783

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I wonder if it was done the same way the wedding scene was filmed in MTM?
 
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They actually talked about this in an issue of The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter.

There's about seven different shots matted together - they taped a section of the screen at one time and put them together ... with quite a few of the puppets redressed and used more than once.
 
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dwmckim said:
They actually talked about this in an issue of The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter.

There's about seven different shots matted together - they taped a section of the screen at one time and put them together ... with quite a few of the puppets redressed and used more than once.
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Are any/all of The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter issues available online now?
 
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dwmckim said:
They actually talked about this in an issue of The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter.

There's about seven different shots matted together - they taped a section of the screen at one time and put them together ... with quite a few of the puppets redressed and used more than once.
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I suspected this was the case. So technically a proper Muppet Auditorium set never really existed?

I noticed it changes appearance in different episodes.




 
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