Yeah but on dopey reality shows that don't show off the characters nor the performers' capabilities. America's Got Talent? that house show where they pull the truck away and everyone cries? I'd rather see the Muppets having their OWN show instead of little guest spots on crappy shows.
I say exactly on principle, but the idiot masses gobble these pieces of elephant dung up. I stopped trying to watch 2 minutes of muppet performance per hour of horrid "entertainment" after I tried to watch the America's Phoniest Home Injuries.
I'm sorry... but the Muppets should be satirizing these programs, not guesting on them. There's a difference between a talk show appearance, and what they did on the Jerry lewis telethon, then putting them on random crappy shows.
But here's the point. These shows are massively popular. They are putting them out to the masses with these moronic appearances. I will take it back. Disney isn't doing nothing. They're just not doing anything we want to see. We want a TV series, a movie, or at least well thought out appearances on more classy shows.
All I need ot hear is Miss Piggy and The Biggest Loser in the same sentence and I'll pass out of pure anger.
Why oh why doesn't the Disney Channel at least show some Muppets Tonight from time to time? They're making me almost resent these tween children that Hanna Montana and High School Musical are made for. I just don't see them enduring. They're like potato chips - quick, easy and (sometimes) enjoyable, but not really food. (Ducks for the attacks by High School Musical fans! LOL) There's more to entertainment than pretty people (with a moderate level of talent) singing instantly forgettable pop songs in this frogboy’s opinion. Now, it would be fine if we could get both, but it does seem like the muck didn't just rise to the top at the Disney Channel - it took over
I could say something here, but it's pretty much the same thing I've been saying for a while now. Tweenage teeny boppers=money money money. Some braces clad pimply faced girl would rather see some moronic pop based show starring someone in the 20's pretending to be a teenager than well thought out crafted puppetry. This was a market a lot of people were saying wasn't getting represented. Now you have to be a twelve year old girl to be happy with anything on television.
And let's not forget how Nick and even Cartoon Network are doing these tweencoms now as well. Cartoon Network. Inside Jimmy's Head. Check it out. You'll be crying all night long. I'd rather watch "My Gym Partner's a lab Monkey, purple Monkey Dishwasher" than that.
Now the only hope is the Family Channel. I mean, buying that gave rise to Disney owning Saban shows (and shoving power rangers in our face even harder than Fox Kids ever did). I am super happy they listened to fan angst and released the Tick. But out of it, nothing happened. You'd think at least in the middle of the day they could rerun MT or TMS there. Add a preschool block of programming and put Muppet babies there at least. But no.
Finally...
Now that Disney realized that these disks make (enough) money, they were able to shell out the cash to music licensors (some of them are greedy uncreative people who inherited the songs as property). It's easy to see Disney as a source of a lot of money, but that's not really how it works. They have share-holders that hold them accountable.
I still think there was some kind of waiting-game for the music rights to season two. And that also may have caused the absence of song subtitles (may be seen as literary publishing rights) and a few slight scrimps on features. But hey, we got the shows!
Out of the millions of things I could blame Disney for, I just can't blame them for that. With the Muppet show, we had character rights (Bert and Ernie), Celebrity rights and music rights. Now, even with the cuts, it could have sold a lot lot more. Even if they could give some money, maybe A) it wasn't enough, or B) the musical rights holders wanted to use the songs for something more important. Like advertising a sleeping drug that causes you tp do random things in your sleep... or a credit card that takes 30 years to pay off a candy bar.
A lot of these songs were bought or inherited. if the artist came up and said "Look! I decided to give you the rights to the song 30 years ago, but now I changed my mind because I'm becoming a grouchy artist in my old age" I wouldn't say a word. But the recording industry (which manufactures fake "hip Hop" artists, and takes actual artists and strips them of all money the original song writers are due for) is pretty much as evil as the Tobbacco industry. I don't want to go into it. Dealing with them is just... you don't want to know. So it's understandable if they weren't granted the rights or didn't have the money to use a song they somehow were able to use 30 years ago without problem.
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