Muppet Mockumentary Pilot Filmed

[Marky]

Disney also needs to remember that the muppets aren't just : Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, & Rizo.
It's a countless number of monsters, freaks, weirdos, and watnots!
Something thats been missing for me with the muppets for years and is sadly missed since the days of the jim henson hour.

Don't forget Pepe.

He's a Post-Henson character, but he's everywhere. He's creeping into Elmo territory w/ the Muppets. And while he's funny, I''m not sure if he's worth forgetting dozens of fantastic characters from the past, IMO.

HOWEVER, that past is the past, and Pepe IS popular today, and Bill Baretta is good, no doubt.

(sigh)

I just pine for the magical heydey, I guess. A magical childhood thing for me.

 

[SarahOnBway]

Don't forget Pepe.

He's a Post-Henson character, but he's everywhere. He's creeping into Elmo territory w/ the Muppets. And while he's funny, I''m not sure if he's worth forgetting dozens of fantastic characters from the past, IMO.
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I just had a HORRIFIC vision of Pepe as the TMX, 20 ft tall, walking down the street like Frankenstein and going "I'm sexy, okayy"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*runs away screaming*

 

[beatnikchick300]

[I just had a HORRIFIC vision of Pepe as the TMX, 20 ft tall, walking down the street like Frankenstein and going "I'm sexy, okayy"
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The horror! The horror!

 

[muppet baby]

oh pepe ,

he is my faverate post henson caretor of all time , i really love him , i hope that they will have some more muppet shows with him , what would be a wonderful plot for a new muppet movie ?

 

[crazed gonzo fa]

Pepe: The Movie

 

[Marky]

I almost think that he deserves/belongs in his own project spin-off thingy.

I mean, I love him. He's not my old-school warm n' fuzzy Muppet, no.
But dang, he's funny.

I don't have the Elmo-gag-reflex about him at all. There was a bit too much of him in Oz, yes. But he'd be Awesome Oppossum on his own or with other totally new characters, new cast, etc. Highlight, new, as in fresh.

Fresh Prawn.

Ya know, cocktail sause is really just ketchup and horse radish mixed together.

 

[SarahOnBway]

Marky, I'm gonna have to politely disagree.

The reason the main Muppets are the main Muppets (Kermit, Gonzo, Piggy, Fozzie) is because they all have different facets to their personalities. The characters are able to change, to continue to develop... Even before Gonzo made the transformation to the Gonzo he is today, he had different parts to his personality. Look at him in TMM: he's in love, he's crazy, he's a dreamer, he's sentimental, he's hopping mad . He's three-dimensional.

Pepe on the other hand... I mean, I think he works as a secondary character, but not enough to have an entire movie/series based around him. The movie with his greatest amount of emotional range, IMO, would be VMX, and even then wether he's saving the day or painting Ms. Bitterman's toes, he's still Pepe, and he only really has that one aspect of his personality. Pepe is Pepe. He works around the other, established Muppets, but as the lead himself with all new? I dunno about that...

 

[theprawncracker]

I agree with Sarah on this one, while I love Pepe as my second favorite Muppet (Gonzo being the first), I agree that he is only Pepe, a raunchy, women-obsessed Prawn, and that's all he'll ever be. I mean, it would be so hard to show Pepe going through some completley depressing time because he is Pepe. I mean, Pepe doesn't get upset, he doesn't really go past caring about himself, so it's hard to base more than one dimension around him. But still, he's a great character, and should be used as such, it would just be hard to have him as the "leader" of a new pack. Kermit fits because he's Kermit. He can be wild, he can be sad, he can be happy, he can be mad, he can do just about anything, it's in his character to be that way. While Pepe on the other hand, cannot. He's just... Pepe. And that's how we want him to stay.

 

[Marky]

By "we" are you referring to the entire Muppet Fan community minus myself? Interesting.

And to cut it off before it's evven concieved... I hope you two aren't in the creative writing business...

Sheesh!

 

[mrsieve]

This may be why we have not heard much Muppet talk until recently. Mind you this article was posted over a year ago.

http://www.tv.com/fraggle-rock/show/3535/story/4328.html?tag=story_list;title;0

May 1, 2006

TV.com: Do you collaborate with Disney very closely, or do they completely decide how to use the Muppets?
Brian Henson: We transferred control because they are a much bigger company; we mainly wanted to keep the characters alive in the theme park area. They are very slow and choosy, and right now they are kind of working on what they want to see the Muppets do. Right now nothing is in production.