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Muppets 101 at the Orange County Regional History Center was a full-house event... probably 200 people (it wasn't a particularly large space and I'm not sure how many people it actually held).
The passholder event at Disney was actually presented three times that day. The first two events were sold-out and they added the third. I was at the third event at 7:00 that evening. It wasn't quite a full house, put it was pretty close. I'd guess a couple hundred, probably.
I don't believe they had outtakes of the bucket dropping on Beaker's head. A lot of flubbed lines bloopers. A lot of re-takes of the final musical number (I remember one take where some oblivious guests walked right through the camera shot despite a gaggle of Muppets singing and dancing right in front of them).
Nothing really notable or enlightening from the question and answer session. Several people asked about the possible DVD release of specials like John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together and The Muppet Musicians of Bremen. Craig Shemin explained that releasing something like John Denver and the Muppets was complicated (although not impossible) due to the different folks who have ownership of the project (I guess it is part owned by John Denver's estate and partially by Disney). He did say that Muppet Musicians was certainly possible as a release but that there were no current plans that he knew of.
Someone asked about future Muppet projects, and following the success of Letters to Santa, a possible Halloween special might be in the works. They also alluded to the new Muppet movie.
Someone asked what Gonzo was, and apparently she had never seen Muppets from Space because she seemed very surprised when Gonzo said that in that movie he was discovered to be an alien. Although he did say that that was just a movie and there was still no definite answer as to what he was.
I actually asked about Gonzo's evolution from his beginnings on the Muppet Show to the type of character he is now. Dave Goelz said that after the first season, Jim Henson asked him to make Gonzo less sad and depressing, so he made a new Gonzo with eyes that could open wider and seemed happier. He also said that A Muppet Christmas Carol was a big turning point for Gonzo, allowing him to be more soul-searching and serious. Also, Dave said around that time he was going through a lot of life changes and writer Jerry Juhl was very attuned to that and worked some of those changes into Gonzo's character. So, basically, Gonzo grew up along with Dave.
Wish I could remember even more details about the two nights' events, but it was a bit of an overload at times and a lot to retain.
The passholder event at Disney was actually presented three times that day. The first two events were sold-out and they added the third. I was at the third event at 7:00 that evening. It wasn't quite a full house, put it was pretty close. I'd guess a couple hundred, probably.
I don't believe they had outtakes of the bucket dropping on Beaker's head. A lot of flubbed lines bloopers. A lot of re-takes of the final musical number (I remember one take where some oblivious guests walked right through the camera shot despite a gaggle of Muppets singing and dancing right in front of them).
Nothing really notable or enlightening from the question and answer session. Several people asked about the possible DVD release of specials like John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together and The Muppet Musicians of Bremen. Craig Shemin explained that releasing something like John Denver and the Muppets was complicated (although not impossible) due to the different folks who have ownership of the project (I guess it is part owned by John Denver's estate and partially by Disney). He did say that Muppet Musicians was certainly possible as a release but that there were no current plans that he knew of.
Someone asked about future Muppet projects, and following the success of Letters to Santa, a possible Halloween special might be in the works. They also alluded to the new Muppet movie.
Someone asked what Gonzo was, and apparently she had never seen Muppets from Space because she seemed very surprised when Gonzo said that in that movie he was discovered to be an alien. Although he did say that that was just a movie and there was still no definite answer as to what he was.
I actually asked about Gonzo's evolution from his beginnings on the Muppet Show to the type of character he is now. Dave Goelz said that after the first season, Jim Henson asked him to make Gonzo less sad and depressing, so he made a new Gonzo with eyes that could open wider and seemed happier. He also said that A Muppet Christmas Carol was a big turning point for Gonzo, allowing him to be more soul-searching and serious. Also, Dave said around that time he was going through a lot of life changes and writer Jerry Juhl was very attuned to that and worked some of those changes into Gonzo's character. So, basically, Gonzo grew up along with Dave.
Wish I could remember even more details about the two nights' events, but it was a bit of an overload at times and a lot to retain.
But I did!
