Muppets.com relaunches with Disney XD

[beaker]

Wow. That Beaker-Swedish Chef-Animal in the elevator sketch made my day. And it reminded me that the Muppets are here to stay.

I could totally see stuff like that sketch(or the one with Fozzie and Gonzo messing with Kermit and a camera) expanded to a full on tv series.(I could even imagine a Muppet version of "The Office")

This is definately a good new start to what hopefully should be the start of big and exciting things for the Muppet franchise

 

[frogboy4]

My official step-by-step process for linking to Muppets.com XD

Thought I'd officially list the tweaky thing needed to get to the Muppets.com start-up XD page. Does this hold true for everyone?

My quickest method:

1. I log on to www.muppets.com
(it annoyingly takes me to disney.com's main page)
2. I click the "Switch To Disney Online Broadband" link located at the foot of the page (it cycles through and takes me somewhere else that isn't muppets.com)
3. I then type in www.muppets.com on my url bar (again) and it takes me there.

It's a crummy set-up that (as stated in an earlier post) could be remedied by a static Muppets graphic that allows the user to not feel lost and have to search for Muppet content or the Muppets.com site itself. I blame designer apathy for the issue because it appears to be a simple fix. The user should not be made to feel frustrated or stupid (like I did) when merely logging onto a site. Muppets.com should immediately = Muppets for everyone.

That said, I hope my fix helps diffuse some of the frustration. There is much Muppety goodness to be had! I am so happy about this site.

 

[AndyWan Kenobi]

I haven't had the chance o look at everything yet, unfortunately, but I'm impressed so far. I really like seeing the Newsman again! I've got to agree with everyone else here--to me, this suggests that good times are ahead. Putting this up is a major initiative, and it would be silly to do it for no reason.

 

[dwayne1115]

Has anyone seen that on air thing at the top? I think they are planning a show or something, and when it is on the air that light will be on.

 

[Luke]

Love the new videos. Amazing how different the puppet Animal looks from the current Animal poser. I like how they have the puppet currently, looks great. I noticed they have the real Muppet news scrolling above the Newsman - nice touch!

 

[dwayne1115]

I was just watching all the videos once agian and i have to say i could not be happier with fozzie and piggys voices pluse i feel that they are really showing there true selfs in this as well. Jim and Frank would be proud!

 

[Yoda Man]

Those were some great clips. Something about the popsicle stick and pogo stick clips really got me laughing.

 

[TheJimHensonHour]

I use Oprah and the site loads fine for me.

What, she has her own web server now? is there anything that woman wont do! sheesh!

Thats probably to prevent creeps from misusing the site.
I haven't read the whole thread, but did anyone else see Rubber Ducky in the bottom right hand corner?

Yeah I mentioned it before.

Has anyone seen that on air thing at the top? I think they are planning a show or something, and when it is on the air that light will be on.

That would be great if they had live shows on the site, and in this day and age they can do such a thing!

 

[Yoda Man]

Wahoo, I just got the high score in Bubble Jumble

 

[dwayne1115]

I can never get that or the muppet triva game to work.