New Characters

[Kaiser Gonzo]

can i ask u guys something.
call me an old fashioned muppet but-
i was never too keen on the 'newly introduced' character, around the Muppets tonight era, such as Cliffoed, andy and randy, Bobo, sal & Johnny fiama, pepe, seymour and so on
why could'nt henson use the real, proper, muppet characters like Beau, Hilda, wayne & wanda, Nigel, THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM (which hardly ever appear know) Lew Zealand, crazzy harry, thog, Marvin suggs, the Newspresenter and so on and rowlf dear rowlf

 

[Marky]

I sort of agree with you on this one. I mean, Pepe is funny, and introducing new characters is not always a bad thing. The thing about Muppets Tonight for me was that there were too many of them to get used to at once. I disliked Clifford from the get go - "I'm your homey made of foamy". Bleh.

I really, really wish they didn't brush Rowlf, Floyd and Dr. Teeth to the side like they have since they were my faves (being a musician now myself) and gave the slightly grown-up but cleverly subtle humor which everyone agrees is missing from current projects.

Then again, I'm of the Gen X fanbase (I'm 33) who still considers Elmo (the Jar-Jar Binks of Muppets) new to Sesame Street.

 

[Kaiser Gonzo]

ha, i think Elmo's older than me.
But yeh i think floyd, dr teeth, and good olRowlf were thrown aside to let the new foam fools have the lime light. Bad move henson

 

[Marky]

The big bear in Muppets from Space was funny. So was the gang of Rats. But man! The Mayhem stole the show in the 1st Muppet Movie.

BRING THEM BACK!!!!

 

[Kaiser Gonzo]

right on brother

 

[Marky]

For sure-ally.

 

[TheJimHensonHour]

the problem with all the lack of classic characters was there was no jim henson ro perform all those great characters so I believe thats why they got the brush off so to speak because they couldn't find anyone good enough to perform them back then.
-Vaughn Michael

 

[Kaiser Gonzo]

yeh thatsm a point, but what about characters like beau, dave is still around performing, but i have'nt really seen Beau perform fully since the muppet show years.
And its the same with Lew Zeland, Marvin suggs, thog, Crazy harry, i mean Jerry and Frank have just recently gone, they were there there all of the 90's and early 2000's i have'nt seen/heard any of the above characters since the m s

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Muppets Tonight was a diffrent show so they need to have diffrent Characters

 

[Kaiser Gonzo]

personally i hated muppets tonight, and the main reason was because Kermit was'nt host, and it was just so crappy, i did'nt have any decent elements that the Muppet show had