muppet_dk, I will email and ask DMS about the international Muppets.com issues and relay their answer. Also, I don't have a crystal ball on me (left it at the office), but I think I can reassure you that what happened with the Fraggle situation will not happen with the Muppet Show. I don't work for Disney and have no access to the Muppet Secret Plans (or "MSP", similar to ESP but it's a little more fuzzy), but that's the indication that I've gotten.
I'm also sure that they are to smart to do the HIT stunt, but one never knowes so it could have been a good question to ask. I've heard the interview one more time, and I do think she got over the question about the use of kermit in chirstmas toy and emmet otter quite fast, without really making a comment of the cutting of Kermit. A good follow up question to this could have been about the chances for a realease of Muppets Family Christmas.
I hope that it's not the last time you get a chance to talk with her.
BTW about the international block, I have an idea my self that it's there due to copyright issues to some of the content on the portal site. It might not be to any of the Muppet material, but propperly on some of the other content on the non muppet part of the site. And it's easier to make a block on the entire site rather than just a part of it. I will look forward to a more official answer to this if you mange to get it.
So until they decide to give us access we will have to continue to use various proxy sites and backdoors to the muppet content..