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Whose idea was the Vaudeville theater format?

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Mad Man Mooney

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So, having watched "Sex and Violence" on the Muppet Show Season 1 DVD, I have to wonder whose idea was it to use the Vaudeville theater format? It's brilliant - the perfect forum for Muppet mania (as we all know). But whose idea was it to go from a Laugh-In or SNL type show to one that resurrected the hoary old conventions of the Keith-Orpheum Circuit, with Kermit as the MC?
 
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My guess is either Jack Burns (head writer for season 1) or Jim Henson. Could be anyone though :smile:
 
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