Deflated rather than Delighted...but Hopeful for the Future
I had every intention of liking this special for what it is, but where were the jokes? It's not an embarrassment, just forgettable (with only a couple of cringey moments for my older-long-term-fan sensibilities). I have a feeling this was really edited to bits, but hey - it does its job and fits in with the rest of the Disney Channel kids fare. I just wish they had added a layer of humor over it. Most of the special just seemed like a contractual checklist of items and appearances.
In the end, this special wasn’t meant for me. The Muppets already have me. They didn’t dumb themselves down, but they didn’t bring anything near their A (or even B) game either. I hear there are more of these specials with the Disney kids and the Muppets in the can and on the way. We’ll see.
Likes: Kermit’s performance, the Mayhem’s appearance and voices, Snowths, Swedish Chef, Pepe’s humble contribution, Miss Piggy’s performance, Statler & Waldorf’s bit, the new Muppets Studio logo, the target marketing in bringing the Muppets to an audience so that they may be more visible in their own right later on.
Dislikes: The Miss Piggy puppet, the boring script, lack of direction, plot or humor, the tightly controlled atmosphere (I with the Muppets really had gone nuts), lack of many characters, it all seemed so rushed and lifeless.
This is a good thing that could have been better but wasn’t because it didn’t have to be.
A solid C from the frogboy.