My review:
Weird opening. But, appropriate for Pepe and Rizzo.
I actually laughed a few times.
I concede I despise the Disney tweens with every fiber of my being (I only saw this because the EM was coming back out of obscurity). However, I have to say the Muppets fit rather well with the general atmosphere. I saw the Suite Life just before it and any griping about how the special was written should try to understand what Disney passes as entertainment right now in general.
My favorite was the Suite Life sketch, actually, since it seemed to have a point and didn't seem as random as some of the rest. I liked the writing session(s) as well as the actual sketch ... it gave the closest resemblance to a plot as we were going to get.
Loved ... no, liked ... Statler and Waldorf. Was kinda hoping the flirting would have gone farther. At least they got some sleep
Things that didn't so much irk me as give me pause:
While I love that Dr. Teeth is talking again ... he needs more passion. I realize the gruff voices are hard on the larynx, but the Muppet movie had a much better rendition of their introduction. It also seemed strange that his eyes seemed permanently surprised. He's supposed to have that translucent eyelid/sunglasses thing when he's mellow so that when they're lifted it provides more of a visual punch.
It's not fair to have a bunch of Muppets during the initial introduction ... and then never show some of them. I felt cheated.
Swedish Chef should only be mildly understandable ... that's the whole gag with him ... unless you wanted to make some English-only point.
Why are we repeating the intro?
Why are they afraid to show who sounded like Howard/Bobby? C'mon Disney ... Timon can dance in a dress and you can have lots of gender jokes in Mulan but a flirtatious gay pig is out of bounds?
Was it just me or did the sketches just seem ... stitched together? I realize the Muppet Show didn't always have a consistent theme with their numbers/sketches, but DANG ... at least they would at least show Kermit announcing a sketch backstage or SOMETHING.
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At least we got the Muppet Show theme back ... sort of. It was actually an interesing remix.