It’s Time to Get Things Started

I picked up Season Three of The Muppet Show yesterday. See how I made that sound so casual? The truth is that I drove to the store specifically to get my hands on Season Three of The Muppet Show yesterday. I’m loving having all of these on DVD. As many times as I’ve seen the show, there are still bits and pieces that I’ve somehow forgotten or were edited out of subsequent broadcasts. Season Three boasts a long list of gay icons to enjoy, too, including Liberace, Gilda Radner, Cheryl Ladd and Lesley Ann Warren. The special features this time around include an instructional video from 1968, featuring Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Jerry Juhl demonstrating the different kinds of puppetry. Also from the vintage file are the Purina dog food commercials featuring Rowlf and Baskerville from the early 60s. There’s also a new short documentary called A Company of Players that could have been three hours long and I wouldn’t have minded. It gives some great background and behind-the-scenes info on the performers and the origin and development of our favorite characters. As I watch each episode, I’ll post some thoughts in the Forum. Because I know the world is just dying to hear my thoughts on this.

Ive ordered my copy.
Not out in the UK yet so I have an import on the way.

Is Fozzie fuzzy like the Kermit and Piggy cases were?

Some of the Fozzie covers are, some aren’t.

You know I grew up watching the Muppet show, it was one of the few things I could watch that had “adult” humor in it.

I don;t know whether it snuck by the family censors due to the fact that Kermit was in it and was in Seasame Street or the family was just not paying attention to me as usual.

I want the sets but I’m just too poor right now :(

I picked up fuzzy Fozzy at Target.

I’m about half-way through season 3 right now.  I just watched the Elke Sommer episode.  Some of the early episodes of the season are VERY shaky and not very good, but then you get things like the Gilda Radner, Harry Belafonte, or Danny Kaye episodes, which are brilliant.  I’m dying for season 4...Lynda Carter and Wonder-Pig!