While perusing an article about the USA network reviving the Bionic Woman (the series, not the woman herself)(from what I know, she’s not dead, she’s just in reruns) in a new summer replacement show by producers Jennifer and Suzanne Todd, I happened to notice something odd.
(Emphasis emphatically mine.)
A new Muppet series? Could it be? Will it finally come about? Will they kill it off in its infancy, like the much-lamented Muppets Tonight (slain, in my opinion, before it could find its feet, or its audience)? Will it be able to update the old formula, and yet stay faithful to Muppet history? Will the Fox network treat it right, or will it be mutated into some horrible “When Muppets Attack!” monstrosity?
And why can’t I find anything else on this possibility anywhere?
Beatcha!!! http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=122908&highlight=muppet mobo85 quotes: The project is still in the early stages of development, but the plan is to take a wholly new approach to a Muppet series – it will not be a remake of the successful Muppet Show comedy-variety vehicle that aired in syndication from 1976-81
Okay, then. I’m going to wildly speculate, and I invite Dopers to join in the fun!
What should the new Muppet Show be like?
When Muppets Attack! A startling real-life series, featuring celebrities and public figures reacting to being accosted by some of your favorite fuzzy characters! See Emeril take on the Swedish Chef: which one will be more comprehensible? See Ted Koppel up against Kermit the Frog: who will be more unflappable? See Miss Piggy accost Callista Flockheart in a pie-eating contest, to the death!. And see Animal attack Ann Coulter: just for the fun of it!
** Survivor ** , only with Muppets. Cannibalism takes over when the last of the rats stupid enough to catch have been eaten. Animal’s at a bit of an advantage at this stage, but Miss Piggy’s got a vicious streak a mile wide. Who will win the million? Who will get stung by jellyfish? CBS is drooling with envy.
In response to the OP - I heartily agree that Muppets Tonight was not given a fair trial, and I for one thought it was lovely. I mourned its untimely demise. Stupid ABC (was it ABC?).
Hmm…a half hour of watching puppets sit in the corner…
Ah who cares…at least now I’ve got Muppets action figures!
<kermit the frog> Yaaaaaayyyyyy!!!<kermit the frog>
Well, if it’s on Fox, I’m thinking
** When Muppets Attack!XIX!**
See Frank Oz lose control of Miss Piggy and look on in horror as she mauls Jerry Goelz.