# The Creepy Muppet Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155 "2009-03-12T02:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/41 "2009-03-13T10:00:53Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > About 5:58 into this clip [you’ll see the kind of humor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iac9mApfv4)The Muppets were known for before they got their own show. I remember that skit from when I was a kid. Ed Sullivan was no stranger to muppets with Topo Gigio’s regular appearance on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/42 "2009-03-13T15:24:30Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Shit, that was way too strong. My apologies. Entirely accepted. I do not have the benefit of your expertise, but I’ve known way too many messed up people ever to doubt the potency of childhood trauma. My point of view is simply that the scary things of the world are to the psyche like germs are to the body. Overexposure at an early age can certainly bring about illness and even death. Underexposure, however, inhibits the development of one’s natural defenses and leaves one unable to cope with trauma. Like most things in life, it’s all about balance. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/43 "2009-03-13T15:44:36Z")
Oh, I thought this was going to be about [Meet the Feebles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8O5hpWFGg). Eh, I don’t think anything on the Muppets ever scared me as a kid. I knew it was all supposed to be weird or funny. I loved the Jabberwocky skit. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/44 "2009-03-13T15:46:58Z")
[Sam the American Eagle] If you’re like I am—and you certainly must be—you are appalled and shocked at the weird, unnatural things going on here tonight. [/Sam the American Eagle] ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/45 "2009-03-13T17:47:12Z")
I was too old when the Muppets were on for them to scare me but I just wanted to say “Thanks” for leading me to all the YouTube Muppets clips. Haven’t smiled so much in years! ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/46 "2009-03-13T18:05:09Z")
[Peter Sellers is one weird guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSJc72OC7Dg) ([the whole episode is wonderful, by the way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lkFt089IM)). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/47 "2009-03-13T18:22:34Z")
Oooh. Peter Sellers. (I’m at work so cannot access YouTube.) I remember the exchange he had with Kermit. Kermit: Why don’t you just be yourself? Sellers: I have a secret. There is no “me.” I had one once but I had it surgically removed. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/48 "2009-03-13T19:05:06Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > Odd. I never found any of it particularly creepy or upsetting as a kid. Looking back on The Muppets as an adult, I’ve come to appreciate the subversiveness of a lot of the humor. I have the first three seasons of _The Muppet Show_ on DVD and I watch it with my 10 year-old daughter all the time. You do? Is it commercially available? We got the first season from Netflix, but it appears that they couldn’t clear the rights to do the other two. We watched it as adults, and it was awesome, and the last two seasons, when they could get the better class of guest stars were even better than the first. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/49 "2009-03-13T21:12:29Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You do? Is it commercially available? We got the first season from Netflix, but it appears that they couldn’t clear the rights to do the other two. We watched it as adults, and it was awesome, and the last two seasons, when they could get the better class of guest stars were even better than the first. The first three seasons are readily available on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) (among other places). ---
**Author:** ![BlackNGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BlackNGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackNGold)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/50 "2009-03-14T16:57:12Z")
The Phantom freaked me out as a kid, I also had a recurring nightmare for years starring Kermit. A vampire Kermit. A vampire Kermit dressed up in his “reporter” outfit (fedora & trenchcoat). I was a weird kid. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/51 "2009-03-14T22:11:14Z")
> [@BlackNGold](#): > > The Phantom freaked me out as a kid, I also had a recurring nightmare for years starring Kermit. A vampire Kermit. A vampire Kermit dressed up in his “reporter” outfit (fedora & trenchcoat). I was a weird kid. [http://i43.tinypic.com/2ez5k3n.gif](http://i43.tinypic.com/2ez5k3n.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/52 "2009-03-15T01:43:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The first three seasons are readily available on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) (among other places). Thank you! They just went on my Netflix queue. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155/53 "2009-03-15T04:55:06Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > About 5:58 into this clip [you’ll see the kind of humor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iac9mApfv4)The Muppets were known for before they got their own show. Whoa. Even before Sesame Street. Was that Rosemary Clooney? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-muppet-show/489155.md?page=2)