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.
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.
Oh, I thought this was going to be about Meet the Feebles.
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.
[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]
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!
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!
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 (among other places).
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.
Thank you! They just went on my Netflix queue.
Whoa. Even before Sesame Street.
Was that Rosemary Clooney?