# Where is the Muppet Show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361 "2000-03-28T20:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/1 "2000-03-28T20:07:00Z")
## Boy do I miss the Muppet show. Is it out there in syndication? Why not? I would really like to catch some old episodes. Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right… ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/2 "2000-03-28T20:31:00Z")
Word. That was one cool show. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/3 "2000-03-28T20:41:00Z")
It was on the Disney Channel just recently. Did they take it off of there? ---
**Author:** ![quadell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b9bd4f/32.png) [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/4 "2000-03-28T20:48:00Z")
If you ever get a chance to see some of the earliest episodes, before Muppets became famous, it’s worth it. They were insane back then, lapsing into incoherancy, but god it was funny! Your Quadell ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/5 "2000-03-28T20:49:00Z")
[http://www.tvguide.com/](http://www.tvguide.com/) Rhythmdvl - go to the above - in the upper right hand corner of the page is a little “search” button. You tell it the show, then you tell it your zip code, and the way you get your TV (cable, antenna, etc.) and other stuff, and it should tell you when it will be on. Let me know what you find… ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/6 "2000-03-28T20:51:00Z")
It’s on the Odyssey Channel. Weeknights at 6. Tonight they have Liza. * * * “My mind reels with sarcastic replies!” - Snoopy ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/7 "2000-03-28T21:14:00Z")
Oh, man, I _miss_ the Muppet Show. I need cable so I can watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/8 "2000-03-28T21:48:00Z")
I have recently read that there are plans to revive the Muppet Show. Kermit and Miss Piggy may be back on your TV screens before you know it. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/9 "2000-03-28T21:49:00Z")
For a touch more detail, Odessey (formerly a christian family channel) was jointly purchased by Henson Entertainment and Hallmark. As a result, the programming remains family-oriented but consists now of lots of Henson movies and shows as well as Hallmark specials and the like. IIRC, Brian Henson wants his company to retain as many rights to the original show as possible, even to the point of pulling it off the air completely again. At this point there are no plans to sell the show back to Nickelodeon or a third-party syndicator. -andros- ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/10 "2000-03-28T21:49:00Z")
I wanna see the Spike Milligan episode again. I saw it once when it first ran and it blew my little pre-adolescent mind. I need closure here. 😃 * * * All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don’t know who you are… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/11 "2000-03-28T23:12:00Z")
Luckily, I recorded all 120 epsiodes when it was shown on TNT back in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Other great moments: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew invents some sort of milking machine, Beaker (one of my favorite Muppets (Muppet: a cross between a mop and a puppet 🙂 ) gets hit hair caught in it and comes out with a curly 'do to which the good doctor says: "Why, Beaker, you look hauntingly attractive this evening.) LOL!!! ---
**Author:** ![Suzeanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/12 "2000-03-28T23:16:00Z")
Brian Henson doesn’t have a whole lot of say in the Muppets anymore. They’ve recently been sold, lock stock and copyright barrel, to a German TV company. Yes, the Muppets and Henson productions have been sold. Brian claimed that turning the company over to someone else will give him and the crew a chance to focus on creating instead of business. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/13 "2000-03-28T23:29:00Z")
Muppet flashback: Some Muppet bonking the heads of some little fluffy ball Muppets while they said “Oh! E! Oh! Ah! Ah!” to the tune of Witchdoctor. If I saw that again, I could die happy. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/14 "2000-03-28T23:32:00Z")
andros, Suzeanne is correct, the rights to the Muppet Show were sold to a German company, and I read (I believe in the LA Times) that this company plans on producing new muppet shows. Of course, it might never happen. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/15 "2000-03-29T06:59:00Z")
Trumpy you did not!!! Really??? What I gotta do to wrangle a copy of the Spike show outta you?? Huh?? * * * All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don’t know who you are… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/16 "2000-03-29T13:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Muppet flashback: > Some Muppet bonking the heads of some little fluffy ball Muppets while they said “Oh! E! Oh! Ah! Ah!” to the tune of Witchdoctor. If I saw that again, I could die happy. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. > Zette The Muppephone. The zaniest episode I ever saw (and that’s saying something) was the Chris Langham one. And if you don’t know Chris Langham (and few people do) then you’ve missed out bigtime! (By the way, there’s a sub-group of Muppet fans campaigining for the whole series to be released on DVD) * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/17 "2000-03-29T14:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Suzeanne: > **Brian Henson doesn’t have a whole lot of say in the Muppets anymore. They’ve recently been sold, lock stock and copyright barrel, to a German TV company. Yes, the Muppets and Henson productions have been sold.** 1. Supposedly, the German company is interested in reviving the original episodes back on television. So, there’s some hope! 2. I don’t quite get how Brian could sell the Muppets, though…didn’t Jim sell the rights to Disney? You’ll recall that his poor health was brought on by fatigue from running himself ragged in dealings with Disney. Later, the Hensons sued Disney and won for Disney overstepping the limits placed upon their (partial) rights and (limited) usage of the Muppets. Did Disney sell off to Brian and Brian to this German company? * * * “They’re coming to take me away ha-ha, ho-ho, hee-hee, to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time… :)” - Napoleon IV ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/18 "2000-03-29T14:15:00Z")
Just a footnote: Yes, I know you’re saying that Jim Henson died of “walking pneumonia”, but fatigue was the first weak link in the chain of events… * * * “They’re coming to take me away ha-ha, ho-ho, hee-hee, to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time… :)” - Napoleon IV ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/19 "2000-03-30T06:06:00Z")
Well, damn. The German company is [EM.TV](http://EM.TV) & Merchandising AG. The [press release](http://www.henson.com/home/022100.html) in fact notes that Brian wants to stick to the creative side of things and will be Chairman of the company. Thanks, folks. I’m off to sulk for a while. -andros- ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361/20 "2000-03-29T19:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Muppet: a cross between a mop and a puppet Actually, the word comes from a cross between _Marionette_ and Puppet. * * * “Sometimes I think the web is just a big plot to keep people like me away from normal society.” — Dilbert [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-muppet-show/9361.md?page=2)