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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by EricJ » February 20th, 2021, 4:15 pm

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February 20th, 2021, 3:46 pm
Here's that SNL episode. It's actually from 1989. After a few clicks and annoying ads it does play. "The 1960s Movie" sketch starts at the 52-minute mark. Pretty funny! Enjoyed the randomness.
(kisses feet) Bless you, child, bless you. :mrgreen:
(Even though it's probably a bootleg, since the expurgated episodes are all on Paramount's own streaming-syndicated reruns.)

And the "randomness" is funnier if you know half the jokes are aimed at the horror that was "What's New Pussycat?"'s influence on a decade--It has the feel of a Kevin Nealon sketch, but I like to think it was Mike Myers' first-draft sketches for Austin Powers. :lol:

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » February 20th, 2021, 4:25 pm

Groovy baby! ;)

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » February 21st, 2021, 2:35 pm

Just in case some people get offended by a comedian with an arrow through the head...

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/disney ... 1234911964

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Dacey » February 21st, 2021, 2:45 pm

Just wait until the Marge Simpsons of the world get them to add to disclaimers to every episode of The Simpsons. :roll:
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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » February 21st, 2021, 3:01 pm

Crystal Gayle's is probably because of the word "Mammy!" sung during the Swanee segment. Can't think of anything else to warrant a disclaimer.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by ShyViolet » February 21st, 2021, 7:25 pm

Wow, have to admit I’m kinda lost with this one... :?
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by EricJ » February 22nd, 2021, 2:19 am

Daniel wrote:
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Crystal Gayle's is probably because of the word "Mammy!" sung during the Swanee segment. Can't think of anything else to warrant a disclaimer.
And the Marty Feldman "Arabian Nights" episode for negative stereotypic depictions of Swedish Muslim characters... :roll:
(As for the Peter Sellers episode, take your pick.)

People have been overreacting so much, some pop headlines have been screaming that Disney is, quote, "Censoring" episodes by putting their standard "This stuff is like, old, so it might be offensive, like everything in our parents' days was" disclaimer on.

Uhh, no. Frankly, I was surprised D+ was taking the time to only put it on some episodes and not just lazily slapping it onto the entire series.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » February 22nd, 2021, 5:39 am

I think there should be a blanket disclaimer on everything anywhere!

Someone will always find something to get offended about in anything.

"This program features content which you may not like, so either don’t watch it, or watch it and shut up".

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » February 25th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Episodes have been changed to production order.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Randall » February 27th, 2021, 8:58 am

Article and recording session for When Love is Gone:
https://ew.com/movies/the-muppet-christ ... e-is-gone/

Looking at the video, I was surprised to see Meredith Braun. She's so much cuter when you let her hair out and take her out of that Dickensian-era getup.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » February 27th, 2021, 12:13 pm

I remember Vi posting that booth clip a while back and, funny enough I came across that piece quite recently — obviously it’s been superseded by the news that the song is being added back into the 4K version that we heard in December, :)

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » February 27th, 2021, 12:57 pm

Actually that was me. ;)

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Randall » February 27th, 2021, 2:26 pm

I guess I missed it.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Daniel » March 11th, 2021, 4:09 pm

Spoiler for this weeks "Masked Singer":



Pretty cool reveal. Yep, guessed it instantly. Shades of Goofy.

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Re: The NEW Muppet Movie

Post by Ben » March 11th, 2021, 4:27 pm

All that waiting and they screwed up the reveal shot! :roll:

Pretty nifty way of making Kermit work as a masked singer, though, but that snail could have really been a lot smaller...! ;)

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