Slate:
In 1976, the Muppets got a show of their own—one for all ages. But no American network had been willing to take a chance on a half-hour show of puppets, and so The Muppet Show was produced in England. The last season aired in 1981, and Jim Henson died suddenly in 1990. But the Muppets and many of their human performers are still with us. Still, while they’ve returned to movies and television with various degrees of success since Henson’s death, no one’s yet managed to crack the code and find the success the Muppets once had.
I hope kids today enjoy the Muppets as much as many of us did when we were young.
The Muppets are magic, fueled by vaudeville and sensitivity.
I’ll watch anything with Muppets in it. Followed them avidly on Sesame Street as a kid (even though I was older than its intended audience), fell in love with the new upstarts on The Muppet Show, and so on. I love the Muppets so much that, for years, I actually resented Jim Henson for having died so relatively young.
And yes, I’m still pissed off at Steve Jobs, too.
Me too, my friend.