Wonka, Wonka Muppets make puppet magic in Season 2
“The Muppet Show”
Season 2
Although this show aired when I was just about to be born, I have always felt a personal bind to “The Muppet Show.” I suppose that's why I'm also a Star Wars fan. Ah…1977, what a great year. Anyway, this is the second season of “The Muppet Show,” with 24 excellent sketch comedy episodes completely restored with crisp (non 5.1) audio.
With all the dick, fart and sexual innuendo shows out there that take up all of our time (God bless ‘em), it may be hard for some people that never grew up with this show to take the simple pleasures that it gives. Here you have the creative mind of one of my personal idols, Jim Henson, presenting 22-minute shows that feature great music, great guest stars (in their heyday) and some of the most absurd stuff you'll ever see on TV (with or without puppets — minus the crazy “Wondershowzen”).
If you bought the first season and were not that familiar with the show or remember it from later seasons, this is where the show picks up its stride because the puppeteers are now familiar with their characters, how they move, their emotions and their voice. Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Fozzie Bear are now the characters we know and love.
This season, we are treated to some great episodes and guest stars. Elton John makes an appearance on the show during the time he released “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and performs some of his most well know tunes on the show. Steve Martin, one of the funniest people around, appears in an episode where the show is cancelled and Kermit is auditioning new acts for the show. Suffice to say, Martin auditions three times and is piss-pants funny every time. These two are some of my favourite episodes ever on the show.
The one thing that I was disappointed with about this collection was that there weren't any “Muppet Morsels” featured during any of the episodes. During the first season, you could switch this feature on and while you watched the show, little tidbits of info on the show would pop up just like on VH1's “Pop-Up Video.”
Not only do you get the 24 episodes from Season 2, but you get a segment where the Muppets discuss the show and each other, the “Gone Fishin'” video by Weezer that features the Muppets in it and the “Muppets Valentine Day Special.” I don't ever recall seeing this aired on TV (it was before my time and I don't know if they ever re-aired it). The episode revolves around the theme of love, obviously, but it does have that Henson/Muppet humour that has made the show timeless.
I want people who are reading this to make sure that even if they don't ever buy this collection (which they should), to at least hunt down clips or episodes of this show online to see what great, intuitive TV was back in the late 70s/early 80s. You never know, you may actually enjoy this stuff like me. No need to rate this — I love the whole thing.
Although this show aired when I was just about to be born, I have always felt a personal bind to “The Muppet Show.” I suppose that's why I'm also a Star Wars fan. Ah…1977, what a great year. Anyway, this is the second season of “The Muppet Show,” with 24 excellent sketch comedy episodes completely restored with crisp (non 5.1) audio.
With all the dick, fart and sexual innuendo shows out there that take up all of our time (God bless ‘em), it may be hard for some people that never grew up with this show to take the simple pleasures that it gives. Here you have the creative mind of one of my personal idols, Jim Henson, presenting 22-minute shows that feature great music, great guest stars (in their heyday) and some of the most absurd stuff you'll ever see on TV (with or without puppets — minus the crazy “Wondershowzen”).
If you bought the first season and were not that familiar with the show or remember it from later seasons, this is where the show picks up its stride because the puppeteers are now familiar with their characters, how they move, their emotions and their voice. Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Fozzie Bear are now the characters we know and love.
This season, we are treated to some great episodes and guest stars. Elton John makes an appearance on the show during the time he released “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and performs some of his most well know tunes on the show. Steve Martin, one of the funniest people around, appears in an episode where the show is cancelled and Kermit is auditioning new acts for the show. Suffice to say, Martin auditions three times and is piss-pants funny every time. These two are some of my favourite episodes ever on the show.
The one thing that I was disappointed with about this collection was that there weren't any “Muppet Morsels” featured during any of the episodes. During the first season, you could switch this feature on and while you watched the show, little tidbits of info on the show would pop up just like on VH1's “Pop-Up Video.”
Not only do you get the 24 episodes from Season 2, but you get a segment where the Muppets discuss the show and each other, the “Gone Fishin'” video by Weezer that features the Muppets in it and the “Muppets Valentine Day Special.” I don't ever recall seeing this aired on TV (it was before my time and I don't know if they ever re-aired it). The episode revolves around the theme of love, obviously, but it does have that Henson/Muppet humour that has made the show timeless.
I want people who are reading this to make sure that even if they don't ever buy this collection (which they should), to at least hunt down clips or episodes of this show online to see what great, intuitive TV was back in the late 70s/early 80s. You never know, you may actually enjoy this stuff like me. No need to rate this — I love the whole thing.
