Watching The Muppet Movie (1979) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction!!
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Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction!! See you Tuesday for Space Jam!!
Oh YESSSSSSSSSS I love that film it's a childhood favorite of mine
When will you be uploading Hairspray and The Hot Chick?
@@2429RyanspeerOh, heck yeah!
Now that's what I'm talking about!
Hey Nick, did you know that Jim Henson was the creator of the Muppets and sesame Street and fraggle Rock and he was the original voice for Kermit the frog
When will do Stuart little 2?
I cannot imagine anyone on the planet disliking the Muppets. They're the Muppets, it's just pure joy incarnate.
My favorite one is muppet treasure island. That's a really fun movie to watch.
When you get to watching the 2011 Muppets after that you should watch Muppets most wanted, it’s a sequel and it’s a very funny movie
My mom didn’t really care for them when they first came out which is why she at my aunt to take me to see the 2011 movie when that came out
I used to not like the Muppets because I had a massive fear of puppets for years. I love them now though
The Muppets are always so much fun and this is one of their best productions to date. From the puppetry and humor, to songs like "Moving Right Along" and "Can You Picture That", and the heartwarming moments towards the end, it's all just pure magic and talent. I hope you check out some of their other movies soon. Most are pretty great.
Can You Picture That is one of my top favorite songs by The Band
To me, this and The Muppets are my recommended films to introduce people to The Muppets. Christmas Carol's wonderful, but it's more a definitive Christmas Carol movie than a definitive Muppet film. I'd go so far as to say a lot of the scenes in the film work better when you actually know these guys and how their personas match the cast of the original book.
Fun Facts: The creator of the Muppets was Jim Henson, and his first character that was shown on television was Pierre the French Rat back in 1954. He also stated that he had been performing with puppets since he was a kid using sock puppets at school and parties. From 1955 to 1990, Jim was the voice of Kermit the frog, and lastly, he’s from the state of Mississippi which is also the home of Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Clower, and James Earl Jones.
Around Christmas time you should definitely check out the Muppets' version of A Christmas Carol. It's a really sweet and heartwarming movie.
I love it❤
My favorite Muppet Christmas production is *A Muppet Family Christmas* (1987).
it is best version of christmas carol in my opinion , i watch it every christmas
That’s the one that they were with the characters from Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock. Right?
@@GunnarBarker Right! *(A Muppet Family Christmas).*
Animal is NOT dangerous! He’s the one who plays the drums.
He's a big hearted fella, but he CAN be dangerous, especially when some wise guy provokes him by threatening his friends! Remember when he saved Gonzo's chicken after she was kidnapped?
@@evancredeur7498 I never saw that.
Watched this movie when I was 4-years-old at the theater on a big 40' screen...
When Animal took the growth pills and grew in size, that scared the heck out of me!!!
I mean this movie was made before CGI was a thing, all the effects in it were practical.
They used camera tricks for some of the big Animal shots, but they also built an Animal Muppet that big for some shots and operated it with a crane! That thing was real, in a sense it was physically there. Scared me so bad!
Thing is, I loved the rest of the movie so much I kept asking my grandmother to take me to see it again, and to her credit, she did, every Saturday for as long as it was playing at the theater.
Whenever it started getting close to Animal's "big scene", I started feeling anxiety and right before it I would get up and leave the theater and ask the usher to tell me when that part was over. They always did that for me and came to recognize me and knew I'd be asking that.
@@Drawkcabisame here giant animal scared me
The band They Might Be Giants had a bit during their concerts where the band would take a break, leaving just their drummer and one of the lead guys onstage. The lead guy would say a famous drummer’s name, and their drummer would imitate his style. The track I heard of this on their Best Of album had them going through Buddy Rich, etc., all the while the audience is chanting, “A-ni-mal! A-ni-mal!!” Finally, the drummer turned out a great imitation of Animal’s drumming style. Hilarious!
I always say that the muppets are family to me, and I'm sure a lot of muppet fans agree.
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For me, quite literally.
All of my pets since I got my first cat in 1979 have been muppets.
Currently live with Gonzo the stripy dog and Kermit the cat. Turns out it’s a lot easier being orange.
Oh my God, he just opened a can of worms into the Muppet universe!! I can’t believe you’ve never seen them before, but I’m so happy that you’re finally watching them now! There are so many Muppet movies that are all so good. My favorites are Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. The humor and heart are the center of every film. You definitely should check out all of them!
Nick, the Muppets started off as a 70s variety show that was the brainchild of Jim Henson, director of The Witches, Labyrinth and many more films. He was a visionary puppeteer who wanted puppets and marionettes to show more of a big range of emotions, so he used rods instead of strings to manipulate them (marionette/puppet = muppets). The Muppets are his most popular creation, but I think you’d really enjoy The Dark Crystal. It’s Jim Henson’s attempt at creating an epic in the style of The Lord of the Rings using only non-human puppet performers.
I never knew where the name Muppets came from (not that I really thought about it, lol) but that’s interesting to learn! Thanks!
This is a perfect example of a perfect movie for families! If you like The Muppets, you'll definitely like this film. Even if you're not, it can still be a very great one to watch. It's very funny and very heartfelt. The new Muppet films during the 2010s decade were actually my first introduction to them, but I wanted to check out their other films. I really enjoyed seeing the entire Muppet gang getting together in their first movie like Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, and Miss Piggy. The songs, Rainbow Connection and Movie' Right Along, are such memorable songs. Again, this is a very great family film.
Other Muppet films you should check out are Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space, The Muppets (2011), and Muppets Most Wanted.
Don't forgot The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan
Many of the actual puppets from The Muppets are in museums. The Center For The Puppetry Arts in Atlanta has a HUGE Jim Henson collection. There's also the Museum Of The Moving Image in New York and a traveling exhibition.
The muppet show was always like a parody of like variety shows with puppets, each episode had a celebrity guest
When I heard "Is that Steve Harvey?" When Richard Pryor was on screen my heart broke a bit.
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Nick. hope you watch more Muppet movies. A Muppet Christmas Carol is one of my favourite movies ever!
This movie is way too underrated. I love the message of togetherness. Each Muppet is different, but that doesn’t matter at all to them. They embrace their uniqueness. Also, please consider watching the 1994 comedy Clerks. Written and directed by Kevin Smith, who recently appeared on The Muppets Mayhem series, he was able to make the film for a mere $27K and was able to launch is career.
I love the Muppets as it was part of my childhood, and not to mention that I love the Rainbow Connection song as it has a nice charm to it!
I enjoyed your reaction to this movie Nick!
I only actually got into the Muppets a few years ago (though I did watch the 2012 film and its sequel). But this movie is so funny, yet wholesome and heartwarming ❤
This is -- for me -- the best of the Muppets movies with Christmas Carol coming in second.
Rainbow Connection always makes me miss Jim Henson.
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Moving Right Along was one of my favorite Muppet songs. I listen to it when ever I feel kind of down or on road trips. The Muppets in general were always part of my childhood as well as the ones from Sesame Street.
Listening to the songs was way different when we saw this in ‘79. We already knew and loved these characters from the Muppet Show. We were very used to their voices. Also, Paul Williams and Howard Asher wrote amazing songs. This movie is very emotional for me.
So excited to catch this today. Enjoyed your reaction to The Rainbow Connection song (opening and closing). 😊There is actually a Muppet Show prime-time television comedy series from the 1970s which includes most of the cast shown in this movie along with a lot of Special Guest Stars. I'm sure you noticed many of the supporting cast were guest cameo appearances.🤩 Prior to the show and this movie, the Children's Television Network premiered Sesame Street on PBS. Kermit and Big Bird (the yellow bird that was going to New York) were the first two Muppets I remember... And yes, there are more Muppet Movies beyond the one with Amy Adams; please include "Muppets Most Wanted" in your list.
There are eight more--not counting "Sesame Street: Follow that Bird"--but Muppet Christmas Carol is really the only other good one. Not coincidentally, the only other one with Paul Williams songs. (That's Paul as the saloon piano-player, btw, while Kermit is doing his own stunts.) And yes, the Muppet Show variety series, now streaming on Disney+, spawned the 70's movie, whose list of famous human guest stars prompted the famous human cameos in the movie.
I love Space Jam. It’s one of the best basketball movies of all time!
Wow I totally did not expect to see Big Bird from Sesame Street in this movie at 9:37 what a happy surprise 😃👏🏻💛
Rainbow connection is my heart and my childhood. Whenever I hear Jim's voice 😢.
The muppets go all the back to the late 50s early 60s
But most of us grew up with them watching their own TV show in the 70s and there was another set of them on sesame street. Kermit was the only crossover before this film.
Our beloved miss piggy, fozie bear are the incomparable Frank oz...he is also the voice of Yoda in Star wars.
Jump down this rabbit hole you will not regret it!❤😊
I really hope you continue the movies. The Great Muppet Caper would be next and then my personal favorite of the movies, The Muppets Take Manhattan.
I hope you do more Muppet movies! Once you do more the lore will start to make more sense, not that they explain much of it lol It will just start to feel more normal.
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Nick!! We always love seeing you back in action! The Muppets are definitely an IP I think you'll enjoy. I haven't seen a lot of their movies since I've never been a huge Muppets fan and they were all long before my time, but I've seen the two more recent films, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. Their both pretty good.
Side note: when do you think you'll watch the rest of the Lego movies? I'm anxious to see your reactions to The Lego Batman Movie (since your a big Dark Knight fan) and The Lego Movie 2 (my personal fave of the four movies).
Love The Muppets!
They are hilarious and insane!
I love this movie. I grew up watching the Muppets movies. The Great Muppet Caper is the first one I remember
watching on tv in 85 but I grew up watching the original and the others on VHS. This movie is as old
as I am. Kermit was my favorite as a kid, but Gonzo has been my favorite since The Muppets Christmas
Carol. Jim Henson will always be my Kermit. The others that came after Henson died didn't sound right to me.
You wouldn't know him but Edgar Bergen who was a well known American ventriloquist guest starred in the movie along
with his puppet character Charles McCarthy. He was in a tv show my parents watched in the 50's.
Edit: If you ever react to very old movies, I'd love it if you reacted to one of the Marx Brothers movies. They're very funny.
The Animaniacs I'm pretty sure were inspired by them. Speaking of Animaniacs, I'd love it if you reacted to Wakko's Wish.
Also the Muppets were in a lot of movies when I was a kid in the 80's. After The Muppets movie there was The Great Muppet
Caper in 81 and The Muppets Take Manhattan in 84. There's several more after that but they weren't in Henson's lifetime so I'm meh
on them. The only one I like a lot is The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) which I have mixed feelings on. It's a great movie but I found out
that Jim Henson died from watching the credits in the theater. The entire movie I knew that Kermit sounded different but I didn't know why.
He is Kermit. Kermit the frog
He's the leader on the muppet show, and he meets his friends in this movie and his best friend Fozzie bear.
Together they are the muppets
Rainbow Connection. The most criminally underated song ever, in my opinion. Why hasn't this won any awards?!😢
It doesn’t need awards, it’s beloved by everyone
The thing with Sweetums (the giant hairy monster-like Muppet) is that he was so eager to go that he went to pack, but Kermit didn't realize it and thought he was just leaving, hence why they left without him. A silly misunderstanding.
The voices of the Muppet performers on the songs is part of the goofy charm. The more you get to know the characters, the less the imperfection of the vocals matter. Its the ernestness that matters.
I hope this means you’ll go through the different movies. This movie is basically a self made movie by the muppets about their own backstory on how they met
The muppets show was a puppet show on tv for a long time with celebrity guests. Basically SNL with puppets.
They made this movie to give the characters backstories.
In other films after this they either have them be themselves or be characters
Cause there’s movies like Muppets from Space where they are themselves and Gonzo tries to find where he came from cause he’s a whatever and the Great Muppet Caper where thieves frame the muppets for stealing a diamond
Then theres my favorite ones Treasure Island and Christmas Carol where it’s the muppets playing characters like Kirmit being Bob Cratchet who works for Scrooge
In all their movies they have celebrities play a character (or sometiems themselves like my favorite line in almost all of them “You kid napped Jack Black?”
Basically the first movie works if you already know who the muppets were
Interesting how the Muppets once used to be on SNL in a variety of skits called The Land of Gorch until there were some drama, creative issues, one of the writers saying "I don't write for Felt", and most famous of all "Mucking Fuppets"
Jim Henson and his puppeteers were sure innovative of his Muppet characters in this movie. Aside from cameo appearances of famous celebs of the 70s, it’s a wonderful feeling with a wonderful story.
Never thought as a kid the song that resonates best when i grew up would be "I hope something better comes along"
Dude....Muppets in Manhattan. You must! Also Christmas Carol!
The amount of celeb cameos is awesome! You always do a good job. Thank you.
You get more of Gonzo's story in 1999 Muppets in Space. I used to have the Fozzie bear , I grew up watching The Muppet Show. But my favorites is probably the Muppets Christmas Carol. Beeker voice was always funny to me.
18:37 - "Wait, is that Steve Harvey?” Nope, it’s Richard Pryor, who showed up for a couple of lines.
And, of course, Bob Hope as the ice cream man, 40’s radio stars Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy as the beauty contest judges, Mel Brooks as the mad scientist, "Clue''s Madeline Kahn as the bar girl, Cloris "Frau Blucher" Leachman as the allergic secretary, and “Citizen Kane"’s Orson Welles as the rich-and-famous Hollywood director.
I’m so happy to see you reacting to the Muppets! I love them! There are SEVEN more theatrical movies you need to watch, and unfortunately the movie with Amy Adams (which is also my personal favorite) is the second to last, if you plan to watch them in order at least. Just try to remember the “Rich and Famous” Contract; it’s a plot point in a future movie.
Can’t wait to see you react to the 2011 Muppet Movie. Once again, it’s probably my personal favorite!
New sub here! For sure I’m joining the chorus recommending Muppet Christmas Carol. It’s beautiful and genuinely one of the most book-accurate and historically-accurate-costumed Christmas Carols in existence even if it’s frogs and pigs.
Glad to have you back, I really enjoy your reactions!🎉
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Let's see... I remember seeing the Muppets on the Jimmy Dean Show when I was 3. That was their first regular weekly TV appearance. They also showed up frequently on The Ed Sullivan Show throughout the 60s. Then when I was 10 in 1970 Sesame Street started. A lot of the humor was aimed at my age group to prevent older siblings from changing the channel on the target group. They were in holiday specials and the first season of SNL. Then the found a British producer to syndicate their own show and worked out of England for a while. Lew Grade also produced their movies. Of course, we went to see them. They are wonderful to this day, but we'll always miss Jim Henson.❤💔
Hey, big time Muppet Fan here. My favorite one is The Great Gonzo
I also look forward to your Rio reaction some day.
This is a classic and I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
This is a classic film. I am not obsessed with The Muppets but this is a good exception. Very fun and just full of nostalgia. Another good Muppets film is Muppets From Space. ^^
There are definitely other Muppet movies between 1979 and now. The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and my personal favorite Muppet Treasure Island.
You know for the 1970s I was really impressed on how they made Kermit look for just riding a bike. I wonder how they did that.
Going to Go Back There Someday holds a lot of meaning to many Muppet fans. Dave Goelz, the puppeteer that played Gonzo sang this at Jim Henson's funeral.
if you want a fun Muppets movie, i'd recommend the Great Muppet Caper and Muppet Treasure Island
Hey Nick! Glad to see you back!!! Hope you’re feeling better after that sickness! Anyway, a couple of suggestions for you if you’re interested:
1. I loved your Star Wars reactions and would love to see you continue! I know the community itself can seem toxic, but I feel like your community generally isn’t and you are entitled to your own opinions. Whether you enjoy something or not, it’s your reaction and opinions we come to see! (Anyway who says otherwise can leave!)
2. I’d love to see a reaction to Cinderella (2015)! It’s right up there for me with Ever After and since you really enjoyed that one I think you’d enjoy the 2015 remake too!
Once again, glad you’re back and can’t wait to see what you bring this summer! ❤
It’s definitely a surprise that you’ve never been introduced to the Muppets, but I always say that you have to see it a first time sometime. And this movie is a tremendous way to be introduced to them. If you’re looking for a way to define their style, I’d say it’s mostly a variety show style with an occasional narrative thrown in (especially for the movies). The characters have appeared in many different types of movies with differing story lines. I do hope that you watch some of the others.
What's even more surprising is that he doesn't know Big Bird which means he's never seen Sesame Street
They didnt do these voices for the movie. These are known characters with their own personalities and voices from the award winning TV show.
I loved watching The Muppet Show with my mom. I remember sitting down every other weekend and we would watch a couple of episodes and one of the movies. I can't wait to watch this series with my own kids someday. I highly recommend you watch the series, you don't have to record yourself watching them. Just enjoy the show.
The reason they start showing us that they already made the movie before showing us the story if hiw they made the movie, is because the Muppets had been a staple on prime time television for awhile and this movie was meant to be the "origin story" of how they became the stars that they were known as.
I remember watching this original muppets movie on Disney + the first time in 2 years.
This was awesome! Hopefully at some point you react to the other movies with the Muppets. Take your time though. Have a great day!
The Muppet Show debuted on tv in 1974. This was their first movie, so it was their making a movie to show how they got to Hollywood to start their show. People watching this movie when it came out would have understood and already been familiar with all these muppets.
Welcome to the Muppet world! Make sure to watch Muppet Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol. They're the best!
One thing you need to know was this movie came after 4 years of their hit TV show The Muppet Show, which was a wolrdwide hit. The show was about the muppets as a small theater troupe and theyd have celebrity guests on... theres a lot of em in this movie too but most are before your time... Orson Welles, Bob Hope Richard Pryor, Milton Berle, etc
Fun fact: there are dozens of celebrities in this film who were actually on The Muppet Show (ex: Dom Deluise, Milton Berle, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Paul Williams, etc.)
Also, near the end of the film, we see characters not just from Sesame Street and the Muppet Show, but also from a forgotten sketch on Saturday Night Live called “Land of Gorch”
If you enjoyed this movie, check out “The Muppet Show” from the 70’s. It actually predates this movie, so most people were already familiar with the characters before seeing the movie. “Sesame Street ,” a tv show for preschoolers, came out in 1969 and heavily features Muppets (including the tall yellow one you saw in the movie named Big Bird). Even though “Sesame Street” is for a young audience, I say check it out to see famous Muppet characters such as Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Elmo, to name a few.
💚LOVE the Muppets!!! So many actor cameos! Can't wait to see The Muppets Mayhem! Thanks Nick!
Saw this when I did a research paper about Jim Henson, with everything The Muppets have done and what Jim and his crew set out to do, they’re all my heroes.
there are a few Muppet movies including Take Magnate, Great Muppet Caper, Follow that Bird, Outerspace, Tresure island, Christmas Carrol, and others
Wow! I wish you had the same childhood I did! Muppets, Sesame Street. The fact that you completely missed Big Bird having a cameo in the movie saddens me. All the main humans cameos were done by extremely famous people. I think you recognized Richard Pryor and Steve Martin.
Back then when I first saw it on VHS I didn't even recognize Steve Martin
I think it's because he had hair back then
This movie was my childhood, Rainbow connection still gets to me 30 years later
The Muppet performers are some of the best singers in the world. Thousands of songs over the years. Especially in the shows Fraggle Rock and Sesame Street.
9:50 actually he’s a character in Sesame Street his name is Big Bird
I think my heart dropped when he saw Richard Pryor and said is that Steve Harvey?
Made me feel so damn old lol
I first saw the Muppets when I was 2 and Sesame Street first aired. I watched the show every day and learned a lot. I have too many favorite characters to pick one. I introduced Sesame Street to my children when they were toddlers and my daughter still has her first Ernie that she plans to keep forever. I can't imagine a childhood without the Muppets.
I’ve been WAITING for you to tackle the Muppets.
there are a bunch of movies, Muppets in space, Muppets take manhattan, teasure island and many many more
Little side joke you may have missed… the bass player’s color was specifically picked to go with his name. He’s a pink Floyd. 😜
I’m really glad that you did this movie! I kept trying to convince it’s totally Cody to do it but he never wanted to
There are tons of Muppet movies. Kind of the fiction of the Muppets is that they're actors and entertainers, and all the different movies are their productions. Even in interviews, going back to the 70's, people talk to Kermit like he's just a regular actor promoting his movie. Kinda of a weird cultural thing, but it's cute.
This movie was born from Jim Hensen's The Muppet Show. I saw it in theaters when I was little, and have loved the Muppets my whole life. My favorite movies are Muppet Chriatmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
It was based off a variety show featuring the Muppets doing skits with a guest star and Kermit hosting, it also had a lot of movies following, ( the best being Muppet treasure island and a Christmas carol) as well as a few spin-off series
Fact: Kermit and Piggy had a pretty healthy relationship (Depending on your point of view) until in 2015, right around the time ABC's The Muppets was about to air in 2015 (which was a show that was like The Office) Kermit and Piggy sadly broke up because they wanted their own separate things, like for example, she wanted Kermit to quit taking baths in the sink. But, if you want to know what really happened, them guys over at The Muppet Studios thought it would be a good plot narrative for the show,and were CLOSE to getting back together, but sadly, the show was cancelled after only one season. And they're still not a couple, at least as far as I know. Not sure if there's anything different, but that's all I know about the situation.
#2 I enjoyed how you kept pointing out how The Muppets are so expressive, that's the magic of The Muppets for ya, Nick
#3 Yeah, The Muppets are always full of meta humor and they're always off the walls with randomness.
#4 You asked if there's an origin to when humans and Muppets met, no it's all for fun
I remember watching this film for what it was after seeing previews for it (like in the VHS for “Muppet Classic Theater”) but then I’ve grown to appreciate this film more knowing how autobiographical this is to Jim Henson himself and how everyone else believed in his dream.
I really look forward to more Henson-centric works in this channel along the way (if you do decide to continue on with it.)
There are some great documentaries out there about Jim Henson and this world he created. The Jim Henson Company was a very special place to work back then. I love the community he built.
Oh I am so happy. I get so emotional about this film. It’s so good!
2:41 fun fact Kermit was voiced by the creator of the Muppets Jim Henson but sadly he was replaced when he died.
He died young
So sad 😢
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There are 8 theatrically released Muppet movies, plus a few TV movies.
Also a bunch of specials and some TV shows.
The Muppets as we know them started in the mid-late 70s with "The Muppet Show" but their history technically goes all the way back to 1955 with "Sam & Friends" which introduced Kermit.
32:27 This is actually how scripts are always written, done before they start filming. It's apart of preproduction.
Kermit was on the Public Broadcasting Service show Sesame Street. The giant yellow bird they pass on the road is Big Bird, also from Sesame Street. The show is produced in New York, which is why Big Bird didn’t go with Kermit and Fozzie to Hollywood. Later, Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets, created a muppet variety show called The Muppet Show. The characters in this film are from that show. The idea was that the muppets put on a variety show in the old Muppet Theater and featured a different human guest star each week. This is their first theatrical feature film. There have been many since. Being muppets, they had always been shown from the waist up. It was very impressive when we see Kermit riding a bike and dancing with Fozzie. Look up the guest stars in this film. It is quite the impressive line up. The piano player in the bar is Paul Williams. Paul wrote the songs for this film, as well as dozens of award winning songs for many recording artists. I love Gonzo’s song “I’m going to back there some day.” Look up episodes of The Muppet Show and elements and characters will make much more sense.
this movie is a timeless classic with some of the biggest stars of that time period in it
Rip Jim Henson he was such a legend
35:29 there are several Muppet movies, specials, and shows. This first movie was made three season into the original Muppet show.
paul williams (the piano player at the el sleazo) said that he couldn't figure out how to get the opening song right until he asked Jim Henson if he would take Kermit into the booth and have him sing it.
Their super popular TV variety show was full of bad gags and songs, and always with a special guest star, from Vincent Price to John Cleese to, well, everybody! Back in the day they were a legitimate phenomenon. The setting was a vaudeville theater with the show run by Kermit, and the two old men would sit up in the balcony and heckle everyone.
So it made sense to fans that they had already "made it" and this was the story of their rise to stardom. The big yellow bird they passed in the road was Big Bird, star of the children's TV show Sesame Street, which featured an entirely different set of muppets--except for Kermit, who appeared on the kid's show AND the adult variety show.
You don't think about them being with humans. They just are. You need to see some of the TV show.
Disney bought the Muppets from the creator, Jim Henson, and haven't really managed them very well. They're practically in mothballs because they don't know what to do with them.
It's even more sad that Disney doesn't know what to do with The Muppets
To get the full context of The Muppets, watch Defunctland's multipart documentary on Jim Henson. It will make you cry even if you knew nothing about him.
When this movie came out in 1979, it was right in the middle of when *The Muppet Show* was doing a 5 season run on TV. It was one of the most popular shows in the world at that time.
Paired with *Sesame Street* which also features Jim Henson's Muppets, which was the biggest televison show for preschoolers at that tkme and still is pretty big today.
The Muppets are very very special to me...
The Muppets first began in the late 1950's with a genius of a man named Jim Henson. He was only in his teens himself at the time.
A local TV station in Washington D.C. was looking for a short little easy to produce show to air. Jim Henson came in with his idea of Muppets and started the show *Sam and Friends.* Kermit was a part of the show even then but his character was still being ironed out, he wasn't even called a frog yet.
Sam and Friends was only on in Washington D.C. on that one station, and each episode was only roughly 5 minutes long.
My mother and her side of the family all grew up in D.C. and the D.C. suburbs. My mom was a teen herself then and her and my grandfather fell in love with Sam and Friends right from the start.
The popularity of that show put Jim Henson on the map and he started getting asked to bring his Muppets and perform on variety showed that aired nationwide.
In 1969, the Children's Television Workshop asked for Jim Henson's help creating a television show for preschool age children to teach them numbers and letters but also how to deal with feelings and things like sharing and kindness. That show was *Sesame Street.*
Jim Henson felt that he wanted to do things with his Muppets that aren't just for preschoolers. He wanted to make entertainment that all ages could enjoy.
He started doing Muppet specials, using his muppets to tell fairy tale stories, like The Frog Prince (of course!) but also Cinderella and the Musicians of Bremen.
He was even asked to do a recurring muppet sketch for adults during the first two seasons of the late night show, _Saturday Night Live,_ that was called "Land Of Gorch".
During this time Jim Henson kept trying to get a deal to do a weekly Muppet variety series but even after getting a couple pilots made, the TV networks had no faith in him. However, this one production company in England loved the idea and told Henson if he brought his team over there, they would produce his show. He did so, and in 1976 *The Muppet Show* was born. It was shown in England, but also in the United States in first run syndicstjon. It became a HUGE hit, everyone loved it!!!
I was born in 1975 and in 1978 we became one of the first families in the neighborhood to have a vcr, a Sony Betamax. My mom recorded all sorts of cartoons and kids specials for me to watch over and over. She also recorded The Muppet Show, she still remembered how much she loved The Muppets when they did Sam and Friends and she passed that love down to me. She recorded The Muppet Show every week and those were my absolute favorite!!! I watched those tapes so many times I almost wore them out!
I also loved Sesame Street, though we didn't record that, it was on every day and I watched it as it came on.
In 1979 *The Muppet Movie* came out. I loved it so much!!! My grandmother was so great, I kept asking to see it again and again and she would take me to the movies every Saturday to see it again while it was playing.
When George Lucas was ready to make *The Empire Strikes Back* he asked for Jim Henson's help with this one important character. Jim himself was too busy, but his friend and one of the Muppeteers who had been with him the longest, Frank Oz, was available. Frank Oz was the performer and voice of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear among many other muppets and then he also became the voice and performer of Yoda.
When *Return of the Jedi* came out Oz helped again with Yoda and Henson's company also helped with some of the other aliens in Jabba's palace.
As I grew up I stayed attached to the Muppets and Jim Henson following everything they did...Like the other Muppet movies, *The Great Muppet Caper,* and *The Muppets Take Manhattan* which are also great and I also loved, just not as much as the first movie.
Henson also continued to make wonderful Muppet TV specials, like when the first movie came out they did a special called *The Muppets Go Hollywood* which was like just a huge party celebrating the premiere of the first movie. When the second movie came out he made the TV special *The Muppets Go To the Movies* which was like an hour long episode of the regular Muppet Show (normally they were just a half hour long) but focused on recreating scenes from classic movies but with Muppets and also throwing in clips from the new movie. Henson and his company made a bunch of heartwarming Christmas specials! *John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together,* *Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas,* and, in my opinion the best special they ever made, *A Muppet Family Christmas.*
Then Jim Henson wanted to make more experimental movies and he made the very unique fantasy films *The Dark Crystal* and *Labyrinth.*
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Meanwhile Frank Oz had become a great director in his own right making movies like *Little Shop of Horrors,* *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,* *What About Bob?* and he even co-directed *The Dark Crystal* with Henson and completely directed the third Muppet movie, *The Muppets Take Manhattan.*
After *The Muppet Show* finished its run, Henson and his company had subsequent TV shows like *Fraggle Rock,* the animated series, *Muppet Babies,* and *The Jim Henson Hour.*
Henson's Creature Shop also was pivotal in making the Turtle suits and other effects for the first live-action *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* movie!
In 1990 a terrible thing happened. Jim Henson passed away. He was only in his fifties but he had a lingering cold and he continued working to exhaustion and neglected getting medical attention early enough. The cold turned into pneumonia and by the time he went to the hospital he was in too bad a shape and he died.
I remember coming home from school that day and finding out. I felt like I had been gut punched hard! I couldn't believe it, it felt like I lost a family member.
A few weeks later Frank Oz and all the other people who worked with Jim and were almost as big a part of the Muppets as he was, made a tribute special, *The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson.*
I was 15 at that time and while I didn't think I was tough, I did think I was past being overly sensitive as I was when younger. I remember watching the special...I was all by myself and when it got to the end... *I was ugly crying* !!! It just _hurt so bad_ but at the same time I was so touched by this wonderful tribute special. The special was also the first time we got to see Kermit voiced and operated by someone who wasn't Jim. Kermit made only a brief appearance in the special, his voice was close but not quite right, but still it felt like even with Jim gone, Kermit lived on.
A couple years later they made the first Muppet movie without Jim, *A Muppet Christmas Carol.* I think it was a wonderful choice to pick this story! Not only did they make a great movie but it was a statement the Muppets would all live on. The warm sentiment of the movie also felt like a healing balm to sooth the hurt from Jim's passing.
The Walt Disney Company began to acquire The Muppets and The Jim Henson Company shortly before Jim Henson's passing, and continued to do so after. The projects they've put out since being owned by Disney have been a mixed bag. When people who had been with The Muppets since before Disney and/or people who loved The Muppets and understood them were in charge, we usually got something pretty good to great, like *The Muppets,* the 2011 movie. But I think as corporate Disney takes more and more of hand in things the projects don't turn out that well and the property suffers.
I more than highly recommend watching The Muppet Show, I supremely recommend it!!!
The show is amazing, the writing, the music, the performances, the amazing guest stars...you get to see so many wonderful performers who are no longer with us (George Burns, Dom Deluise, Peter Sellers, Liberace to name a few) and other performers we thankfully still have but in their prime (Steve Martin, Elton John, Mark Hamil to name a few).
Also, if you plan on watching the 2011 Muppets movie, it's kind of an homage/tribute/reboot of *The Muppet Show.* It would make the movie much more meaningful if you watched a few episodss first.
My pesonal top 10 list of favorite Muppet Show episodes:
1. *The Stars Of Star Wars*
2. *Elton John*
3. *Steve Martin*
4. *Alice Cooper*
5. *Julie Andrews*
6. *Loretta Lynn*
7. *Bernadette Peters*
8. *Dudley Moore*
9. *Leo Sayer*
10. *Cloris Leachman*
I am so sorry for this way-way-way-too-long-comment! But I just felt a need to explain what The Muppets and Jim Henson has meant to me and how happy it made me to see you react to this movie!
I sincerely hope you do check out other Muppet movies (and maybe even The Muppet Show and those specials). It's not the same as when you get into The Muppets as a kid, but I still believe there is so much to get out of them at any age!
Thank you Nick for all your wonderful videos, you are terrific!!!
Warmest regards!
What I think is really cool is that Kermit wasn't designed with a specific frog in mind but in 2015 a frog species by the name of Hyalinobatrachium dianae was found in the Talamanca mountains of Costa Rica and the eyes, face shape and color of the frog look a lot like Kermit!!!
So happy to see you enjoying this classic. I love the muppets 💕💕 btw that wasn’t steve Harvey lol its Richard Pryor 😂
Growing up, I listened to the soundtrack for this movie so much. On 8-Track cassette tape.
Whoo-hoo! Muppets!
That big yellow bird is called Big Bird and he's from the kid's educational tv show Sesame Street (it wasn't created by Jim Henson, though he did made the puppets and he puppeteered some of them with his co-puppeteers Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt and later on Dave Goelz), which have run since 1969 and still going today over 50 years later. He also appeared in Season 3 as a guest star since Kermit also appeared in Sesame Street (but not anymore since Disney have the rights to all Muppets from while Sesame Street is owned by Sesame Street Workshop , formely Children's Television Workshop, and Fraggle Rock by Warner Bros. through HBO).
And I thought I felt "old" when I first heard a reacter say they had never even HEARD of Star Wars! (the original one, which many call "A New Hope")
THEN I heard this guy say he never heard of the MUPPETS!
WTF?!?
Now I feel absolutely ANCIENT.
Tommy Morgan played harmonica for this movie, and also for many years, he played harmonica for many albums, shows on tv, and more movies.