The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition)
by Philip Casson, Peter Harris
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Actor: Dave Goelz, Eren Ozker, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim HensonDirector: Peter Harris, Philip Casson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 604 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
DVD Reviews of The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition)
DVD Review: I love Animal
Summary: 5 Stars
Of course this was a great product! It's the Muppet show! I mean, yeah, sure, the DVD is good quality. The case is sort of special too.
What more is there to say in a movie review? Um, I think the content appropriate for children, although some of those 70's outfits are embarassing. Woof! I'm glad I wasn't born then! Anyway, it's clean humor. Definitely humor. Animal can get a little violent of course. But no blood ever shows. :) Ha ha.
DVD Review: Introducing a classic to a new generation
Summary: 4 Stars
One day, I was sitting in the living room with my 7 year old reading a book while she was watching television. In between shows, there was a snippet on Disney Channel where her favorite star, Miley Cyrus, sang a song with a different band...Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. I tried to explain to my daughter how we watched the Muppet Show as a family every Sunday night, and was inspired to buy this set the next day. She loves them, and I love watching them with her. Just as amusing today as it was when I was her age.
I will be picking up the later seasons as well.
DVD Review: You've got to love the Muppets
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my granddaughter. she loves it, especially when Grendpa watches with her.DVD Review: Great bit of nostalgia
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. It's great to see it restored and digitally remastered.DVD Review: The Muppet Show
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of the best purchases I made this year. We sat down as a family to watch it. We knew our five year old would love it and she did. What was really amazing was the genuine laughter that came from my 13 year old. So once a week we sit down as a family and my husband and I get to share one of our favorite childhood shows with our children. We get to watch as one our favorites becomes one of theirs.
Description of The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition)
It's time to raise the curtain on THE MUPPET SHOW! Join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, the Swedish Chef and more, in the complete first season of this groundbreaking twist on the classic Variety Show. Included are all 24 episodes, completely restored and remastered, plus two never-before-seen episodes, bonus features, and something you were never meant to see: Jim Henson's original "pitch reel" that propelled the Muppets' blend of original songs, sketch comedy and guest stars into a primetime hit for all ages! Come discover for yourself the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational pleasures of THE MUPPET SHOW: SEASON ONE!The charm, the zaniness, the corny jokes, the showbiz cliches--every element of The Muppet Show holds up 30 years after Jim Henson's legendary variety series' debut season. Well, perhaps not everything: Today's younger viewers might have a hard time placing some of The Muppet Show's then-guest stars, such as Florence Henderson or Ruth Buzzi. But then, the Show's real celebrities are perennial icons Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the... whatever, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets' harried, well-meaning family of entertainers. Season One finds the show pretty much in the basic shape longtime fans will remember: A musical introduction followed by backstage chaos, another musical number, a sketch, a scene with the guest star, and so on. A half-hour episode can fly by pretty quickly, but it's interesting to note that the series hadn't quite found its familiar tone through much of the first year. A reliance on too many disposable verbal jokes and redundant, so-so material for sketch fodder ultimately gives way to more creative premises and the development of key relationships between characters. By the final half-dozen episodes in the first season, The Muppet Show is truly cooking. Season highlights include Kermit's confession to guest Juliet Prowse that he always wanted to be a dancer, and Prowse's comparison of the little green superstar to Robert Redford. Joel Grey does a cabaret-style act for a roomful of Muppets and is later outraged when Kermit's introduction of the actor proves so thorough there is nothing left for the latter to say. Rita Moreno proves quite game in a funny piece, set in a French cafe, in which her dance with a man-size Muppet turns from romantic to table-smashing violent. Harvey Korman plays bumbling ringmaster Maurice the Magnificent, easily the worst animal trainer in history. Phyllis Diller bats out shameless one-liners ("I sang 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,' and it fell on me"), and Vincent Price toys with his own horror film image by playing a ghoul who turns into a maudlin orchestra conductor at midnight. --Tom Keogh
Stills from The Muppet Show (click for larger image)
 The divine Miss Piggy |  Kermit and Miss Piggy |  Fozzie Bear and Kermit |
 Sing along! |  Everyone's a critic |
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