#Muppet show history series

Conversely, the Disney+ versions have the rare and futuristic opportunity to be updated.

Remember when we got the first season of The Muppet Show on DVD, only to discover missing songs? Those songs (all of which happen to appear in their Disney+ episode counterparts) could never be reinstated onto your DVDs.

Just imagine how awful itвЂ™d be if those episodes were all missing just because one song couldnвЂ™t legally be included? WeвЂ™re beyond lucky to have 22 out of 26 minutes from each of those to watch whenever we want.

#Muppet show history series

Of course, we canвЂ™t argue with DisneyвЂ™s lawyers (All very good-looking and smart people! Please donвЂ™t sue us!), who IвЂ™m sure worked extremely hard to clear the gross majority of the series for us. As a stark contrast to the missing Brooke Shields episode, about a dozen Muppet Show moments have been surgically removed due to (presumably) music clearance rights. So letвЂ™s look at the three big missing chunks of the series:Д«eyond the missing episodes, weвЂ™re also missing a handful of songs and UK Spots. Not only that, but they managed to clear over 98% of the series, and remastered the entire thing in the best quality weвЂ™ve ever seen of the show.Д«ut despite our satisfaction with what weвЂ™ve got, thereвЂ™s always going to be that nagging feeling that we donвЂ™t have everything. Despite an absolutely gorgeous remastering of the series, would I even want to watch some of these episodes knowing that the blurry bootleg versions on YouTube are technically more complete?Д«ut then my pragmatic side took over, and I remembered that the priority is to get as much of The Muppet Show into as many households as possible, which is exactly what Disney+ promised and delivered on. Of course, my initial reaction was that of disappointment. What we expected to be a near-complete offering of The Muppet Show turned out to be swiss cheesed. We were, however, surprised to see a dozen or so missing segments. Once the day came, we were not entirely shocked to see a few episodes missing. And believe me, it was frustrating to not have all the answers until launch day.

This question took up just as much headspace as our preparation for five seasons of a classic Muppet series to be released to the public. Since the announcement that The Muppet Show would be coming to Disney+, a day hasnвЂ™t gone by without a dozen Muppet fans messaging us asking if we know anything about potential edits to the show. Honestly, itвЂ™s exhausting being a fanatic. Muppet fans (myself included) have been going through a roller coaster of emotions over the past week, from an overwhelming feeling of anticipation to explosive excitement, through a corridor of mild disappointment. Yay, The Muppet Show is finally on Disney+! Boo, some of the episodes are edited or missing.