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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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egon_beeblebrox posted:

This is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFniiuj77Y

Beaker wasn't the only one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBnbgusXTYw

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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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I'm warming to the show but the payoffs to the 3 plots in this episode just felt underdeveloped to me, the Miss Piggy plot especially. If she'd tried a whole series of failed pranks against Applegate that got progressively more elaborate and failed even worse each time that would've been gold but one dumb prank that fizzled felt like a missed opportunity.
The Gonzo internet dating plot also had promise but took the first obvious exit. Gonzo was always the guy who had the most bizarre ideas which failed spectacularly but after the initial set up it all felt rather mundane. The Fozzy plot also felt undercooked.

I dunno, maybe they should have had just an A and a B plot which they could have fleshed out more (and crossed over) rather than cram in 3 unrelated plots?

Edit: I guess they might have only had access to their guest stars for super short periods, perhaps???

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Oct 7, 2015

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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FetusSlapper posted:

Who is the muppet that's the costumer/tailor? Looks like some kind of demon catfish.

Uncle Deadly, aka The Phantom of the Muppet Show

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Uncle_Deadly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqFVMAf8p4E

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Oct 8, 2015

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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FetusSlapper posted:

Also, who's the muppet that sounds like a really pissed off New Jersey resident all the time? I think he punched Fozzie in the first episode.

Big Mean Carl?
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Mean_Carl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRUPWDIgYM

He has anger issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZaGKvtmVQk

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Oct 8, 2015

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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FetusSlapper posted:

Thanks, as much as I loved the muppet movies/70's tv show as a kid, I never really watched the 80s or 90's tv shows much. I've seen most of the new muppets on the music video type things they've released on youtube(which are all awesome) but I don't really know anything about them.

Yeah he was one of the new Muppets that appeared in the 90s so I had to look him up as well. He had a quick cameo in the Bohemian Rhapsody video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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FetusSlapper posted:

unless your're talking about the uncle deadly guy. I don't get that one, a sinister looking cthulu cousin with an english accent?

He's a classic Muppet from original season 1 way back in 1977!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoP9x11VZK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jv2zkYCjxI

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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Space Cadet Omoly posted:

What is the IT guy from?

The Jim Henson Hour in 1989 which rated so badly it was cancelled before the end of the season.

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Hour
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Gorilla_Television

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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Canned Panda posted:

The Jim Henson Hour had The Storyteller though

The rest of it was ..... less than good.

Skip to 14:30 in this video for the first appearance of Chip (the IT guy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZSH39-V08

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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Those last two episodes were The Good poo poo. I was struggling to get on board before now but I'm so glad I stuck with it.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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Clamknuckle posted:

What happened to Gonzo on the roof? My DVR cut off as soon as they showed him up there.

He jumped, missed the pool and smashed into the ground, everyone gasped in horror but he immediately leaped back to his feet and yelled "Bullseye!!" and everyone laughed.
But then it turned out that Camilla was at the party and they shared a longing look

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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So far in the 'reboot' they've made moves to wind back the 'Kermit has a new girlfriend and has mostly moved past Piggy' and 'Gonzo is separated from Camilla' storylines, I wonder if they'll wind back Fozzy's relationship next.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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raditts posted:

It's also continuing to suffer from the new stable wanting to write in as many obscure Muppets as possible, because Robin, really?

Robin's appeared in 30 episodes of the original 70 Muppet Show (exactly 25%, over all 5 seasons) , a whole bunch of the movies (including the two most recent ones) and a whole bunch of TV specials and even had his own Playstation game. He's hardly obscure. :colbert:

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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

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I love that Gloria Estefan became a cast regular and not just a one off joke

FilthyImp posted:

So 4-some episodes in to the reboot and Pizz-cha is neutralized as their antagonist?

Well it's not as if they need an antagonist any more ...

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