Top 10 Muppets Facts That Will Ruin Your Childhood
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Date: 2023-11-21
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echo
Oh, puhleez.
I grew up with Sam and Friends; Wilkins and Wontkins; Rowlf the Dog on The Jimmy Dean Show; 'Glow Worm' -- the bit where Kermit is trying to catch and eat a 'worm', which turns out to be the lon long skinny nose of a monster who chomps Kermit; Storytellers; Sesame Street (before it got annoying with Elmo); Fraggle Rock; Labyrinth; The Kingdom of Gorch, on Saturday Night Live; The Dark Crystal; various Muppet movies; The Muppet Show; other Muppet performances on Ed Sullivan, and other variety shows.
The Muppets have always had double entendres and wordplay. That's what Family Entertainment is. Something the whole family can enjoy at the same time. Something to keep the adults from being bored, and something the kids can enjoy, without understanding all the jokes.
Lighten up, Miss Mojo. What you 'revealed' wouldn't ruin my childhood. However, the fact that you felt compelled to present this 'revelation' comes close.
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Oh, puhleez.
I grew up with Sam and Friends; Wilkins and Wontkins; Rowlf the Dog on The Jimmy Dean Show; 'Glow Worm' -- the bit where Kermit is trying to catch and eat a 'worm', which turns out to be the lon long skinny nose of a monster who chomps Kermit; Storytellers; Sesame Street (before it got annoying with Elmo); Fraggle Rock; Labyrinth; The Kingdom of Gorch, on Saturday Night Live; The Dark Crystal; various Muppet movies; The Muppet Show; other Muppet performances on Ed Sullivan, and other variety shows.
The Muppets have always had double entendres and wordplay. That's what Family Entertainment is. Something the whole family can enjoy at the same time. Something to keep the adults from being bored, and something the kids can enjoy, without understanding all the jokes.
Lighten up, Miss Mojo. What you 'revealed' wouldn't ruin my childhood. However, the fact that you felt compelled to present this 'revelation' comes close.
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Segev
I have noticed, over the years, that actors who have reputations for being difficult to work with and making outrageous demands, but don't have their personal lives exploding into tabloids due to bad behavior, tend to eventually be revealed to be somewhere to the right of Chairman Mao, politically. I wonder how much difficult to work with is Hollywood code for not Leftist/Woke enough. Refusal to bend over and agree with whatever political trends the famously left-leaning film industry is talking about, failure to participate in political commentary in a manner that supports the views of the Left, or just plain having standards that don't permit bashing America seem like things that could, to a Leftist, make one difficult to work with.
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I have noticed, over the years, that actors who have reputations for being difficult to work with and making outrageous demands, but don't have their personal lives exploding into tabloids due to bad behavior, tend to eventually be revealed to be somewhere to the right of Chairman Mao, politically. I wonder how much difficult to work with is Hollywood code for not Leftist/Woke enough. Refusal to bend over and agree with whatever political trends the famously left-leaning film industry is talking about, failure to participate in political commentary in a manner that supports the views of the Left, or just plain having standards that don't permit bashing America seem like things that could, to a Leftist, make one difficult to work with.
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Hans
Is number 2 (Muhna Muhna) such a shocker? First, that clip is not from Sesame Street but The Ed Sullivan Show, where the Muppets appeared frequently pre-Sesame Street. Anyway, Sesame Street in its first season did many Muppet performance of current hits: Help! Windy, Spinning Wheel, Octopus' Garden, Good Morning Starshine. Since then they've made any number of adult-oriented references which, as in 1930s and '40s animated cartoons, went over the heads of the kiddies; there's even, or used to be, a rodent Sesame Street Muppet named Rizzo Ratso (for the benefit of all the 4-year-olds who have seen Midnight Cowboy or read the book.
If people's childhoods are so easily ruined, we'd better not get into Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.
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Is number 2 (Muhna Muhna) such a shocker? First, that clip is not from Sesame Street but The Ed Sullivan Show, where the Muppets appeared frequently pre-Sesame Street. Anyway, Sesame Street in its first season did many Muppet performance of current hits: Help! Windy, Spinning Wheel, Octopus' Garden, Good Morning Starshine. Since then they've made any number of adult-oriented references which, as in 1930s and '40s animated cartoons, went over the heads of the kiddies; there's even, or used to be, a rodent Sesame Street Muppet named Rizzo Ratso (for the benefit of all the 4-year-olds who have seen Midnight Cowboy or read the book.
If people's childhoods are so easily ruined, we'd better not get into Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.
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Judith
The Muppet Show was never intended for little kids. I was a teenager when it came out and I loved it, including and especially Alice Cooper. Those my age and older grew up watching old horror movies and I doubt any of them didn't know Vincent Price. Some Muppets got tossed around? We knew they were puppets. I don't think they would have scared or corrupted even a toddler. That's just a myth.
A what?
Myth! Myth!
Yeth?
They might not have gotten all the jokes, though.
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The Muppet Show was never intended for little kids. I was a teenager when it came out and I loved it, including and especially Alice Cooper. Those my age and older grew up watching old horror movies and I doubt any of them didn't know Vincent Price. Some Muppets got tossed around? We knew they were puppets. I don't think they would have scared or corrupted even a toddler. That's just a myth.
A what?
Myth! Myth!
Yeth?
They might not have gotten all the jokes, though.
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Charlie's
IF REBECCA WOULD HAVE BOTHERED TO GET KERMIT THE FROG'S SIDE OF THE STORY He would have told you the producers of the show wanted Kermit to tell untruths and they were making Kermit start to do less than wholesome skits/parts. He protested because he knew Jim Henson would have wanted him to. Not because all of a sudden he became a diva, he just didn't want to portray Kermit in a bad light.
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IF REBECCA WOULD HAVE BOTHERED TO GET KERMIT THE FROG'S SIDE OF THE STORY He would have told you the producers of the show wanted Kermit to tell untruths and they were making Kermit start to do less than wholesome skits/parts. He protested because he knew Jim Henson would have wanted him to. Not because all of a sudden he became a diva, he just didn't want to portray Kermit in a bad light.
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Wolfrover
A little context on Roger Moore attacking Muppets. The plot for that episode was that Kermit has sent Fozzie out to get people to play spies attacking James Bond on the show. except not only did Moore not want to play Bond on the show, the spies weren't actors. So that's actually Roger Moore fending off a bunch of Muppet spies. While singing Talk to the Animals, no less.
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A little context on Roger Moore attacking Muppets. The plot for that episode was that Kermit has sent Fozzie out to get people to play spies attacking James Bond on the show. except not only did Moore not want to play Bond on the show, the spies weren't actors. So that's actually Roger Moore fending off a bunch of Muppet spies. While singing Talk to the Animals, no less.
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Michael
Innertube was a pilot Jim Henson was forced into in order to get NBC to produce The Storyteller series He didn't want to do it so believed if it was bad, he wouldn't have to do it Unfortunately, they wouldn't produce his Storyteller idea if he didn't do a newer version of The Muppet Show The Jim Henson Hour was a compromise Jim made in order to get The Storyteller made
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Innertube was a pilot Jim Henson was forced into in order to get NBC to produce The Storyteller series He didn't want to do it so believed if it was bad, he wouldn't have to do it Unfortunately, they wouldn't produce his Storyteller idea if he didn't do a newer version of The Muppet Show The Jim Henson Hour was a compromise Jim made in order to get The Storyteller made
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anar
As one who was an adoring kid watching the Muppet Show, all of fourteen years old, I assure you, we knew all those guest stars. Our parents were watching too because it wasn't a kid show, it was a family show. Back then, the average household only had one tv so prime time included adults. A show the whole family could enjoy, the Muppets had a ton of double entendres.
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As one who was an adoring kid watching the Muppet Show, all of fourteen years old, I assure you, we knew all those guest stars. Our parents were watching too because it wasn't a kid show, it was a family show. Back then, the average household only had one tv so prime time included adults. A show the whole family could enjoy, the Muppets had a ton of double entendres.
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Amber
I think it's really important that you all know, The Muppet show was not a children's show, however having watched all of the episodes, I can tell you none of it was really that offensive. Most of the offensive stuff on the show was better described as off color due to the changing world. The muppets were never meant to be just for kids, but for everyone.
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I think it's really important that you all know, The Muppet show was not a children's show, however having watched all of the episodes, I can tell you none of it was really that offensive. Most of the offensive stuff on the show was better described as off color due to the changing world. The muppets were never meant to be just for kids, but for everyone.
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4a8p9x
The Muppets were sneaking humor and songs for adults into Sesame Street literally from day one. The hope was that parents would be intrigued and watch the show with their kids.
Heck, I remember 30 years ago when my neices were watching it and saw Muppet characters named Meryl Sheep, Placido Flamingo and H. Ross Parrot.
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The Muppets were sneaking humor and songs for adults into Sesame Street literally from day one. The hope was that parents would be intrigued and watch the show with their kids.
Heck, I remember 30 years ago when my neices were watching it and saw Muppet characters named Meryl Sheep, Placido Flamingo and H. Ross Parrot.
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Michael
You guys definitely went out of your way to get butthurt for this list. This list was made simply for content, and it seriously makes me wish the downvote button still worked. I normally have no issues whatsoever with your lists, but this one is one you should be ashamed of making.
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You guys definitely went out of your way to get butthurt for this list. This list was made simply for content, and it seriously makes me wish the downvote button still worked. I normally have no issues whatsoever with your lists, but this one is one you should be ashamed of making.
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microbusss
actually I LIKED Alice Cooper & Vincent Price on the Muppet Show
it was very cool & funny!
Mahna Mahna was even shown on early Sesame Street!
don't forget about the early commercials with Wilkins & Wontkins!
as they were violent as heck
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actually I LIKED Alice Cooper & Vincent Price on the Muppet Show
it was very cool & funny!
Mahna Mahna was even shown on early Sesame Street!
don't forget about the early commercials with Wilkins & Wontkins!
as they were violent as heck
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Jack
Next thing ya know you'll be telling us that The Muppets weren't real people!
I still have Saturday night get togethers with Fozzie and Rowlf to reminisce about
the good old days when life was simpler and nobody was woke.
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Next thing ya know you'll be telling us that The Muppets weren't real people!
I still have Saturday night get togethers with Fozzie and Rowlf to reminisce about
the good old days when life was simpler and nobody was woke.
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David
Y'all are seriously complaining about Vincent Price and Johnny Cash being on the show?
It wasn't just a kids show, it was a family show, so yeah, you had to toss in something for the parents too, yeesh.
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Y'all are seriously complaining about Vincent Price and Johnny Cash being on the show?
It wasn't just a kids show, it was a family show, so yeah, you had to toss in something for the parents too, yeesh.
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TwistedPoet
Ma na ma nah was all over the radio at one point. I remember hearing it as a kid.
I knew that Henson didn't invent it, but that performance is the Benchmark. That by which all others are measured
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Ma na ma nah was all over the radio at one point. I remember hearing it as a kid.
I knew that Henson didn't invent it, but that performance is the Benchmark. That by which all others are measured
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Jamaal
Noooooo. none of this should ruin your childhood. What should ruin your childhood is the knowledge that Sesame Street was once a vibrant ethnic enclave before being gentrified in the 60s. Shameful.
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Noooooo. none of this should ruin your childhood. What should ruin your childhood is the knowledge that Sesame Street was once a vibrant ethnic enclave before being gentrified in the 60s. Shameful.
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Joshua
The voice of Kermit the Frog died of pneumonia, which would have been a cold and just healed on its own if he had rested instead of working himself to death, before my childhood ended.
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The voice of Kermit the Frog died of pneumonia, which would have been a cold and just healed on its own if he had rested instead of working himself to death, before my childhood ended.
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Caterfree10
Dude the #1 entry tho? CDs were a thing by then! Just buy a copy and put the track on repeat! It could not possibly have been so expensive that doing a bomb threat was cheaper!
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Dude the #1 entry tho? CDs were a thing by then! Just buy a copy and put the track on repeat! It could not possibly have been so expensive that doing a bomb threat was cheaper!
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Assassin
Ok but the Vincent Price and Alice Cooper episodes highkey slap. When the Muppet Show gets darker, it gets really weird, and when it's really weird, that's when it's at its peak
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Ok but the Vincent Price and Alice Cooper episodes highkey slap. When the Muppet Show gets darker, it gets really weird, and when it's really weird, that's when it's at its peak
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Crystal
Do they not know that The Muppet Show was aired during prime time and was mostly for adults, thus the guest actors for adults. Sesame Street was for the kids.
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Do they not know that The Muppet Show was aired during prime time and was mostly for adults, thus the guest actors for adults. Sesame Street was for the kids.
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Bruce
Greath now when I hear that song from #2 I'm just gonna think about a bunch of hot sweetish chicks from a movie. witch as a guy is not a bad thing. hmmmm
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Greath now when I hear that song from #2 I'm just gonna think about a bunch of hot sweetish chicks from a movie. witch as a guy is not a bad thing. hmmmm
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Robert
Watching the Muppet Show as an adult I never got tired of it. It was clever and entertaining and didnt disappoint. Particularly liked the varied guests
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Watching the Muppet Show as an adult I never got tired of it. It was clever and entertaining and didnt disappoint. Particularly liked the varied guests
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kstormgeistgem
questionable guest appearances? you apparently have no idea who the audience of Any of Jim Henson's work was. _ruined childhood_ indeed. oi.
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questionable guest appearances? you apparently have no idea who the audience of Any of Jim Henson's work was. _ruined childhood_ indeed. oi.
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Jason
I was a kid in grade school and we watched the shuttle explode live on tv, years later my kids went to Dick Scobee Elementary and I met the family
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I was a kid in grade school and we watched the shuttle explode live on tv, years later my kids went to Dick Scobee Elementary and I met the family
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Charlie's
IF YOU DON'T THINK SESAME STREET ORIGINATED IN R-R-R-r-r-r-rrrrrACISM Then you've never heard of a puppet called Roosevelt Franklin have you?
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IF YOU DON'T THINK SESAME STREET ORIGINATED IN R-R-R-r-r-r-rrrrrACISM Then you've never heard of a puppet called Roosevelt Franklin have you?
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Ronaan
No one's gonna bring up the time the muppets pleaded with Raquel Welsh to wear skimpy outfits, or that Janis likes hanging out in the nude?
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No one's gonna bring up the time the muppets pleaded with Raquel Welsh to wear skimpy outfits, or that Janis likes hanging out in the nude?
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blueraccoon
I will be strictly honest guest stars should see thier public rep. Like Tom hanks i would not go live acting I'll prefer voice acting
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I will be strictly honest guest stars should see thier public rep. Like Tom hanks i would not go live acting I'll prefer voice acting
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Michael
I loved jabberwocky as on the muppets show (Kermit stepped out of character to say this is the weirdest thing weve ever done.
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I loved jabberwocky as on the muppets show (Kermit stepped out of character to say this is the weirdest thing weve ever done.
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Viking
There was nothing wrong with Johnny Cash and Alice Cooper being on the Muppets, get on with your woke addenda snowflake mojo.
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There was nothing wrong with Johnny Cash and Alice Cooper being on the Muppets, get on with your woke addenda snowflake mojo.
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Irktog
No guest star or skit from the Muppet Show was ever disturbing. We GenXers know it was a television show and weren't wimps.
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No guest star or skit from the Muppet Show was ever disturbing. We GenXers know it was a television show and weren't wimps.
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