Quickie Review: Muppets Now!

[Kevin M.]

Sort of a Short Attention Span Theater for Muppets. Lots of quick gags. Too much Miss Piggy in episode one.

streaming on Disney+

--

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Dave Sikula]

Any amount of Piggy is too much.

—Dave Sikula

[M-D November]

Sure, but Piggy is constantly flanked by Uncle Deadly, which validates the segment. 

I’ve watched Muppets Now! 3 times since Friday (because toddlers), and the cooking segment still makes me laugh. I’m holding out hope for some version of Veterinarian's Hospital.

[daves...@gmail.com]

My wife persuaded me to extend Disney+ so we could binge-watch it. Little did I know it was only one a week.

We had high hopes.

I don't think either of us laughed once.

We won't be renewing a third month.

--Dave Sikula

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.
To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/vxdYohuTi1c/unsubscribe.
To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit

https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4809ca96-5eeb-402c-a093-1d0af11a6323n%40googlegroups.com

.

[Joe Hass]

My six-year-old son loved it. I found it almost painfully depressing. At least "The Muppets" had some structure. This is just garbage.

If Disney doesn't know what to do with them (and they clearly don't) either sell them to someone who does or retire them.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Djft5vK3SU4Wtr7%3DkYhAn6yxKt3d_shtmtQRm4NL7dcQ%40mail.gmail.com.

[Kevin M.]

The premise (lack of structure) is designed to mimic the quick videos of TikTok or most Instagram stories. But the premise is sort of like making a video with the specific intention of making it go viral... which never, ever happens.

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcY0Yjxzq5MGputFWF1B5bKf7_LrUjKUgE-1qpYCtq%3D4A%40mail.gmail.com.

--

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[daves...@gmail.com]

I'm reminded of something William Goldman said in "Adventures in the Screen Trade." While admitting that "nobody knows anything," he also mentioned that one of the sure formulas was "movie stars as you want to see them."

The main problem with the show (other than the poor writing) is that they don't act like the Muppets. In the first two episodes, I think we've seen Kermit for maybe five minutes (and that's generous). I like Scooter well enough, but I don't need him uploading videos and playing emcee instead of the frog. Piggy gets way too much screen time in proportion to her usefulness. Gonzo and Fozzie have been handled well enough, but unless they're doing the short grotesqueries that Hanson did on talk and variety shows in the 50s and 60s, the formula works best with one guest star and the team's attempts to interact with them. I can't believe Disney (Disney!) can't afford to bring in big names who would love to play with the Muppets, but that's the apparent thinking.

Of course, the biggest problem is the missing-in-action Johnny Fiamma.

--Dave Sikula

You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.
To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/vxdYohuTi1c/unsubscribe.
To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcY0Yjxzq5MGputFWF1B5bKf7_LrUjKUgE-1qpYCtq%3D4A%40mail.gmail.com.