The Muppet Show

IT?S TIME TO PLAY THE MUSIC If I was to write my top ten of childhood television programs there could only be one candidate for number one. It would have to be that kooky, crazy mixture of frogs, bears, pigs, penguins and talking vegetables. Yes I have adored the Muppets since as long as I cam remember. One of my fondest memories of Saturday afternoons was watching the Muppets after an afternoon of my dad watching the wrestling. I am sure I had a Fozzie puppet as a child. My sister definitely had a Kermit ...

Being a jubilee baby (a proper silver one, none of this golden jubilee nonsense), I remember children?s TV when it was actually quite good. Forget the Hoobs, the Fimbles and especially the bloody Pokemon and go back to the days of Bod, Trumpton and my all time favourite show The Muppets. Yes it was silly, yes it was childish and yes, maybe it had too many song and dance numbers but it is still brilliant, the characters are still loveable and best of all, it's even better when you watch it again as an adult and understand everything that you did not as a child. For those who are too young, were generally otherwise engaged or just continually out of it during ...

It might well be time to play the music again as The Muppets are likely to be making a comeback despite the passing of their creator Jim Hensen the Muppets will soon be appearing in another movie and the plot apparently naturally leaves the way open for a new series. The hand puppets are something I remember watching when I was very young and I lived them, Kermit the host of the variety show and his troublesome leading lady Mis Piggy who was in love with him but also liable to karate chop anyone who offended her. This was a variety show with a fantastic cast of puppets and it had a really good combination of jokes and songs, amongst my favourite ...