The Muppet Studio and the Jim Henson Company are two seperate entities.
"The Muppets" is dead. What now for the Muppets?
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To be fair, A.V. Club goes out of the way to point out the difference, because plenty of people will make that mistake.
Nonetheless, sounds like a good show for the kids.
Nonetheless, sounds like a good show for the kids.
I don't think it will be that good.
Well, that didn't take long: Julie Andrews is teaming with the Jim Henson Company and Netflix for Julie's Greenroom, a show for teaching preschoolers about the wonders of the performing arts via a cast of original, non-Muppet puppet "children" whose dead eyes, horrific ever-raised eyebrows and soulless pep will impart the real education at hand, that God is dead, entropy foretells the eventual heat death of the nature, and everything they ever love will soon be a cold, silent speck of carbon waste, until the Elder Beings return to devour the galaxies.
Early 2017!
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I'm a huge fan of Jim Henson's work in general, The Dark Crystal is one of my all time favorite movies, and while it's not quite at that level for me I'm a big fan of Labyrinth. I'm much aware of how much of an innovator he was, and I think the fact that he died before we started to get really advanced small computers and things is a huge shame. I would have loved to have been able to see what kind of stuff he would do with our modern technology.
I like the idea of a Muppet Talk Show, or I was thinking even just a sketch comedy show like Saturday Night Live.
Well, what I was thinking of with the talk show idea was to have some Muppet regulars do sketches in-between guests, but a bit more integrated into the show as part of its flow. I liked the role of the band had in this show, so I'd keep that and add some banter between Animal, Kermit and his guests. I'd also give Kermit a roving reporter segment, sort of like how some hosts ask random questions on the streets. I'd leverage the fact that it's a talk show and lampoon certain talk show staples at the same time.
I recall Kermit doing man-on-the-street interviews on Sesame Street. 
That's where I got the idea 
It would be kind of going back to some of his earlier roots, and it would be a great role for him. I'd make him ask random people on the street a question, similar to what Leno had done. Others too have done it, I think. The idea of a muppet, Kermit no less, asking real people random questions strikes me as an opportunity for some hilarious answers.
It would be kind of going back to some of his earlier roots, and it would be a great role for him. I'd make him ask random people on the street a question, similar to what Leno had done. Others too have done it, I think. The idea of a muppet, Kermit no less, asking real people random questions strikes me as an opportunity for some hilarious answers.
^Go blue? You mean, do a show featuring Gonzo, Sam the Eagle, Zoot, Grover, and Cookie Monster?
No. He means upping the sexual quotient.
I know AvenueQ is fun and Brian Henson tried doing his own "adult" take on puppets, but I really don't think that's what Jim Henson had in mind when he tried to get people to respect the medium. All that does is accept the fact that people perceive puppets are for kids and to do something intentionally "wrong" with it, the same drive that fans use when they make Rule 34 art. That's why he branched out into The Dark Crystal rather than doing something like Team America World Police.
The Muppets are really meant to stay on the wholesome end of the equation, and edgy only as far as classic Looney Tunes was allowed to be edgy.
Tough room.
Lots of us older fans had no idea that Kermit was green! He came out gold on our early TV sets. I think his insignia was wrong too. And another thing ... .
Sorry, sorry ... wrong topic here.
Sorry, sorry ... wrong topic here.
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I don't mind them using Henson Muppet style characters for adult comedy, but I'd rather they not take actual Muppets in that direction.
They do have Henson Alternative, a whole part of the company devoted to adult programs, like No You Shut Up, and Puppet Up.
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Puppet Up (some NSFW language)
No You Shut Up!
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