Muppet News Flash

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Oct Thu 02, 2008 11:59 am

Is this the reason they took Jim Henson's name off of all the Muppet*Vision stuff? I persoanlly think that's kind of mean, unless there was some legal issue.

Cazza and Livvie's Mum · Post by **Cazza and Livvie's Mum** » Oct Sun 05, 2008 12:06 pm

The only thing I ask is please give Miss Piggy HRT or Vitamin B6 to calm her down. Or in this politically correct time, anger management classes

annafab · Post by **annafab** » Oct Sun 05, 2008 5:11 pm

I HATED Miss Piggy when I was a kid. Especially on Muppet Babies. I always wanted Nanny to give her a swift kick in the pants.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Oct Mon 06, 2008 12:20 am

Cheshire Cat wrote:Is this the reason they took Jim Henson's name off of all the Muppet*Vision stuff? I persoanlly think that's kind of mean, unless there was some legal issue.

Did they really take his name off of it? I didn't even notice it even though I always use his name before I say "the Muppets". I hope that's not the case, though.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Oct Mon 06, 2008 8:59 am

I would guess it had something to do with the length of time after they'd purchased it? Like, maybe they were only obligated to display it for a certain number of years or something. I know that the Henson family recently donated all of the stuff Disney didn't buy to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta; they're going to build a museum there.

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Oct Mon 06, 2008 9:00 am

DisBeamer wrote:I would guess it had something to do with the length of time after they'd purchased it? Like, maybe they were only obligated to display it for a certain number of years or something. I know that the Henson family recently donated all of the stuff Disney didn't buy to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta; they're going to build a museum there.

Good, I would much rather visit a muppet museum than the coke museum in Atlanta.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Oct Mon 06, 2008 9:02 am

I'm looking forward to it myself, if for no other reason than I've been asking to go to the center since we moved here and my husband makes the best

face every time. Muppets'd get him over there.

Figment of Imagination · Post by **Figment of Imagination** » Oct Tue 07, 2008 9:51 pm

Well that all sounds very cool. I would love to see more muppets. Its my favorite part of MGM. Rumors has it that Mama Melrose was originally going to have muppet character meals. Also as a fun WDW/Muppets fact although WD did buy the Muppets the deal did not include Sesame Street or Fraggle Rock. So we won't be seeing an increase in those characters around the park. But I would love to see more muppets. They hardly sell any muppet stuff in the store anymore, like they did so many years ago.

annafab · Post by **annafab** » Oct Wed 08, 2008 1:04 am

How do you do muppet character meals? Full out fur-character type costumes? Because they couldn't do puppets.......right?

Post by **horizons1** » Oct Wed 08, 2008 5:28 pm

woo hoo muppets!

chefbuns · Post by **chefbuns** » Oct Thu 09, 2008 3:25 pm

I am so glad to hear this. There is a rumor going around DCA that the Muppet Vision 3-D is going away. I hope this means that they are putting in a new movie and not taking it out completely. Or that the rumor is just all around false.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Oct Thu 09, 2008 4:32 pm

annafab wrote:How do you do muppet character meals? Full out fur-character type costumes? Because they couldn't do puppets.......right?

If they do it, then it would be fur-character-type of costumes. Think of Sweedums from Muppet Vision 3-D when he comes out into the audience in his costume. It would probably be like that if they ever did do a muppet character meal thing.

Akyriel · Post by **Akyriel** » Oct Thu 09, 2008 5:07 pm

Sweetums is the best!!!! Win \o/

kschn3671 · Post by **kschn3671** » Oct Thu 09, 2008 6:22 pm

It is about time that Disney markets them the way they should be

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Oct Fri 10, 2008 9:43 am

chefbuns wrote:I am so glad to hear this. There is a rumor going around DCA that the Muppet Vision 3-D is going away. I hope this means that they are putting in a new movie and not taking it out completely. Or that the rumor is just all around false.

The rumor about Muppet 3-D vision being razed is still thankfully a rumor. But it still is a strong rumor. I fear for this scenario because to me it sounds like a dumb idea. Eliminate one of two attractions that deal with the Muppets and then market the heck out of them......yeah that sounds like a logical solution. Granted this is still just a rumor but if it were to happen I could see the scenario of the Muppets being marketed and them becoming BIG again and guests wonder why there isn't a Muppets attraction.....hmmm