Muppeturgy: A "The Muppet Show" Rewatch Podcast

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Crystal Gayle Jul 13, 2023

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Hold on to your neck seams and take a walk down River Road with us to board the ship called the Alpha Centauri…which is also bound for Alpha Centauri. It's very confusing. Let’s hope we don’t run into Dearth Nadir on the way, or any Klingons…or the most feared things in the galaxy, Muppet nipples. Back on Earth, we’ve got a prairie dog glee club (it’s really more of a show choir), bankruptcy barrels, and unexpected Harry Belafonte. (CW: racism, minstrelsy, Al Jolson) https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/crystal-gale

John Denver Jun 29, 2023

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It’s our official Season 4 premiere! Oh yeah and the Muppets’, too. Some country roads will take us, inch by inch and row by row, to get campy about camping. We hope there are neither any al-i-ga-tors when we get there, not a Muppet version of The Last of Us. After all, man is made of dreams and bones, which might explain why goats are out to get us. Hopefully we survive and can crash on grandma’s feather bed, the exact dimensions of which are very confusing. https://muppeturgy.com/john-denver

Bonus Episode: The Muppets Go Hollywood Jun 01, 2023

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From the glamorous Cocoanut Grove (where definitely no one was assassinated) in beautiful Hollywood (which definitely wasn’t a nightmare in 1979). it’s The Muppets Go Hollywood (which definitely won’t make you go “wow, TV in the 70s was...wow”). We watched this special promoting The Muppet Movie/grasping for ratings/beta testing Jim Henson’s idea for a live Muppet show so you don’t have to! There are definitely some high points: Rita Moreno, Dick Van Dyke, Christopher Reeve, Johnny Mathis, Liberace playing air piano, disco, Frank Oz being great at his job, Paul Williams making us cry…And some low ones: Robert Stack, a very confused Peter Falk, Animal being a creep, Johnny Mathis again depending on who you are, terrible ADR... Join us for a journey back to a time before (most people had) cable but everyone loved Dick. https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/muppets-go-hollywood

Cheryl Ladd Apr 06, 2023

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It’s our season finale, and we enjoy being a Muppet Show podcast with our own very special guest star, Danny Horn, of Tough Pigs, Muppet Wiki and Muppet Pictures. Yaaaaay! It’s a super-sized episode, because we needed extra time to go all in on queer theory, Miss Piggy as long-form drag performance, Muppet jobs vs. Muppet identities, dogs and cats and chickens living together, eyelid mechanisms, twoo wuv, Charlie’s Angels & jiggle television, Link’s nipples, and Rodgers & Hammerstein (okay, we would have gone all in on those last two anyway). Give a listen to the new sound made by this podcast, won’t you?

We’re taking a little break between seasons, so be sure to subscribe in your podcast app of choice and set those automatic updates so you don’t miss us when we come back! (Probably in June, but we may have something extra to tide you over.) And you can follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. Now is a great time to tell your friends about us, or leave a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts!

Tons more, as always, at https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/cheryl-ladd.

With OUR Very Special Guest Star…Danny Horn!

By day, Danny a Director of Product Management at the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia. By night and weekend, he promotes truth and justice through the unlikely medium of a blog about superhero movies. He’s also the creator of Tough Pigs and one of the founders of the indispensable Muppet Wiki, plus he has a new Muppet project, Muppet Pictures, on both Twitter and Facebook.

Lynn Redgrave Mar 23, 2023

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Hooray, hooray, come cavort with the Muppets as they put on a play! Anything we do we do it for Lynn Redgrave, even watching an episode that sometimes feels like getting tortured with thumb screws. Listen as we and take aim at egregious Lady Kluck erasure, noted Yoda stan Frank Sinatra, and the enduring nature of the Robin Hood myth (yeth?). https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/lynn-redgrave

Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Mar 09, 2023

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Hit those happy trails, we’re going deep in the heart of Texas where the stars at night are big and bright (👏👏👏👏) but there’s nothing but blue skies for the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans episode. Well…and some terrifying babies. And confusing horses. And a somewhat alarming amount of gunplay. Okay, there a few tumbling tumbleweeds. Still, join us at home on the range with some adorable prairie dogs and a whole bunch of cows. (Herd of cows.) [Of course I’ve heard of cows.]

https://www.muppeturgy.com/episodes/roy-rogers-dale-evans (The site seems to be having some trouble on mobile today, so if it glitches in your podcast app give it a try on desktop @ muppeturgy.com. Sorry about that!)

New merch! Just for the Halibut shirts and stickers/pins/etc.

Roger Miller Feb 23, 2023

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Well dang us, this is a clucking good episode of The Muppet Show that charmed even the country music skeptics among us. Is it because Roger Miller is such a charmer, or because everyone is turning into a chicken? Why not both? Can a penguin rollerskate to Alabamy in a buffalo herd? Do they only wear hats in the summertime? Is cluckitis an STD? Will it make your weasel pop? Do wacka do listen for all these answers and much much more! https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/roger-miller

Sylvester Stallone Feb 16, 2023

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Hey it’s a guest star we don’t have to explain! He’s on a TV show right now! And also, like, super duper famous. But what’s it like to go back 45 years to peak Rocky Balboa and watch Sylvester Stallone…fight a lion in a gladiator sketch? And fend off groupies including Scooter? And sing music hall while looking like the opening credits from Cheers? Because we’re us, we’ll also manage to talk about two Disney parks attractions, Animaniacs, show choir, and so much more. Join us in the ring! (Or the Enchanted Tiki Room.) https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/sylvester-stallone

Elke Sommer Jan 26, 2023

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However you pronounce it, Elke Sommer seems delightful, so it’s unfortunate that she’s overshadowed by the Bobby Benson Baby Band. Give those kids some animal crackers and row row row them out to sea! Backstage, Beau and Beaker hammer out their new relationship and the Pigs in Space explore Koozebane in sneakers and tights. https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/elke-sommer

New shirt! Just for the Halibut!

Leslie Uggams (and Big Bird of Sesame Street) Jan 12, 2023

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It may be January but June is busting out all over and we’re huckin’ the bejeepers with Leslie Uggams and Big Bird (of Sesame Street, maybe you’ve heard of it). We have our quibbles (here we come again) but what a delight after a couple of episodes we weren’t super into to have not one but two guest stars who are charming and charismatic and seem to really want to be here! Does Gonzo try to have sex with Big Bird, who is technically supposed to be a six-year-old child? Sure! Does he do it while on a date with Camilla, who he’s also weirdly coercive with? Do we have thoughts about Leslie Uggams’ lack of pants? Look, not everything can be perfect, okay? We get a Captain and Tennille number, some Dolly Parton, a dash of Noel Coward, Beaker lighting water on fire, Kermit throwing shade, the premiere of Bear On Patrol, and some real weird digressions into Leonard Nimoy, Bigfoot, Colonel Sanders’ herbs and spices, and a whole lot of 1979 TV. Listen and let love keep us together! https://muppeturgy.com/episodes/leslie-uggams

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