3.18.2004
Muppets in Oz
Sci Fi Wire (of the Sci Fi Channel) reports that (I didn't know) Disney (aka ABC) bought the Muppets, and that they're remaking the Wizard of Oz for TV.
When will we learn? Maybe it's just because I'm listening to ye olde Leonard Cohen song "Everybody Knows", but yeah, everybody knows the scene is dead people. Or rather, Henson is. Only celebrity I ever cried for to memory.
The Muppets haven't done anything worthwhile since...which was later? Great Muppet Caper or Muppets Take Manhattan? Anyway, nothing ever bested The Muppet Movie, not to mention the show.
Norah, you may now do the dance. (Only Norah can do the Kermit/Fozzie dance as a live-action non-muppet human).
They were probably smart to sell to Disney, the image is so watered-down already, it's not even the same creature. Muppets used to be a great characiture of Vaudeville with the worlds greatest cameos. Even if they are funny now, remakes are never going to cut it--especially Oz. I mean why? Can we watch it to Dark Side of the Moon? I think not.
When will we learn? Maybe it's just because I'm listening to ye olde Leonard Cohen song "Everybody Knows", but yeah, everybody knows the scene is dead people. Or rather, Henson is. Only celebrity I ever cried for to memory.
The Muppets haven't done anything worthwhile since...which was later? Great Muppet Caper or Muppets Take Manhattan? Anyway, nothing ever bested The Muppet Movie, not to mention the show.
Norah, you may now do the dance. (Only Norah can do the Kermit/Fozzie dance as a live-action non-muppet human).
They were probably smart to sell to Disney, the image is so watered-down already, it's not even the same creature. Muppets used to be a great characiture of Vaudeville with the worlds greatest cameos. Even if they are funny now, remakes are never going to cut it--especially Oz. I mean why? Can we watch it to Dark Side of the Moon? I think not.
