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(Warming Glow) Amusing Statler: "Here are ten skits that prove that The Muppet Show was for adults more than kids." Waldorf: "You know what?" Statler: "What?" Waldorf: "It wasn't for anybody." Both: "DOH HO HO HO"   (warmingglow.uproxx.com) divider line 85
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Pastor of Muppets [TotalFark]
2011-11-23 11:24:21 PM
I think the fact that it aired at 8pm on Mondays instead of 8am on Saturdays is more telling than these skits.
 
BroVinny
2011-11-23 11:39:08 PM
Heh, "tit-willow"

"Dicky-bird"
 
some.old.lady. [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 12:11:56 AM
Ah, one of the best shows ever.
 
Britney Spear's Speculum
2011-11-24 01:05:13 AM
Hey they weren't half bad.
 
ShawnDoc [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 03:34:26 AM
The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.
 
WhyteRaven74
2011-11-24 04:52:17 AM
Britney Spear's Speculum: Hey they weren't half bad.

No, they were all bad
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 05:58:09 AM
... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 06:12:45 AM
Grables'Daughter: ... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?

Oh, SKIT.

I saw that now.

Never mind.

/I fail
 
Fireproof
2011-11-24 07:49:25 AM
Anyone watch any of the new online sketches? They're pretty darned good and true to the spirit of the original ones.

/I like the one of the Sweedish Chef making popcorn chicken
 
Alphax
2011-11-24 07:55:33 AM
The pics/vids are blocked at work, but I recognize most of them from the descriptions. I enjoyed those as a kid.

(looks at time) Nearly time to go home, anyway.
 
greatgodyoshi
2011-11-24 08:07:18 AM
ShawnDoc: Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories

The original Grimm stories actually were for adults, and had a lot more sex and violence.
 
downtownkid
2011-11-24 08:14:55 AM
Saw the new movie yesterday and really enjoyed it, but the young kids in the theatre were puzzled. It definitely was more geared towards the kids who grew up watching the show more than it was to kids now.
 
PizzaJedi81
2011-11-24 08:23:06 AM
downtownkid: Saw the new movie yesterday and really enjoyed it, but the young kids in the theatre were puzzled. It definitely was more geared towards the kids who grew up watching the show more than it was to kids now.

I'm not sure about that. My 3- and 6-year-old children loved it...and my wife loved "Cluck You." And I was just squeeing with joy the entire time.

I should note that my wife was never the biggest Muppet fan. She was cracking up left right and center.
 
There are some who call me Tim
2011-11-24 08:34:01 AM
Disappointed that Peter Sellers didnt make that list....loved him doing "cigarettes, whiskey, and wild women".....very glad that I was able to grow up watching the show.
 
Alphax
2011-11-24 08:40:50 AM
Watches the Rachel Welch clip.. holy sh*t, I'm sure I did NOT see that one as a kid. Wow.
 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 08:49:30 AM
WhyteRaven74: Britney Spear's Speculum: Hey they weren't half bad.

No, they were all bad

Now THAT's a good statler & waldorf quip. subby's fails. Sorry.
 
hubiestubert [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 08:58:51 AM
The Muppet Show was for adults who could share stuff with their kids. It's not a one or the other sort of proposition. Sort of like Animaniacs was a show for kids that adults could appreciate, and some of the jokes go over the heads of kids? That's the point.

Now I gotta dig out the Muppet Show DVDs and rewatch the dang series again...
 
Farktologist
2011-11-24 09:12:58 AM
Pastor of Muppets: I think the fact that it aired at 8pm on Mondays instead of 8am on Saturdays is more telling than these skits.

Amen, sir.

/Fark handle + Boobies = win.
 
nakedcritic
2011-11-24 09:28:03 AM
STATLER: Boo!
WALDORF: Boooo!
S: That was the worst thing I've ever heard!
W: It was terrible!
S: Horrendous!
W: Well it wasn't that bad.
S: Oh, yeah?
W: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
S: Well, I liked a lot of it.
W: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
S: It was great!
W: It was wonderful!
S: Yeah, bravo!
W: More!
S: More!
W: More!
S: More!
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 09:44:20 AM
 
Massa Damnata
2011-11-24 09:54:00 AM
 
mojo_the_helper_monkey
2011-11-24 10:33:54 AM
STATLER: I'd say that headline was a "medium."
WALDORF: What do you mean?
STATLER: Well it wasn't very rare, and CERTAINLY not well done!
BOTH: DOH HO HO HO
 
Hilarity_N_Sues [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 10:43:50 AM
ISTR the eps with Vincent Price and Zero Mostel were a bit out there as well. Certainly not nightmare-inducing or anything (both guys hammed it up on the Muppet Show way too much for that kind of effect), but definitely not standard Muppets fare.

It really was classic TV, the kind of show with something for the whole family. I remember watching it as a kid and laughing at the Muppets doing funny things, then rewatching it in my college years when they were on TNT and getting all the bits they threw in for the parents. They don't make TV like that anymore.
 
davynelson
2011-11-24 11:08:47 AM
am i the only one who hated that farking show?
 
Mara See Mara Do
2011-11-24 11:11:19 AM
davynelson: am i the only one who hated that farking show?

Yes. Yes you are.
 
Britney Spear's Speculum
2011-11-24 11:14:02 AM
WhyteRaven74: Britney Spear's Speculum: Hey they weren't half bad.

No, they were all bad

DOH HO HO HO HO
 
MoronLessOff
2011-11-24 11:14:41 AM
Grables'Daughter: Grables'Daughter: ... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?

Oh, SKIT.

I saw that now.

Never mind.

/I fail

IIRC, you know a thing or two about short skirts.
 
ArkPanda
2011-11-24 11:15:14 AM
I remember one episode when all the Muppets got assassinated, That was pretty messed up.
 
zato_ichi
2011-11-24 11:23:12 AM
I don't know what a Marisa Berenson is, but that was kind of hot.
 
Nihilist's Guide to Reticent Entropy
2011-11-24 11:37:12 AM
If that Johnny Cash bit aired today with the Confederate flag in the background, nobody would protest or have a problem. Why? Because the Muppet Show is not a government building or location.

People have a problem with the Confederate flag when it flies over state and federal buildings. Not when it's on a TV show.
 
ThisNameSux
2011-11-24 12:00:42 PM
So how many of you knew that the Muppet Show was actually a British series?
 
BroVinny
2011-11-24 12:10:13 PM
ThisNameSux: So how many of you knew that the Muppet Show was actually a British series?

I think I knew it was done in England. I don't actually consider something "British" unless the production and creative minds behind the project are British.
 
KiltedBastich
2011-11-24 12:17:23 PM
Mara See Mara Do: davynelson: am i the only one who hated that farking show?

Yes. Yes you are.

And we will now ostracize you as the soulless pariah you are. Hating the Muppet show is on the same level as kicking puppies and swatting butterflies.
 
Barakku
2011-11-24 12:18:28 PM
ShawnDoc: The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.

The muppets and any GOOD kids show weren't written "for adults", but they're written so that adults can enjoy them too. I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.
 
MoronLessOff
2011-11-24 12:38:31 PM
Barakku: I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.

Naked beach party was.
 
KiltedBastich
2011-11-24 12:43:45 PM
Barakku: ShawnDoc: The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.

The muppets and any GOOD kids show weren't written "for adults", but they're written so that adults can enjoy them too. I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.

heck, Sesame Steet used to have in-jokes for the parents as well, back in the good old days. The current version is considerably tamer and less amusing for the parental units.
 
moonage daydream
2011-11-24 01:06:51 PM
MoronLessOff: Grables'Daughter: Grables'Daughter: ... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?

Oh, SKIT.

I saw that now.

Never mind.

/I fail

IIRC, you know a thing or two about short skirts.

Great, way to ruin a Muppet thread by trying to awkwardly flirt with Fark's Resident Cumdumpster.
 
Galvatron Zero
2011-11-24 01:07:27 PM
KiltedBastich: Barakku: ShawnDoc: The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.

The muppets and any GOOD kids show weren't written "for adults", but they're written so that adults can enjoy them too. I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.

heck, Sesame Steet used to have in-jokes for the parents as well, back in the good old days. The current version is considerably tamer and less amusing for the parental units.

No, I don't think that's the case. Sesame Street still tries to entertain parents as much as kids.

They've parodied Glee, Mad Men, True Blood, CSI, Deadliest Catch, the Spider Man musicle and they've had some really good musical guests.

Andrea Bocelli's lullaby to Elmo gave me shivers.
 
Nihilist's Guide to Reticent Entropy
2011-11-24 01:20:07 PM
KiltedBastich: Barakku: ShawnDoc: The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.

The muppets and any GOOD kids show weren't written "for adults", but they're written so that adults can enjoy them too. I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.

heck, Sesame Steet used to have in-jokes for the parents as well, back in the good old days. The current version is considerably tamer and less amusing for the parental units.

That's why the original Electric Company was so awesome (and dearly missed). It had humor at all levels. It taught language on a kid's level, but it had some things that adults could catch and appreciate.

Also, Rita Moreno.

i2.squidoocdn.com
unfortunately this is the only pic I could find on short notice. . .


But come on! How can you not love a show with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno on it?
 
TigerzDad
2011-11-24 02:01:59 PM
davynelson: am i the only one who hated that farking show?

1.bp.blogspot.com
 
Alphax
2011-11-24 02:12:49 PM
zato_ichi: I don't know what a Marisa Berenson is, but that was kind of hot.

(watches it) Yep, some nice legs on her.
 
Elvis Da King
2011-11-24 02:12:52 PM
KiltedBastich: Barakku: ShawnDoc: The author seems to think anything dark or violent (see the first item on the list) makes it immediately a "grown up" sketch. Kids forever have loved scary things. Look at the Goosbumps series of books/tv show. Heck, go back and read some of the original Grimm stories, not the cleaned up "Disney-fied" versions, and they're quite gory affairs. Cinderellas stepsisters cutting off parts of their own feet to fit in the slipper, Red Riding Hood, etc etc.

Just because today's parents of showing their kids anything dark, doesn't mean it was always that way.

The muppets and any GOOD kids show weren't written "for adults", but they're written so that adults can enjoy them too. I don't even buy that Ren and Stimpy was "for adults", as a kid those were god damned hilarious.

heck, Sesame Steet used to have in-jokes for the parents as well, back in the good old days. The current version is considerably tamer and less amusing for the parental units.

Not on the level of Rocky and Bullwinkle or Roger Ramjet, but good, nonetheless.
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 03:16:49 PM
MoronLessOff: Grables'Daughter: Grables'Daughter: ... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?

Oh, SKIT.

I saw that now.

Never mind.

/I fail

IIRC, you know a thing or two about short skirts.

I'm an expert.

THAT'S how I KNEW that skirt was NOT a short skirt.
 
steamingpile
2011-11-24 03:20:53 PM
Ok who played Rowlf? He sounds familiar.
 
Cymbals of the Illiterati
2011-11-24 04:29:09 PM
steamingpile: Ok who played Rowlf? He sounds familiar.

Henson himself.
 
SmitetheRighteous
2011-11-24 06:23:46 PM
You could say the same thing about the Animaniacs.

I still remember to this day this one episode where some old lady said "Well I never!" And Slappy Squirrel responds, "You should, it's fun."
 
scarmig
2011-11-24 06:24:58 PM
Anyone else notice the world really started going to shiat after Henson died?
 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark]
2011-11-24 06:57:44 PM
moonage daydream: MoronLessOff: Grables'Daughter: Grables'Daughter: ... the song is sung with dainty, oddly sexual glee by actress Marisa Berenson, who skips around the room in a short skit,

THAT'S a short skirt?

Oh, SKIT.

I saw that now.

Never mind.

/I fail

IIRC, you know a thing or two about short skirts.

Great, way to ruin a Muppet thread by trying to awkwardly flirt with Fark's Resident Cumdumpster.

Wow, jealous much? I didnt have to click your profile to know you were a chick. Hey you're cute too. Feel better?
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2011-11-24 06:59:12 PM
WhyteRaven74: Britney Spear's Speculum: Hey they weren't half bad.

No, they were all bad

doh ho ho ho!
 
gunga galunga
2011-11-24 07:19:27 PM
Rowlf getting Sam to sing the Titwillow song better be on there.

** checks list **

:)

/"you wanna do this?"
//"why are they laughing?"
 
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