@avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus Cool.  Thanks for replying to my reply to your year-old comment!  (I just rewatched the episode so I was revisiting the TV Club entry.)

Yeah, I love that.  How'd they do that?  Is that the kind of thing they would use CGI for in 2001?

I'm a big fan of his work as the head writer of Eureeka's Castle on Nickelodeon. (It's true!)

THIEVES aren't breathing down your neck!

@avclub-708be71b9ab6e0a84252760579ade9f1:disqus No, only on VHS and DVD.

I've long maintained that the film would be a great viewing experience if you could watch it with just the score and no dialogue.

Those four are the only times we know of.  He might be out somewhere riding a bike for recreational purposes right now, for all we know.

Of the two, I think "Sex & Violence" is more entertaining, and more closely resembles The Muppet Show.  The control room stuff almost feels like backstage at The Muppet Show, although I can't imagine why Jim Henson thought Nigel would be a good host.  The sketches are a good combination of comedy and cool puppetry…

If memory serves me, "Froggy Went A-Courtin'" is the first time ever in history that Kermit rode a bicycle.  A puppet riding a bike in a studio isn't quite as impressive as a puppet riding a bike on an outdoor location, but still.

I think the bit with Mia and Rufus, where Mia speculates about what kind of dog she'd like and Rufus tries to be every kind of dog she names, is amusing enough, and would fit right in on the early seasons of The Muppet Show.  And George loving his mop is a highlight.  But I can't imagine the cast of Muppets seen in…

Yeah, they're pretty unrecognizable.  I've never heard how the Muppet guys happened to come up with the idea to take those two lethargic old guys and turn them into hilarious hecklers, but I'm sure glad they did.

I'd go for "Pictures in My Head" over "Me Party," but all the songs were pretty good.

I would love to hear Beaker's somber, heartfelt introduction to the memorial segment. "Mee-mee mee-mee-mee, mee mee meee-mee mee, mee-mee…" And so on.

Did you ever notice his last name changes between movies? In Short Circuit, he's Ben Jabituya.  In Short Circuit 2, he's Ben Jahveri.

Understandable.  I'm from Texas… where people sometimes eat tacos for breakfast!

I believe those were empanadas, rather than enchiladas.  Both are delicious.

Amazingly enough, I was eating muenster cheese when I read this Newswire.  I hope I'm eating brie the next time there's an article about Alison Brie!  And I could be eating cottage cheese the next time there's an article about… a cottage?

But they "fixed" it on the Muppets Magic From the Ed Sullivan Show DVD by dubbing the correct name from another intro over it.  I guess they didn't want to make Ed look stupid, but I wish they'd left it as it was.

Tale of Sand is delightful.  It feels exactly like Henson & Juhl's follow-up to The Cube.

Yeah, it always feels like something of a missed opportunity when a Muppet Show guest star just does their act alone on the stage.  But what else could Mummenschanz do?