Stealth Frasier reference.

John Popper actually sings backup on "Two Princes." If you listen for him, you can hear his "Go ahead nows" pretty clearly.

The Great Muppet Caper is my personal favorite, but I've found that The Muppets Take Manhattan seems to resonate more with people under 30 or so. I think the comedy sensibility of is slightly more modern somehow.

All of them?

I like "Another First Kiss" well enough… It's okay for them to be sincere once in a while.  I wasn't sure what to make of "Take Out the Trash" at first, but I see it now as just another experiment/exercise in song-making.

Man, I can't believe this show is on DVD. I loved it back in the day, but I didn't know a single other kid who watched it. But now I can own it! What kind of wonderful world do we live in?

"Hey Vern, it's Ernest!" is also on DVD, and it's still funny, although watching it on DVD really emphasizes how formulaic it was.  Every episode is pretty much just a series of short sketches with all the side characters (Chuck and Bobby, Dr. Otto, Willy the Robot), and it cuts back to Ernest every few minutes.  But…

Harry Shearer was on The Nerdist podcast a while back, and they asked him about Kavner's exit on that show. He said the taping went for something like four hours, and she had a train to catch.

I recently saw Paul Williams and Ken Ascher do a Q&A at a screening of The Muppet Movie in NYC. One thing they mentioned that I had never heard before is that "I'm Going to Back There Someday" was not part of the original plan for the movie. Unlike all the other songs, there was nothing about Gonzo singing a sad song…

Such a weird number. Judy Collins sings a sad, somber number while clowns mess around in the background… but the laugh track never laughs! Are we supposed to find it funny? Or haunting? Or what?

Muppets From Space could have been better if they had stuck with the original plan. From Muppet Wiki:

I've often wondered why that Kermit anthem never caught on like "Being Green" did. Or at least why it's not often mentioned as a Sesame Street classic. Maybe two all-time great Kermit songs was the limit.

Does he actually say Trey was a friend of his who died, though? I always think of it as more of a stirring tribute to a good dog than an elegy.

I saw this complaint a lot during the marketing for the last movie, and I don't really get it. Muppet feet are all over the movies everyone has seen… What's disturbing?

You are not the only one. I'm a fan.

Yeah, they're different. Studio 60 was a self-important drama that got worse with every episode of its short run. 30 Rock is a very funny comedy that's been pretty consistent over the years.

Thanks for inspiring me to look up "gormless." I learned something today!

I still can't believe somebody thought it would be a good idea to re-air those in the 90s.

Dick Tracy's Crime Stoppers!  Man, I was all over those that summer.  A friend of mine even pulled a bunch of them out of the trash once.  I don't think we ever actually won anything more than a small fries, though.

I took a screenplay class in college from the guy who wrote this movie. One day he was talking to Tobe Hooper on the phone as he walked into the classroom, and he half-jokingly asked if anyone wanted to talk to him. I almost volunteered, until I realized I wouldn't have anything to say except, "Hey, Poltergeist was…