Yes, that's the Bob!

Right. He was very rarely seen backstage on The Muppet Show, mostly because Jim Henson also played Kermit.

Kids in the 70s just loved Milton Berle, Alice Cooper, and old English music hall songs.

Fozzie and Piggy are both played by Eric Jacobson now, which makes me wonder how much banter they'll be able to show us with Fozzie filling the role of Piggy's sidekick.

Rowlf made a few brief appearances before the 2011 movie, including singing a song on a mid-2000s Christmas album. They're saying he's the owner of the tavern near the studio on the new show, so I'm sure he'll show up in the next episode or two.

That's it exactly. There are so many times on The Muppet Show when he yells at people and tells performers they're no good.

They did some cool puppet tricks, though. Full-body Fozzie and swapping out puppet Scooter for a dummy Scooter.

I'd be okay if they kept the mockumentary feel without the talking heads.

Because of his elegant fashion sense, of course.

The producers have said Rowlf will be the owner of the tavern near the studio where the Muppets do karaoke. He'll probably show up in the next week or two.

I saw a negative review of the new show that complained that "Kermit shouldn't be suffering the anxieties of running a TV show." WHICH IS THE PREMISE OF THE MUPPET SHOW.

It actually did air, as a special on ABC the year before The Muppet Show started: http://muppet.wikia.com/wik…

Piggy to Christopher Reeve: "Why don't we go to the nurses' lounge and… lounge."

Rowlf was always more of a supporting player on The Muppet Show, because Jim Henson spent most of his time playing Kermit. He's had about as much screen time in the last two movies as he did in any of the others, except maybe The Muppet Movie.

They announced at the Disney D23 convention that, among other bits they're shooting concurrently with the series, they'll be releasing some new Pigs in Space sketches on YouTube soon.

And the Soldier from the aforementioned Soldier and Death is Muldoon in Jurassic Park!

Hunt is also in The Muppets at Walt Disney World and Muppet-Vision 3-D, which were both produced in 1990.

At the time, I was convinced that the lion was real. Have you ever seen this? https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I'm as surprised as you are. They seem so benign to have any kind of strong response to either way.

That's funny, because I've seen people compare Digit to Reverend Jim, another Christopher Lloyd character.