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I remember when JH died. I was 12 and absolutely heartbroken. I thought The Muppets would never be the same (and they aren't, but I still enjoy them).

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I was 18 when he passed. I cried when I heard it.

I think that his has been the only celebrity whose passing brought me to tears.

ChipFTAC01 said:

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Jim Henson's funeral and the special Muppet Show tribute to Jim Henson are both on YouTube and are both incredibly touching, sad, funny and impactful.

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I vaguely remember seeing that as a kid. Harry Belafonte performed, too, IIRC. "Turn the World Around", maybe?

I will definitely have to rewatch! Thanks!

Anyone else watching today? We started with the Steve Martin episode. Will probably watch John Cleese, Vincent Price, and Harry Belafonte tonight. Maybe Elton John, too.

One of the classic moments in television

It is too much for kids

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People have lost their damn minds

I watched the first few episodes with my 12 y.o. (we both love The Muppets).....and we agreed with each other that it didn't age well. After the 2nd episode we were like, "Do you want to keep watching this?" "Let's do one more to see if it gets better."

We may go back start with the last season and work backwards to see if Season 5 is better than Season 1. If not, we'll just cherry pick the shows with guests that we're familiar with.

AgRyan04 said:

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I watched the first few episodes with my 12 y.o. (we both love The Muppets).....and we agreed with each other that it didn't age well. After the 2nd episode we were like, "Do you want to keep watching this?" "Let's do one more to see if it gets better."

We may go back start with the last season and work backwards to see if Season 5 is better than Season 1. If not, we'll just cherry pick the shows with guests that we're familiar with.

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The first season is tough to watch. Most of the guest stars are people I don't even recognize, and I was born in 1978. It's also pretty avant-garde.

Like you said, skip to some of the later seasons, particularly the episodes with names you recognize.

Here is a list of very good episodes that I think you will enjoy:

Elton John
Steve Martin
Lynda Carter
Christopher Reeve
Mark Hamill
Raquel Welch
Bob Hope
George Burns
Candice Bergen
Ben Vereen
Phyllis Diller
Vincent Price
Madeline Kahn
Milton Berle
Julie Andrews
Gilda Radner
Harry Belafonte
Liza Minnelli
Roger Moore
Linda Ronstadt
Loretta Swit
Johnny Cash
Debbie Harry
Carol Burnett
Gladys Knight

The best episodes are those with a really talented musical guest and/or someone who is just really skilled in comedy.

In later seasons, the episodes started having one-episode story-lines rather than just an assortment of acts. Some of those stories are pretty cute.

But Jim Henson was a bit avant-garde himself. If you didn't grow up with this version of The Muppets, you might have a hard time enjoying it.

Some of my earliest memories are of watching this show, so there is a lot of nostalgia for me. But even for me some of the episodes have fallen flat (I was disappointed when I rewatched the one with John Cleese).

We watched the John Denver episode yesterday. JD and the Muppets go together like pb&j if you ask me, but I could see where someone would think the episode is boring and dated.

Stallone was on it as well for Rocky.