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...since this place was simply begging for such a thing.

Well, OK, I was begging for such a thing.

I can't effing wait for this. I will be planning my 2011 Thanksgiving travels around it.

When I was a kid, Jack scared the shit out of me.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:When I was a kid, Jack scared the shit out of me.

That's Sweetums. "Jack" was the name of his character in 'The Muppet Movie.'
"Jack not name! Jack job!"

wilson wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:When I was a kid, Jack scared the shit out of me.

That's Sweetums. "Jack" was the name of his character in 'The Muppet Movie.'
"Jack not name! Jack job!"

Ok..."Sweetums" scared the shit out of me.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:When I was a kid, Jack scared the shit out of me.

They didn't have Muppets when I was a kid.

We had Captain Kangaroo with Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose.

wilson wrote:I can't effing wait for this. I will be planning my 2011 Thanksgiving travels around it.

That is exciting! I think Jason Seqel is a great writer and hilarious actor.

Miles wrote:

wilson wrote:I can't effing wait for this. I will be planning my 2011 Thanksgiving travels around it.

That is exciting! I think Jason Seqel is a great writer and hilarious actor.

He is also a huge Muppet fan (the scene in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' where he blithers through the 'Muppet Show' theme before breaking down is a loving shout-out), and thus the perfect person to reboot the franchise. He and the producers worked hard at the script, aiming for something that would recapture the Muppets' original wit and irreverence, rather than following the "Muppets play dress-up" theme that worked reasonably well in 'The Muppet Christmas Carol,' well enough in 'Muppet Treasure Island,' and terribly in 'The Muppet Wizard of Oz'. I really, really, really can't wait.

I had the Muppets AND Captain Kangaroo as a kid. What a time to be alive!

Wacka wacka!

I had Howdy Doody. Too long ago for most of you.

DukeUsul wrote:I had the Muppets AND Captain Kangaroo as a kid. What a time to be alive!

Wacka wacka!

If we want to get technical, 'Sam and Friends', the very first Muppet show, debuted in 1955, the same year as 'Captain Kangaroo'. Sam was a funny-looking bald guy. Kermit also debuted on 'S&F', but he originally was more of an indeterminate lizard-like creature. Not until the late 1960s did he become explicitly a frog.
Cathy, you still probably wouldn't have had Muppets and Capt. Kangaroo, though; 'S&F' was aired only locally in the Baltimore/DC area.

DukeUsul wrote:I had the Muppets AND Captain Kangaroo as a kid. What a time to be alive!

Wacka wacka!

And also, it's "Wocka, wocka," not "Wacka, wacka."

wilson wrote:

DukeUsul wrote:I had the Muppets AND Captain Kangaroo as a kid. What a time to be alive!

Wacka wacka!

And also, it's "Wocka, wocka," not "Wacka, wacka."

Ok Muppet grammar and spelling nazi. Whatever.

Ask a kid today, what the 'Magic Words' are and there is no telling what you'll hear. Youth society has gone to Hell with the retirement of Captain Kangaroo. He very much did teach American kids right from wrong.

Uncle Paul (Montgomery, WRAL) was a product of my little hometown. Nice fella, he was. My father knew him well.

CathyCA wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:When I was a kid, Jack scared the shit out of me.

They didn't have Muppets when I was a kid.

We had Captain Kangaroo with Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose.

Ummm...I had those too. Don't leave out Mr. Greenjeans.

Very Duke Blue wrote:I had Howdy Doody. Too long ago for most of you.

Quiet in the peanut gallery!

'Cause Clarabell never spoke.

captmojo wrote:Ask a kid today, what the 'Magic Words' are and there is no telling what you'll hear. Youth society has gone to Hell with the retirement of Captain Kangaroo. He very much did teach American kids right from wrong.

Uncle Paul (Montgomery, WRAL) was a product of my little hometown. Nice fella, he was. My father knew him well.

I LOVED Uncle Paul!

I had the Uncle Paul Show and Captain Kangaroo. In the afternoons, we had WITNey the Hobo Show aka "The Funny Page."

One of my Facebook "likes" is "Time for Uncle Paul." I wonder if there is a Captain Kangaroo FB page or a WITNey the Hobo FB page. . .

(My kids had the Muppets, but that was mostly on videotape.)