It still sucks that...

Thing is my family DID try this show out. And the adult humor was simply embarrassing. It was not very family friendly... and many of the jokes came off as bland. My 7 year old son really tried to like this show JUST because it HAD Muppets in it! We ALL love the Muppets... so when we sat down and tried the first few episodes and were treated to more lame Modern Family style of show... with more adult humor than I cared for... it just wasn't the muppets for us. Then after missing an episode or two, we forgot what station carried it or what time it came on!!! Talk about so memorable a show you can't remember where it when it came on! I'd rather they went back to the musical/concert formula. Even for back when the original show came out. Variety shows were a bit in the past, back THEN. But we loved each and every episode, and musical number and the funny antics that played out sometimes during the 'performances'. I hate they won't go back to the original formula... and I remember seeing the Muppets Live being advertised... but again... it's all about the time slot. And sometimes I think the time these shows come on hurts them too. And we really only need a 30 minute Muppet show, not and hour time slot. Yeah, we can get more air time with the characters, but then they're forced to fill that void with jokes and visual zaniness and it can only go so far for so long. So 135 minutes for 3 weeks of material for a Muppet show to keep the audience fresh or entertained in this day and age... with kids that'll stick their head back in a tablet after 5 minutes and saying 'meh'... and ignore what's on the TV... I think they've got to do better than this. We don't need over-fetched adult drama over their internal lives. We just need good stories and put some of the characters outside their box a bit for good humor... but not in OUR box, nor compared to other shows like Modern Family either... I'd rather something along the lines where they have the theater back, and doing their shows... bring on some of the new annoying overpaid of today's celebrities, and some not so 'in', like a few You Tube crappy people that can't act, and insert a little back story BETTER than the original. Mix it up... have some episodes link together and most not. It could be a 'little' adult, but not over done, not lewd. We need another Muppet show as bad as we need another Star Trek show... really. I feel there's a void in television that's been missing for quite a while. There's not much I watch on TV anymore really... And some of the shows my wife still watch just need to end... that have been on the air for over 11 years! We really need some new shows, and some TV that a bit more in the nostalgic realm too. If I'm understood at all... I know I'm about as clear as butane here... (And while Modern Family has it's awards too... I can only take THAT show for so long too...) I'll admit it can be funny, but it really grates on my nerves sometimes.


3rd generation American from a long line of Gottscheers... it was Drandul, dude!