and filmed at Elstree Studios in Britain, was a staple of late 1970s and early 1980s television. Each episode featured celebrity guest stars – John Cleese, Roger Moore, Shirley Bassey, Debbie Harry, John Denver, Julie Andrews and many others – and recurring sketches.
The show’s opening titles are now legendary, and the lyrics spill from the tongue with ease, recorded into cellular memory at an age when such memorisation was easy.
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michaelidato Nick. 'But you can't re live the past' Gatsby, 'Of course you can old sport'. Sorry Jay I think Nick was right. The Muppets is now , like so much else, nostalgia or out of time for the young, Great stuff but it's impact was in a different time.
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michaelidato Brilliant TV at the time. We seem to be stuck in a no time now where nothing new or creative is risked just predictable pap. Holey Moley a pathetic example. Crap in 70s and now? Muppets invoke nostalgia. But original impact can never be experienced again.
michaelidato I thought we'd been watching it every night on tv at newstime.