Look, this bit of body horror might seem extreme to you, but children need to learn. As usual, the Muppets are protected from criticism by anticipatory barbs from hostile audience members Statler and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A variety show that’s still revered for its absurdist, slapstick humor debuted 50 years ago. It starred an irreverent band of ...

On Saturday evening, executive producer and guest star Seth Rogen and The Muppets hosted a party to celebrate the return of The Muppet Show, held at The Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles. In addition ...

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Nobody put too much thought into reinventing the gonzo variety classic for its revival. That’s what makes it a delight. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New ...

Maya Rudolph and executive producer Seth Rogen also appear in the variety half-hour, which returns to the theater, premise and format of the original 1970s series. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television ...

After nearly 50 years, “The Muppet Show” returned on Wednesday, “back [says Kermit, your amphibian compere] on the very stage where it all started and then ended and then is maybe starting again, ...

"It's time to raise the curtain." When Disney bought the Muppets in the early 2000s, it seemed like the perfect home for Jim Henson’s characters after his death in the 1990s. However, more than 20 ...

This mismatched love affair continues a longstanding Muppet tradition: Be it Roger Moore and Miss Piggy, Animal and Rita Moreno, Gonzo and Madeline Kahn or Fozzie Bear and Raquel Welch, horny ...

A variety show that’s still revered for its absurdist, slapstick humor debuted 50 years ago. It starred an irreverent band of characters made of foam and fleece. As a scholar of popular culture, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Muppet Show” special is mediocre. This is as it should be: good and right. The beloved show Jim Henson created 50 years ago, ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...