(New) French Muppet Show

[muppet maniac]

I read about this on Muppet Wiki. The name of it is "MUPPET TV" and in case if you're wondering, no they do not have their own Muppet characters there like the international Sesame Street shows, but they use the originals(Kermit Piggy, etc)

 

[OverUnderAround]

Yes, I have heard about this too. And frankly it's disturbing.
This is a BRAND NEW Muppet show folks! ...in French.
Done without any of the Muppeteers.

Read Andrew's blog on the subject:
http://puppetvision.blogspot.com/2006/08/muppet-tv-new-french-muppet-series.html

What is Disney doing?! Selling 'Muppet Franchises' now to countries that want to produce their own Muppet show, how sad.

 

[Barry Lee]

Its very very sad. Disney is just making the muppets worse and worse by the minute...

 

[goshposh]

whats the difference between this and having international coproductions of sesame street where the characters are dubbed. or having big bird on the chinese sesame street or elmo on the french production being performed by another person. no one got into an uproar about that.

 

[Barry Lee]

Well its the fact that they are sending the EXACT muppets, not some newly created characters when america isn't even having a muppet show.

 

[goshposh]

but in the chinese and french co productions its the exact characters of big bird and elmo being performed by another performer

 

[Barry Lee]

but in the chinese and french co productions its the exact characters of big bird and elmo being performed by another performer

But they air new SS in the US! They don't air new TMS in the US!

 

[muppetperson]

Maybe Disney are using France as a testing ground? If the show does well, maybe then a World wide Muppet TV show will be released from The States.

 

[goshposh]

But they air new SS in the US! They don't air new TMS in the US!

how is it the french's or disney's fault that an american network wont put on a new muppet show. remember the muppets are far more popular in europe than they are in the US. so of course disney is going to put on a show there because it will be more marketable. i'm not saying i like it either that there is no US muppet show but in the end its all business.

 

[Drtooth]

whats the difference between this and having international coproductions of sesame street where the characters are dubbed. or having big bird on the chinese sesame street or elmo on the french production being performed by another person. no one got into an uproar about that.

Exactly. It wouldn't make sense to film them just to dub them, or to make them all speak parrot French (Like Monty Python did with the first Co-produced German TV version....cept in German).

My only problem IS they don't have one in the US. But I guess that's Disney and the devil Worshipping Media conglomerate's fault.