More Muppet Show - when? (1 Viewer)

[Ed Moroughan]

No date but I did find this on the Muppet Central boards:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/korkstar/D23%2009%20Muppet%20Presentation/sep004.jpg

 

[Kevin Martinez]

Season 4 is the season with the Star Wars episode, isn't it?

I imagine Disney has had to spend more time than usual haggling with George Lucas over it.

as far as extras go, I'd like to see Disney dig deep into their holdings and unearth some of the Muppet specials that haven't been seen in a while.

 

[Sam Favate]

I doubt very much that Lucas had anything to do with the hold-up on Season 4. The episode with the Star Wars connections was already released on DVD on one of the best of- collections several years ago.

TV Shows on DVD announced quite a while ago that Season 4 would be out in 2010.

 

[WhitneyG]

Originally Posted by Sam Favate /forum/thread/229163/more-muppet-show-when#post_3630306
I doubt very much that Lucas had anything to do with the hold-up on Season 4. The episode with the Star Wars connections was already released on DVD on one of the best of- collections several years ago.

Not necessarily. There were cuts in season one that didn't happen with the Columbia House releases. My guess is that Disney needs to renegotiate all music rights, regardless of what's already been released.

 

[MielR]

Originally Posted by Kevin Martinez /img/forum/go_quote.gif">
as far as extras go, I'd like to see Disney dig deep into their holdings and unearth some of the Muppet specials that haven't been seen in a while.

I'd love to see the John Denver "A Christmas Together" special and the "Muppets Go Hollywood" special, for starters.

 

[Sam Favate]

Any word on season 4? It's been a year and a half since TV Shows on DVD said it was coming in 2010: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Muppet-Season-4/11629
 

 

[MatthewA]

They could be using the economy as an excuse, like everyone else does.
 
Or they could be waiting for the 35th anniversary next year.

 

[MattPeriolat]

Is now a good time to mention Disney has NEVER finished a TV on DVD series to date? Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip'n'Dale, Darkwing Duck, et al were all abandoned. Biggest example is Boy Meets World, which they gave up on, but fortunately Lionsgate has saved.
 
I wouldn't be too optimistic were I you about seeing Muppet Show finished.

 

[MatthewA]

Originally Posted by MattPeriolat
Is now a good time to mention Disney has NEVER finished a TV on DVD series to date? Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip'n'Dale, Darkwing Duck, et al were all abandoned. Biggest example is Boy Meets World, which they gave up on, but fortunately Lionsgate has saved.
 
I wouldn't be too optimistic were I you about seeing Muppet Show finished.

Do Touchstone's The Golden Girls and Home Improvement count?

 

[Corey3rd]

They finished Zorro

 

[MattPeriolat]

I will say I honestly forgot about Golden Girls and Home Improvement, so you got me there.
 
I KNEW I was going to get called on Zorro the minute I made the post, so I'll also apologize for that.
 
However, you have to admit, even with those, Disney's track record for full releases isn't that great. Just my opinion and frankly, if the Muppet Show is finished, I'll be surprised.

 

[Malcolm R]

Technically, you could make the argument that they haven't finished "The Golden Girls" since "The Golden Palace" (pseudo Season 8) still isn't released.

 

[David Rain]

Does anyone know if the previous season set sold well ? If it didn't, then that might be the explanation as to why we haven't seen the next release. I'm wondering if a complete series set will ever surface. I'd also like to have Muppets Tonight, either as part of the complete series or as a separate release.

 

[Traveling Matt]

I'm sure low sales numbers were not an issue.
 
Each season of The Muppet Show takes a long time to release due to the massive amount of music that needs to be cleared first. Thankfully, Disney took their time with the last two releases and was able to issue them uncut. I imagine a similar holdup has been a factor in the delay of Season 4.
Muppets Tonight has, for years, been rumored for release following TMS.

 

[bob kaplan]

i most certainly keep hoping.....!!!

 

[Trevor824]

With a new MUPPET movie in the works at Disney (they just did a table read with the folks at Pixar for their input) I am sure they could be waiting for a tie in release. Maybe have season 4 for the theatrical release and 5 for the DVD release, or something like that.
 

 

[bob kaplan]

Might the new Muppet movie get the T.V. series going again....please!?

 

I want the remaining sets. In a perfect world, we would've gotten all 5 seasons uncut and with their original closings...ah, well!

 

[Sam Favate]

Let's hope it's being worked on to tie in with the new film. Maybe season 4 with the film and season 5 with its release on DVD/BD? TSOD reported a few years ago that Season 4 was due in 2010!

 

[Kevin Martinez]

IF Disney had no plans to release it, they wouldn't have announced it at D23 at all. And the Mark Hamill can't be too much of an issue of Disney is making a series of Star Wars-themed Muppet action figures (http://www.nerdist.com/2011/06/star-wars-x-muppets-action-figures/)

Disney is being tight-lipped about Muppet stuff in general; even the movie (it took several days for the trailer to even surface online). So the lack of Season 4 information could be all part of that to keep the hpye fresh for the movie's release, if you believe in unicorns and fairy godmothers and all that optimsim crap.