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| Rebekah
Wed 12/26/2001 7:27p | This topic is for discussion of the 12/26/2001 news item
Variety: Mouse pricks up ears over deal for Muppets
The December 23rd Variety reports Michael Eisner in a recent interview with the German weekly Focus showed interest in purchasing the Muppets. |
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| abu233
Wed 12/26/2001 7:27p | Yeah, some new Muppets news. |
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| woody
Wed 12/26/2001 7:30p | If Disney does get the Muppets, I hope they replace the Muppet 3-D movie. |
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| abu233
Wed 12/26/2001 7:44p | Why it's Jim Henson's last film, he ever worked on and yes, I know it old. |
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| Jim in Pasadena CA
Tue 1/1/2002 11:44a | It was Jim's favorite film in a Disney theme park. (oh wait, it was his only Disney theme park film)
What Would Jim Do?
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| jonvn
Tue 1/1/2002 12:06p | I don't know, Jim. What would you do?
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| daffy1
Fri 1/4/2002 8:32p | Muppet Central's Chilly Down had this update on the current sale:
Yes, it does look like it's a race between Eisner and Rivkin at this point. All the other bidders seem to have dropped out when they heard EM.TV's outrageous asking price.
We don't know exactly how much time Rivkin has. At first EM.TV was pushing to sell by the end of the ear, but then in October or November or so, the announcement came that no sale would take place till at least 2002. Now it looks like they're anxious to have the Muppets off their hands by spring. |
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| Jim in Pasadena CA
Sun 1/6/2002 3:40p | As much as they might not think so, The Muppets need a big shot of....up-to-date. They seem a bit stale...
Even in MuppetVision 3D, (and yes, I know, the movie is pushing 12 years old) but the jokes are very much in line with The Muppet Show -- which went back to the late 70's as I recall.
Perhaps with Disney, they'll freshen them up a bit....
Does anyone else see this staleness? |
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| BrigmanMT 2
Sun 1/6/2002 5:32p | Anybody watch Muppets Tonight when it was on. That was a great show. Maybe if disney Purchases them they can bring the show back. i heard it was really expensive to operate but it was viewed by people all over the country. This is the kind of show ABC needs. If it is a sucess they can even change the shows in all the themeparks. Wouldn't it be cool if they randomized them so it was like a different episode everytime you rode it. |
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| daffy1
Tue 1/8/2002 7:08p | Benefits from ownig the Jim Henson Company.
* Brian Henson and company working for Disney.
* The Muppets and The Creature Shop.
* More Muppets attractions and films.
* New characters for the Disney store.
* New Walk Around Charaters
Unfourtanly EM.TV the current owner of the Jim Henson who will sell them by this year, sold Henson rights 50% rights of the Seasame Street Charaters to The Childeren Television Workship last year. They are now called Seasame Workship. |
