When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.
Quotes about muppet (8 Quotes)
I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet.
Nobody else could do that kind of writing. He was the Muppet writer.
Max Headroom, if overly exposed, could end up as just another Muppet Nothing would be more distressing than to witness a brilliant parody of TV turn into a TV cliche.
Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming.
What happened was that because my dad had made 'Sesame Street' and it was a huge hit, everyone said, 'Oh, ('The Muppet Show') is for kids. We don't want something that's feeling extra silly.' It was never intended to be for kids. My dad was a very determined salesman. He always had faith that his work would be successful. He never stopped trying to sell The Muppets.
It started off as this little joke and ended very grandiose kind of like the theme from 'The Muppet Show,' kind of how that was humorous but it was supposed to be very grand at the same time, very operatic, ... When everyone came back, Billie heard it and he was like, 'Oh, my God. That sounds so fun. I want to do one.' So he did one. He connected it to mine. ... We just kept playing musical hot potato.
We're used to releasing Muppet movies in the off-season, not on the on-season. We've always done well that way.