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Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special

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On 9/18/2025 1:49 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2025-09-18 07:33:17 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
>> On 9/17/2025 8:17 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-18 01:54:02 +0000, The True Melissa said:
>>>> Verily, in article <10afkni$3i3rn$1@dont-email.me>, did
>>>> YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:
>>>>>
>>>>> A one-off anniversary special which might result in another new 
>>>>> attempt
>>>>> to resurrect the show.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Muppet Show' Revival Special Set at Disney+,
>>>>> Sabrina Carpenter to Guest Star
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>>> "The Muppet Show" is staging a comeback on Disney+.
>>>>>
>>>>> Variety has learned that the streamer has greenlit a one-off
>>>>> "Muppet Show" event special that will air in 2026 to coincide
>>>>> with the original show's 50th anniversary. In the special, the
>>>>> Muppets will return to the Muppet Theatre to produce a variety
>>>>> show. Sabrina Carpenter will guest star.
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> I'll give it a try, but my hopes aren't high. There've been enough
>>>> muppet failures that at this point they're just flogging it.
>>>
>>> Since Sabrina Carpenter is also going to be an "executive producer", 
>>> hopes are even lower, although how much of that is simply getting her 
>>> name in the credits and hjw much influence she'll actually have is a 
>>> different question.
>>
>> I just want them to release the final season or two of 'The Muppet 
>> Show' on disc!
> 
> Good luck with that ... I'm still waiting for the animated Star Wars 
> shows "Droids" and "Ewoks" to be released on DVD. I'm also still waiting 
> for the Indiana Jones 5 movie to be released on DVD in Australiasian 
> region (and in novelisation form!).
> 
> Disney are pretty hopeless at releasing anything on disc formats.   :-(
> 
I know.  Note I said "I want", not "I expect".

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[NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-09-18 12:45 +1200
  Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2025-09-17 18:54 -0700
    Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-09-18 15:17 +1200
      Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2025-09-18 00:33 -0700
        Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-09-19 08:49 +1200
          Re: [NEWS] "The Muppet Show" 50th anniversary special Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2025-09-18 14:01 -0700

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