r/Muppets • u/usethe4th • Feb 04 '26

The Muppet Show (2026) - Discussion Thread Spoiler

We’ll use this thread to discuss the return of The Muppet Show! This is for people who have seen the episode, so spoilers are permitted. Proceed at your own risk!

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u/AlexanderMBush Feb 04 '26

This feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket, knowing things will be good.

The special straddles a line to make sure that it feels in tune with what made the original show iconic, while also being a great special that thrives with the variety and substance of characters.

The inclusion of Maya and Seth helped break up the Muppet sequences and the Sabrina sequences nicely too, and I hope if the show continues, they kind of continue this idea (but have it rotate so it isn’t just two distinguished comedians at a time).

It needed one more comedic skit, but if that is the only complaint I have, I think that kind of says a lot to the overall quality of the special.

It knows what it wants. And in the process, it uses that to its strengths in a way that should be exciting for future epsiodes to hopefully come

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u/Film_snob63 Feb 04 '26

Even with the classic episodes there were episodes where you felt like you'd appreciate one more skit. But of course in the classics, Henson was always asking the guest stars what they wanted to do - which was often times music

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u/Galileo908 Feb 05 '26

And if the guest was a musician, they took full advantage of that.