Look at us, here we are, right where we belong

Holy cow they nailed it. I didn't think they would but they did. My main complaint is that it didn't feel like a special event, it was just another episode of the Muppet Show, which is a massive plus if it gets picked up for a series but will be deeply frustrating if it doesn't. The only part to go against that was the emotional climax which I guess they though they needed as a one off special, but since the rest of the episode felt so much like an episode of the Muppet Show it jarred somewhat

Specific thoughts:

Not every musical number needs a bit to go with it. It worked well for Islands in the Stream but Manchild already had a good skit going (Sabrina beats up monsters in a bar) and the part with the fans seemed tacked on and the Blinding Lights segment straight up felt like a Muppets Tonight segment and while I do like Muppets Tonight the cut-off musical numbers are undoubtedly the worst thing about it

Despite this I did like the musical numbers even though I don't like any of the songs involved which I think is an important thing for the Muppets to pull off

As an avowed Pepe hater and having never watched Bridgerton I didn't particularly like Pigs in Wigs, but I am at least glad they're willing to try something a bit different

The setup of Pigs in Wigs also made me think of SNL's Lord and Lady Douchebag sketch which is probably not what they were going for

Beaker's eyes falling out was more disturbing than funny

I didn't mind Seth Rogan's first cameo but his second felt gratuitous. Maya Rudolph was funny but it felt like it was missing an ending. Needed to either be cut or expanded.

I loved how many Muppets they were able to give one scene, and I'm assuming for a full series they wouldn't need to try so hard to give everyone something to do in every episode

Scooter MVP

Background Johnny Fiama :Fire Emoji: :Fire Emoji: :Fire Emoji: :Fire Emoji: (I'm on a computer). I hope if they get a full series they can bring in some of the parts of Muppets Tonight that worked

I wish Electric Mayhem got a full number but again, time constraints

Honestly they should have just done it extra long and gone back to half an hour when they get a full season order

This might be an odd complaint, but I was often thrown off by the laugh track. I haven't gone back to the original to check, so maybe this was a thing there as well, but I felt super thrown off whenever there was a laugh track backstage. the audience can't see that! I think the laughter sounded more canned and less organic than the original? But I would be happy to concede if that's nostalgia goggles

Statler and Waldorf weren't that funny, but I think that's accurate to the original show

I've never minded Matt Vogel's Kermit voice; stop being mean to Matt Vogel. The voice that throws me off the most is still Dave Goelz as Waldorf and he's been doing that since the 90's