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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Following the success of 1979's The Muppet Movie (and the final season of the television show), Jim Henson and his team dialed up their ambitions for the next installment in the franchise. Just about every aspect of The Muppet Movie that people liked was brought back, except bigger and bolder. Did you enjoy the numerous celebrity cameos? Well, here are even more of those. Did you like all the running gags and groaner puns? There's an endless barrage of that sort of thing in this movie. Were you impressed with how they got Kermit to ride a bike in that first movie? Well, take a look at a whole bunch of puppets riding bikes for an elaborate musical number in this movie.
Ryan brings in Rachel to chat about The Great Muppet Caper, which in retrospect is a transitional moment between Jim Henson's past efforts and his later drive to stage fantasy epics like The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). Thematic talking points for this episode include The Muppets' ties to vaudeville, the trappings of nostalgia, and the "quiet virtuosity" that underlies puppeteering.
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By Ryan Valentine
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Following the success of 1979's The Muppet Movie (and the final season of the television show), Jim Henson and his team dialed up their ambitions for the next installment in the franchise. Just about every aspect of The Muppet Movie that people liked was brought back, except bigger and bolder. Did you enjoy the numerous celebrity cameos? Well, here are even more of those. Did you like all the running gags and groaner puns? There's an endless barrage of that sort of thing in this movie. Were you impressed with how they got Kermit to ride a bike in that first movie? Well, take a look at a whole bunch of puppets riding bikes for an elaborate musical number in this movie.
Ryan brings in Rachel to chat about The Great Muppet Caper, which in retrospect is a transitional moment between Jim Henson's past efforts and his later drive to stage fantasy epics like The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). Thematic talking points for this episode include The Muppets' ties to vaudeville, the trappings of nostalgia, and the "quiet virtuosity" that underlies puppeteering.