In what is perhaps the biggest news in TV comedy of the year - maybe in forty years - earlier this month, a brand new episode of The Muppet Show was released. 

The Muppet Show was Jim Henson’s star-studded vaudeville variety TV show that ran for 5 seasons over 120 episodes from 1976 to 1981. 

Now, forty years later, The Muppet Show is back, streaming on Disney Plus, with Seth Rogan as Executive Producer. 

Revivals are a fraught undertaking though … so was the new Muppet Show any good?  

Guest: Craig Shemin, TV show writer, Henson historian and President of The Jim Henson Legacy - the non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving and celebrating Jim Henson's artistry.

Craig also wrote “Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson’s First Television Show”