It started here in 1976.
your sense of humour didn’t think the muppets were funny?
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Nup. Didn’t care for the show one little bit when it first came out and my opinion hasn’t changed in the fifty years since it first appeared. Vastly over-rated. That’s my hot take.
I’m still waiting for @Captain_Jack to tell me what the target demographic was.
Well, if it started here in 1976…I was 15/16 and used to sit down and watch it with my parents and two sisters (who would have been 17/18 and 8/9).
We all loved it.
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Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. Swoodley has given you a better answer than l ever could. Having said that, it is perfectly okay not to like something, even though plenty of other people do. At that stage l couldn’t stand yoghurt for instance, but tastes can change.
I have never ever watched The Muppets.
Why do you hate joy?
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Old post but same thing twice when I was in Perth/Freo a few months ago. It was blatant, young women both times. So gross
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The job you do if you get knocked back from being a train cop.
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Presumably you scheduled in a rewatch every decade just to make sure?
I like it but it’s like a lot of shows that ran for aaaaages. Lots of funny bits but not super consistent.
You really that old and still have a sense of humour ? You must have been wicked as a teenager.
re: Muppets, that was a legit hot trash take.
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I didn’t watch it much but from the limited exposure I would have thought it was initially targeted at Children but as the show developed, more and more adults would watch it. Very similar to how The Simpson’s developed over time
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I think it was a forerunner to shows that provided appropriate entertainment for the junior audience while subtley amusing the parents at the same time.
Adventure time, as an example, was something a young dingus jr and I could watch together and laugh for different reasons. The Muppets had that in spades.
Also Jim Henson was the greatest human to ever live and I will engage in hand to hand combat with anybody who besmirches his name or output.
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Following on from my post in the Boycott thread
Will Farrell is not funny
Quite correct. Ditto Vince Vaughan.
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Agree
And (unrelated to those two), if you need excessive swearing to think you are funny as a comedian, then maybe comedy isnt your go. Saw Bill Simmons (think that was his name) and Jason Byrne at the comedy festival a few years back and every second word was F— or C—, ruined the show as I felt the delivery was poor.
Swearing is fine and often needed in the delivery, but over-using it is just too annoying.
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Don’t disagree entirely. Certainly a bit overrated.