{"id":185911,"date":"2021-02-22T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/missing-episodes-on-the-muppet-show-on-disney-explained-film\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:30:05","slug":"missing-episodes-on-the-muppet-show-on-disney-explained-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/missing-episodes-on-the-muppet-show-on-disney-explained-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Missing Episodes on The Muppet Show on Disney+ Explained \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Missing Episodes on The Muppet Show on Disney+ Explained \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Muppet Show<\/em><\/strong> is now available to stream for the first time ever. Well, the vast majority of it, and a few of the episodes that are available come with some content disclaimers. But it\u2019s all part of bringing a beloved TV staple to Disney+<\/strong>, a streaming platform that has taken an active role in informing its relatively young audiences about the cultural context in which potentially troubling stereotypes might pop up. Yes, even in\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Disney+ has been fairly good at the disclaimer business, adding content disclaimers to various titles like\u00a0Dumbo, Peter Pan, <\/em>and The Aristocats<\/em> that warn of \u201cnegative depictions and\/or mistreatment of people or cultures.\u201d With the streaming debut of\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em>, which aired from\u00a0\u00a0from 1976 to 1981, 18 episodes of the beloved Jim Henson show earned that content disclaimer, with a 12-second unskippable text acknowledging that\u00a0while \u201cthese stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,\u201d Disney has decided to leave them in order to \u201cacknowledge the [offensive content\u2019s] harmful impact, learn from it, and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.\u201d
\nThese 18 episodes are scattered throughout the show\u2019s five-season run, per Variety<\/a>, and consist of disclaimer-worthy content like Johnny Cash performing in front of a Confederate flag, and a puppet briefly dressing up as a stereotypical Native American (referred to only as an \u201cIndian\u201d) in an episode hosted by Jim Nabors.<\/p>\n

But otherwise,\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em> remains relatively intact, with only a handful of missing episodes \u2014 and those are only because of music rights issues.<\/p>\n

Notably, two episodes from season 5, which featured guest stars Brooke Shields and Chris Langham, are absent from Disney+. Meanwhile, a season 2 episode with Don Knotts is missing the centerpiece musical number \u201cLullaby of Birdland,\u201d along with all references to it. Assorted songs and sketches are also missing from various episodes.\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/a> reports that most of the missing pieces come down to music rights \u2014 a tangled issue that\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em> has encountered for years with home video releases, with a season 1 DVD omitting several songs (those segments were restored on Disney+). While it\u2019s unclear whether the rest of the music licensing rights can be worked out, you can see\u00a0a list of edits assembled by a devoted Reddit user.<\/a><\/p>\n

But one missing episode may not have been omitted due to music rights. An episode hosted by Chris Langham, a staff writer on\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em>\u00a0who stepped in as a guest star when\u00a0Richard Pryor\u00a0dropped out at the last minute, is notably absent. Langham is a convicted sex offender who was found guilty of possessing child pornography in 2007. However, Disney declined to comment to EW as to whether this was the reason the episode is missing.<\/p>\n

But there are still 118 episodes of\u00a0The Muppet Show<\/em> on Disney+, available to stream to your heart\u2019s content.
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