Running from 1976 to 1981, the original five-season, 120-episode run of The Muppet Show, as well as the 1979 feature-length film The Muppet Movie, left an indelible mark on the majority of the HT Staff with its mix of love-able characters, kitschy smart humor (much of it which went over our heads at the time) and celebrity guests appearances. So we couldn’t have been more elated to learn that the franchise, which seemed to mostly disappear from the world of pop culture in recent years, was going to get the reboot treatment thanks to Jason Segel. The actor, has been very vocal about his love for The Muppets, even included a nod to the iconic theme song in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (which also featured his own muppet-esque vampire musical). Segel, along with his pal writer-director Nicholas Stoller, originally pitched the execs at Disney with their idea all the way back in 2008, and the rest as they say is history.
Fast forward some four years later and Segel and Stoller’s vision finally made to the big screen with the release of The Muppets, the first Disney-produced Muppets film in 15 years. Since I’m sure a healthy portion of our audience have already seen the film I won’t waste your time talking about the plot or all the awesome guest cameos. What is worth mentioning though is the fact that Bret McKenzie, who is best known as one half of the comedy folk-duo The Flight Of The Conchords, was responsible for writing the majority of the original songs for the movie’s soundtrack
