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LetMyPeopleVote

(163,817 posts) Fri May 9, 2025, 07:36 PM May 9

Happy 70th, The Muppets. Thanks for 70 years of smiles, laughs, and memories. ❤️

My family are great fans of the Muppets.

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Happy 70th, The Muppets. Thanks for 70 years of smiles, laughs, and memories. ❤️ (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote May 9 OP

The Muppets are great! I used to watch em and I sometimes wondered if the kids got some of the jokes! Deuxcents May 9 #1

The Muppet Show writers definitely knew that parents were... 3catwoman3 May 9 #2

In 1978, I was stationed at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo. No American television... 3catwoman3 May 9 #3

I love the muppets! Rizen May 9 #4

Deuxcents

(22,383 posts)

1. The Muppets are great! I used to watch em and I sometimes wondered if the kids got some of the jokes!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:41 PM

May 9

3catwoman3

(26,742 posts)

2. The Muppet Show writers definitely knew that parents were...

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #1)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:46 PM

May 9

...also watching, and managed to deliver a good number of very clever double entendre moments.

3catwoman3

(26,742 posts)

3. In 1978, I was stationed at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo. No American television...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:50 PM

May 9

...on base, except for The Muppet Show, which was scheduled for Sunday morning. Every Sunday, the bars at both the O Club and NCO Club would be full of people watching The Muppet Show because they missed English-speaking TV programming.

It was a pretty funny sight -

Rizen

(881 posts)

4. I love the muppets!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 09:21 PM

May 9

Muppet Xmas carol is the best xmas movie bar none!

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