When I think of Muppets, I think of kid friendly. Am I correct in my assumption here? And, I also heard this show has a certain level of adult humor and innuendo... but I am not sure if this is true or not. I would like to know before I see it XD, thanks!
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the Muppet Show tread a fine line between Adult Humor and being a kids show. the Big Premis was, it was a kids show, adults would enjoy watching too, so, many of the things were layered. It WAS a kids show mind you, but worked the line, and put in jokes and content, kids wouldn't get, but adults would.
I think its probably the only show that has even tried that, and it worked! I remeber the show as a kid, and now that Ive seen it as adult, I get the adult jokes too now.
The overall thing was, make a kids show, parents would enjoy watching too. They pulled it off.
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I mean, Miss Piggy was based on Margerat Hullihan/Loreeta Switt, Rolph The Dog was based on Tom Waits, Janice was based on Janice Joplin.
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Well, no. Rowlf was around years before Tom Waits.
The show was definitely meant for adults, but also safe for kids. Jim Henson never wanted to be seen as a 'children's entertainer' and sometimes became depressed 'Sesame Street' caused people to class him as such, though he was enormously fond of 'Street' and the people who worked with him there.
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