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Guess which ABC show will feature full frontal nudity?

By Todd Starnes
Published September 16, 2015 FoxNews.com

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The other day I hopped off the R Train underneath the Fox News Corner of the World and came face to face with a poster promoting ABC’s new interpretation of “The Muppets.”


There, in all his glory, was Kermit the Frog – touting an “adult” version of the beloved children’s show.

“Finally. A network tv show with full frontal nudity,” the poster read.

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I suspect it’s going to shock a lot of moms and dads when they discover that the family-friendly Muppets of the 1970s are no more.

Technically, the advertisement is correct – seeing how Kermit doesn’t wear pants. I mean, what self-respecting frog would wear Chinos?

Still, I suspect it’s going to shock a lot of moms and dads when they discover that the family-friendly Muppets of the 1970s are no more.

“It’s sort of an adult Muppet show,” Kermit the Frog said during a promotional video for the show.

The mature version of “The Muppets” will cover a range of `topics from sex and drugs to interspecies relationships, The Daily Mail reports.

“No subject is off limits,” one show source told the newspaper.

“Everyone remembers the classic Jim Henson Muppet Show of the 1970s and 1980s, but this new show is aimed firmly at a mature, modern audience and addresses subjects that would have been taboo in the past.”

One story line features Fozzie Bear involved in a relationship with a human. The woman’s father asks about what would happen if they had children.

“Where will they go to the bathroom…in the woods?” the father asks.

“That is an offensive stereotype,” Fozzie fired back.

Cue the laugh track.

In this new telling of the Muppets, Kermit and Miss Piggy have broken up and Kermit is dating a curvy new oinker named Denise.

“What can I say?” Kermit says in one promo. “I’m attracted to pigs.”
And then there’s Time Magazine’s faux interview with “international celebrity” Miss Piggy, titled, “Is Monogamy Over? Breaking Up With Kermit Made Me Wonder.”

Conservative writer (and Fox News contributor) Erick Erickson reminded his readers that Miss Piggy came out as a pro-choice feminist during an MSNBC interview.

“At a time more and more parents are concerned about family oriented television, we get a puppet character loved by kids weighing in on abortion and monogamy – both to the left and on the leftwing MSNBC,” Erickson wrote.

ABC hopes children watch the show and predicted they would enjoy some of the humor. But I’m not so sure about that.

How many parents want to explain the punchline of the interspecies dating scene to their five-year-old?

However, if the adult version of “The Muppets” is successful, don’t be surprised to see the edgy side of other cartoon characters.

I could foresee a made-for-television drama about Wile E. Coyote serving hard time for the attempted murder of Road Runner. Or how about a reality series based on Daffy Ducky’s time in a mental institution?

And Lifetime should be all over the heart-pounding miniseries, “I Married a Rabbit: The Elmer Fudd Story.”

After folks have a chance to watch the first episode of these progressive and politically-charged Muppets – I suspect a lot of viewers will feel like Muppet Sam the Eagle.

Sam once uttered these prophetic words:

“Following that last piece of material, I am disassociating myself from this whole, weird, sick show.”

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People will be looking at the TV like this

MEDIAHerb ScribnerTuesday, September 22, 2015

Warning: The new Muppets show isn’t for children

America: We’ve got a Muppet problem.
Television viewers across the United States are sure to watch tonight’s highly anticipated debut of “The Muppets,” a show that brings all your favorite Muppet characters — Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Fozzy Bear — back to the television screen.

But this isn’t your mother’s Muppets. Or your grandmother’s Muppets. And, according to some media criticism groups, it shouldn’t be your child’s Muppets, either.

The new version isn’t the kid-friendly version you might expect after seeing the two recent Muppet movies, “The Muppets” and “Muppets Most Wanted”(both rated PG). Rather, this new take, an adult-themed show that’s told in the story of a mockumentary, a la “The Office,” will “scar you,”according to The Daily Beast.

“There will be people who think it’s a hoot to live in this conceit, where the Muppets are grown-up sitcom characters and not as schticky as we’re used to seeing them,” The Daily Beast’s Kevin Fallon wrote. “And there will be people who will feel like their childhood innocence is being marauded.”

Indeed, the show depicts these childhood characters in less-than family friendly situations. For example, Zoot is an alcoholic, Fozzy Bear uses online hookup apps, and there’s plenty of sexual innuendoes sprinkled throughout, Fallon wrote.

This is why One Million Moms, an organization that often advocates for family friendly television, hasstarted a petition to get the show canceled.

“1MM suspects there are going to be a lot of shocked moms and dads when they discover that the family friendly Muppets of the 1970s are no more,” the petition reads. “It appears that no subject is off-limits.”

The group explained that the show’s more mature themes — like talks about sex, drugs and alcohol — may raise a couple of eyebrows from children, too.
“How many parents want to explain the punchline of sexually charged jokes to young children?” the petition asks. “Many parents unknowingly will let their children watch an episode only to find out its perverted nature too late, unless they are alerted ahead of time.”

Still, not all are against the show. In fact, Time magazine’s Phil Wahba made the point that the new Muppets show, which is being billed as “a network TV show with full frontal nudity,” wasn’t made with a young audience in mind. In fact, adults may be the targeted audience.

“While it is true that there is a more adult feel to the show, if the promos are any indication, it could well be that ABC is in fact not aiming at children, but at Gen-Xers and baby boomers who grew up loving the Muppets and want to relive a bit of their childhood in an updated manner once a week,” Wahba wrote.

Fallon said the new Muppets show may also be an attempt by producers to resonate with an older audience to refresh the characters.

The show also touches on issues that adults, not children, would find interesting and appealing, like critiques on modern media shown through its mockumentary style of filming.

“Not your grandmother’s Muppets? I actually think my grandmother would find this series quite amusing,” Fallon wrote.

But even if the show works for adults, children, who have been known to benefit from Muppets and puppet characters, according to recent research, might not learn much from the new show, according to One Million Moms, and that may hurt the Muppet brand.

“Parents will have to explain to confused children that the program they once were allowed to watch is no longer a nice show," the One Millions Moms website said.

For more on the Muppets:
Networks shake up schedules, shedding 'Idol' and bringing back 'Muppets'
How do children feel about moms? Just ask the Muppets
10 quotes from 'Sesame Street' we can all identify with
Herb Scribner is a writer for Deseret News National. Send him an email athscribner@deseretdigital.com or follow him on Twitter @herbscribner.

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