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Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: The Muppet Movie
Description: [School of Movies 2025]
In the name of joy, this year we are looking back across every Muppet movie we haven't yet covered, starting right here with the original 1979 film. For perspective, Jim Henson had made two successful TV shows up to this point, the well-known Muppet Show, which began in 1976 and was in the middle of its third season when this was being made, but before that, a weird series of little black and white skits called "Sam and Friends" which aired beginning in 1955.
We recruited Muppet experts Mackenzie and Nathan Eastram to delve into...