#and - this one's crazy - sam the machine from sesame street

[freakartack]

Best muppet?

Oh gonzo for sure

[danny500]

the History of the Muppets

the muppets are some of the most iconic characters ever not many people know this but jim henson started the whole Adult puppet show trend in the 50s he made the first Adult puppet show Sam and Freinds he also made old commercials for wilkins coffee back in the day which were way darker then the other muppet stuff had muppets shooting each other dropping guillotines on each other throwing bombs and one of the darkest has a muppet in a electric chair jim henson did not want to be known as a kids performer because of Sesame Street so he decided to make a new adult puppet show that would also appeal to kids called the muppet show which the very first episode tried to be as diffrent from sesame street as possible it was called Sex and Vilonce but however jim henson could not go to far back in the day he had to keep it family freindly for the most part there was still some mild adult humor such as puppets drinking alcohol and smoking and at times the muppets was still kind of edgy one of the puppets had a gun a turtle shoots a puppet with a gun one puppet goes crazy and jumps off statler and waldorfs balcony a girl sings a song and theres a muppet seen tied up in the closet freezer and basement then she shuts them all a puppet says a girl is his Sax Symbol and in one of the darkest episodes ever statler and waldorf kill a bunch of muppets and even shoot one muppet in the head with a arrow so well he could not go to far it could still be kind of edgy at times then he made some muppet movies like the muppet movie were some people in a bar throw bottles at fozzie rowlf talks about cracking open a couple of cold ones and a guy almost shoots kermit with a gun then he made another muppet movie which well family freindly was aimed at Adults and had some deep topics then he made a movie called the great muppet caper which well family freindly was more edgy with one puppet swearing a puppet makes a suggestive joke and a guy points a gun towards kermits head he also made a show called the jim henson hour were a dog mobster has a machine gun and kermit says maybe there show would do better if they added some sex after that he made 2 final films the dark crystal which was pretty creepy and dark and was not for kids and labryinth which was also pretty creepy and dark then brian henson helped make a show called Dinosaurs which was aimed at adults but they wanted to make just as fun and appealing for kids as well there was swearing puppets drink alcohol there was some dark humor at times and some adult humor and the final episode is one of the darkest endings of many shows they kill all the characters in a giant snowstorm then brian henson wanted to do what his dad did with the muppets try to make puppetry for adults he even got ABC to promote muppets tonight as a adult puppet show but instead it got marketed as a kids show which brian henson did not like it had some adult humor puppets drink alcohol and theres a pickled egg who acts drunk then he kind of proved puppetry could be for adults with another show called farscape and a puppet show called puppet up then he made a film for Adults called the happy time murders which proved puppetry could be for adults and was what jim henson wanted all along a more adult puppet show for adults with the muppets there was also a ABC show which was a more adult muppet show rowlf had a bar there was jokes about puppets hiding drugs and one muppet hires the mob to steal a ring and it still is implied to have blood on it and there was also a very dark joke in one episode with that being said the characters are iconic and were originally made for adults even his other 2 shows sesame street and fraggle rock well made for kids worked for both kids and adults sesame street had parodies to stuff that was not for kids and celebrities no kid would know about sometimes to make it for evreybody fraggle rock had some mild adult humor and tried to make a show for evreybody as well those 2 shows work on 2 levels for kids and adults thats why i still like Sesame Street and fraggle rock to this very day

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