Changes: Good Morning America

Revision as of 06:06, 7 January 2006

In 1992, the Muppets appeared in a series of 5-minute comedy sketches that appeared on Tuesday mornings during ABC's Good Morning America.

Sketches included:

"Muppet Campaign": Miss Piggy and Gonzo face off in a political debate. Gonzo behaves bizarrely, keeps changing the subject, and basically does everything except address the issues. Naturally, he wins the debate.

Gonzo and Rizzo (two candidates from the 1992 election) try to persuade Muppets to vote for them (leading to a messy tug of war with a whatnot.)

Lewis Kazagger reports live from a baseball game, talking to the baseballs themselves.

A Muppet monster (Behemoth) listening to the radio hears a pyschologist suggest that everyone should release their "inner child." Much to the monster's dismay, a child monster literally keeps popping out from inside him! (The child monster was in fact Boo from Little Muppet Monsters.)

A Winter Olympics report by Lewis Kazagger (possibly the last appearance of this character) while Gonzo attempts skiing.

Fozzie Bear gets a whatnot to help him with his taxes in a new version of "Money Money Money."

Miss Piggy reviews a book written by a levitating whatnot.

Two whatnots demonstrate how to change a blinking 12:00 timer on your VCR (leading to one of the whatnots going insane and blowing up the VCR.)

Kermit reports live from Koozebaine on Earth Day to learn about their holiday rituals.

It's unknown how long the Muppets continued to produce new shorts for GMA.

Another notable GMA appearance was in August 1989 where Jim Henson and Disney CEO Michael Eisner discussed the just-announced merger between their two companies. Henson wore a Mickey tie; Eisner wore a Kermit tie.

Appearances

Incomplete List

Summer, 1976 - Kermit the Frog
February ??, 1988 - Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy
February 18, 1992 - "Muppet Campaign" short
February 25, 1992 - "Inner Child" short
March 4, 1992 - "Winter Olympics" short
December ??, 2005 - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Statler, Waldorf, and Penguins
May 19, 2005 - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Ashanti

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 [[Lewis Kazagger]] reports live from a baseball game, talking to the baseballs themselves.
-A Muppet monster ([[Behemoth]]) listening to the radio hears a pyschologist suggest that everyone should release their "inner child." Much to the monster's dismay, a child monster literally keeps popping out from inside him! (The monster was in fact [[Boo]] from [[Little Muppet Monsters]].)
+A Muppet monster ([[Behemoth]]) listening to the radio hears a pyschologist suggest that everyone should release their "inner child." Much to the monster's dismay, a child monster literally keeps popping out from inside him! (The child monster was in fact [[Boo]] from [[Little Muppet Monsters]].)
 A Winter Olympics report by [[Lewis Kazagger]] (possibly the last appearance of this character) while [[Gonzo]] attempts skiing.