Muppets Part Of 2010 Promotion?

[yoyoflamingo]

Sam the Eagle on Dumbo also.

[stitchon]

Sam the Eagle on Dumbo also.

There are also Penguins and what looks to be Fozzie in tourist outfits in the pink Dumbo.

[BassBone]

this should be fun.

notice the puppeteer holding up gonzo. That must be an uncomfortable position. It looks like he is sitting upside down on the floor of the Dumbo. You could see his left leg in blue jeans

You mean Muppeteer, right?

Very awesome pic.

So do you think that was Dave Goelz in there, or a stand-in?

Does Goelz still voice Gonzo?

[yoyoflamingo]

Does Goelz still voice Gonzo?

Yup. He still does it!

[JIrish780]

Yeah, he and Steve Whitmire are about the only Muppet Show era actors still performing regularly. Jerry Nelson and Frank Oz are retired from Muppeteering.

[AtomicBear]

I can't wait to see the final materials. Does anyone know it the ads are only for Disneyland/DCA? I would love to see unique advertising for each resort.

[Barbossa]

So how is the Swedish Chef involved?

Bork, Bork, Bork!

They should send the Muppets to Star Tours, get a hold of Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels, and re-enact the Star Wars Muppet episode.

[Melonballer]

I would like to see a sequence with the Swedish Chef in Napa Rose.

[Barbossa]

I would like to see a sequence with the Swedish Chef in Napa Rose.

The Swedish Chef made donuts, how about he try making Churros?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU"]YouTube - Muppet Show - Swedish Chef - making donut[/ame]

[girrrtacos]

The commercial starts out with the Muppet gang riding a car down Main Street, looking around, then will probably cut to them on different rides like the Disneyland commercial using CGI Disney characters.

(From what I saw, Animal and Dr.Teeth are in the back, then Fozzy and Ms.Piggy, then Janice and Zoot, then Pepe and Floyd Pepper, then Sweetums and Kermit.)

[BANANAZ]

This is major exciting news for me! I love the idea of the Muppets coming back! It would be even better to see the Muppets show brought back as well. We need some clean comedy in this world, as most comics now days are too filthy to watch with the whole family.

[jasonryan106]

All this Muppet talk makes me wish Disney had gone through with the original plans for Block Party Bash, with the Muppets, Lilo and Stitch, Monsters Inc., Bugs' Life, and Mickey and Friends as opposed to the all-Pixar format we got.... it would have certainly been unique.

i guess im old but the Muppets in the park feel like visiting cousins you tolerate, not true family.

BTW your Mary poppins signature video is making me laugh over and over again

[LittleImagineer]

I wonder what they are going to use the Muppets for...hmm..

[BassBone]

I wonder what they are going to use the Muppets for...hmm..

Advertising.

Also, they already have a Muppets film in two parks.

[phil]

They should send the Muppets to Star Tours, get a hold of Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels, and re-enact the Star Wars Muppet episode.

They actually did something like this on the Disneyland 35th anniversary special with Kermit and Piggy interacting with the C-3PO and R2D2 in the queue line. I couldn't find it on YouTube, but I remember it clearly!