Disney+ Launches!

Disney+ officially launched this morning at 6am EST.

We previously told you what to expect, back in September including all the theatrical Muppet movies minus The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppets From Space, only the two most recent TV series: The Muppets (2015), the Muppet Babies reboot. That is precisely what Muppet content is currently available plus the recent series of Muppet Moments shorts. 



















To promote the launch, Disney released a snapshot of EVERY title currently available.

The Muppet clips are at 27:17, 30:34, 45:16, 55:48, 2:31:30, 2:41:40, 2:48:33, and 3:05:46
You can watch the entire a 3 hour(!) clip real below:

Basically Everything Coming to Disney+ in the U.S. | Start Streaming November 12

You might have noticed that Disney used a clip from The Muppets pilot presentation (2:48:33) and not from the actual series for some reason. 

Most of the Muppet movies so far only offer a clip of the film as a extra except:

The Muppet Movie: 
Deleted scenes from the 35th Anniversary blu-ray including Jim Frawley's camera test

The Muppet Christmas Carol: "When Love is Gone" as a deleted scene. 

The Muppets: Deleted scenes from the blu-ray.

Muppets Most Wanted: Deleted scenes from the blu-ray.

There are all available in 1080p 5.1, except The Muppet Christmas Carol, which is also available in 4k , HDR10, and Dolby Vision.

TV:

The Muppets (2015): Compete series - 16 episodes
Muppet Babies (2017 -?): First 20 episodes

Muppet Moments: 25 shorts

Initially Disney used the wrong image for The Muppets (2015)

While you can change your profile image from the default Mikey to a plethora of characters, no Muppets are currently available. 

No Muppet Profile Images

Disney+ also had a few bugs while I was checking it out.

It wouldn't recognize my password even though I entered correctly, they initially displayed the wrong header image for The Muppets (2015) - using a publicity shot with Jason Segel and Amy Adams for The Muppets (2011), at first only the first 10 episodes of The Muppets (2015) were available, then the remaining episode appeared, I received an error message when trying to access Muppets Most Wanted, and the entire Muppet Collection disappeared while I was writing this article.

Muppet Collection Missing

Hopefully these issues and any others will be promptly fixed.

UPDATE: 
Muppets Most Wanted is now working and the Muppet Collection has now been restored. 

Muppet Collection and More Returned!

We expect more Muppet stuff to come including Muppets Now! and the Jim Henson Company's Earth to Ned which will both debut sometime in 2020, as well as more classic Muppet content in the future. Also, due to an existing agreement The Jim Henson Company film Alexander and the Terrible, Hobbile, NoGood, Very Bad Day won't be available until November 5 2020.

Alexander's bad day will have to wait

You can watch all the Muppet titles now at Disneyplus.com

"We’re Doing A Best Of The Muppets" Album Coming Soon!

As if UK fans didn't have enough to look forward to next month with the Muppets live performance coming and all, now they're getting a new album too! 

Well, technically it's not a new album, but a new "best of" compilation.

"We’re Doing A Best Of The Muppets" features classic Muppet tunes mixed with newer entries from the past two movies and more. 

The track list: 
1. The Muppet Show Theme Joanna Newsom, The Muppets The Muppets
2. Movin' Right Along Fozzie, Kermit The Muppet Movie
3. Mah Na Mah Na Mahna Mahna and The Two Snowths The Muppets
4. Happy Feet Kermit the Frog Best of the Muppets
5. Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) Miss Piggy, The Flamingos Muppets Most Wanted
6. Moves Like Jagger Scooter, The Penguins Muppets Most Wanted
7. Rainbow Connection The Muppets The Muppets
8. Can You Picture That? Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem The Muppet Movie
9. Man Or Muppet Jason Segel, Walter The Muppets
10. America Fozzie The Muppet Movie
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit The Muppet Barbershop Quartet The Muppets
12. Popcorn The Muppets Popcorn Single
13. What Now My Love? Miss Piggy Best of the Muppets
14. (It's Not Easy) Bein' Green Kermit the Frog Best of the Muppets
15. Tenderly Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band Best of the Muppets
16. Halfway Down the Stairs Kermit the Frog and Robin Best of the Muppets
17. Rainbow Connection The Moopets The Muppets
18. Life's A Happy Song Finale Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Jason Segel, The Muppets
The Muppets

There are a few surprises to be sure.

For one, they're using the version of the The Muppet Show Theme from the 2011's The Muppets instead of one from the original series. It also appears that Mah Na Mah Na is from The Muppets, and not the original as well. 

Other interesting choices include Muppets Most Wanted's Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix), and Moves Like Jagger, which was cut from the original release of the movie, 

Popcorn, which was previously only available as a digital single, and the Life's A Happy Song Finale from The Muppets. And really, The Moopets version of Rainbow Connection? Wow. 

By far, the biggest surprises though are what's NOT included. With a title like "We’re Doing A Best Of The Muppets" you would think, "We're Doing a Sequel" would be there. Not even "I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)" made the cut? Nor any of the new Electric Mayhem songs from the viral videos, or even Bohemian Rhapsody??

You can tell by the way they reference the songs in the track list that they simply took 2005's "Best of the Muppets featuring The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" removed the Oz tracks, added a few more from The Muppet Movie, then filled in the rest from The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. The Muppet Show isn't even mentioned as where the classic tracks came from, look at "Happy Feet Kermit the Frog Best of the Muppets" for example.

Nothing from The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan (which still has yet to be released on CD or digitally), The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, or even Muppets from Space.

I'm glad they're releasing a new compilation, but this seems like another missed opportunity. When someone says Best of the Muppets Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix), and Moves Like Jagger certainly aren't songs that even the most casual of fans would list.

As of now this UK only album, will be released July 6th.

Thanks to Christopher O' Conner for the heads up!

TBS Streaming Muppet Movies!

TBS recently started airing both 2011's The Muppets and its 2014 sequel Muppets Most Wanted. They have also added both to their streaming app and website!

The Muppets

Muppets Most Wanted

You can watch both at the links above, but hurry as they expire October 6th!

Please note these are the same edits used for the television presentations.