Awesome news, via Chuck:
Last November word reached us that The Muppet Show was coming to DVD in complete season sets. It was at a New York Henson event that Craig Shemin first publicly mentioned that Disney was working on season by season box sets of The Muppet Show.
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It was announced in November that the first set would be hitting stores in 2005. This estimate seemed optimistic to some, but has now been confirmed by several sources inside the Muppet Holding Company as a very likely option. “The Muppet Show – The Complete First Season” should be in stores by the end of the year.
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The video is reported to be transferred from their original British (PAL) tapes. Aside from working to get a beautiful transfer and mastering of the video, it is also said that the episodes will be unedited and will contain the UK skits. This goes to show how Disney is trying to create a collection of the episodes like never seen before.
The shows aired in Britain without commercial breaks, and contain lots of stuff American audiences never got to see. Needless to say, once the release date is announced, these will move to the top of my "must have" list.
Ahead of the Toby Keith action figure with patented Boot in the Ass(TM) action and the limited edition Jar Jar's Charred Corpse maquette, even.