The Brooke Shields episode's absence really shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as the Chris Langham episode -- word is that the reason the Brooke Shields episode is entirely missing is because of a music rights issue with the song "We're Off to See the Wizard," and it's too difficult to excise only that song from the episode. (The entire episode is an "Alice in Wonderland" pastiche, with "We're Off to See the Wizard" being used as the grand finale for reasons involving Fozzie Bear being dressed as the Tin Man.)
> On Feb 22, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > > The long-awaited streaming debut of "The Muppet Show" occurred Friday on > Disney+, but Disney has slapped content warnings on 18 episodes containing > what they claim are racist or stereotypical views--this post from NBC's LX > gives some examples: > > https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-confederate-flag-gypsy-curses-and-other-reasons-disney-plus-slapped-content-warnings-on-the-muppet-show/2444208/ > > The flagged episodes are: > Jim Nabors, Joel Grey, Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, Cleo Laine, James Coco, > Spike Milligan, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Beverly Sills, Jonathan Winters, > Alan Arkin, James Coburn, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry, Wally Boag > and Marty Feldman. > > In addition, EW says that the Brooke Shields and Chris Langham episodes are > not included. (Langham, a Brit writer for the series, was convicted in 2007 > for possessing child porn, which makes him as much a non-person in his > country as Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris.) In addition, there is some > editing for music rights reasons. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e5bfa05-d7a0-4ace-bae8-5634d590a0f5n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e5bfa05-d7a0-4ace-bae8-5634d590a0f5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/13DB4B4A-375C-472D-BF62-8A41BB606D8D%40ellwanger.tv.
