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| Best of the Muppet Show - Peter Sellers / John Cleese / Dudley Moore | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 26229
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1404928359
UPC: 764315102636
EAN: 9781404928350
ASIN: B0000844MM
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1976
Release Date: March 4, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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This delightful collection of episodes from The Muppet Show celebrates three British comic giants who rose to fame in the 1960s and early '70s. Peter Sellers is right at home immersing himself in layers of costumes and accents, portraying a gypsy violinist getting heckled by his kin and a sadistic orthopedist (with Hitler mustache) tying patients into knots. (During Kermit's ritual interview with a guest, Sellers says, "I do not exist. I had myself surgically removed.") While actor-musician Dudley Moore's guest shot never quite gets traction--the script is dominated by lame jokes about a music-making machine threatening the jobs of the Muppets' house band--there's a funny jam session featuring Moore on piano in a crumbling set. The John Cleese show is best, with the lanky Monty Python genius outraged about having to work with pigs and refusing to participate in cheesy Wagnerian opera. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Brings Back Great Memories But Too Bad About the DVD! April 7, 2008
When I was a child, I remember that very few things filled me up with such excitement and anticipation as when I was eagerly awaiting the latest episode of "The Muppet Show" to screen on tv after a hard day's slog at school. However, it's amazing sometimes when you grow up and then look back at some of the things that you really enjoyed when you were a kid and then realise that they weren't quite as great as you thought.
This collection of episodes with the exception of what is by far the best one here, Dudley Moore's episode, doesn't age well at all. There is no denying the comedic genius of both Sellers and Cleese, however, either the material they had to work with was extremely poor or they were just unmotivated and it seemed to me, especially where Sellers and Cleese are concerned that they were totally uninterested and were only willing to put in the minimum of effort to fulfil a gig that their agent set for them. The jokes for those two episodes while they may have made me laugh as a child are now so poor that I actually found myself squirming in my seat just hoping that they would put me out of my agony by ending post haste.
Dudley Moore's time at bat was a notable exception as he genuinely was funny and most of his jokes and skits actually age well and perhaps just for his work, this DVD may just well be worth the purchase price. He actually looked like he gave a damn and was applying himself. Could it be that he was a relatively new actor at the time as compared to Sellers and Cleese and so wanted to impress? In any case, he showed he had a special talent for vaudevillian shows which is what the Muppet Show really is and I thoroughly enjoyed his episode. I actually hated him in "Arthur" but strangely enough my perception of him and his talents changed after viewing this episode. Great comedian and great musician too.
The picture quality is so poor that it's barely above VHS quality and the sound quality is not remastered well enough coming without any Surround Sound option, DTS with THX or Dolby 5.1 although whose of you with Pro Logic would have it a little better. Really for a 25th anniversary edition, you'd think they would give this project a little more respect and restore both the visual and sound quality for posterity like Disney did for their other projects such as "Fantasia" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" but they didn't even bother here. There are no special features of note here at all except for trailers of other movies where ironically the sound and picture quality for these are far, far better than for the main episodes.
Still for fans of the show who want a little token to remind them of the good old days without having to buy the complete episodes, this may just be it except that there may just be other editions with better episodes than this one where only the Dudley Moore episode is worthy of the tag "best of" here. Ironically, you can't judge the quality of the episodes based solely on the reputation of the guests at that time.
Not recommended.
 Awesome Fun February 3, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Muppets are a great children's/adult/anyone can watch tv series. People, young and old, enjoy the witty, slapstick humor that is present in all of the episodes. The Talent that Jim Hensen has to perform with all these charachters, as well as the time it takes to put on a great variety show (even if they are muppet charachters) it takes a scheme and technique in order to have everything work well. THis is a great buy and you and your kids will laugh like it was the first time all over again.
A great sell for Sellers alone December 22, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Cheesy title, I know, but the aforementioned poor audio quality and lack of special features simply don't take away from the biggest selling feature of this DVD: Peter Sellers. I love John Cleese, and Dudley Moore is also talented man, but of the 3 episodes on here, Peter Sellers simply shines. Must be seen.
Another 2 our of 3 Disk August 18, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It seems that most of the Muppets disks are 2 out of 3 affairs- 2 good or great episodes, and one mediocre one. Sellers and Cleese are fabulous- the Sellers episode alone is worth getting the disk- but the Moore episode is just kind of flat, and his numbers aren't very interesting.
I have not had the disk problems that other reviewers seem to have. The audio on my disks is fine, and they play fine.
It is a shame that there isn't more "bonus material" on these disks, considering the price; they could be great ads for modern Muppet projects.
 Great shows, poor quality DVD February 3, 2004
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Since Childhood I have loved the Muppet Show (never missed one!) so I was very excited to start my daughter on the show. The material of Jim Henson can't be matched but I was SO dissappointed with the Quality of the DVD. I can barely get the thing to play, and when it does play there are several skips and digital "mess ups" throughout the DVD. I thought it was just a bad copy so I bought another brand new one only to experience the same problems, next time I'll go back to good ole video!
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