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Videos: The Muppets and Dinosaurs at Disney-MGM Studios

April 14, 2022

The Muppets featured prominently in Disney-MGM Studios in its early years. “Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses” was a live action show featuring the Electric Mayhem and the Muppet performers. This video also features footage of the Muppet characters meet-and-greets. Also from 1991 and featuring puppets from the Jim Henson Company, is the Dinosaurs Live! parade. The Sinclair family from the then-popular TV show performed under the guise of being the “surprise family of...Read More...

Walking Around the Disney-MGM Studios 1993 – Restored Home Movie

May 29, 2020

by Matt

Video

Join our own How Bowers and his 8mm video camera for a walk around Disney-MGM Studios as it was in 1993. Star Wars fans will enjoy a ride on Star Tours and Muppets fans should keep an eye out for some puppets and props from “Muppet Christmas Carol”.Read More...

Podcast Episode 30: Prime Time Specials Part 1

June 6, 2017

by RetroWDW

Podcast

This month, we discuss the multiple original WDW Primetime Specials that aired on TV. We go through these in chronological order and Todd gets us going with the Magic Kingdom Grand Opening Special.Read More...

The Muppets at Walt Disney World Video – NBC Special from May 1990

May 29, 2017

by RetroWDW

Video

This NBC special, which aired on May 5, 1990 is one of the four prime time shows we discuss in episode 30 of the RetroWDW Podcast. This program turned out to be the last Muppets special that Henson would work on as he passed away just 10 after its airing on May 16. We stumbled upon a relatively clean copy of the special and decided to improve it bit by removing the interlacing, repair the chroma…Read More...