Muppets Now: Sleep Mode Review

 

Muppets fans The Muppets are about a week away from launching their new show which might be the first Muppets show not to feature Kermit The Frog in it's main cast. However alot of people seem to have forgotten about the fact that there was another Muppets TV show that came out just a few short years ago and well then I thought that i'd take a look at one of those episodes right now and so then join me as I review the episode that does everything that it says on the tin with the episode in question being called simply just "Sleep Mode" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after pulling an all nighter Scooter finds that he has just thirty minuets to  upload the sketches for The Muppets new show and so enlists the help of Animal to help him to stay awake. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was really very entertaining just seeing the amount of really creative and really very funny ways that Animal would try to keep Scooter from falling asleep in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Bill Barretta as Pepe The King Prawn , The Swedish Chef and Dr. Teeth and Dave Goelz as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew , Zoot and Chip. Also starring in this episode is Eric Jacobson as Animal and Miss Piggy , Peter Linz as Joe The Legal Weasel and Beepalyzer , David Rudman as Scooter , Beaker , Miss Poogy and Janice , Matt Vogel as Kermit The Frog , Uncle Deadly and Floyd Pepper , Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume and Elena , Linda Cardellini as Herself , Taye Diggs as Himself , Giuseppe Losavio as Himself and Aubrey Plaza as Herself.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With all of the Muppet performers turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of them have been playing there respective characters for decades at this point and so they would now how best to perform that character in any given situation.

I really do like the idea of The Muppets doing what can only be described as The Muppet Show but if it was made for Youtube. Which really is a good idea because it's a great way of modernizing the variety show concept whilst at the same time keeping The Muppets as true to who they are as is humanly possible my only real issue with the concept is that they don't take full advantage not just in this episode but in any episode which is a shame because the idea itself opens itself up to alot of really cool ideas for both jokes and stories.

I really liked the fact that alot of the segments that each Muppet characters hosts feels true to who they are as a character like The Swedish Chief hosting a cooking show or Miss Piggy hosting a lifestyle show. My only real gripe is that alot of the segments especially is this episode have storylines in them that go nowhere like for example in the one with Dr. Bunsen and Beaker where they find there old computer who has become very depressed and yet the segment does nothing with this storyline heck they don't even end the segment with a joke and that's true for alot of the segments in this episode where they just end in a way that really does feel rather unnatural.

As much as I really enjoyed the scenes with Scooter and Animal I really do think that those scenes could have been done better. Just by expanding upon them which would in turn allows us to find out why Scooter has been awake for thirty six hours straight but at the same time given that this show and this episode is meant to be a long Youtube video by expanding upon the wraparound scenes it would mean taking time away from the segments which would in turn only serve to hurt the episode as a whole.

As with alot of new Muppets shows we get a new Muppet in the case of this show it was Joe The Legal Weasel. Who I just loved and the fact that he was in this episode only made the episode even better for as he was genuinely entertaining and I hope that he shows up in future Muppets projects just because there are alot of jokes that you could get out of this one character and he really did make what was a rather dull episode seem all the more brighter just because of how entertaining this characters really was.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirty seven seconds. Which while that is the bog standard running time for this show to have it's still a bit of long running as this show is just basically repeating itself and there's only so many times that you can see the same joke with the same characters happen over and over again before it starts to get boring which in the case of this episode was really quick and as such this whole show would have been served if it's segments where instead a series of Youtube videos but I will admit that this episode had some decent pacing to it tho.

So now then this is a comedy show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As this episode did have some pretty funny moments in it like anything with The Swedish Chief for example but for every good joke that this episode tells it very quickly follows it up with two or perhaps even three really bad ones in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall I can see why alot of people have forgotten about Muppets Now and I will admit that this was a decent episode of what was otherwise a pretty forgettable show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page and the official The Muppets fandom wiki page. With the website that I personally recommend using to get the actual images frim this special being the official The Muppets fandom wiki page this is simply because nearly all of the images that are featured and are thus up and on the official The Muppets fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being very fairly high in definition.

My First Impressions Of Muppets Now

The Muppets is a brand name that so well known around the world with the characters appearing in everything from TV shows to movies to commercials for bread. Well now they are taking on the world of online streaming with a new show which to say it's a but strange would be a huge understatement and well I thought that i'd do you all a favour by checking out the very first episode and give you my first impressions of "Muppets Now" enjoy.

There is no real plot to this show or even this episode it's just Scooter uploading the show and the episodes playing out. What I like about this set up is that from what I can gather all of the muppets are going to have shows that fit there personality so for example Miss Piggy has a fashion show while Kermit has a show interviewing people and Walter has a show learning all about the various hobbies of the various muppet characters , this set up to me works because it opens the door to alot of laughs as well as having shows that fit the hosts personality.

Starring in this episode is new Kermit voice actor Matt Vogel as Kermit the Frog and Uncle Deadly and Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy , Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle. Also starring in the episode is Peter Linz as Walter , David Rudman as Scooter and Janice , Bill Barretta as The Swedish Chef , Howard Tubman , Dave Goelz as Gonzo and Julianne Buescher as Margaret and Beverly Plume as well as a whole bunch of celebrities none of which i'm going to spoil because they are really fun to see in this episode.

Like I said we do have a new voice actor for Kermit here and while Matt Vogel does do a good job I think his voice will take a while to get used to.The rest of the cast do a good job which shouldn't come as a surprise since alot of them have been playing these characters for nearly twenty years and so of course there going to know what that character would say and how they would react in certain situations.

This episode is twenty two minuets long but it really doesn't feel like it at all mostly because the episode is split up into several segments. Which I feel help with the shows pacing because your with one character just long enough to get some laughs and then you cut away from that character before it gets to boring which honestly keeps not only the episode but the segments from getting boring in my opinion.

That being said there are very few times where you see The Muppets together and so the episode isn't as fun as it perhaps could have been. Since part of what makes The Muppets fun to watch is seeing the characters interact with each other and sadly there isn't alot of scenes with The Muppet characters talking to each other which honestly makes the episode a little less fun to watch but hey this is only the first episode and so hopefully they will have more scenes together in future episodes.

Now given how this character was very prominent in the marketing for the show i'm surprised that the character of Joe The Legal Weasel aka Joe From Legal actually doesn't appear in the episode. This isn't a spoiler since there's really nothing to spoil in this episode but i'm shocked that the character wasn't included in someway shape or form given that he featured in pretty much every piece of promotional material for the show.

I'm trying not to spoil anything here but I will say finding out what Kermit's hobby is is honestly pretty freaking funny just because it was so unexpected. Then to make the joke even better Kermit tries to teach Walter his hobby which oddly works for that character , however Kermit's hobby really doesn't make sense as funny as it is simply because the hobby isn't something that Kermit would enjoy doing let alone be a master in.

I honestly feel that this show is going to take the best advantage of Disney+ releasing episodes weekly simply because of the fact that there will be a large group of people waiting to see the reviews for the episode to see if it's worth watching. Which your just not going to get if you release the episodes all at once plus given the format of the show I could see people getting very bored of the show if all the episodes were released at once.

Now then since this is The Muppets which means it's a comedy and so we have to talk about the jokes that are in the episode. Which yeah I thought the jokes were pretty funny again i'm going to spoil what the jokes are because of how funny I think the jokes are but I will say that there's a joke in Walters Muppet Masters show which I find to be freaking funny and is so in character for one of the characters involved and leave it at that.

Overall this was a pretty decent episode i'm not going to say that it's laugh out loud funny because it's really not. However there are alot of good things about the episode and it's a show that I can see pleasing old fans hopefully bring new fans to this franchise for the characters debut on Disney+ the show is alot better then what it really could have been in my opinion and since this is the first epsidoe i'm not going to give this rating but I might review the whole series when it finishes airing but we'll see about that.

All and I do mean all the images used in this review were gathered from the official Muppets fandom wiki page. I was honestly shocked at how many high definition images there are not only for this episode but for the series as a whole so yeah if you want high definition images for this show or this episode feel free to use the official muppets fandom wiki page and I only used alot of Miss pIggy images because she's a star and you all know it.