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This past week, something I’d been worrying about for months finally came to pass: after only one short season, ABC canceled The Muppets and another piece of my childhood curled up and died. In my humble opinion, this sitcom was the best thing the Muppets have been involved with in decades, so this is a huge blow to me and this franchise. They were doing some really cool new stuff and I felt like it could only have gotten better. However, I guess too many people had their own preconceived notions of what the Muppets are supposed to be based on vague, inaccurate memories of a forty year old TV show. They couldn’t stand to see the characters evolve and grow into something more sophisticated. How dare they make veiled allusions to sex and drugs! And where the heck are Elmo and Cookie Monster?

I have my doubts the Muppets can recover from this latest setback or even if they should bother to try. They seemed poised for a major revival in 2011, but just as quickly, audiences and critics seemed to get bored with them. Anything after this show could only feel like a massive step down. Since small-minded idiots are stubbornly convinced that the Muppets are only for children, are Kermit and pals going to end up demoted to doing a show for preschoolers on Disney Junior? Frankly, before anything like that transpires, I’d just as soon see them quietly fade into obscurity like their puppet show predecessors, Howdy Doody and Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

I was more excited about this show than any other Muppet project since I was a kid. TBH, even the critically lauded 2011 movie was not enough to fully rekindle my enthusiasm for this franchise. My excitement for the show even inspired me to do my first Muppet fan art in a very long time, which was also one of my more ambitious pieces.

I should have known better than to get my hopes up. Nothing ever works out for me or the things I care about. My friend Daphne has said a couple times to me now, “If there’s love in your life, there’s pain in your future.” Well, I’m finding it hard to find a reason for me to care about things anymore. What’s the point? More often than not, you’ll just end up getting your heart stomped on and your dreams crushed in the end.

To hell with ABC, to hell with the critics and the fickle viewing public, to hell with the stupid, archaic Nielsen rating system. To hell with everything.

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This past week, something I’d been worrying about for months finally came to pass: after only one short season, ABC canceled The Muppets and another piece of my childhood curled up and died. In my humble opinion, this sitcom was the best thing the Muppets have been involved with in decades, so this is a huge blow to me and this franchise. They were doing some really cool new stuff and I felt like it could only have gotten better. However, I guess too many people had their own preconceived notions of what the Muppets are supposed to be based on vague, inaccurate memories of a forty year old TV show. They couldn’t stand to see the characters evolve and grow into something more sophisticated. How dare they make veiled allusions to sex and drugs! And where the heck are Elmo and Cookie Monster?

I have my doubts the Muppets can recover from this latest setback or even if they should bother to try. They seemed poised for a major revival in 2011, but just as quickly, audiences and critics seemed to get bored with them. Anything after this show could only feel like a massive step down. Since small-minded idiots are stubbornly convinced that the Muppets are only for children, are Kermit and pals going to end up demoted to doing a show for preschoolers on Disney Junior? Frankly, before anything like that transpires, I’d just as soon see them quietly fade into obscurity like their puppet show predecessors, Howdy Doody and Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

I was more excited about this show than any other Muppet project since I was a kid. TBH, even the critically lauded 2011 movie was not enough to fully rekindle my enthusiasm for this franchise. My excitement for the show even inspired me to do my first Muppet fan art in a very long time, which was also one of my more ambitious pieces.

I should have known better than to get my hopes up. Nothing ever works out for me or the things I care about. My friend Daphne has said a couple times to me now, “If there’s love in your life, there’s pain in your future.” Well, I’m finding it hard to find a reason for me to care about things anymore. What’s the point? More often than not, you’ll just end up getting your heart stomped on and your dreams crushed in the end.

To hell with ABC, to hell with the critics and the fickle viewing public, to hell with the stupid, archaic Nielsen rating system. To hell with everything.