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WDW Radio # 723 - The Muppets in Walt Disney World That Never Were - From the WDW Radio Archives

WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!

Lou Mongello - Disney Expert

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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WDW Radio # 723 - The Muppets in Walt Disney World That Never Were - From the WDW Radio Archives

With The Muppets Mayhem coming to Disney+, and having just watched Muppet Treasure Island on FunnelVision on the Disney Fantasy... and just my love of the Muppets and fond memories of growing up with The Muppet Show, this week we're going to go back in time and take a look back at the relationship between Disney and the Muppets, including the story of how the Muppets came to Walt Disney World in a variety of ways.

Go back nearly 12 years to Show 251 - Join me from Disney's Hollywood Studios as we tour the park and explore some of the secrets, stories and history of MuppetVision 3D, Muppet-based shows that are no longer here, the Disney-Henson marriage, as well as "The Muppets That Never Were." Jim Korkis joins me as we wander the Studios and discuss some of the proposed concepts that never made it both in and out of the parks.

It's a fascinating live tour of the Muppets in the present, as well as a look back in time, and possibly even into the future of the Muppets in Walt Disney World.

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0:00.0

What we're gonna do right here is go back. Way back, back into time.

0:08.1

Hello my friend and welcome to another episode from the WWE Radio Archives. I am Lume Manjello and this is episode number 723.

0:17.3

And each week I'm gonna select an evergreen episode of the show to share with you that maybe you haven't heard before,

0:23.6

or one that you haven't heard in a long time, from interviews to top 10's, relevant reviews, way back machines and more,

0:30.0

it's a great way to visit or revisit some of our favorite episodes, including ones that you've suggested I share from the archives.

0:37.4

And with this new episode in the feed, stay tuned for some new segments, including a top 5 instead of a top 10,

0:43.2

some time sensitive shows, maybe some shows that'll do solo, maybe even resurrect my Disney in a minute segments,

0:49.4

but an audio format and of course I'm also looking for ideas and inspiration from you and we can go from there,

0:55.2

I can also include some more Marvel, Star Wars and other aspects of our fandom and love of Disney, and just to see where it goes.

1:01.9

And as always with the archive episodes, I'm not gonna upload the entire past episodes, but just take out the relevant content,

1:08.2

cutting out the intro, outro and contests, and oftentimes the out of date news and rumors.

1:13.6

If you wanna hear the full episode, I'll let you know the original show number so you can go back into your player and listen.

1:19.4

But this week I'm gonna open up the archives again and with the Muppets Mayhem coming to Disney Plus very very soon,

1:26.8

and also having just watched Muppet Treasure Island on Funnel Vision, on the Disney Fantasy, with chick intenders,

1:33.2

and really just my love of the Muppets and fond memories of growing up with the Muppet Show.

1:38.7

This week we're gonna go back in time and take a look back at the relationship between Disney and the Muppets,

1:44.9

including the story of how the Muppets came to Walt Disney World in a variety of ways.

1:50.0

So we're gonna go back nearly 12 years to show number 251, and I invite you to join me from Disney's Hollywood Studios

1:57.3

as we tour the park and explore some of the secrets, stories and history of Muppet Vision 3D.

2:04.2

Some Muppet based shows that are no longer at the studios, the Disney Henson marriage, and the Muppets that never were.

2:12.4

Jim Corcus joins me as we wander the studios and discuss some of those proposed concepts that never made it both in and out of the parks.

2:21.1

It is a fascinating live-ish tour of the Muppets in the present as well as a look back in time and maybe even into the future.

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