On this week’s podcast, Dylan was joined by queer media scholar Josh Morrison to talk about The Muppets by way of 1981’s The Great Muppet Caper.

Here’s a look what you can expect to hear:

• a nostalgic look at the TV available to children in Canada in the early 90’s
• awe at the puppetry (Muppetry?) skills on display
• the importance of music in the world of The Muppets
• the bizarre way we treat Muppets like real people in the real world
• The Muppets as social commentary, offering acceptance to the queer and the marginalized
• what is “camp?”
• The Muppets as super-feminist by way of Miss Piggy
• the strange non-romance of Miss Piggy and Kermit
• Josh takes exception to auteur theory
• a brief (but deeply negative) look at the new TV series, The Muppets

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End credit music:

Para Palabras / “Evergreen” / taken from Forest City Series Vol. 2 / 2015 / used with permission from A Person Disguised As People