The Risk of Reviving the Muppets
6:00 AM PDT 10/18/2011 by Kim Masters
Fozzie Bear invents fart shoes and Kermit lives in a mansion as purists fret over Disney's relaunch of a beloved franchise in need of a makeover.
We're trying to get the old gang back together again!" says a voice that unmistakably belongs to Kermit the Frog, in one of the many Muppets trailers the Disney marketing machine has lobbed onto the web in recent weeks.
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