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The new Muppets.Com
Muppets.go.com is the current official website for those Muppets currently owned by the Walt Disney Company (Primarily, the muppets from the The Muppet Show & Bear in the Big Blue House). The website requires the use of a javascript-enabled web browser that has a Flash plugin.
Before the website was open to the public, visitors to the website address would see a countdown clock. After waiting for a few seconds, a live-action Muppet character would appear and briefly speak.
Current Website
The current website is split into twelve different areas, which can be accessed by way of a map. The overall website theme is that of a fictional Hollywood movie studio dedicated to the Muppets.
Areas 1 & 2 - Main Gate & The News Stand
Upon arrival, Kermit appears and welcomes vistors to the website (Scooter and Rizzo also used to appear in the welcome portion). This area is also used to advertise the latest projects involving the Muppets. These projects currently include :
- Muppets Wizard of Oz
- Season One of The Muppet Show on DVD
- From the Balcony
Area 3 - Club Mayhem
This area has one Flash-enabled activity called "The Remix Game."
Area 4 - Central Casting
This area is the office of Sam the Eagle with interactive pictures hanging on the walls. Visitors can also read humorous biographies of several main Muppet characters from a file cabinet.
Area 5 - El Capitan Theatre
Presently, there are two activities here. The first activity is a comedy routine by Fozzie Bear called Fozzie's Bear With Me Comedy Tour where the user can select which jokes he tells. The second activity is called Statler & Waldorf : Curmudgeons at Large, that has Statler & Waldorf heckling various currently-available products.
Area 6 - Muppet Stuff
A brief live-action clip of Miss Piggy opens the section. Downloadable desktop items are available, along with merchandise links.
Area 7 - Miss Piggy's Trailer
This area is the inside of Miss Piggy's movie trailer. Miss Piggy appears for a brief live-action clip. The area includes several interactive elements including humorous notes scattered around & an interactive closet.
Area 8 - Soundstage
There are three distinct areas here : Gonzo's stunt game, The FX Lab (an interactive game featuring Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker), and a small section promoting the TV-movie Muppet's Wizard of OZ. Gonzo offers greetings in a brief live-action clip.
- Gonzo's Stunt Game is a variant of the "artillery" game -Players propel Gonzo into a container of water using speed and angle of trajectory.
- The FX Lab is a variant of the classic boardgame "Mastermind" - st correctly place in sequence four out of six possible colors so that a coffee machine can make a cup of coffee that doesn't cause Beaker any harm.
- The section promoting the TV-movie Muppet's Wizard of OZ merely goes to a subsection of the website that promotes the sale of the DVD. This subsection can be accessed elsewhere as well.
Area 9 - Studio Lounge
This area is the "arcade" of the entire website, featuring all the interactive games currently available. There are also two additional interactive games not found elsewhere - Muppet Meteors & Four Arm Pepe Game.
- Muppet Meteors is a top-scrolling arcade game where the player must destroy incoming asteroids (not unlike the classic arcade game "Asteroids").
- Four Arm Pepe Game is a variant on the classic con game "Three-Card Monte," where a street dealer shuffles three cards & the player must pick which out of the cards is the Ace. In the case of this game, there are five cards. Unlike the con game, this game gives you a chance of actually winning.
Area 10 - Swedish Chef's Kitchen
- Smackee-de-Snackee. It is a variant on the classic coin arcade game "Whack-A-Mole," where a player would take a mallet & attempt to smack automated 'moles' appearing out of holes. In the case of this game, various fruits & vegetables appear out of various areas of the kitchen.
Area 11 - Muppet Records
This area is currently not available, simply saying, "Coming soon."
Area 12 - Muppets on DVD
This is a gateway area to go to the various subsections of the website featuring the latest commercially-available DVDs featuring the Muppets. It re-uses the El Capitan Theatre setting.