Release Date | 2003 (region 1) 2006 (region 0) |
Produced by | SOFA Home Entertainment |
Discs | 1 |
Region | 1 & 0 |
Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show was released on VHS and DVD in 2003 by SOFA Entertainment, Inc. The DVD contains 20 of the classic Muppet appearances from The Ed Sullivan Show.
The DVD is a single-layer disc. Audio has been re-mastered in 5.1 digital surround sound, and the video was mastered from the original 2-inch tapes
Eighteen sketches are featured in the main program, while two additional skits are listed as bonus features, available on the DVD version only. The DVD features an animated menu depicting the Southern Colonel, Kermit, Big Bird and a television screen playing highlights from the disc.
Disc Features[]
Skits[]
- Rock 'n' Roll Monster
- "I Feel Pretty"
- "Mah Na Mah Na"
- A Change of Face
- The Computer Dinner
- Christmas Reindeers
- "Sclrap-Flyapp"
- Big Bird's Dance
- The Art of Visual Thinking
- Happy Girl Meets a Monster
- The Glutton
- Business, Business
- Santa Claus Routine with Arthur Godfrey
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face"
- The Monster Trash Can Dance
- "Java"
- The Glow-Worm
- Ringo Starr's "Octopus' Garden"
Bonus Skits[]
- Monster Family
- The Wild String Quartet
Other releases[]
Edits[]
- Before the "Rock 'n Roll Monster" sketch, Ed Sullivan originally introduced the Muppets as "Jim... uh, Newsom's Puppets." Sullivan's error is corrected here, using audio from another appearance to have him say "Jim... uh, Henson's Muppets."
- The "Christmas Reindeers" skit is edited to remove jokes pertaining to "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "The Christmas Song."
- The "Octopus' Garden" performance is also edited; originally, after Sullivan's introduction of the Muppets, a short clip from the Beatles' Yellow Submarine film, where the band looks out the window, was played before dissolving to the Muppets' performance.
- In the bonus feature "The String Quartet," a section near the end of the sketch in which Mahna Mahna briefly sings "With a Little Help from My Friends"[1] is dubbed over with re-looped audio.
- The ending explosion of "The Computer Dinner" is slowed down.
- Certain appearances feature altered or added audience shots following the sketch.
See also[]
- The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show Vol. 2
- Holiday Greetings from The Ed Sullivan Show
- A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show