How did Sweetums arrive at the screening of the movie late when he was already there "taking chairs" in the beginning?
Not that this matters in The Muppet Movie, a film which uses it's own script as a plot device. This is Jim Henson humor, using the opportunity to tell whatever joke comes to mind. Plays on words such as 'Fork in the Road' and 'Hopping Mad'. A lot of people call it 'corny', but I love my puns. I like the muppets and their surrealistic humor!
But who can hate the muppets? They are so "Innocent and Funny"! Sure they teach kids to slack off in school by the end, but it's not Sesame Street. Just because it's 'innocent' doesn't mean it's completely benign. It was always an adult variety show; it just casts colorful puppet with even more brightly colored personalities. Muppets are not subtle in who they are and who they parody. From the hippy chick guitar playing Janice (who really was ahead of her time; she's probably funnier to people outside Hollywood now) to Piggy the Diva. One can usually tell that everyone's dialog was written by the same people because everyone has the same sense of humor. Which is enjoyable.
Another thing they do well is music. Like Disney but very different. Henson inspires less criticism, has less controversy, about his creations. Muppets inspire a warm-fuzzy feeling which is hard to say anything unfriendly about. There is a reason they persist so strongly even though their creator has long since met his demise. Kermit is almost older than Jim ever got. More's the pity.
Plus it's got about a thousand guest appearances from Richard Pryor to Bob Hope.
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