This week, comedy royalty graces the Muppet Theater stage! And will Matt's disdain for Steve Martin tear the Kermitment Boys apart? Tune in! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Milton Berle yaaaaaayyyy If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @im_sam_schultz...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 30
This week, we're safely back in the late 70s, talking about more Muppet Show, including Matt's Favorite Episode (So Far)! And is Pigs in Space terrible? We report, you decide. In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Edgar Bergen, Dom Deluis, and Nancy Walker If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @im_sam_schultz...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 29
The Muppets are back, baby, and exploring a beloved Disneyland attraction, to boot! And it's seasonally appropriate?! What's not to love! This week, Matt and Sam emerge from their dusty, old coffins to review Muppets Haunted Mansion, the most-anticipated Muppets project in a looong time! Listener beware, your in for thoughts shared! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: ...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 28
The Kermitment surges on like a tidal wave, carrying us along with it into season 2 of The Muppet Show. There will be new characters, new skits, new theme songs... for better and for worse! Plus, starting now, we're only watching three episodes a week, so we can really keep this going forever! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: George Burns, Rich Little, Madeline Kahn If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our l...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 27
We finish off Muppet Show Season 1 with... the pilot episode of The Muppet Show? What the?! And some mimes! Great! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Kaye Ballard, Mummenschanz, Avery Schreiber, Juliet Prowse If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 26
Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, etc. It's approximately both of our birthdays, so we took the week off from Muppet stuff to watch some random movies! And give each other Muppet-themed presents! Plus, we answer mail from listeners like you! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 25
This week, we're watching a batch of episodes with a lot of surprises, both good and bad! Also, lotsa monsters! Good thing it's almost Halloween! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Vincent Price, Twiggy, Ethel Merman, Phyllis Diller, and Connie Stevens If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 24
I'm running out of ways to say that we're still watching The Muppet Show season one, but we are! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Candice Bergen, Bruce Forsyth, Harvey Korman, Charles Aznavour, and Ben Vereen If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 23
Back from our foray into the corporate world, we're ready to sink into a lumpy, musty seat at Muppet Theater to watch more of The Muppet Show. Join us, won't you? In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Paul Williams, Lena Horne, Peter Ustinov, Florence Henderson, and Valerie Harper If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 22
We, much like Sam the Eagle, find The Muppet Show too zany... too artistic... so we decided to do the proper American thing and watch the series of videos Muppets Inc. made to run during business meetings. Learn about insurance! Typewriters! and the art of the deal! Industry! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 21
It's our most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational episode yet as we finally make it to The Muppet Show ! Yaaaay! In this episode, we cover the following... episodes: Rita Moreno, Jim Nabors, Sandy Duncan, Ruth Buzzi, and Joel Grey If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 20
You've maybe heard that, way back when, the Muppets were on SNL. And you maybe heard that everyone HATED them and they were a big flop. Well, it's a little more complicated than that! Join us on our extra-long journey through the bubbling tarpits, sulfurous wastelands and stagnant mudflats of the Land of Gorch! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos S...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18 Playlist This week, we finish up 1975 with more Julie Andrews than anyone could ever want or need! Plus: Televangelists, giant jars of peanut butter, and the Pink Panther! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 18
This week we're joined by Brain Jay Jones ( @brianjayjones ), the award-winning, best-selling author of Jim Henson: The Biography , to talk about the second, much weirder Muppet Show pilot! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 17
The Muppet Valentine Show Episode 16 Playlist The Muppet Show draws nigh! We herald its impending arrival by watching the first of two pilots for the show: a breezy little Valentine's day special with way too much Thog in it! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 16
Julie on Sesame Street Our unofficial Julie Andrews miniseries continues with another special that's light on Muppets and heavy on awkward 70's sexuality. And Perry Como's back, for some reason! Get out of here, Perry! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 15
The Julie Andrews Hour Keep US Beautiful The Emmys This week, we watch an episode of the Julie Andrews Hour that's about 10% Muppets, 80% Julie Andrews, and 10% harmful Italian stereotypes! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 14
For the second time in about a month, it's Christmas on Kermitment! This time, Perry Como drags his sleepy ass out of bed to deck some halls, jingle some bells, and hell, he might even partridge a pear tree or two. And you BETTER believe there are some Muppets along for the ride! Not any of the famous or good ones, but still... they're in there somewhere. Happy Holidays! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And y...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 13
Full Movie What's My Line? Sam and Matt watch the final Tales From Muppetland TV movie, which is, by far, the most cursed one yet! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 12
Episode 11 playlist On Thanksgiving night, 1971, Muppets Inc. guested on the Dick Cavett show to talk about the past present, and future of the Muppets! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 11
Kermit fully embraces his frog-ness and the nightmare that is Robin is unleashed on the world in Muppet Inc.'s sophomore attempt at Canadian TV-movie fairytales. If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 10
Episode 9 Playlist Bust out the disco ball and shimmy into your bell bottoms, we're boogying back into the 70s, baby! And we're kicking off this most Muppet-y decade with The Great Santa Claus Switch ! Christmas, in May??! That's just the nature of the Kermitment, kid. If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 9
Hey, Cinderella! Wizard of Id! In 1969, thanks mostly to the instant success of Sesame Street, Jim Henson was a god! But even gods make mistakes! Like, sometimes they spend a number of years trying to make a creepy, half-baked Cinderella retelling for some reason! And then they make whatever the Wizard of Id is! Oops! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod , where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewG...
May 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 8
Episode 7 Playlist Jim, Kermit, and Muppets Inc. embrace their destiny and assure their immortality in a sort of unlikely place: public television. If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod, where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz
May 10, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 7
Episode 6 playlist Muppets Inc. dips its toe into public television with a quartet of weird specials where 4 guys with varying degrees of facial hair get really excited about puppets! It's fun! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod, where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos Sam: @slamschultz...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 6
Episode 5 Playlist Artistic integrity will only get you so far, especially if you're blowing all your money on felt! Throughout the 60s, Muppet Inc produced hundreds and hundreds of offbeat commercials that helped them hone their craft while also lining their pockets! If you can't get enough Kermitment, follow @KermitmentPod, where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos, Sam: @slamschultz....
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 5
Episode 4 Playlist This week, we celebrate the Muppet nearest and dearest to Sam's heart: Rowlf! He's a dog! But more than that, he was the first true Muppet celebrity! If you can't get enough Kermitmnet, follow @KermitmentPod, where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually: Matt: @MatthewGaydos, Sam: @slamschultz.
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 4
Episode 3 Playlist Oh brudder. Maybe we made this episode's playlist a little long! In this week's ep, we power thru basically an entire decade's worth of Muppet TV appearances. We get deep into some weird old 60s junk in this one! But we also discover an amazing hidden gem of Muppet content: the Tinkerdee pilots! They're good, folks! If you can't get enough Kermitmnet, follow @KermitmentPod, where we'll tweet fun stuff and interact with our listeners! And you can follow each of us individually:...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 3
Episode 2 Playlist This week, we start the experiment that is "the Kermitment" in earnest, as we go back to where it all began: Sam and Friends! Watch in amazement as Jim Henson spins what is basically a public access puppet show into nation-wide fame in like 2 years!
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Episode 1 Playlist Hello and welcome to Kermitment! Each week, we'll be watching every piece of Muppet media we can find in chronological order! But for our first episode, we decide to start with what we consider to be the highest heights the Muppets ever reached, 1979's The Muppet Movie . It'll all make sense once you listen! We promise! Thank you so much for listening to our first episode! We look forward to watching Muppets media until we both die at the same exact time. If you can't get enou...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
