Today In Whaaaaaa?: "How I Met Your Mother" Star Primed To Lead "The Muppet Show" Comeback

Bryan Christian — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Word on the interweb street is that Forgetting Sarah Marshall and How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segel has the inside track on reviving what we're pretty sure is the most popular variety show of the 1970's to feature a frog as its presenter other than The Sonny and Cher Show -- The Muppet Show -- after penning a screenplay for a new Muppet movie that wowed the folks at Jim Henson Industries.

In the movie... the Muppets reunite to save their studio with one last variety show.
Should the film go well, it opens up the possibility of a television programme, also written by 28-year-old Segel.
A source said: "Jason is a massive Muppets fan and is seen as the man to finally bring The Muppet Show back to TV.

Good to see this is one reboot that doesn't appear to be going dark. There's already one Meet The Feebles out there, after all.

[Daily Telegraph via Videogum]

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