Guy Gilchrist on Instagram: "🕯️Meet Uncle Deadly — the phantom of the Muppet stage!👻 First appearing in the early 1970s on The Muppet Show, this elegantly eerie dragon was originally my old boss’s nod to classic horror films. Though he vanished for a while after his debut, Deadly returned decades later — sharper, sassier, and with a flair for the dramatic.🎭 Whether haunting the theater or helping Miss Piggy run her empire, Uncle Deadly proves that a little mystery never goes out of style. 💜✨

The Muppets on Instagram: "The older they are, the fiercer they heckle! What's your favorite Statler & Waldorf jab? #TheMuppets70 Stream The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and more on @disneyplus."

Movin' Right Along (From "The Muppet Movie"/Soundtrack Version)

history on Instagram: "In 1977, Jim Henson invited the Swiss mime troupe Mummenschanz onto The Muppet Show. Instead of the usual puppets and jokes, the stage filled with silent figures wearing giant masks made of clay, toilet-paper rolls, and featureless rubber. They didn’t speak or sing. They bent their faces into grotesque shapes, tore pieces off, and stared into the audience with hollow, shifting expressions. Children watching at home were expecting Kermit and Miss Piggy. Instead, they got di