What a perfect time for Kermit and the gang to return to us!

Fifty years ago—even earlier if you count its two early pilots—The Muppet Show arrived to prove that a frog could host a variety show and that human celebrities could mix it up in sketch comedy and ...

For people who didn't live through the era, it's a bit hard to quantify just how huge the Muppets were between 1975 and 1985.