Hm. Interesting points, all. Though I thought at the end Ted Richman (sorry, still laughing at rich-man) signed all the rights back over to the Muppets? It was a bit blink-and-you-miss-it, but that was the gist of the headline spin-up (or so I thought).

I agree with eccentric_hat about the "we're all Muppet fans", and the Muppet ethos with regard to the film's position on television.

And BOCK YOU, I just can't even. I basically laughed through all of that, and I'm pretty sure my parents thought I'd lost my mind.