Monday, January 25, 2010

My Pitch to Disney: Mix the Muppets With Marvel's Spider-Ham!


I only know about the Spider-Ham character from advertisements seen in 1980s issues of comic books like Heathcliff, but I would love to see this pig superhero revived by Disney. It could be a great franchise for the Muppets! Marvel's Spider-Ham could be turned into a new Muppet character and Miss Piggy could play his love interest. Kermit the Frog could even be the villain for a change--Green Froglin! Would a Spider-Ham attraction not be amazing to see as part of the Muppet Studios at Disney's Hollywood Studios? It would essentially be a spoof of Universal's Spider-Man ride---sort of like how the proposed Muppet Movie Ride in the 1990s would have been a take on the Great Movie Ride.

Disney, hire me already.
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7 comments:

  1. TokyoMagic!January 25, 2010 at 10:14 PM

    They should replace the Muppet Vision 3-D movie with a Muppet Dark ride. I LOVE DARK RIDES....there needs to be more of them! So the Muppet Ride was going to be a spin off of the GMR, huh? I heard there was also a proposed Muppet Dark ride for the American Waterfront section of Tokyo DisneySea, but the Japanese passed on it.

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  2. TokyoMagic!January 25, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    P.S. Great idea for a ride! Especially if they did it as a take off of the Spiderman ride at Universal's IOA. That ride is definitely one of the best theme park rides I've ever been on.

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  3. Dan AlexanderJanuary 26, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    TokyoMagic!: I love dark rides, too. As I understand it, the Muppet Movie Ride would have featured movie spoofs featuring animatronic Muppets. Maybe they'll build it someday!

    Thanks for the compliment about my Spider-Ham idea!

    I agree--Spidey is the best thing at IOA!

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  4. TokyoMagic!January 26, 2010 at 10:30 PM

    You just reminded me that I have a Muppet calendar from the late seventies....and it has the Muppets reenacting famous scenes from movies. I also have another one that shows Miss Piggy on the covers of various magazines. I need to dig those out!

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  5. Dan AlexanderJanuary 27, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    Cool! I do remember seeing quite a few Muppet calendars like that over the years.

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  6. UnknownJanuary 28, 2010 at 8:36 PM

    Ha! Not only did I read The amazing Spiderham, I gave my old comics to my son and he loved it just as much!! Great stuff!!

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  7. Dan AlexanderJanuary 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    I need to be on the lookout for Spider-Ham comics--I feel like I missed out by never reading them!

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