The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational... or so the title theme would suggest. 'The Muppet Show' must be very famous by now. There are tons of feature-length films, including such classics as 'Kermit's Swamp Years', 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' and 'Muppet Treasure Island'. There are also some pretty brilliant characters, like Blind Pew (stolen from 'Treasure Island'), Rizzo the rat, Camilla and Sweetums.
Weirdly, this DVD is neither feature-length nor boasts these brilliant characters, although there is enough of Gonzo the great, Statler, Waldorf, Animal and Beaker to keep viewers amused. The film is essentially a fifty-minute compilation of enticing sketches. For the most part these sketches are enjoyable, but this "very best" collection is badly cut, and you can almost always see exactly where things are cut. Not that this hampers the quality or anything...
Like the first volume before it, 'The Very Best Of The Muppet Show: Volume Two' opens with a very... different song. If you disliked the first volume's opening you'll be pleased to here that the second's is much better. It's titled 'Boogie In Barnyard' and it's far more appeasing than 'Old MacDonald Had A Farm', I'll gaurantee you that.
In general the sketches improve in quality, some being genuinely hilarous, others being amusing in some way or another. There are some really brilliant performances in this compilation and the charm of the Muppet characters enhance the awesomeness of these acts further. Ultimately, the film is too short to gaurantee your purchase, ditto for the first volume. I would recommend the disc just for greats like the Koozebanian act and Gonzo and his reflection singing "Act Naturally," but if you decide against this purchase you're not really missing anything compulsory.
Four Out Of Five.
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