The Muppets As Oscar Hosts? Really?

With freshly pickedOscars producer John Grazernow searching for a number, among the first calls many people suggest he make would be to The Muppets. A Facebook pagehas beenadvocating for that Muppets to host the Oscarssince Feb 28th and nowappears to become attaining traction with today’sdeparture of Eddie Murphy.A number of Deadline commentsecho the sentiment. However The Muppets? Really? Disney is the owner of both Muppets and ABC, the network that broadcasts the Academy awards and merely ends up having a brand new movie starringJim Henson’s masterpieces delivering on November 23rd. Are you able to smell PR stunt?