You know how sometimes you'll be listening to a brand-new song for the first time, and you're just not sure about it at first? The intro is maybe a little slow and different from the band's usual sound. But then the electric guitar kicks in, the band drops a killer chorus, and, by the end of it, you're tapping your feet and humming along. That's basically the situation with The Muppets Mayhem — the new Disney+ series that focuses on Dr.
The setup for The Muppets Mayhem is a fairly simple one. Junior music executive Nora , the show's lead human character, dreams of becoming a big player in her industry, but the small record label she works for, a relic of the '70s, is about to close up shop. Its grumpy owner, a new Muppet character named Penny Waxman who once dated Crosby, Stills, and Nash , feels like they can't compete in the modern age. However, Nora makes a discovery that she thinks can put them back on the map.
Like I said, things start out shaky. These pesky humans are, at best, serviceable. There's certainly no Charles Grodin, Tim Curry, or Michael Caine here to rise to the occasion of sharing the screen with a glorious cast of Muppets. The show feels set in the "real world" more so than a lot of other Muppet productions. There's a weird gag early on that involves some heavy Fritos product placement that's totally out of place.