The Gambler Muppets

The muppet that drank whiskey and smoked died and turn into a ghost? Trippy for a kids show. You'd never see that these days on TV.

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I think the song is a metaphor for life: Never think too much while u still can live and have fun, time enough....

The song is often characterized as a metaphor for life in that you need to know when to stand your ground (when to hold 'em) and when to retreat (when to fold 'em). The gambler has learned that the trick to life isn't the cards you've been dealt, but how to play them (every hand being a "winner" or a "loser" depending on how they are played). The "ace" that Rogers refers to in the end is this advice

The puppetry and illusion is positively brilliant. Those muppets look like they are alive.

Its the magic of Jim Henson! Children programing hasn't been the same since. And not in the positive way. His work was stunning!

Old guy is kinda creepy lookin but its good.

i dont like this but it still good

I watched this on it's original air date when I was a kid..it was magical....I think because the ghost scene was something you didn't see every day...ahead of its time.

Dos canciones que hablan de la vida y de las cartas: Shape of My Heart y the Gambler.

Heh... in the PC world of today, no one will allow a video on gambling, drinking and smoking on this kind of family programming.

Sex, on the other hand, still sells =/