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- The_Land_of_Gorch abstract "The Land of Gorch is a recurring skit in season one of Saturday Night Live. This segment featured Jim Henson's Muppets. Prior to Sesame Street, Henson had initially created puppetry work for a more adult audience, including his show Sam and Friends. His characters were regular appearances on the late-night-comedy scene including The Ed Sullivan Show. After Sesame Street, Henson feared that he would become typecast into working on children's television series. His talent agent Bernie Brillstein, who represented Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, and John Belushi, helped him transition to Saturday Night Live.The premise of The Land of Gorch featured Muppet characters in a far-away locale, who were members of a royal family. They behaved boorishly, with frequent references to drug abuse, sexual innuendo, and intake of alcohol. Characters included King Ploobis and Queen Peutra and children, and servants Scred and Vazh. These characters often consulted their oracle Mighty Favog for advice.The staff of Saturday Night Live clashed with Henson's vision for the program. Writers Michael O'Donoghue, Alan Zweibel, and Al Franken often tried to avoid writing the weekly sketches. Henson felt they were trying to write for situational comedy as opposed to staying within his intended story. Frank Oz agreed in the end that the match was not perfect between Henson's team and the writers, and was thankful they moved on to The Muppet Show.The Land of Gorch had a significant impact on later Muppet works, including the feature film The Dark Crystal and television show Dinosaurs. Commentators agreed that the reception for The Land of Gorch was universally bad — The A.V. Club wrote that it was an in-joke that nobody wanted to keep the sketches on Saturday Night Live. San Francisco Chronicle called the characters the opposite of Kermit the Frog, and compared them to trolls. DVD Talk called the feature the worst mistake made in the first season of the Saturday Night Live. Academic Michael J. Bernsten wrote in his essay \"The Muppetry of Nightmares\" that the idea failed because the characters were irredeemable and unfunny.".
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- The_Land_of_Gorch genre Comedy.
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- The_Land_of_Gorch releaseDate "1975-10-11".
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