{"id":27724,"date":"2025-05-30T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=27724"},"modified":"2025-06-01T14:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:35:33","slug":"session-147-rowlfs-deadloch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2025\/05\/30\/session-147-rowlfs-deadloch\/","title":{"rendered":"An after-work drink with Rowlf, and a doppelbock in Deadloch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“There’s an old frog, sitting next to me…”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, I still wonder about a late career change into puppetry. I grew up with The Muppet Show<\/em> and the wider Jim Henson universe of creatures (Sesame Street<\/em>, Fraggle Rock<\/em>, Labyrinth<\/em>; all that) and it had a lasting impact. I’m always quick to recommend one particular incarnation that has been unfairly overlooked, and I’m going to take the opportunity<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to do so again here and now \u2014 partially because of its excellent depiction of pub life, and one perfect jab at craft beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A series simply titled The Muppets<\/em> ran for one season, 2015-16, and was essentially “what if The Office, but with Muppets?” It added cutaway ‘confessional’ interviews to a show-about-making-a-show like Studio 60<\/em> or 30 Rock<\/em> \u2014 the familiar crew all work in various capacities on a late night talk show, produced by Kermit and hosted by Miss Piggy, who have recently broken up. Over the road from the studio is Rowlf’s Tavern, which provides that crucial ‘third place’ for a lot of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attention to detail in the show generally is incredible, with brilliant background acting and careful consideration obvious in everything. Rowlf’s showcases it all perfectly; there are clever references in the set design, thought has gone into what each character has ordered, and the bar has a lived-in authenticity to it.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n