The Muppets at Walt Disney World The Muppets at Walt Disney World The Muppets at Walt Disney World is a television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The special aired on NBC as part of "The Magical World of Disney" on May 6, 1990, and turned out to be the last Muppets special that Henson would work on (he would die 10 days following its airing, on May 16). At the start of "The Magical World of Disney", former Disney CEO Michael Eisner talks about this special while in the presence of Fozzie Bear and his mother Emily.
Minus the Bear name "Minus the Bear" comes from an in-joke among the band members, referring to the 1970s television series "B. J. and the Bear". "A friend of the band had gone on a date," explained singer-guitarist Jake Snider, "and one of us asked him afterwards how the date went. Our friend said, 'You know that TV show from the '70s, "B. J. and the Bear"? It was like that ... minus the Bear.' That’s the straight truth." Minus the Bear Minus the Bear was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising current and former members