THE MUPPETS Blu-ray and DVD Details

Be forewarned... there are a few minor Easter Egg and Bonus Feature spoilers, so if you'd rather avoid that and be totally surprised come March 20th, be wary!

The Muppets still hasn't entirely left theaters in the United States (and it still isn't even in theaters in the UK), but full details for the Blu-ray and DVD release, hitting stores on March 20th, 2012, of the 2011 film have already been released by Disney! Below is the complete listing of Blu-ray Bonus Features, straight from the official press release, including run-time on most and details on some.

• The Longest Blooper Reel Ever Made (In Muppet History – We Think) - A laugh out loud look at the actors' funny gaffs and gags from behind the scenes of making Disney's The Muppets.
  
• Disney Intermission: Groundbreaking Blu-ray Feature! - Pausing a movie will never be this much fun, as the Muppets take over the screen every time you stop the disc! 
• 15:14 – Scratching The Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets- Hosted by unit production manager monster J.G., the cast and crew take a behind the scenes look at making Muppet and movie history.
• 2:29 – Explaining Evil: The Full Tex Richman Song - Rapping his way through the story of his miserable life, Tex tells audiences why he turned out to be such a rotten guy.
• 3:08 – A Little Screen Test on the Way to the Read Through - This hilarious footage follows the Muppet gang as they go to their first table reading of the script.
• 9:45 – Eight Deleted Scenes
• Spoof Trailers (Including unreleased spoofs!)
• Audio Commentary with Jason Segel, James Bobin, and Nicholas Stoller

EASTER EGGS

• 1:13 Miss Poogy: The Oinkerview
• 1:20 Extended "Forget You" video (Easter egg)
• 0:57 Extended "Punch Teacher" video (Easter egg)
• 2:10 J.G. & Muppet James Bobin on the set (Easter egg)
• 0:42 J.G. Talks About Permits (Easter egg)

DIGITAL VERSION EXCLUSIVE

• Inside Walter's Trailer – Take a peek inside Walter's star trailer as he prepares to play his big role.  

DVD BONUS FEATURE

• The Longest Blooper Reel Ever Made (In Muppet History – We Think)

These Bonus Features look absolutely spectacular! This is officially the most fully-loaded Muppet release ever. I'm most excited for the deleted scenes, the blooper reel, and the15 minute making-of featurette. But really, everything on here sounds fantastic. Plus, how great will it be to have all the spoof trailers in one convenient location?

For you techies, here are the technical specs for the Blu-ray release...

• Presentation: Widescreen
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Sound: English 7.1 DTS-HD MA
• Packaging: Amaray with O-Sleeve
• Primary Language: English
• Subtitled: English SDH, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: Spanish, French
• Closed Captions: Yes
• Running Time: 103 minutes
• For Region A use (Americas, East and Southeast Asia, U.S. territories, Bermuda) only

And the DVD release...

• Presentation: Widescreen
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Sound: English 5.1 Dolby
• Packaging:  Amaray
• Primary Language: English
• Subtitled: English SDH, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: Spanish, French
• Closed Captions: Yes
• Running Time: 103 minutes
• For Region 1 use (US and Canada) only

And finally the various versions of the release, with links to pre-orders (on both DisneyStore.com and Amazon.com)...

THE MUPPETS: 4-Disc The "Wocka Wocka" Value Pack

includes Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy, and Soundtrack Download Card

THE MUPPETS: 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack

includes Blu-ray and DVD

DisneyStore.com Pre-Order Offer: 

includes FOUR exclusive Muppet lithographs and $20 off your next DisneyStore.com order

THE MUPPETS: Single-Disc DVD and Soundtrack

includes DVD and Soundtrack Download Card

THE MUPPETS: Single-Disc DVD

includes DVD

I don't know about you... but I absolutely cannot wait until March 20th!! (I also can't figure out which of the darn versions of this movie to get... but that's another story.)

You can probably find some good deals at Target with these coupons for all your other Muppet wants and needs!

Special thanks to ToughPigs.com and StitchKingdom.com for various things.

The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, ryguy102390@gmail.com