Talk:The Land of Gorch/Archive 1

Unsourced stuff, moved from article body text to talk page
Although the puppet designs were praised, the sketches themselves were generally not well received. The Land of Gorch characters (and the Land of Gorch set) appeared in each of the first 10 episodes of the show; in the 11th episode, Scred makes a solo appearance only to be told by Gilda Radner that the sketch he was to appear in has been cancelled. After that, the "Gorch" characters appeared only sporadically, making a total of three appearances in the season's final 13 episodes, and one further appearance in season two. (Chevy Chase also acted out one later "Gorch" sketch in which none of the puppets actually appeared.) After episode 10, the Land of Gorch sketches (when they appeared at all) were mostly self-referential bits about how the sketch was unpopular, didn't fit in with the rest of the show, and had been canceled. The last few sketches involved the Muppet characters trying to negotiate with various cast members and guest stars for the sketch's revival and continuance, but to no avail.

Can move back to article if properly sourced to WP:RS sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:02, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Moved bit to talk page

 * Other appearances
 * King Ploobis, Queen Peuta, Scred, Vazh, and Wisss appeared in The Muppet Movie where they are seen amongst the Muppets in "The Rainbow Connection" finale.
 * The puppet for Food (who appeared in the Christmas episode that Candice Bergen was in) later appeared in Fraggle Rock as a background cave creature. It later appeared in The Jim Henson Hour episode "Science Fiction" as Zsa Zsa Porkmustard and in the episode "Aquatic Life" as a background undersea creature.

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Moved above bit to talk page, pending research for WP:RS sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:05, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Info on Characters

 * Characters
 * King Ploobis (performed by Jim Henson) – The greedy and decorative King of the Land of Gorch. He is married to Queen Peuta, but has been having an affair with his servant Vazh. King Ploobis is always seeking advice from The Mighty Favog.
 * Queen Peuta (performed by Alice Tweedie) – The Queen of the Land of Gorch. She is married to King Ploobis. Due to King Ploobis having an affair with Vazh, Queen Peuta secretly has an affair with Scred. She has three feet which she wears shoes that were made from the skins of the Gligs. She was built by Mari Kaestle.
 * Wisss (performed by Richard Hunt) – The son of King Ploobis and Queen Peuta. He is shown to have an addiction to smoking craters.
 * Scred (performed by Jerry Nelson) – King Ploobis' right-hand man and servant who is in an affair with Queen Peuta. Scred is always mistreated by King Ploobis. He was designed by Michael K. Frith and built by Caroly Wilcox.
 * Vazh (performed by Rhonda Hansome in the first appearance, Fran Brill in later appearances) – King Ploobis' lovely servant who he has an affair with.
 * The Mighty Favog (performed by Frank Oz) – A living statue who serves as the deity of the Land of Gorch. He would offer his advice to King Ploobis and the planet's other inhabitants in exchange for sacrifices. The Mighty Favog's name came from a nickname given by the Muppet Performers to the clock in the Green Room of The Ed Sullivan Show where they would playfully pray to the clock that they wouldn't get bumped if the show ran long. Favag was the brand name of synchronized clock systems, popular with broadcasters.  The Green Room clock was presumably a Favag.

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Going to trim out the non-direct-basic-plot-related info from article, and just keep the basic plot stuff that can be sourced directly to the stories, themselves.

Cast credits can also be sourced to each episode's filmography, so that can be left in as verifiable.

All other factual assertions will need to be re-checked and added back later with cited sources.

I'll do some more research on that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:32, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of The Land of Gorch for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Land of Gorch is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/The Land of Gorch until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:59, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Update

 * Update: Please note -- I've expanded the page with sourced material, and improved its quality greatly. Please visit this updated version of the article to evaluate whether this article should be kept or not on Wikipedia. Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:49, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Nominated for GA
I've nominated this article for Good Article quality consideration, at Good Article nominations.

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:21, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Prior GA Review
This article had a prior GA Review -- note it was closed only because GA Reviewer was inattentive to coming back to the review -- nothing more. Review page at: Talk:The Land of Gorch/GA1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:33, 27 March 2016 (UTC)