Saturday, December 29, 2018

MegaPodTastic Muppet Stuff Museum Tour!

"Krazy Joe" Fiore of MegaPodTastic stopped by for a tour of the Muppet Stuff Museum.


Check out the video below were we talk about a wide range of rare Muppet and Jim Henson related items including lunch boxes, fast food premiums, cast & crew items, puppets, pops, and of course, pajamas. 


We hope you enjoyed the tour as much as we enjoyed hosting Joe.

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Friday, December 28, 2018

American Icons: The Muppets!

Back in May PRI's Studio 360 devoted an episode of their American Icons series to Jim Henson and The Muppets. 



The episode features interviews with Brian Jay Jones and Micheal Frith.

You can listen to entire show below: 




When your done, check out their video of Michael Frith's home and studio! 

Monday, December 24, 2018

Merry Christmas Eve!

It's Christmas Eve and you know what that means...



there's only one more sleep til Christmas!

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 24!

And so we come the end of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card, Kermit.






We hope you enjoyed our look at 1981 Muppet advent calendar card.


Thanks again to 
David S. Rosenberg for the idea and sharing his photos with us!

Saturday, December 22, 2018

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Days 22 & 23!

Scooter gets right to the point in days 22 and 23 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card!











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Friday, December 21, 2018

It's Saturday Morning - Muppet Babies!

It may be Friday, but "It's Saturday Morning" is a new coffee table book that focuses on Saturday morning TV series. 



The book is arranged by decade as you can might guess, Muppet Babies gets a major presence in the 80's section. 


Also, as you can see above, one of the images they use is from the season 8 episode "Nice to Have Gnome You." The episode featured a parody of Labyrinth and footage from The Witches. That's like 3 Henson references in one! The image even has Baby Gonzo dressed as Hoggle.

Unfortunately, no other Henson Saturday morning series such as Little Muppet Monsters, City Kids, Dog City, or the animated Fraggle Rock are mentioned. Maybe they're saving them for volume 2.
 
You can pick up the book at your local Barnes and Noble and on Amazon.

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 21!

Day 21 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card is on FIRE!






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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Muppet Newsstand: The Best Christmas Movies of All Time!

There's a new collectible magazines out titled "The Best Christmas Movies of All Time!" 


With a title like that, and this being a Muppet blog, you know there's going to be Muppets in it. There a whole section on each movie, so you know there's going to be one on Muppet Christmas Carol for sure right? Nope. Surely it can't be It's A very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, right? wrong again (phew). 

No, for some reason (and this may spark a whole debate) they chose A Muppet Family Christmas



Now, before you start with the angry emails, Muppet Family Christmas is, without a doubt, one of the greatest Muppet productions ever made. But is it a movie?? An amazing TV special, certainly, but it's not a movie. 
We don't list Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Year Without a Santa Claus as movies do we? What about Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas? Is that now a "movie"? What about Rocky Mountain Holiday With The Muppets? 

I'll give you 
t's A very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (heck the word "movie" is right there in the title) it's a TV movie, but it still counts. As does Muppets Wizard of Oz - TV movie, but still a movie. 
Note to Disney: The Muppets: Letters to Santa is also NOT a movie, not even a TV movie. just a TV special, and that's OK!

Anyway, be sure to check out this issue that touts all the awesomeness of 
Muppet Family Christmas and try to overlook that not one other "movies" listed are actually TV specials. 

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 20!

Here is a Muppet Newsflash, it's day 20 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card!







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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Rose Spreads Holiday Cheer at Netflix!

The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell's Rose visited Netflix's headquarters to spread holiday cheer as only she can.




Kermit's Very Brief The Late Late Show Cameo!

Kermit stopped by the The Late Late Show with James Corden last night. 


His very brief cameo came during a tribute to movie musicals starring Corden, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt. You can see the entire video below, Kermit appease at the 4:31 mark. 

First Look: Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation #9!

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation issue #9 hits stores today. 

Main Cover: Fiona Staples

Preorder Cover: Cory Godbey

Writer: Simon Spurrier and Ryan Ferrier
Artist: Daniel Bayliss with Irene Flores
Colorist: Joana Lafuente
Letterer: Jim Campbell


In this issue, Maria finds herself in a stunning, masquerade ball of her dreams, reunited with her husband at long last but like all things in the Labyrinth... everything is not what it seems.


Check out the first few pages below:








Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation issue #9 is in comic book stores and on Amazon

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 19!

Day 19 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card is a little ruff, I mean Rowlf!







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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

RIP Penny Marshall (1942 - 2018)

Actress Penny Marshall, better known has Laverne from TV's "Laverne & Shirley", has died.


After "Laverne & Shirley" Marshall directed films "Big", "A League of Their Own" and appeared with the Sesame Street Muppets of in a series of 1990's Kmart ads.


Marshal also made a notable live appearance with Big Bird, which Matt Vogel recalled in a an interview:
I was doing a live appearance as Big Bird with Penny Marshall for a new Sesame Street kid's clothing line. We were hosting a fashion show in front of a bunch of press and children. As Penny Marshall walked on stage, she lost her footing and grabbed Big Bird by the right wing—ripping it off the puppet! In front of everyone—Cameras, reporters, children!

There she was, standing there with the wing in her hands. She quickly realized what had happened and hid the wing behind her back. Neither of us knew what to do so I just said, "Don't worry. It'll grow back." And we went on with the show.

You can read more about her life from the Hollywood Reporter. She was 75.

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 18!

Have a ball with day 18 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card!






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Monday, December 17, 2018

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Cast and First Images Revealed!

Netflix unveiled the first official photos plus the cast/ voices for the upcoming The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance!



The voice cast is lead by Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel, as Rian, Deet, and Brea - three Gelfling heroes. 

The Gelfling are voiced by:

Rian - Taron Egerton (Kingsman)

Brea - Anya Taylor Joy (The Witch)

Deet - Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones)

Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)

Helena Bonham-Carter (The King’s Speech)

Harris Dickinson (forthcoming Maleficent 2)

Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones)

Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s Thirteen)

Theo James (The Divergent Series)

Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Mark Strong (Kingsman)

Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider)

Brea
Deet
Rian
The Skeksis & Mystics are voiced by:

Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song)

Mark Hamill (Star Wars)

Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones)

Jason Isaacs (The OA)

Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele)

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (True Detective)

Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible)

Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine Nine)


Aughra will be voiced by:

Aughra - Donna Kimball (The Happytime Murders)


Additional characters will also be voiced by the puppeteers, including Alice Dinnean, Louise Gold, Neil Sterenberg and Victor Yerrid. 

That's a VERY impressive list. 
And yes, you read that right:

Taron Egerton, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham-Carter, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard 
Theo James, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Alicia Vikander, Harvey Fierstein, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg, and Luke Skywalker himself Mark Hamill are all involved!

Additionally this behind -the-scenes making of image surfaced last week:


As if the cast list was not enough, now we have a dual sward wielding Skeksis! 
Netflix's press release states that "further casting will follow in due course", so expect even more names involved to be revealed. 

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 17!

Day 17 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card is great, Gonzo The Great that is!





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Saturday, December 15, 2018

1981 Muppet Advent Calendar Card Day 15 & 16!

Like, days 15 & 16 of the 1981 Muppet advent calendar card feature Janice, Statler & Waldorf... fer sure, really:








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