RIP Loretta Swit (1937 - 2025)

Sad news as Muppet Show guest Loretta Swit has died.

Swit guest starred in the fifth season were she replaced Miss Piggy during a Pigs in Space sketch and sang a love song with Thog. She was best known for playing Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the TV show M*A*S*H. She won two Emmys for the role and was nominated 10 times, every year the show was on except the first.

Swit's film work includes Freebie and the Bean, Race With the Devil, BoardHeads, and Blake Edwards Hollywood satire, S.O.B., and the women’s lib film Stand Up and Be Counted. 

She many guest appearances on TV shows such as Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Gunsmoke and Hawaii Five-O and was regular on the game-shows Match Game, The Hollywood Squares and The $10,000 Pyramid.

Swit was an active supporter of animal welfare, serving on the boards of Actors and Others for Animals and The Wildlife Waystation and was a spokesperson for the Humane Society. She founded SwitHeart Animal Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to ending animal cruelty. She used proceeds from her original artwork to raise funds, and was named Woman of the Year by the Animal Protection Institute and the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Swit died just after midnight Friday of suspected natural causes at her home in New York City.

You can learn more about Lorretta Swit at The Hollywood Reporter. 

She was 87.

Muppet Fan Emily Engel Raises $10K For PBS!

Massachusetts-based Muppet fan Emily Engel was so angry that President Donald Trump is trying to defund public television that she ran a sewing campaign to help PBS, raising over $10K in the process. 

Photo: Staasi Heropoulos, The Republican

Engel uses her skills as a fabric artist using tools like fabric, needle and thread to create not just art art, but replica dolls of characters from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. 

She found her niche rejecting replicating main characters like Kermit, Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, for less produced secondary, fan-favorite, characters. 

When interviewed about her accomplishment by The Republican, Emily said, “People have that one character they connected with. Sometimes it is a main character, but other times it’s one in the background. People might also feel they were in the background."

Though The Muppets have been appearing on Sesame Street for decades, many people fear 

Trump's plan to defund PBS will have dire consequences for the non-profit network. 

“What ‘Sesame Street’ represents is so important, because it was created for inner city children who did not have great schools or access to proper materials and books. They could watch educational programming for free and learn stuff they were not getting in their own school system,” said Engel.

Photo: Staasi Heropoulos, The Republican

Engel reached out to her social media followers, telling them if they each donated $10 to PBS, she will give them a 25% discount on their next purchase of her dolls.

Each donor also was eligible to win a $400 doll of their choice from a group of nine that she selected..

The fundraiser ended Sunday and raised $11,000. What struck her is who wants to help the American TV network with entries from 47 states, all over Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

Though she's been a seamstress for years, Engel made her first plush (non-Muppet) replica in 2010 for a friend with no patterns or training.

“I got some materials and did it from sight ... and it just came together beautifully. That’s how I discovered my ability to replicate visually, with just needles, thread and fabric,” she said.

Photo: Staasi Heropoulos, The Republican

While the characters are owned by Sesame Workshop and Disney, Engel said she has never had a run-in with their lawyers.

“There’s a ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ situation going on. I don’t make $44 billion a year off of this. I’m not competition with Disney. I’m not picking from their pocket. We coexist peacefully. They know about me. I’m hiding in plain sight. Jim Henson’s daughter even has one of my dolls,” she said.

Photo: Staasi Heropoulos, The Republican

Over the years, Engel has used her dolls to raise thousands of dollars for charities and nonprofit groups, including $6,500 for the Indian Orchard Food Bank, $10,000 for the presidential campaigns of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and $800 for the Trevor Project, which counsels LGBTQ+ youth.

You can follow Emily's work on Instagram, Twitter, Etsy, and on her website.

Kermit Delivers University of Maryland's 2025 Commencement Address!

As we reported back in March, last night Kermit delivered the University of Maryland's 2025 Commencement Address.

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland

As expected, the speech was full of wisdom and encouragement for the class of 2025. He even mentioned his right hand man Jim Henson, who graduated from University of Maryland. in 1969. 

Photo by Stephanie Riley Sims/ University of Maryland

You can see images and a video of the entire speech below provided to us by the University of Maryland. 

Photo by Stephanie Riley Sims/ University of Maryland

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland

Kermit was interviewed by NBC News earlier in the week about the speech.

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland

Our friend Lucas Ross was also there to lend his banjo skills for a speech ending "Rainbow Connection" sing-a-long.

Although Kermit does appear from time to time during the 3 hour commencement, his keynote speech starts at 2 hour mark below.

It's great to see how many students and guests brough along Kermit items to celebrate his return to College Park.

Photo by Stephanie John Consoli/University of Maryland

Congrats to the University of Maryland's class of 2025. 

RIP David Lazer (1936 - 2025)

More sad news as longtime Henson/ Muppet producer David Lazer has died. 

David Lazer started his career with Henson in 1965 after being an executive at IBM where he helped develop the Muppet Meeting films. A Muppet likeness of him appeared in many of these films and in The Muppet Movie finale. 

Lazer served as executive producer for The Muppet Show where he also acted as a liaison for the show's guest stars. He would show the guest star how to walk on the elevated sets, how to speak to a Muppet (as opposed to the performer), and would make sure the star was comfortable with the very different production atmosphere.

His death, which had not been widely reported, was confirmed by Doyle Newberry, a manager of Mr. Lazer’s estate. He did not cite a cause.

Lazer also produced the films The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Dark Crystal, The Muppets Take Manhattan and Labyrinth, and the 1979 TV special, The Muppets Go Hollywood.

He can be made a cameo in The Muppets Take Manhattan escorting Liza Minnelli into Sardi's before she found that her caricature on a wall has been replaced by Kermit the Frog’s.

After the death of Jim Henson in 1990 Lazer was instrumental in keeping the Henson  Company going. 

From May to December of 1990, Lazer came out of semi-retirement to serve as acting CEO of Henson Associates.

Brain Henson said said of him: "David sort-of came and lived with us for a while there just to help figure it all out. I'd say that David Lazer was probably the biggest influence, through that period, to help figure out how we were going to go forward."

“During that period he was very much like a father figure to me,” Brian Henson said. “My father was my mentor in puppetry, animatronics and directing puppets, but David was my mentor in terms of running the business.”

After Brian Henson was named president in early 1991, Mr. Lazer became vice chairman, a post he held until his retirement in 1994.

Lazer died on April 10 at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 89.

The news saw first reported via The New York Times.

David Lazer was 89.

D23 Kermit 70th Anniversary Interview!

The Summer 2025 issue of D23 Magazine came out this week and features an interview with Kermit about his, and The Muppets,70th anniversary.

Click on the images to read the article. 

 You can become a member of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club here. 

RIP George Wendt (1948 - 2025)

Sad news as sitcom actor George Wendt has died.

In 1989, Went appeared the Miss Piggy's Hollywood special of The Jim Henson Hour where Piggy corners him in the men's dressing room at a Gucci store. 

Perhaps best known for his role as barfly Norm Peterson on the long running NBC sitcom Cheers, Wendt appeared alongside the Cheers cast (in character) in 1990's The Earth Day Special and Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration which also included separate segments by the Muppets. 

In 1999. he played Tweedledee in the Creature Shop TV movie Alice in Wonderland.

Wendt appeared in many TV series like Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, Tales From The Crypt, and Columbo and played Chicago sports Superfan Bob Swerski in periodic sketches on Saturday Night Live, as well as feature films Fletch, The Little Rascals, and Spice World. 

You can read more about Wendt's life at Variety. 

George Wendt was 76. 

BREAKING: Diamond Select Toys Shut Down!

According to various sources, Diamond Select Toys was reportedly shut down over the weekend.

The company was going through through a bankruptcy process that eventually lead to Ad Populum buying Diamond Select Toys Diamond Comics, and their related assets.

Ad Populum, owns NECA, Kidrobot, WizKids, Chia Pet, Rubies, Smiffys, Enesco, and Graceland. They might be interested in transferring licenses to their other divisions, but no word yet.

While their website is still up, all Diamond Select Toys staff were laid off as part of the new owner's immediate restructuring measures and we don't yet know how this will effect the release of their Uncle Deadly and Pepe, Sweetums and Robin, and Lips and Lew Zealand figures. 

Our contact at Diamond Zach Oat, the marketing supervisor at DST, was on of those laid off and posted the following:

I’m sure by now everyone has heard about the layoffs at Diamond Comics/Diamond Select Toys. Well, I was one of them. 14 years as Marketing Supervisor for DST, on the nose. I’m now open to work, and while I’d love to stay in the toy industry, preferably in a marketing role, I am also an experienced web editor (TV Without Pity), magazine editor (ToyFare) and copy editor (since I was 16). I also dabble in photography. More on that later…

The shutdown of Diamond Select Toys might also include Gentle Giant, a separate brand at Diamond, who sculpted may of their products, but wasn't mentioned.

Bleeding Cool News has a timeline of DST bankruptcy events. 

BREAKING: ‘Sesame Street’ Streaming Rights Head to Netflix and PBS Kids!

New episodes of Sesame Street will stream on Netflix and PBS Kids.

Sesame Workshop announced today that new episodes as well as library episodes of Sesame Street will be available to watch on Netflix worldwide with new episodes also being released the same day on both PBS stations and on PBS Kids.

“The support of Netflix, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting serve as a unique public-private partnership to enable Sesame Street to continue to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger."

Sesame Workshop released the following statement on X.

"We are excited to announce that all new Sesame Street episodes are coming to
@netflix worldwide along with library episodes, and new episodes will also release the same day on @PBSStations and @PBSKIDS platforms in the US, preserving a 50+ year relationship. The support of Netflix, PBS, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting serve as a unique public-private partnership to enable Sesame Street to continue to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder."

The news comes months after HBO and Max did not renew their 2016 deal. While some of the Sesame library will be available on Netflix, the majority will still be available on HBO and Max through 2027.

UPDATE: Press Release and info on the Netflix deal:

For more than a half a century, Sesame Street has been a beloved cornerstone of children’s media, enchanting young minds and nurturing a love of learning. Now Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and all their friends are coming to Netflix later this year, with Sesame Street’s all-new, reimagined 56th season — plus 90 hours of previous episodes — available to audiences worldwide.

The new season will feature fresh format changes and the return of fan-favorite segments like Elmo’s World and Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck. Expect new ways to play along as Cookie Monster opens his very own Cookie Cart on Sesame Street, and explore Abby’s Fairy Garden, a home to surprising and delightful magical creatures.

Additionally, episodes will now center on one 11-minute story, allowing for even more character-driven humor and heart.

These new episodes of the iconic series will be available same day-and-date in the US on PBS stations and PBS KIDS digital platforms, bringing critical early learning to children throughout the country for free. Sesame Workshop is the global nonprofit behind Sesame Street, with Sal Perez and Kay Wilson Stallings serving as executive producers; Emmy, Humanitas, and NAACP Award nominee Halcyon Person (Karma’s World, Dee & Friends in Oz) joins as head writer.

Additional information:

Sesame Street will continue to be available on PBS KIDS and across their digital video and games platforms, continuing its 50+ year legacy of using the power of public television to bring critical early learning to children across the country for free.

Netflix has exclusive worldwide premiere rights and episodes will be available day-and-date on PBS stations in the U.S. and across PBS KIDS digital platforms.

Netflix will also be able to develop video games for both Sesame Street and Sesame Street Mecha Builders.

Kids and Family viewing represents 15% of Netflix’s total viewing. Whether it’s laughing alongside their favorite characters with Ms. Rachel, Gabby’s Dollhouse, CoComelon Lane, Blippi and Hot Wheels Let’s Race or diving into exciting new adventures with The Sea Beast and Leo, we’ve built a space where kids can watch, play, and learn

Netflix makes family time easy and fun with dedicated kids’ profiles made just for them. Parents can set controls, check what their kids are watching, lock profiles with a PIN, and even get helpful recaps—all to create a safe and personalized experience for little viewers. Coming soon to the experience will be more games for kids included with all subscriptions.

About Sesame Street Season 56:

Sesame Street’s reimagined 56th season will include the following new segments and format changes:

• New ways to play along. Cookie Monster opens his very own Cookie Cart on Sesame Street. Will there be cookie chaos or a sweet treat with every adventure? Abby’s Fairy Garden is home to surprising and delightful magical creatures. What could possibly go wrong when Abby helps care for them?

• To-camera moments. The characters speak directly to the viewers and invite them into the action—capturing emotions and interactions.

• Animation overlays that highlight music, action, humor, and important story moments while adding visual excitement. Visual effects like wand sparkles, bubbles, and confetti will add a touch of anything-can-happen magic to the storytelling.

• One 11-minute story. The longer format provides the opportunity to tell stories with even more character-driven humor and heart.  

• A new animated segment, Tales from 123 that takes viewers INSIDE the most famous apartment building in the world where they can discover the wacky and whimsical building that Elmo, Cookie Monster, and friends call home.

• The return of fan-favorite episodes of Elmo’s World and Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck. 

•  Format: Season 56 will be released in three batches

UPDATE: Info on the PBS Kids deal:

• New episodes will be released on PBS stations, the PBS KIDS Channel, and across PBS KIDS digital platforms. 

• An expanded collection of 25 new and library episodes will be available to stream across PBS KIDS digital platforms. New episodes will also be available on Netflix the same day.

• New games will be added to the growing 25+ library of SESAME STREET games available on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Games app. 

• Full episodes and clips will be available on the PBS KIDS YouTube Channel.

• Sesame Workshop and PBS KIDS will expand the existing library of parent and educator resources on PBS KIDS for Parents and PBS LearningMedia. 

• An evergreen toolkit of SESAME STREET-related assets will be available to PBS stations to support their local sustainability and public service efforts.

Stay tuned for the release of new episodes of Sesame Street Season 56 later this year on Netflix and PBS Kids.

Muppet Stuff - Searching For Muppets at Walt Disney World with Retro Rest Stop!

Join me and Retro Rest Stop as we search high and low across Walt Disney World for hidden Muppet gems!

 From collectibles to Easter eggs tucked away in the parks, we’re bringing you a fun-filled journey packed with nostalgia, laughs, and a whole lot of Muppet mayhem. 

We also check out shooting locations from a Muppet movie!

 

You can follow Retro Rest Stop on YouTube.  Be sure to watch his walking tour of Kermit’s Swamp Years Muppet Movie Filming Locations here. 

Be sure to check out more videos on our Youtube Channel.

The Muppets at 70: We Still Miss You, Jim!

Another May 16th is upon us Muppet fans. A day to reflect on Jim Henson's passing and the creative legacy he left behind. 

This year, as The Muppets and the Henson Company turn 70 there are many celebrations planned to celebrate.

On June 14, The Walt Disney Family Museum is hosting a special event celebrating the Jim Henson Company's 70th anniversary.

And today Muppet fans from all over are convening at Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World to say goodbye to Muppet*Vision, which is closing June 7th. 

If you can't make it or haven't seen the attraction before here's a taste of what it's like to experience it. 

While Sesame Street and The Muppet Show made the Muppets known world-wide, it was Jim's very first show, Sam and Friends, that set the tone and innovation we've come to expect from a Henson production. 

In 1986, CBS aired The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years showcasing many of the Henson Company's productions up to that point. 

Just think about everything that come out since. So as The Muppets and The Jim Henson Company turn 70, we reflect on the not just the legacy Jim left behind, but look ahead to whatever the future holds for the beloved characters he created. 

35 years later, we still miss you, Jim!

"Sesame Street" Receives Grant From Elevate Prize Foundation!

The Elevate Prize Foundation awarded the characters of Sesame Street the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award for their transformative impact on generations of children through their purpose-driven storytelling.

The Elevate Prize Foundation Carolina Jayaram, CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation; Versha Sharma,
 Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue (who moderated the discussion following the presentation of the award);
Ernie; Bert; Joe Deitch ,Founder of the Elevate Prize Foundation; and Sal Perez,
 Executive Producer of Sesame Street.

Given onstage to Sesame Workshop at the Foundation's Third Annual Make Good Famous Summit by its Founder Joseph Deitch and CEO Carolina García Jayaram, the award celebrates the iconic children's show and its 55-year legacy as a trusted source of educational excellence and emotional support for children worldwide, and looks to ensure its future for new generations.

The Elevate Prize Catalyst Award recognizes prominent figures who use their influence to inspire global social action. To advance their mission and scale their work, recipients receive $250,000 in unrestricted funding, as well as valuable development resources and partnership opportunities. Past recipients include Dwyane Wade, Michael J. Fox, Matt Damon, George and Amal Clooney, and Malala Yousafzai, among others.

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"On behalf of my friends at Sesame Street, I am honored to accept the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, especially during Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when we reflect on the emotional well-being of children and families. With 1 in 5 children facing mental health challenges, our work feels more important than ever," said Sal Perez, Executive Producer of Sesame Street. "This award will help sustain Sesame Workshop's support for children and families facing some of the toughest challenges — whether that's struggling with mental health, experiencing homelessness, or having a parent who is struggling with addiction, and will support our ability to deliver on our nonprofit mission of helping children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder."

Perez also announced the start of production for the 56th season of Sesame Street, in which the beloved program will be reimagined, giving attendees of the Make Good Famous Summit a sneak peek of what's to come.

"We've always been committed to the idea of Sesame Street being a radical experiment, and that's the organizational ethos inspiring our latest season. We're reimagining the show, introducing a new format and an all-new animated segment exploring never-before-seen locations. The new structure will enable us to deliver more comedy and playability, so children can extend the experience beyond the screen by imagining themselves playing with or as their favorite Sesame Street friends. And, of course, we'll be welcoming celebrity guest stars to delight parents and caregivers," shared Perez.

Perez, together with Bert and Ernie, accepted the award during the closing session of the Make Good Famous Summit, a global gathering of activists, changemakers, storytellers, leaders, and culture-drivers that began on May 12. Held under the theme "A New Era of Impact," this year's convening encouraged attendees to challenge traditional models of philanthropy and impact and take bolder action, build community, and push for inclusive, actionable solutions to social challenges.

"We are proud to present this year's Elevate Prize Catalyst Award to Sesame Street — not just for decades of impact, but for proving that cultural storytelling is a frontline tool for global change. For over 50 years, Sesame Street has done what few institutions have: created a trusted space where children — and the adults who love them — develop empathy, resilience, and the value of belonging. At a time when disinformation, division, and mental health crises are surging worldwide, we cannot afford to lose public programs that model compassion and inclusion at scale. Without programs like Sesame Street, we risk a generation of children growing up without a shared moral compass or safe space to process the world around them. But if we protect and invest in this kind of storytelling, the upside is exponential — a society better equipped to raise informed, emotionally healthy, and socially conscious leaders," said Carolina García Jayaram, CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation.

About the Elevate Prize Foundation
Founded in 2019 by businessman and philanthropist Joseph Deitch, the Elevate Prize Foundation is a global nonprofit on a mission to Make Good Famous. To ensure lasting impact, the organization is committed to bringing visibility to the work of changemakers and inspiring audiences on an international scale. The foundation's signature program is its annual Elevate Prize, which is awarded to 10 global leaders tackling pressing issues in innovative ways. The Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, another one of the foundation's programs, recognizes prominent individuals for their commitment to inspiring global social action and using their influence for the good of humanity. The foundation also operates the Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award, a monthly grant to fuel grassroots movements and organizers on the frontlines committed to collective action and building power among communities. The foundation's latest endeavor, Elevate Studios, was launched in 2025 to finance and distribute purpose-driven content. 

For more information, visit www.elevateprize.org and follow @ElevatePrize on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

Watch “World of Color Happiness” Muppet Pre-Show!

As we first told you about in March, The Muppets are opening the new "World of Color Happiness” water show at Disneyland.

While the show officially opens Friday night, last night the park offered a special sneak peek to select members of the media. 

The pre-show is a fun way to explain the safety precautions as only The Muppets can. 

You can watch the entire Muppet pre-show below, courtesy of MouseSteps (who had a great vantage point) as well as the whole "World of Color Happiness” presentation via Daps Magic.

The main show opens with a montage inspirational Disney songs including a Muppetational tune about rainbows. 

 "World of Color Happiness” officially opens at Disney's California Adventure on Friday. 

Pre-Order The Muppets: Kermit Singing Figurine!

Rp Minis by Running Press has a singing Kermit figurine coming in October. 

The 3-inch tall vinyl features Kermit sitting on a log with his banjo that plays the first verse of "The Rainbow Connection" at the push of a button. Requires two AAA batteries (not included).

The set also comes with a full-color mini sticker book with stickers of The Muppets.

It will available Oct 7, but you can pre-order The Muppets: Kermit Singing Figurine - (Rp Minis) by Running Press (Paperback) at Target.

"The Storyteller" Complete Collection Coming To Blu-ray!

Australian company Via Vision Entertainment will release the blu-ray debut the classic Henson anthology series The Storyteller this summer.

While the series has been released on DVD and streaming before, this will be the series first time on Blu-ray and the first time the series will be available on physical media since being remastered. 

This set includes all nine stories from the original The StoryTeller series plus the Greek Myths sequel series as well. 

For those unfamiliar, the original series starred John Hurt, and his cynical dog, who narrates fascinating tales that combine humor, intrigue, and magic. Featuring both human actors and creations from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop retelling classic folk tales, fables, and legends, the series marked a more mature direction for Henson, more in the vein of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, then The Muppets. 

Be aware Bluray.com has the release as Region B only, which will not play in most US players, though that may change closer to it's release. 

The set comes out August, 20th, and you can pre-order the set on Blu-ray and DVD from Via Vision Entertainment.  

The Walt Disney Family Museum Celebrates the Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary!

On June 14, The Walt Disney Family Museum is hosting a special event celebrating the Jim Henson Company's 70th anniversary.

The panel will be hosted by Muppets Haunted Mansion guest star Yvette Nicole Brown and will include puppet designer and costumer Bonnie Erickson, The Jim Henson Company’s Archives Director Karen Falk, puppeteer and voice actor Dave Goelz, producer Alex Rockwell, and CEO of The Jim Henson Company and daughter of Jim Henson, Lisa Henson.

Join them as they share their favorite memories of the last seven decades of Henson productions full of humor, heart, and hope.

Below is are the full details of the event:

In 1955, a young man named Jim Henson created a television show featuring puppets called Sam and Friends and the rest is history. The Jim Henson Company has entertained multiple generations of children and adults, with television shows including The Muppet Show (1976–81), Farscape (1999–2004), Dinosaur Train (2009–21), The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019), and most recently Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2021– present) along with memorable films, including The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022). 

Join puppet designer and costumer Bonnie Erickson, The Jim Henson Company’s Archives Director Karen Falk, puppeteer and voice actor Dave Goelz, producer Alex Rockwell, and CEO of The Jim Henson Company and daughter of Jim Henson, Lisa Henson, as they share their favorite memories of the last seven decades of Henson productions full of humor, heart, and hope in a panel discussion moderated by Emmy®-nominated actress, writer, producer, and host Yvette Nicole Brown.

Tickets are available now at the Walt Disney Family Museum.

Coming Soon: The "Sam and Friends" Script Book!

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the premiere of Sam and Friends, Jim Henson Legacy President Craig Shemin, revealed the cover of his upcoming "The Sam and Friends Script Book"!

The cover was designed by our friend Dave Hulteen Jr. with character photography by legendary Muppet photographer John E. Barrett. 

The book contains 60 scripts from the show, along with annotations by Craig and a foreword by Dave Goelz.

The book will be published by BearManor Media, who also released Craig's first book on Sam and Friends "Sam and Friends - The Story of Jim Henson’s First Television Show".

No release date has been announced yet, but you can order it later this year from BearManor Media.