Sesame Workshops Adds Another Emmy to Their Collection!

Sesame Workshops won another Emmy last night at the Creative Arts Emmys!

They won best Children's Program for their primetime special The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special

The now Emmy awarding winning special makes it's DVD debut November 6 and can be pre-ordered through Amazon. 

Congrats to everyone involved!

Throwback Thursday: 2017 Christmas Presents!

It's almost May, the snow has melted, the winter jackets are going back into storage, and the short sleeves are coming out. What a perfect time to showcase what a few Muppet fans got for Christmas, right?

Let's throwback to Christmas morning 2017 when....

Adrienne H. Lee received a set of Muppet glasses:

Connor received the 2018 Muppet calendar, Muppet-Vision 3D bank, a 2007 Staler plush , a Gonzo plush from 2003, a Disney World Animal shirt, The Muppet Christmas Carol Hallmark ornament, a Miss Piggy plush tsum tsum, the Muppets meet the classics phantom of the opera book, a 1992 Muppet kids book, Kermit LuLaRoe leggings (which his parents are calling pajama bottoms), and a Muppet eyes shirt. Phew!

If that wasn't enough, Connor gave his mother Sally this Precious Moments Kermit figurine.

Here they are together in their Muppet shirts!

Joseph Debly received this Kermit and miss piggy garland, a wall sticker, poster and balloon. 

 

He also received the I Am Jim Henson book, The Muppet Show board game, Jim Henson and the Muppets stamps, the Kermit's Costume Caper storybook, and a Fozzie plush.

Christy Walk received a few Muppet and Sesame Street items. Not only did she get a Sesame Street blanket, pillowcase, and pajama pants...

She also got a Big Bird plush, and DVD's of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Monster Hits.

Last, but certainly not least, we have Christopher O'Connor who got a 1982 Henson Company Christmas card signed by Jim Henson!

According to Chris, it was originally sent to Danny Kaye.

What a great variety of gifts! We'll see you next April* for a look at next year's Christmas presents.

* hopefully sooner

Henson Series Pick Up More Daytime Emmy Nominations!

The 2017 Daytime Emmy nominations have been announced and Sesame Street has once again racked up an impressive list of nominations and not just in the children's categories. Newcomer Julie's Greenroom also scored some noms, though it's competing directly with Sesame in the categories they're nominated in. Even Splash & Bubbles got a nom for creator and star John Tartaglia. 

And the Henson nominees are...

Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series 
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Special Class – Short Format Daytime Program
Sesame Street: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with Julia & Elmo YouTube.com

Outstanding Interactive Media Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series 
Sesame Street sesamestreetincommunities.org

Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s, Family Viewing
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Directing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s or Family Viewing Program 
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Lighting Direction 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Technical Team 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Sound Mixing 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Original Song 
“A Song About Songs”Sesame Street HBO 

“Try A Little Kindness”Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Hairstyling Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramJohn Tartaglia – Splash and Mrs. Tidy in Splash and Bubbles

In total Sesame Street received 14 nominations, Julie's Greenroon 2, and Splash and Bubbles 1.

The Daytime Emmy Awards are to be held on Sunday, April 29. No TV network has yet to be announced. 

First Look At Power of the Dark Crystal #10!

The tenth issue of The Power of the Dark Crystal hits comic shops this week.

Main Cover: Mark Buckingham

In this issue: Kensho and Thurma finally make it to the home of the Firelings, and Kensho learns long hidden secrets.

Subscription Cover: Sana Takeda

The Power of the Dark Crystal #10 will be available Wednesday at comic shops and can be pre-ordered through Amazon now.

Sesame Street: Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas DVD!

You can keep Christmas with all you through the year with the home video release of last year's Sesame Street primetime special Sesame Street: Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas.

Sesame Street: Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas DVD:

Among it's bonus features, the DVD also includes the full length special A Sesame Street Christmas Carol.

A book based on the special was also released.

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas Book:

All are now available at the links above. 

Sesame Street Gets WIRED!

The cast of Sesame Street teamed up with WIRED for couple entertaining and informative videos. 

First up the puppeteers explain how their characters work:

Then the characters answers the Web's Most Searched Questions:

Muppet Stuff Video: 2017 Year End Holiday Wrap-Up!

By now all your presents have been bought, wrapped, and opened, but take a look at our 2017 year end holiday special anyway. 

In this video we showcase the year's best holiday gifts, a surprise unboxing, our pick for the #1 Muppet production of the year (featuring a few people you may recognize), and a special holiday treat for fans of our videos all in less then ten minutes! Enjoy!

Muppet Stuff Holiday Charity - Toys For Tots!

This year's donations include Diamond Select Muppet Minimates, Funko Labyrinth and Dark Crystal Pops, a McFarland Jareth, Playskool Sesame Street figures, Disney Tsum Tsum and metal figures, and Sesame Street stickers!

Watch a Disney Movie With ... The Muppets: The Muppet Christmas Carol!

To celebrate The Muppet Christmas Carol's 25th Anniversary, Dave Goelz and Brian Henson recently sat down and rewatched the fim.

More Holiday Cheer from The Muppets!

If the past past few days of new holiday videos weren't enough, Miss Piggy, Walter, Scooter, & Lew Zealand are here to send more holiday greetings your way!

The Storyteller: Fairies #1

Archaia begins a new Storyteller series today. This time the four issues comic features stories based around Fairies. 

In JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: FAIRIES #1, Matt Smith reimagines “The Elf Queen and the Shepherd,” a tale of elven fairies in Iceland. When a Fairy Princess is cursed to the human realm and cursed to bring death with her, Grettir the Strong must discover the source of the trouble and break her curse. Future issues will focus on fairies from Hawaiian and Danish folklore.

JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: FAIRIES #1 features covers by Matt Smith and Sas Milledge

Check out a the first few pages below:

Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Fairies #1 is available through comic book stores today and on Amazon. 

Kermit Spreads Holiday Cheer!

Various Muppet and Henson properties released Holiday videos this year, though none featured Kermit. That changed today, when The Muppets released these new holiday videos featuring our favorite green amphibian.

You may notice the ad for DisneyLife at the end and wonder what that is. Well, that's Disney's new streaming service. So far it's only available in the UK, but I'm sure it'll be stateside sometime in 2018. 

The Muppets and Miskreant Puppets Bring Christmas Cheer!

A few very different "Henson" holiday greetings have been released this year.

Last week, Nerdist shared a new video from Henson Alternative's Miskreant Puppets singing their 12 Awkward Days of Xmas:

And today, The Muppets released a holiday greeting featuring Constantine.

Update:

There's also recently released holiday songs from Splash and Bubbles, and Sesame Street as well:

Enjoy The Ride's Dark Crystal Deluxe Edition Viynl On Sale Friday!

After teasing us for some time, Enjoy The Ride Records finally revealed the full details about their upcoming Deluxe Edition Dark Crystal Soundtrack.

Not only was the full version of the cover, gatefold, and back images finally revealed...

they also released images and edition sizes of the variant vinyl colors well.

Web Exclusive Variants (hand-numbered for each respective color run):

100 - Black
150 - Three Suns Color In Color
200 - Purple Inside Clear with Purple Splatter
250 - Aughra Split**
300 - Tri-Color Stripe**

From Enjoy the Ride:

In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of The Dark Crystal, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available across five deluxe anniversary edition vinyl variants*, courtesy of The Jim Henson Company and Enjoy The Toons Records. This Deluxe 35th Anniversary Edition is pressed on 180-200 gram limited edition colored vinyl, complete with die-cut center labels** and housed in a 400gsm gatefold jacket. This release also includes a 24-page photo booklet, which includes rarely seen production photos, interviews, original poster art from around the world, and concept art from The Jim Henson Company archives.

The soundtrack features Trevor Jones' musical score written for the groundbreaking fantasy classic directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, and was arranged specifically for an album listening experience. The album was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1982.

And as previously reported:

While Supplies Last, each order will receive an exclusive 12" x 12" art print with randomly selected orders receiving a signed print by Josh Bodwell.

Full Track Listing:

Overture (3:11)
The Power Ceremony (3:57)
The Storm (1:03)
The Mystic Master Dies (0:51)
The Funerals / Jen's Journey (5:25)
The Skeksis Duel (1:41)
The Pod Dance (3:14)
Love Theme (3:17)
Gelfling Song (1:11)
The Gelfling Ruins (1:43)
The Landstrider Journey (0:44)
The Great Conjunction (4:13)
Finale (7:14)

 

That's not all, eagle eyed reader may have also spotted that along with withe anew aforementioned news, Enjoy the Ride also announced that this will be available at their online store starting this Friday!