Muppet Stuff Video: The Muppet Stuff Book Club - Rachel Herrick: "Big Bird's Red Book"!

In these increasingly difficult times it's nice to share a good book with friends. With that in mind our friend Rachel Herrick is our next guest on The Muppet Stuff Book Club. 

Today Rachel read's the Sesame Street Little Golden Book "Big Bird's Red Book." 

You can find more videos from Rachel at: Adorkable Rachel

If you'd like to be a guest reader on the Muppet Stuff Book cub, please Contact Us.

Muppet Stuff Turns 8!

Today Muppet Stuff celebrates it's 8th anniversary, and we have a few surprises in store. 

What's so great about 8?

You can do a lot with 8. Beethoven only had "8 Little Notes"...

You could be a "King of 8":

But for us, it's chance to show how far we've come. 

Over the last 8 years we've posted over 1,840 articles, which we've shared with our 5k+ Twitter followers, and over 3,000 of our closest Facebook friends. 

We've been proud to join Krazy Joe's podcast MegaPodtastic, thrift for Muppet treasures along with CinemaSickness, and watch our friend and frequent contributor 
Adorkable Rachel become a professional puppeteer.  

Coming up, we're going to spotlight more fans, their collections, and even their reading skills in a new series we're calling "The Muppet Stuff Book Club."

But that's all, just this week we filmed an upcoming episode of Collector's Call!

We showcased a few of the prized possessions inside the Muppet Stuff Museum and taught the expert a few things about Jim Henson and The Muppets all while social distancing ourselves!

While the episode doesn't have specific an airdate yet, we'll keep you posted as to when you'll be able to watch it. 

Most of all though thank you for reading, watching, and sharing everything over the last 8 years.

Here's to 8 years of Muppet Stuff and to the many more to come!

Rachel Interviews John Tartaglia!

Our friend Rachel is back with a brand new interview. She recently skyped with John Tartaglia to discuss his experience on Avenue Q and his thoughts on the show's closing!

Adorkable Rachel Drops The Mic!

Our friend Rachel is back with her reaction to The Muppets recent appearance on Drop The Mic.

Adorkable Rachel: Swazzle Studio Tour!

Today our friend Rachel takes us on a tour of the Swazzle puppet shop!

You may recognize few familiar Henson names and faces along the way...

If you'd like to support their Merry Christmas, Krampus children's book, Swazzle is crowdfunding the project on Kickstarter.

Adorkable Rachel's Top 5 Best Caroll Spinney Moments!

With the announcement of Caroll Spinney retiring, today our friend Rachel takes a look at her top 5 favorite Caroll Spinney moments.

Adorkable Rachel Throwback "She Drive Me Crazy"

Today our friend Rachel does a throwback review of the Muppets 1994 music video "She Drive Me Crazy."

Adorkable Rachel Reviews The Happytime Murders!

Our friend Rachel is back with another great review.

Today she shares her thoughts on the gritty world of The Happytime Murders!

Adorkable Rachel Visits The Inkhole Lounge (EXPLICIT)

Last week we told you that among the promotion for The Happytime Murders was The Inkhole Lounge, a pop-up where you could interacted with some of the characters from the film.  

Today our good friend Rachel takes us inside The Inkhole and the dirty world the of Happytime puppets. WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT!

Adorkable Rachel Visits The Jim Henson Exhibit at the Skirball Center!

Last week The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited opened at the Skirball Center in L.A. Thanks to The Muppet Mindset, our good friend Rachel was lucky enough to attend the pre-opening press event.

The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited will be at L.A.'s Skirball Center
until September 2nd. Tickets and information are available at the Skirball center's website. 

Rachel Reacts to The Happytime Murders Trailer!

The first trailer for The Happytime Murders dropped on Friday. If you haven't already watched it, you can watch it out at the link above. (NOTE: This is a red band trailer and is not suitable for kids or work.)

Now, let's check in with our friend Rachel to see her reaction and thoughts. 

Adorkable Rachel's Labyrinth Unboxing!

Our good friend Rachel is back with another great video. This time she unboxes some recent Labyrinth items.

Adorkable Rachel Talks Muppet Guys Talking!

Our friend Rachel is back to talk about the newly released documentary Muppet Guys 

Talking!

Adorkable Rachel - Dark Crystal Unboxing and HAUL!

Today our good friend Rachel takes a look a some recently released Dark Crystal merchandise including the new Anniversary Edition Blu-ray. 

You might even notice a shout out or two to a certain blog your reading...

Thanks Rachel for another great video!

Adorkable Rachel Explores The World of The Dark Crystal!

Just in time for the film's 35th anniversary, our friend Adorkable Rachel takes an on location look at The Dark Crystal!

Also of note, tomorrow's the last day to see it in US theaters, which we HIGHLY recommend going to see.

The 4K restoration is simply stunning. My only qualms were that for some reason Universal hasn’t given the Henson’s/ Sony a remastered version of their logo. It looks really worn and dated - and really stands out as it should be an easy fix. 

Secondly, the title itself looks muted and soft. Just like the blur-ray does now. 

Title shot from 2009 Blu-ray.

When you see the rest of the names in the opening credits the different is very apparent. The names really stand out and shine, the the big reveal of the title? meh. Again, an easy fix that should have been dealt with for this 4K restoration.

Other then then those two things - both of which happen less than 2 min into the film  - everything else looks amazing and we can't recommend seeing this restoration on the big screen enough. 

However, if you can't make it to the theather, The Dark Crystal's 35 Anniversary Edition 4K and Blu-ray hits store's tomorrow!

Adorkable Rachel: Muppet Babies Reboot!

Our good friend Rachel is back with her thoughts on the upcoming Muppet Babies reboot!

 

Adorkable Rachel's Muppets Most Wanted Conspiracy Theory!

Our friend Rachel is back with a very intriguing conspiracy theory about Muppets Most Wanted.

Check her VERY compelling argument below:

If that was actually a part of the movie, Muppets Most Wanted would have been all the better for it!

Adorkable Rachel Interviews Mike Quinn!

Our good friend Rachel is back with another "Muppet Monday."

This week she has a supersized video interview with longtime Henson and Star Wars puppeteer, Mike Quinn!

Adorkable Rachel Takes The Bowl!

I was incredibly fortunate to attend two performances of The Muppets Take The Bowl this past weekend.  

The first night of the show I was joined by good friends Rachel Herrick and Lucas Ervin, both of whom I've known for a long time though this was the our first time meeting in person!

As you'll see, the show had it all. Take it away Rachel...

Adorkable Rachel Visits Seattle's Jim Henson Exhibit!

Our good friend Rachel is back with another "Muppet Monday" video (yes, we know it's
Tuesday).

Today, she shares with us her visit to the Jim Henson Exhibit in Seattle!

If things look a little familiar, it's because this is the traveling version of the Museum of the Moving Image's Jim Henson Exhibition.