Muppet Thoughts of The Week!

For the last few months The Muppets have been releasing a new "Thought of The Week" video.

We've been a bit behind covering this so here is today's Muppet "Thought of The Week", followed by the rest so far as well.

Enjoy!

Be on the lookout next week for another "Muppet Thought of The Week"!

Sesame Street Wins 5 More Emmys!

This weekend Sesame Street won half of the awards is was nominated for at the Daytime Emmy Awards. 

The new hardware being added to Sesame Workshop's already impressive trophy case are:

Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s or Family Viewing Program
Head Writer Joey Mazzarino
Writers Molly Boylan, Geri Cole, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Michael Goldberg, Emily Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Ed Valentine, Belinda Ward, John Weidman

Outstanding Directing in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s or Family Viewing Program
Directors Ken Diego, Benjamin Lehmann, Joey Mazzarino, Scott Preston, Chuck Vinson, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Production Designer David Gallo
Art Directors Keith Olsen, Randall Richards

Outstanding Sound Editing
Supervising Sound Editors Michael Barrett, Chris Prinzivalli
Supervising Music Editor Michael Croiter
Music Editors Jorge Muelle, Paul Rudolph
Sound Editor Chris Sassano
Sound Effects Editorn Dick Maitland

and 

Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series
Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente
Senior Producer Benjamin Lehmann
Producer Mindy Fila
Line Producer Stephanie Longardo
Coordinating Producer April Coleman

Congrats to all the people at Sesame Street for being recognized and our friends at Tough Pigs for gathering all the information about the winners!

Although the show was not broadcast on TV again this year. We hope to see some footage from the event show up on the web soon. 

Bean Bunny Easter Pin!

Ever wonder why Disney doesn't take advantage of using Bean Bunny in more merchandise around Easter time?

Well, it seems that this year the mouse finally woke up and released they had another bunny character!

Disney Parks recently released this limited edition Easter pin in their theme parks.

Thanks to reader Kurtis Findlay for the scoop. It's a start, now how about more Bean merch, Disney?

Muppet Show Tumblers!

Good news! While Diamond Select Toys' Muppet action figures have been pushed back, their new Muppet Show tumblers are now available! The glasses were set to be released in August, so this is MUCH earlier than expected. 

The fast-food inspired glassware of yesteryear feature Kermit, Fozzie, Bunsen, Beaker and the Swedish Chef, as well as many other Muppet favorites. We now have our first glimpse at the backs of 3 out of the 4 as well!

Muppets Muppet Show Kermit Glass Tumbler:

Muppets Muppet Show Fozzie Glass Tumbler:

Muppets Muppet Show Swedish Chef Glass Tumbler:

Muppets Muppet Show Bunsen & Beaker Glass Tumbler:

Just like Diamond Selects previous Muppet glasses, each glass costs $9.99 and comes in a full-color window box.


Each is available from Amazon at the links above and at Entertainment Earth.

Sesame Place Classic Character Slimey Plush!

A few years ago Sesame Place started releasing classic plush of fan favorite characters. First was the Two Headed Monster, followed by Herry Monster and last year it was the blue Yip Yip Martian.  

This years classic character plush is one of the smallest Muppets of all, Oscar's pal Slimey!

The larger than life 15.5" plush costs $26.95 and is available now at Sesame Place and on their website!

We're 5, We're 5, We're A Big Blog Now, We're 5!

5 years ago we launched our little blog! We hope you've all enjoyed it so far!

Let's hear it for 5!

The 5th episode of The Muppet Show not only featured Rita Moreno, who won an Emmy for her appearance,

but it featured the first appearance of Veterinarians' Hospital!

The 5th episode of The Muppets featured a battle between Reese Witherspoon and Miss Piggy:

And Fozzie's girlfriend serenading him with "True Colors":

Depending on what order you look look at, the 5th episode of Muppets Tonight also featured a female guest star, Cindy Crawford, and one of my personal favorite Muppets scenes of all time (7:03 mark):

5. That's that number of the day! Ha ha ha!!!

Swedish Chef Plays with PAM!

The Muppets have a had long tradition of appearing in commercials. This week Conagra Foods released two new ads for PAM featuring everyone's favorite culinary calamity - The Swedish Chef!

Both ads come in 30 and 16 second varieties. Bon Appetit!


The Swedish Chef Makes Sautéed Vegetables: (30 Seconds)

The Swedish Chef Makes Sautéed Vegetables: (16 Seconds)

The Swedish Chef Makes Croquembouche: (30 Seconds)

The Swedish Chef Makes Croquembouche: (16 Seconds)

 For a Throwback Thursday bonus, check out the chef is this 2012 ad for Bounty: