Muppet Mayhem Comes to NYCC!

After conquering D23 last week, The Electric Mayhem will promote their upcoming series The Muppets Mayhem at New York Comic Con.

 

The Muppets Mayhem:

It’s time to play the music! Coming to Disney+ in 2023, The Muppets Mayhem is a brand-new series that, for the first time in the Muppets’ over 65-year history, focuses on the legendary Electric Mayhem band as they maneuver their way through the music world of Los Angeles with one goal — to finally record their first album. Join the “human” stars of the series — Lilly Singh, Tahj Mowry and Saara Chaudry — as well as co-creators and executive producers Adam F. Goldberg, Jeff Yorkes and Bill Barretta for exciting news, exclusive footage and more!

The Muppets Mayhem will be held on the Main stage Sunday, October 9 from 11-12:30pm.

Sesame Street will also get a NYCC panel with Playbill Presents: Sesame Street The Musical Panel:

Now playing Off-Broadway, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Gabrielle, and a whole host of Sesame Street favorites have ventured onto the stage to appear in their very own musical– starring… well, themselves. Join us at NYCC as we discuss this all-new stage show featuring live puppetry and classic Sesame Street songs, plus new numbers by Broadway's brightest songwriters! Participants and host will be announced shortly.

Playbill Presents: Sesame Street The Musical Panel will be held in room 401Sun, Oct 9, 2022 from 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM. 

But that's not all. The day before, our friends at ToughPigs will be hosting their own panel about Jim Henson: The Early Years to promote Craig Shemin's new book Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson’s First Television Show.

Panelists include:

Craig Shemin – Muppet writer and author of “Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim                                     Henson’s First Television Show”

Ryan Dillon – Muppet performer

         Rollie Krewson – Master Puppet Designer and Builder, The Jim Henson Company

        Susie Tofte – Archivist / Collections Manager, The Jim Henson Company Archives

        Dave Hulteen – Muppet artist, cover artist for “Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim                                              Henson’s First Television Show”

Jim Henson: The Early Years will be held Saturday, October 8th at 4:45pm Room TBD.

More info about New York Comic Con can be found at NewYorkComicCon.com.

D23 "Best in Snow" Featuring Kermit!

As we wrap up our 2022 D23 coverage Disney announced a new unscripted holiday special  called Best in Snow coming this winter to Disney+.

The festive holiday special hosted by Tituss Burgess, transports artistic teams from around the world to a magical snowy village, Snowdome, for a spirited competition for the title of Best in Snow. With the help of Snowdome’s finest carvers, teams will transform their 10-foot, 20-ton blocks of snow into beautiful creations inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios, and The Muppets Studio.

The teams focus on family favorites such as Moana, Coco, and The Lion King, and bring the characters to life in a way you’ve never seen before—in snow!

Spectacular snow sculptures and lively musical performances from Burgess, Kermit the Frog, and DCappella make this an action-packed winter event for the entire family. 

No release date yet, but expect the special to premiere this holiday season on Disney+.

D23 Limited Edition The Muppets aDorbs Mystery Pins!

There was also one more surprise Muppet exclusive released Sunday at D23 - a set of aDorbs Muppet Mystery Pins.

The main set consist of Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Rizzo, Camilla, and Pepe and are a limited edition of 400. 

There are also 4 chaser pins limited to 300 and 2 SUPER limited pins limited to 200.
The Chasers consist of Fozzie, Bunsen, Beaker, The Swedish Chef, Same Eagle, and Rowlf. 

I'm not sure which are the chasers and which are the SUPER chasers, but I'm sure it'll be incredibly hard for fans to complete their sets giving the scarcity of the line. 

Each box originally sold for $27.95 with two pins per box at the expo and are sadly already selling on ebay for astronomical amounts. 

D23 Exclusive Muppet Merch!

Seeing how this blog's primary focus is Muppet merchandise, here is our favorite part of any convention, the exclusive merch. 

Disney used the same set up as last year for their Muppet area. The crates labeled "The Muppets Studio" and the vintage cameras created a backstage feel. 

They also had many items from last year as well Including Muppet Studio tote bags, hats, and shirts. 

a long sleeve shirt with a small embroidered Kermit head,

and a Muppet Vision 3D crop top. 

New this year was a Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem shirt featuring Lips!

An outline of Kermit pen, 

and new Muppet Studios drinkware and notebooks, as well as pajamas, shirts and drinkware featuring a new Muppet heads pattern. 

Eagle eyed fans have already noticed the pattern not only consists of well known Muppets like Kermit Fozzie, Piggy, and Gonzo, but it also includes fan favorite and lesser known characters like, Lew Zealand, Uncle Deadly, Camilla, Bean Bunny, and  Joe the Legal Weasel!

They also a shirt with larger versions of the icons as well. 

Hopefully we'll even see more merch featuring obscure characters.

D23 Muppets Mayhem!

Not only were the The Electric Mayhem action figures on display, the band itself made their first appearance at D23 this weekend to promote their upcoming Disney+ series Muppets Mayhem. 

Not only did they performed "Can You Picture That?" (Check it from various perspectives of fans in attendance). 

 

Afterward Floyd, Janice, and Animal joined costar Tahj Mowry to discuss their time working on the show. (Again check it from various perspectives of fans in attendance), 

 

Disney blog Laughing Place also got Red Carpet interview with the series Co-Creator/ Executive Producer, Jeff Yorkes.

Anyone else notice Peter Linz's take on Lips? Sounds like he'll now talk in a dialect only the other members of the band can understand. It took decades for Steve Whitmire to finally come up with a voice and personality for the yellow trumpet player on ABC's short lived The Muppets. We'll se how this shift works when The Muppets Mayhem to premieres sometime early next year on Disney+. 

D23 Muppet Christmas Carol 30th Anniversary!

Christmas came early this year as D23 celebrated The Muppet Christmas Carol's 30th anniversary. 

Director Brian Henson, songwriter Paul Williams, costume designer Polly Smith, Muppet Performer Dave Goelz, joined host Nina West to talk about the film's enduring appeal.

Disney Legend Jodi Benson performed "When Love is Gone."

And Nina West and the Muppets closed the panel with a medley of the movie's songs. 

It was also reveled that the full version of the film- including "When Love is Gone" - will debut on Disney+ in December. 

You can watch highlights from various perspectives from those in attendance below. 

The full version of The Muppet Christmas Carol - including  "When Love is Gone" will debut on Disney+ December 11th - exactly 30 years after the film's initial theatrical release.

D23 Super7 Electric Mayhem ReAction Figures on Display!

Over the weekend Disney held its annual D23 expo and there were plenty of Muppet surprises revealed over the three day convention.

Part one of our look at all the Muppet D23 happenings is that Super 7's revealed their Muppet ReAction figure line featuring Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem for the first time.

The figures of Dr. Teeth, Animal, Janice, Floyd, Zoot, and surprisingly Scooter were on display, but sadly no sign of Lips.

Perhaps Super7 is going for the group as they appeared in The Muppet Movie with Scooter being the band's road manger, but with the new Muppets Mayhem series prominently 

featuring Lips as part of the band, I'm surprised Disney didn't push for their inclusion. 

Some look better then others, but we should state that these are still in the prototype phase and still need "Licensor Approval" before being moved to the next phase of production. 

We forwarded these images to our friend James Carroll, who worked on both the Palisades and Diamond Select figures, and he's already contacted Super7 about helping them get the look of the characters corrected. 

We hope they take him up on his offer, as the slight tweaks he was already able to do really make these figures come alive. 

No word on a release date, but if these are still in this phase of production, we probably won't see them until later in 2023.