Take Your Muppet To Work Day!

Did you know notice any new, smaller employees at work recently? They're called kids, and they were there as part of take your child to work day.

To celebrate, Sesame Street decided to let the Muppets invade their offices. 

Adorkable Rachel's Labyrinth Unboxing!

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

Jim Henson Company Gets New Global Licensing Manager!

The Jim Henson Company has hired a new Global Licensing Manager.

Shane Mang recently joined The Jim Henson Company as Executive Director of Global Consumer Products where is job will be overseeing licensing activities for beloved brands, classic franchises and upcoming new properties. 

Mang joins The Jim Henson Company from DHX Media, where he was their Business Development Manager – Americas. During his time at DHX he managed Teletubbies, Mega Man, Caillou, Inspector Gadget, Degrassi and more. As part of his duties at DHX included managing a network of partners including licensees and manufacturers, licensing agencies, sales teams, toy distributors, and mass and specialty North American retailers. Prior to that, Mang served as Manager, Licensing and Distribution at Nerd Corps Entertainment.

Mang will report to Chris Lytton, COO & EVP of Business Affairs who had this to say about him:

“Shane is a best in class executive with a deep knowledge of the licensing and merchandising industry and the key players in the field. His expertise and enthusiasm are sure to drive growth across the Company’s entire global consumer products lineup,” said Lytton.

According to Animation Magazine Mang will be in charge of animated properties such as Dot. which recently renewed for a second season launching fall 2018 (produced by Industrial Brothers in association with The Jim Henson Company and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation); the Emmy-nominated Dinosaur Train, Doozers, which wil debut its second season this summer on Hulu; the Emmy-nominated Splash and Bubbles (co-produced with Herschend Studios); and Word Party.

Mang will also oversee classic Henson titles like Farscape, Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, and The Dark Crystal.

May The 4th Be With You!

Happy Star Wars Day from Wicket Bunny!

Muppet Thought of the Week - Uncle Deadly Unpacks Wisdom!

Uncle Deadly Unpacks Wisdom for this week's Muppet Thought of the Week!

Sesame Street itty bittys Coming Soon!

Sesame Street itty bittys are coming soon to Hallmark stores. 

As you can see the collection of small plush will include Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Elmo, and Cookie Monster. 

There will also be an itty bittys Storybook two-pack with Oscar and Grover.

No word yet when they'll be in stores or online be keep small "i" out for them. 

Sesame Street Wins More Emmys!

Sesame Street brought home another 8 Emmy's for their trophy case this weekend. 

The show about our favorite street was a big winner at this year's Daytime Emmy awards, though sadly the other Henson nominated shows didn't fair as well. 

Sesame won for:

Outstanding Special Class – Short Format Daytime Program
Sesame Street: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with Julia & Elmo
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Outstanding Technical Team
Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action

Interestingly, "A Song About Songs" beat out "Try A Little Kindness" to win Outstanding Original Song. So, I guess the message is, songs about songs are winners and songs about kindness are losers! What a great message for kids... 

You can watch the video for the emmy winning song below:

Sesame Street also won Outstanding Writing in a Children's, Preschool Children's, Family Viewing and the big prize Outstanding Preschool Children's Series both of which Julie's Greenroom was also nominated for.

Though Sesame Street did win a few awards, they didn't win everything they were nominated for. 

They lost Outstanding Interactive Media Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series to Fruit Ninja Frenzy Force - (Editors Note: WTF is that??)

Both Sesame Street and Julie's Greenroom both lost Outstanding Directing in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program to Free Rein, whatever that is. 

Sesame Street also lost Outstanding Sound Mixing to Disney's Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall, Outstanding Lighting Direction to The Talk, and Outstanding Hairstyling to Live with Kelly and Ryan. Which was probably all due all Ryan Seacrest's never moving coif.


And finally, John Tartaglia sadly lost Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his roles as as Splash & Mrs. Tidy on Splash and Bubbles to Tom Kenny's titular SpongeBob SquarePants, which I was surprised to learn is still making new episodes. 

While the ceremony wasn't on TV, it was broadcast live via Facebook. The In Memoriam section paid tribute to Sesame Street animator Bud Luckey, and recording engineer Jim Czak, as well as puppeteer Chuck McCann. 

As you can see, a whooping 12 thousand people watched the feed. NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, PBS, and every other other national broadcast or local channel should be ashamed of themselves for not airing it.