The Muppets Invade Holey Moley!

The Muppets begin their invasion of ABC's mini-golf show Holey Moley tonight. 

Click here to read Paste Magazine's interview with Charles Wachter, the show's producer, to find out how this pairing came to be and what we can expect this season.

Join @TheMuppets and the un-fore-gettable cast on the season premiere of #HoleyMoley Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC and Stream on Hulu! pic.twitter.com/UUWN9HZIEy

— Holey Moley (@holeymoleyabc) May 1, 2022

Holey Moley: Fore-Ever! premieres tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. 

Center for Puppetry Arts' 2022 "Call to Auction"!

The Center for Puppetry Arts is once again holding their "Call to Auction" event to help support the center.

This year's auction has a bunch of great items and experiences to entice you. 

This year, the Center will feature exclusive conversations with the family, artists, and celebrities behind some of Jim Henson’s iconic characters including Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Zoe, Boober Fraggle and more.

Meet the Henson Family:

Bidders have the chance to have both virtual and in-person conversations with members of the Henson family. Featured packages include:

• a Zoom meet and greet with Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company and executive producer of the new Apple TV+ series reboot Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock as well as the Emmy-winning The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
  
  
• a Zoom meet and greet with Brian Henson, Chairman of the Board of The Jim Henson Company and award-winning director, producer, and writer for film and television with credits including Labyrinth, Muppet Treasure Island, and Farscape.
  
  
• an in-person VIP tour of the New York location of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop with Cheryl Henson, President of The Jim Henson Foundation.
  
  
• a New York City walking tour of places significant to Jim Henson and his work with Heather Henson, contemporary puppet artist and founder of IBEX Puppetry. Her work promotes harmony and healing for the planet through artistic spectacle and discussion. Heather is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Jim Henson Company and The Jim Henson Legacy

Meet the People Behind the Puppets:

These featured packages include virtual discussions with the performers and artists behind some of the most iconic puppets ever. Featured packages include:

• A Zoom meet and greet with Dave Goelz, best known as the puppeteer of Gonzo, characters from the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, and more
  
  
• A Zoom meet and greet with Bonnie Erickson, designer of Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, and more
  
  
• A Zoom meet and greet with Fran Brill, puppeteer of Sesame Street’s Zoe and Prairie Dawn
  
  
• A Fraggle Rock prize pack including a Zoom meet and greet with a Fraggle

This year’s auction also features a tour of both the historic Jim Henson Company Lot in Hollywood and the nearby world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. 

Other packages include a holiday party for 100 guests for the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer™ performance in Atlanta, assorted Henson memorabilia, vacation destinations, photography packages, dinner experiences and more. From immersive experiences to rare collectibles, earrings to wine baskets, all types of items will be up for auction at every price range to encourage all to participate. The 3-day virtual silent auction is open to bidders across the world.

“We were thrilled last year when bidders from over 14 different countries participated in our first-ever “Call to Auction”. Thanks to their support, the Center raised over $169,000 directly benefiting our education and digital learning programs, museum, and award-winning performances,” said Beth Schiavo, Executive Director.

Donations to the Center will also be accepted throughout the auction allowing patrons to provide funding for field trips and other programming.

Bidding opens on May 3rd at 12:00pm EDT and ends on May 5th at 5pm. EDT.

For more information, visit the Call to Auction website.

DC Thrifting Adventure Haul!

We recently took a thrifting adventure to the Washington DC area finding many great items along the way. We even stopped at the Smithsonian American History Museum to see which Muppet was on display. 

Check out all the amazing finds below:

Look for more videos on our Youtube channel.

Holey Moley Muppet Promotion!

As we recently told you, The Muppets are joining ABC's mini-golf meets Wipeout show Holey Moley. 

The season dubbed "Fore-Ever!" debuts next week and the promotion is starting to pick up. 

You can read more info about this season of Holey Moley: Fore-Ever! here. 

Holey Moley: Fore-Ever! premieres May 3 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

The Muppet Stuff Blog's 10th Anniversary!

This weekend our little blog reached a milestone - a full decade of Muppet Stuff!

We started out as a page on facebook, then a website, and gradually expanded over the years to other social media outlets, such as Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram. 

While we have done conventions in the past, last year we expanded not just to conventions in the Philadelphia area but online as well with The Muppet Stuff and More Store on Mercari. 

For our 10th Anniversary we our expanding again and opening a Muppet Stuff Blog store on both Teepublic and Spreadshirt as well as a Patreon. So now you can help support the site, and get some exclusive Muppet Stuff Blog merch too. 

So far we have stickers, mugs, tote bags, buttons, and cell phone cases available with our logo and social media outlets, with more products and design on the way. 

And as we look to our future, I'd like to take a moment tell you about our history.
The idea first began in the early 2000's when Muppet Central was the only major Muppet fan site. They had a forum that was constantly being updated by fans, but the site itself didn't seem to get updated much, especially about new Muppet products. 

By chance at 2001's Muppet Fest I sat next to Danny Horn who published the Muppet Zine. Being both frustrated with the lack of information us fans were craving, we talked about our ideas for future Muppet fan sites. 

I mentioned my idea about a site primarily focused on merchandise, but relating other Jim Henson related news as well and he mentioned a site he was thinking about that later became ToughPigs. 

Over the next few years there still was little attention given to merchandise. My friend James, who I also met through Muppet Central, started texting and calling each whenever we spotted a new Muppet product.

I knew other fans would be interested in the same information: what's coming out, when, and where can I get it. Simple and to the point. 

Around 2010 blogs were becoming more ubiquitous and in 2011, with Disney's release of The Muppets movie and their full bore Muppet franchise reboot, I knew the time had come to finally launch Muppet Stuff. 

Which brings me to the name. I had always been a fan of the Muppet Stuff stores the Henson Company launched in the 80's. I saw ads in the back of Muppet Magazine and couldn't wait to visit a store that sold nothing but Muppet related items. Unfortunately, the closest one to me was in NYC, and while I didn't grow up that far away, when you're a kid it might as have been Antarctica. 

On family trips to NYC we either had the wrong address (we didn't have goggle at our figure tips back then) or just missed the store closing for the day. Needless to say I NEVER made to a Muppet Store though my dad was able on trips to NYC and brought me back items from time to time.

This only increased my desire to have a place of just Muppet stuff and thus began my collection and love for Muppet... stuff!

The Muppet Stuff store's motto was "A store with nothing but," and I wanted to incorporate that as well the classic advertising line from The Muppets Take Manhattan - "just say what the product does? Why no one's ever tried that!" so instead of just Muppet Stuff, which was the stores name, the blog became The Muppet Stuff Blog "A blog with nothing but." 

 

Speaking of my dad, you may be wondering why our birthday is April 24th. It's my dad's birthday. He's literally the father of Muppet Stuff and I thought it was appropriate to honor him by having the blog officially begin on his birthday.

Sadly, my dad passed away suddenly in October and so he didn't get to see the blog turn 10, but he did get to see it expand over the years including my 2020 appearance on Collector's Call.   

To celebrate our first decade, over the next year we'll periodically look back at the last decade of The Muppet Stuff Blog as we continue to bring you all the latest news about Jim Henson related merchandise and more. 

So thanks again to everyone who's supported the blog over these last 10 years and hearty welcome to all our news fans. 

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Mercari and now Spreadshirt, 

Teepublic, and Patreon as well.

Thanks for reading, watching, subscribing, sharing, and enjoying a decade worth of STUFF!

iam8bit Exclusive Muppet Movie Vinyl Soundtrack!

iam8bit is releasing an exclusive remastered vinyl record of The Muppet Movie soundtrack. 

The classic soundtrack with songs by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher has been completely remastered and reimagined for the first time in over 40 years specifically for vinyl. 

After the success with their Muppet Christmas Carol vinyl soundtrack in November iam8bit has once again teamed up with Kevin Wilson to produce art work for the release. Unlike the re-use of Wilson's already produced Muppet Christmas Carol art work though, his art for this release seems to to brand new. 

The front features Kermit on his log singing "Rainbow Connection", the back features Kermit and Fozzie in Fozzie's uncle's Studebaker at the fork in the road next to a Doc Hopper's Frog leg's billboard.

The inside sleeve features Kermit and Miss Piggy dining by candlelight on one side,

while the other features Gonzo in the desert singing "I'm going to go back there someday."

The inside labels feature Scooter with his clapboard denoting each side of the record.

Below is the official description:

Keep believing, keep pretending;

We've done just what we've set out to do,

Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers, and YOU!

It’s an absolute dream come true for iam8bit to collaborate with The Muppets Studio and Walt Disney Records to release this completely remastered revival of The Muppet Movie soundtrack on vinyl. (That feels sooooo good to say.) More than 40 years since it’s original release in 1979, we’ve rummaged backstage at The Muppet Theatre to dust off timeless recordings like the Oscar-nominated “Rainbow Connection” and the road trip ditty, “Movin’ Right Along,” sparing no executional detail to give this album the treatment it deserves.

The music by legends, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, is undisputedly excellent, charming in its love of lyricism, with perfectly-honed harmonies and arrangements. These are the songs that rocketed The Muppets from mere TV stardom to the realm of rockstars, featuring outstanding performances by Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (with Animal on wicked drums), and so many more. Statler and Waldorf would even approve of the outstanding album artwork by Kevin Wilson, who approached this design not merely as a commission, but as a lifelong obsession with The Muppets.

That's not all, iam8bit is releasing 4 variants of their Muppet Movie LP:

Kermit Green (iam8bit exclusive)

Miss Piggy Pink (iam8bit and in the UK at Just For Games)

Scooter Yellow (Light in the Attic Records exclusive)

Animal Red (Zavvi)

And, best of it's available to pre-order TODAY at 9am PST / 12PT EST using the links above. 

Expect them to arrive sometime in July. 

Rare Muppet Clips Vol 3 #3!

We're back with another batch of rare Muppet performances. 

Again, we do not own these clips, nor do we make any guarantees to how long they'll be available, so watch them while you can! 

Since we recently lost Emilio Delgado this batch of classic clips is dedicated to him and his barrier breaking character "Luis."

SMU Jones Films Interview With Emilio Delgado (July 24, 1972):

 

Snow w/Maria and Luis (w/Closing Credits, 1974): 

  

Classic Sesame Street - Kermit The Smart Luis:

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 1979 - 10th Anniversary:

Sesame Street: Sing/Canta: