Just unveiled today, as part of the Disney100 Decades Collection, Loungefly will release a special Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem backpack!
The Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Loungefly mini-backpack features Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd, Janice, Lips and Zoot with the golden teeth and lips logo used on Animal's base drum. While the sides have tassels like Floyd's jacket.
Based on the other Disney100 Decades Collections and with The Muppets being featured in the 1970's thumbnail. I'd image we'll see even more Muppet related items released as part of the collection.
But we'll find for sure when the Disney100 Decades 70s Collection drops July 17th, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. PT (11:00 a.m. ET) at ShopDisney.com
Sunday, the Barretta Brothers Celebrated Dave Goelz's 50th Anniversary With The Muppets with a cavalcade of guests!
The 3 hour special includes guests: Jackson Barretta, Ben Goelz (with girlfriend Felicia), Amy Goelz, Debbie Goelz, Dave Goelz (guest of honor), Frank Oz, Lucy Baker, Martin Baker, Jill Colley, Louise Gold, Andy Nyman (with Sophie Nyman), Nigel Plaskitt, Keith Radack, Lark Baskerville, Mark Waxman, Ernie Patterson, Heather Henson, Brian Henson, Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, John Lovelady, Bonnie Erikson, Rollie Krewson, Calista Hendrickson, Amy Van Gilder, Karen Prell, Kevin Clash, David Rudman, Fran Brill and husband, Jan Nelson, Rita Peruggi, Lawrence Mirkin, Alexandra Rockwell, Tom Newby, Ed Christie, Polly Smith, Jane Gootnick, Fred Buchholz, Craig Shemin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jim Lewis, Ed Mitchell, Charles Rivkin, Joel Behr, Karen Barnes, Adam Savage, Bobby Moynihan, Peter Friedman, Michael Giacchino, Peter Doctor, Leigh Slaughter, Michael Steinbach, Matt Vogel, Kelly Vogel, Caren Rudman, Eric Jacobson, Mary Jacobson (and children), Peter Linz, Alice Dinnean, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Jocelyn Stevenson, Barb Caswell, Chris Caswell, Duncan Kenworthy, Danny Trejo, Kirk Thatcher, Mike Quinn, Paul Williams, Ricky Gervais, Bill Prady, Dave's Glam Squad, Brad Freeman, Peter McKennan, Chris Neely, Allan Trautman, Jeff Yorkes, Adam F. Goldberg, Chelsea DeVincent, Donna Kimball, Michelan Sisti, Pat and Barbara Contini, Lynne Hale, Patricia Ulrich, Hillary Bradley, Bruce Lanoil, Laura Lanoil, Dani Iglesis, Richard Leonard, Drew Massey, Nicolette Santino, Andrew Williams
You can see even more from the Barretta Brothers on their Youtube Channel.
Kermit and Miss Piggy will host a holiday special at Theater of the Stars as part of Disney's upcoming "Jollywood Nights" event at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.
Newly released concept art depicts the our favorite frog and pig in a Christmas wreath over the theater with silhouettes of Princess Tiana and Princess Belle on stage.
The event features a DJ spinning a mix of holiday tunes. Commissary Lane comes to life with a lively Latin Street Fair. Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy host a live holiday special at Theater of the Stars with some of their Disney friends. And … what’s this? Hyperion Theater will host a spirited sing-along – more details to come.
Encounter glitz and glamor galore at two limited-capacity entertainment experiences – a jazz lounge at The Hollywood Brown Derby and an other-worldly soiree at The Hollywood Tower Hotel Courtyard.
Wrap up the night and enjoy the return of a festive favorite, “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!” This Santa-sized nighttime spectacular is jam-packed with music, fireworks, special effects and dazzling state-of-the-art projections.
Pose with friends for holiday-themed Magic Shots and two new Disney PhotoPass experiences throughout the night. Complimentary digital downloads of your Disney PhotoPass photos captured during the event are included with the price of your ticket.**
Meet Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and the rest of the iconic gang in Animation Courtyard on a hot set with holiday props. Get into the spirit with your fave throwback friends like Powerline Max and Phineas and Ferb at Echo Lake and strike a pose with Edna Mode and chill with one of her super friends at Pixar Place.
Disney also released a version of Disney’s Hollywood Studios map for the event:
Seeing that this is an event over multiple nights, it's safe to assume that Kermit and Piggy will not be performed live by Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson, but but other puppeteers using a pre-recorded track.
Disney Jollywood Nights is a limited-capacity holiday event.
Guests of select Walt Disney World Resort hotels, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels, and Shades of Green can buy tickets starting June 29.
Tickets may be purchased by all guests starting July 6 on the Walt Disney World website.
Ticket prices will range from $159 – $179 per person.
Glenda Jackson, the Tony, Emmy, two-time Academy Award-winning actress, and politician has died.
She began her acting career in 1964 with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Charlotte Corday in Peter Brook's production of Marat/Sade which she reprised in the 1967 film.
Her film roles include Women in Love and A Touch of Class winning Academy Awards for both. Other roles included Sunday Bloody Sunday and Mary, Queen of Scots.
Jackson won two Emmy's Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series, Elizabeth R.
She appeared during the 5th season of The Muppet Show where she tell the world know she was actually a secret pirate then taking over show.
In 1992, she turned to politics, becoming a Labour MP in England for 23 years. During that time, Jackson was appointed a junior transport minister in 1997 and held the post for two years.
She ran for London's mayor in 2000, but lost to Ken Livingstone.
She returned to acting and recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with The Muppet Christmas Carol's Michael Caine.
The Muppets Mayhem has been out for a couple weeks now and is filled with many hidden and not so hidden Easter eggs for fans to discover.
There are so many in fact that we're going track by track (episode by episode) to help you spot them.
Track 2: “True Colors”
The Electric Mayhem's van drives past a billboard for Doc Hopper's Fried Fried Legs.
Animal gives Nora a variety of presents, including the baseball diamond from The Great Muppet Caper.
Dr. Teeth and Floyd are seen playing 70's video game Pong.
While looking for collaborators Norah crosses off Linda Perry. Perry was a member of the band 4 Non Blonds and was Executive Music Producer for the series. She also composed the music for the Electric Mayhem's "Gonna Get There" and "We Are One."
At the hospital, Dr. Oznowicz is paged. This is a tribute to Muppet performer Frank Oz.
When Lips answers the phone, he says "Mahna Mahn"’ a reference to the classic Muppet song.
The Chateau Marmont can be seen in the opening. The hotel is famous for rock star shenanigan's.
Moog namedrops an encounter with Prince. The late musician appeared on Muppets Tonight
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After the band discovers the billboard of Animal as ‘The Chosen One’ for Teppanyaki Terrace, Zoot comments that Animal "grew." This is a call back to The Muppet Movie when Animal grew after eating Muppet Lab's Intergrow Pills.
Zoot is shocked to learn the Blockbuster on La Cienega Blvd. has gone out of business. He still has a copy of Bambi that he needs to return. There really was a now closed Blockbuster there. Many celebrities in the West Hollywood area frequented this location.
Animal is wearing the same pajamas he wore in Muppets From Space.
UPDATE: Series writer Hans Rodionoff reached out to us with even more info about Ben Schwartz's cameo:
Ben Schwartz's character is named Gus D’Vore. "Gus D’Vore is the main character in the Damage Control comic book that (series creator) Adam (F. Goldberg) and (they) wrote for Marvel (in the comics, the character is meant to look like Ben Schwartz - Adam and I pictured Ben when we created Gus for Damage Control).
Gus is the progeny of Galactus the Devourer - hence his name GalactUS the DeVOuREr. When he goes to work at Damage Control, he keeps getting into trouble at every department, so they keep shuffling him around - much the same way that Animal can’t manage to keep a job in this episode."
Jennifer Irwin as Animal's call center boss. She played Virginia "Ginzy" Kremp on Adam F. Goldberg's other series The Goldbergs.
