"She also found herself liking Kermit a lot more than she'd expected to. Anji had never really watched the Muppets before; her parents, like most parents she knew, had treated TV as only slightly less corrupting an influence than refined sugar and gendered toys. But The Muppet Show
was really funny—strange, and kind of hokey, but charming all the same. She ended up watching way more of it than she needed just for the project. "Tomorrow Is Waiting", a short science fiction story by Holli Mintzer, published in
Strange Horizons.
posted by brainwane
on Apr 17, 2013 -
29 comments
Jim Henson's Red Book "In June 1965, 28-year-old Jim Henson started a written log of his activities in what became known as “The Red Book.” He noted what had happened up until that point (deemed “Ancient History”) and then recorded anything that he felt was worth recording as single line journal entries until the end of 1988." via
retroist.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi
on Mar 11, 2012 -
7 comments
Mahna Mahna -- the signature Muppets tune you all know and love? It came from the soundtrack of an Italian soft porn film about Swedish lesbians.
posted by Chocolate Pickle
on Nov 23, 2011 -
61 comments
One of the biggest stars of TV and movies talks about his 30-year career, his relationship with Jim Henson, and his brand new movie.
Jian Ghomeshi talks to Kermit the Frog, on the video version of Ghomeshi's radio show, Q.
Unfortunately, you have to put up with some ads before and during the interview.
posted by angiep
on Nov 21, 2011 -
29 comments
Bert and Ernie recording their voices for TomTom. This is perhaps the funniest viral ad for a product that I've seen.
TomTom in-car navigation systems offer custom voices to read out directions, and their latest additions are from Sesame Street. This is the promotional video, showing what the recording session was like... [SLYTPB]
posted by Slap*Happy
on Nov 18, 2011 -
33 comments
In 1969,
Sesame Street put together an unaired pilot to test in front of children. The pilot contained the appearance of an actor playing Gordon different from the
other three actors who subsequently played that character. Sesame Workshop has no idea who this actor was and has exhausted all leads.
Do you know who the mystery Gordon is?
posted by mightygodking
on Nov 10, 2011 -
91 comments
"'
Being Elmo,' the crowd-pleasing [
documentary film] profile of the man behind Elmo, arguably the most-loved Muppet on 'Sesame Street,' has been melting hearts on the festival circuit since premiering at Sundance this year, where it won the Special Jury Prize. ... [It's the] story of how puppeteer
Kevin Clash came up through the ranks on sheer ambition and ingenuity to become one of the best in the business is an underdog tale of the best variety."
* However, could it be that there is
an Elmo backlash brewing?
[more inside]
posted by ericb
on Sep 28, 2011 -
107 comments
"There's just so much science, nature, music, arts, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them... But we don't underestimate kids around
here." [
Via.]
posted by chavenet
on Aug 25, 2011 -
10 comments
Weekend At Kermie's: The Muppets' Strange Life After Death. Elizabeth Stevens asks:
What if, in 1990, instead of recasting Kermit—something that had been done to Mickey and Bugs Bunny before him—the Muppets had continued on Kermit-less, as "The Simpsons" did after Phil Hartman died. Recall Susan’s words on "Seasame Street" about Mr. Hooper in 1982: “Big Bird, when people die, they don’t come back.” Let’s say Robin showed up saying his uncle Kermit had passed away? Or, if that was too dark for Disney, what if Kermit had left show business to go off to start a family with Piggy? Someone else could lead the gang of weirdoes.
It would’ve made more artistic sense than what happened
.
posted by zarq
on Jul 14, 2011 -
67 comments
The Muppets in Thor is NOT another fake trailer for the upcoming movie. It's a 24-page mostly-24-hour comic by the guy who does
Max Overacts. Note: contains discrete male nudity, pig-on-Norse-God violence, obscure references (Junior Woodchucks!), sentimental time travel and IMO very good use of a lot of familiar characters, including Rowlf (MY favorite Muppet) putting it all in perspective.
posted by oneswellfoop
on Jun 17, 2011 -
22 comments
