I AM BIG BIRD Gets Release Date

After over a year of running exclusively on the festival circuit, the Copper Pot Pictures documentary I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story will finally see a wide release thanks to a distribution deal with Tribeca Films. I Am Big Bird will be available on VOD/iTunes starting May 5th. It will be released in select…

The Top 10 Songs of… Karen Prell

Kieran Moore – I’m going to start this chart by saying something controversial – I have always considered Karen Prell to be the least compelling singer out of the five main Fraggle performers. I need to quickly qualify that by saying that I think all five of them (Karen, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, and…

Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Wilkins & Wontkins

Written by Ryan Dosier. WILKINS & WONTKINS Performed by… Jim Henson (voice, puppetry) Jane Henson (puppetry only) First appearance… Wilkins Coffee commercials (1957) Most recent appearance… Taystee Bread commercials (1967) Best known role… Explosive commercial salesman for Wilkins Coffee and other brands Aliases… Cal and So; Frank and Fink WHO ARE WILKINS & WONTKINS? Wilkins and…

The Great Muppet Survey: Ivan Corney

Answers from Ivan Corney 1. Who are your three favorite characters from The Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, The Jim Henson Hour, the Muppet movies, etc. and why? As I’m sure you all know, it’s near impossible to just pick three favorites, considering that The Muppets are at their best when they’re an ensemble playing off…

The Top 10 Songs of… The Top Ten Songs

Kieran Moore – Today I present my top ten songs from my top ten song lists… Or as I’ve been calling it “Sophie’s Choice.” Mind you that’s a pretty bleak reference to start an article on so let’s try this instead (adopts movie trailer voice): “In a world where Lobster Banditos terrorize Scandinavian food preparation technicians……

The Great Muppet Survey: Chris Harris

 Answers from Chris Harris 1.   Who are your three favorite characters from The Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, The Jim Henson Hour, the Muppet movies, etc. and why? The first question is impossibly hard. I have to include Kermit first because he was my favorite as a child, he is the leader of the group…