The Art of Erin Hunting

Erin Hunting is an incredibly talented artist based out of Australia, whose work has been featured in galleries and commissioned by top studios around the world.  Erin has worked on the comics for Adventure Time and Garfield, and is currently working on some visual development programs with Sesame Workshop.  Erin’s Instagram reguarly gets thousands of…

The Top 10 Songs of: 2007

Kieran Moore – Every now and then the core Muppets gang (as in Kermit, Miss Piggy and Mo Frackle) has an incredibly busy year. They’re flitting from TV special to guest appearance to movie to album so fast it’s impossible to keep up. They are everywhere all at once with a dazzling array of top quality…

Dark Crystal Is Getting A Re-Release!

Jarrod Fairclough – Jim Henson’s classic film The Dark Crystal is get a limited, 2 day re-release next month, meaning it’s time to take your kids and have them as scared of the Skesis as you were at that age. Showing at 2pm and 7pm on Sunday February 25th and Wednesday February 28th, fans at…

Down at Fraggle Choc

Jarrod Fairclough – If you were one of the Kickstarter backers for the Museum of Moving Image’s Jim Henson Exhibition, there’s a chance you recieved some awesome Fraggle Rock chocolate as part of your swag. Now the makers of it, Mast Brothers Chocolate, have released the bars to the general public, in the following flavors; Gobo…

Make Muppet Performer Lego A Reality!

Jarrod Fairclough – Way back in October we showed off our friend Ivan Guerrero’s design for a Sesame Street Lego set, which you can still vote on by checking out that article.  Ivan recently submitted another design, this time showcasing a selection of the original Muppet performers! Inspired in part by the upcoming documentary Muppet Guys…

The Top 10 Songs of: 2006

Kieran Moore – Now that my yearly charts have made it to a time in which I remember the Muppets as an adult fan (truthfully that happened a decade ago) I find myself viewing each 12 month period in a different light to the rose-tinted era that was the 80s. That doesn’t mean that I wasn’t…

Other Documentaries We’d Like To See

Jarrod Fairclough – On March 16th, Frank Oz’s documentary Muppet Guys Talking will be released, joining the small but growing list of documentaries about the world of Muppets.  In 2012 we had Being Elmo, based on Kevin Clash, and then in 2014 Copper Pot Pictures released the gorgeous I Am Big Bird, detailing the career of…

The Top 10 Songs of: 2017

Kieran Moore – 2016 was a pretty grim year with political turmoil, celebrity deaths a-plenty AND a cancelled Muppet show under its belt. However, for many Muppet fans, those 12 months simply look like the “opening act” for what could have been our very own annus horribilis (to quote Queen Liz). So how do you…