NEWS UPDATE: February 7, 2013 The Muppets… Again is currently filming over in London and last week Disney released some awesome publicity stills for the upcoming film. Well, our friends at StitchKingdom.com have posted all of the released images in hi-resolution, including the picture below, which we missed last week. Enjoy! Master Muppet songwriter Paul…
NEWS UPDATE: December 8, 2012 Let me just preface this by saying that I can’t remember the last time we did two News Updates in one week… but this week has been jam-packed with Muppet news and content, so… here we go! As we reported earlier this week, Kermit the Frog appeared on NBC’s 30…
Ryan Dosier – On Wednesday night this week, yours truly traveled about three hours north from where I live to Champaign, Illinois to the University of Illinois to be in attendance as the legendary Caroll Spinney visited to talk about his amazing life and career. Obviously, this was a huge deal for me, as Mr.…
Today’s interview is with Jeni Rizio, the webmaster of The Official Caroll Spinney Fan Page located at CarollSpinney.net. Since 2001, Jeni has provided the world at large with personal stories, interviews, and more direct from Caroll Spinney. Today she shares with us some of her favorite Caroll moments, the joys of running the website, and…
Today we have a special treat as we get to talk with the two main filmmakers behind the upcoming documentary about Caroll Spinney, I Am Big Bird, Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker. Dave and Chad were really eager to talk to Muppet fans about the project, so we all hope you enjoy this interview! Interview…
As you all know, our friends at Copper Pot Pictures are creating a brand new, all-encompassing documentary about the life and career of Caroll Spinney called I Am Big Bird. As you should also know, they have launched a Kickstarter Campaign to try and raise $100,000 (they’ve currently raised over $42,000) for funding the project.…
Awhile back we found out that the awesome team of filmmakers over at Copper Pot Pictures are working tirelessly to create I Am Big Bird, an upcoming documentary telling the life story of Muppeteer Caroll Spinney, who of course has performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street for over 43 years. The…
Last week we reported on the seven big wins for Sesame Street at the 39th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. After this, the official ceremony for the Daytime Emmy Awards was held and broadcast on HLN, where the Sesame performing nominees, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Kevin Clash, and Caroll Spinney, appeared to find out if they…
NEWS UPDATE: May 24, 2012 We in the Muppet fan community know all about Paul Williams, scribe of songs in The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, and more. However, the general public is vastly unaware of Williams’ incredible contribution to the world of music. That is what filmmaker Steven Kessler…
Big news came yesterday on the fronts for both Sesame Street and the Muppets. The nominees for The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday and, as usual, Sesame Street swept the children’s TV categories, garnering an incredible 16 total nominations, including nominations for Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series, and nominations for our friends Kevin…
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