Michael Wermuth Jnr. LIGHTNING Best-known Role: A young reindeer-in-training, who can fly faster than the speed of lightning. Most Notable Appearance: Elmo Saves Christmas, 1996 Performer: Joey Mazzarino WHO IS LIGHTNING? Lightning is a young reindeer who resides at the North Pole, featured most prominently in the Sesame Street special Elmo Saves Christmas. He’s too…
Josh Hankemeier – For many years now it has has been a tradition for Muppet fans from all over the world to ring bells on December 21st at a certain time to celebrate friendship, our fandom, and our admiration of Jim Henson. It was inspired by “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” where all of the Fraggles…
Jarrod Fairclough – In 2002, NBC and The Jim Henson Company got together to make the new Muppet Christmas classic, It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. The special introduced is notable for a few reasons, one being that it was the first major appearance of Eric Jacobson’s Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. But it also introduced someone who…
Kieran Moore – If there’s one thing The Muppet Mindset is known for it’s its generosity (actually it’s the exclusive and informative Henson-related content, but let’s not get bogged down by the truth or this whole thing will unravel before I’ve finished the first sentence.) That is why this week’s chart showcases not just the most…
Michael Wermuth – It’s been nearly a year since my last “Five Good and Bad Things About…” article. In this series of articles, I list five good things about a production and then list five bad things. Of course, the bad things might not really be that bad – they might just be things that I…
Ryan Dosier – While collecting submissions for our annual “What Muppet Fans Got for Christmas” article, we received a very interesting email from our friend Jennifer Hullenaar, who wanted to share a new Christmas tradition at her house. Jenn’s kids, Willow and Rowan, loved Muppets Most Wanted and Constantine especially. I’ll let Jennifer tell you the rest… My kids…
Ryan Dosier – Over the years, we’ve made it sort of a mission here at The Muppet Mindset to showcase some of the exciting and unique Muppety items that many Muppet fans received as Christmas presents. So without any further ado, let’s see what Muppet fans got! Abigail Maughan received amazingly weird and weirdly amazing…
Josh Hankemeier – For many years now it has has been a tradition for Muppet fans from all over the world to ring bells on December 21st at a certain time to celebrate friendship, our fandom, and our admiration of Jim Henson. It was inspired by “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” where all of the Fraggles had…
Written by Ed Castle. APPLE Performed by… Kathryn Mullen Only appearance… The Christmas Toy (1986) Best known role… Doll; playroom leader; The Christmas Toy the year before Rugby Tiger. WHO IS APPLE? For those who aren’t familiar with this special, think of it as a precursor to Toy Story, where a community of toys come to…
Ryan Dosier – Every year I pride myself on making myself a comprehensive, awesome Muppet-themed Christmas playlist for the holiday season. This year, it got me thinking about how every Muppet fan deserves an “essential” Muppet Christmas Playlist. So… I went and created one—or two. These playlists are compiled in specific listening order, so it…
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