Jarrod Fairclough – 20 minutes and 24 seconds in to last night’s ‘Generally Inhospitable’, three single words were uttered that had been coming from the very first second of Episode 1. It was three words that audiences had been dying to hear since the August announcement that Kermit and Miss Piggy had ended their relationship, and…
Jarrod Fairclough – Back in August last year, the internet went in to meltdown when it was announced that Kermit and Miss Piggy had ended their relationship. While there was a lot of table flipping and over used ‘grave turning’ comments, I also saw a lot of people remarking that both the frog and the pig…
Jarrod Fairclough – After close to 2 months on hiatus, The Muppets returned last night, with audiences getting their first look at the new ‘retooled’ series under show runner Kristen Newman. Since the announcement of the ‘reboot’, there was tonnes of speculation online about what exactly this would entail. Some assumed it would revert back to The Muppet Show,…
Jarrod Fairclough – On Friday night I had the pleasure of joining Joe Hennes from ToughPigs in a Live Google Hangout, where we discussed The Muppets before they return from their mid-season break tomorrow night. For around 85 minutes, Joe and I answered questions about our favorite obscure characters, our set visits, and what we do and…
Celebrate good times! 2015 has been a big year for not only the Muppets, but for us here at The Muppet Mindset as well. We’ve gone through a hierarchy change, we lost a good friend, and we’ve had some exclusives. We thought we’d take a look back at the year that the Muppets, and The…
Happy Halloween from The Muppet Mindset. Be sure to go back and look through all the SPOOOOOKY posts from the past week! LOOK OUT, THERE’S A MURDEROUS SNUFFLEUPAGUS BEHIND YOU! Jarrod Fairclough – In 1999 my brother and I were ecstatic to receive a joint Christmas present – a Sony PlayStation. While my other friends had…
Jarrod Fairclough – One complaint that has plagued not just the series, but the characters in general, is that The Muppets have become Flanderized versions of themselves. The term comes from the idea that a character will have a small trait, which will eventually become their defining characteristic, remnant of Ned Flanders’ religious beliefs on The Simpsons.…
Last week The Muppet Mindset turned 6, and we celebrated with 3 days worth of fun! Founder Ryan Dosier returned for one day only to reflect on his site before and since his departure. New Head Operator Jarrod Fairclough said a few nice things about some of the people who’ve helped him since he took…
As of April 6th 2015, Jarrod has been the Head Operator of The Muppet Mindset. Jarrod Fairclough – Back in November 2009, I wrote to Ryan Dosier, and asked him if I could write a post comparing The Count to Edward Cullen, the main character of the then-popular-but-always-terrible Twilight films. Looking back on that post now,…
Written by Jarrod Fairclough Gene (aka Behemoth) PERFORMED BY Various, inc Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson & Bill Barretta FIRST APPEARANCE The Muppet Show Season 1, Episode 14 (Sandy Duncan) MOST RECENT APPEARANCE Muppets Most Wanted NAMED AFTER Bill Barretta’s brother, Gene Barretta WHO IS GENE? Originally named Behemoth until 2011, Gene first appeared…
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