A Year On From ‘The Muppets’

Jarrod Fairclough – A year ago tonight, ABC aired the final first season episode of The Muppets, the mockumentary series about life backstage at ‘Up Late with Miss Piggy’.  The show ended with a risky cliffhanger, Miss Piggy passing out before she could pour her heart out to Kermit, them stuck on a plane to Thailand, Pepe…

The Top 10 Songs of: Animal

Kieran Moore – I couldn’t resist! Although there are plenty of Muppet creatures that haven’t had their own list yet, there was no way I wouldn’t be featuring an Animal-based chart as one of my “Animal”-based charts. After all, if someone can name me a more famous Muppet “Animal” I’ll give them a donut.  There aren’t…

‘The Muppets’ Review, Season 1 Episode 16, ‘Because… Love’

Jarrod Fairclough – Team Love.  Team Friendship.  Since Kermit and Miss Piggy split in August last year its a real battle that’s been fought between divided Muppet fans.  And on Tuesday night the whole thing finally came to a head, as Kermit and Piggy debated the issues in their heads. When we left our review yesterday,…

‘The Muppets’ Review – Season 1, Episode 15 ‘Generally Inhospitable’

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…

Why ‘Reboot’ Is The Wrong Word. Plus Speculation. Plus David Bowie.

Below today’s article you’ll find a small tribute to Labyrinth star David Bowie. Jarrod Fairclough – Yesterday both The Hollywood Reporter and HitFix published interviews with Kristen Newman, the showrunner who has taken over as Showrunner for The Muppets from Bob Kushell.  In both interviews Kristen revealed some of her planned changes for part of Season 1,…

2015 – A Look Back (Part 1)

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…

The Muppets Trailer Is Here!

Boy, it seems like just yesterday the trailer for the new ABC series ‘The Muppets’ was released.  Oh, it was yesterday?  I knew that. Yesterday at the ABC Upfront’s, the trailer for ‘The Muppets’ was revealed, as well as the day it will air – Tuesday’s at 8/7c.  If you haven’t seen the trailer –…