Just a reminder that the ToughPigs and MuppetCast hosted Muppet Vault fan-meet-up event in Brooklyn, New York is tomorrow, July 25th, at 2:00pm at The Knitting Factory. Tickets cost just $5.00 and you’ll be able to see some great, hard to find Muppet material and meet up with some of the most entertaining people in…
Every once in awhile, the stars align and ardent supporters of the Muppets find themselves gathered in one place discussing the Muppets and acting like complete weirdos (as everyone would expect). These rare, interstellar events have become known in fan circles by many names: Muppet Meet-Ups, Knitting Circles, Doll Wiggling Conventions, and, most recently, “The…
A yearly tradition in the Muppet fan community is the always-awesome ToughPigs Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant. It is here that ugly Muppet toys from all over the world come together to be ridiculed by we, the obsessed fans. Yesterday our good friends at ToughPigs posted the results of the contest, complete with comments from the…
NEWS UPDATE: April 29, 2010In case you missed it a few days ago, the Muppets appeared on The Nerdist Podcast with Chris Hardwick. Hardwick interviewed our funny, furry friends about “Bohemian Rhapsody,” their two Webby nominations, what they do on their off time, and more! Hardwick is obviously a huge Muppet fan, so getting to…
NEWS UPDATE: April 15, 2010Earlier this week, our friends from TVShowsonDVD.com have reported that Lionsgate is continuing its trend of releasing loads of rare Henson specials on DVD. The next release? 1989’s “Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting” special on July 6th. This is an extremely exciting release since this special has never been…
NOTE: Muppet Comic Mondays has been postponed due to extremely slow online comic store shipping speeds and my local comic shop being closed on Mondays for some reason. So look for our review of The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion coming soon! This past weekend, one of the greatest coming-together events of Muppet fans…
NEWS UPDATE: April 9, 2010The Muppet Show Comic Book’s trade paperback collection “Meet the Muppets” (which contains the first four issues of the series), written and drawn by Roger Langridge, has been nominated in The 2010 Eisner Awards for Best Humor Publication. The book is up against some pretty stiff competition of big names in…
NEWS UPDATE: March 25, 2010 Do you have a Facebook? Did you know that a bunch of Sesame Street Muppets do too? That’s right, Sesame Workshop has recently created official fan pages for Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, Grover, and Rosita. The Sesame Street Facebook fan page says that even…
Hello Muppet Fans. TBC here with a news update that you do not want to miss. SpottedD and JHC in talks over the production of a movie about JH, potentially based on the scandalous screenplay penned by C, which we found and reviewed way back before it got blacklisted by the movie making community. Rumoured Did you hear the one…
NEWS UPDATE: March 4, 2010I’ve just been informed that “Elmo’s Monster Maker,” the iPhone application that allows you to create your own Muppet monster (who subsequently sings and dances with Elmo) has been ranked #72 of ALL iPhone applications in the iTunes Store. This is quite the feat… but is anyone surprised that Elmo’s the…
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