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If you've ever wanted to ask Yoda a question, here's your chance.

(DISCLAIMER: I don't know if Frank Oz will be willing to answer questions as his characters. I know he doesn't like to do his characters' voices on demand, but as I understand it, this is text-based, so that might not be an issue for him, but I don't

You guys…Steve Whitmire mentioned me BY NAME on his blog today!!!

Do you know what this means? This means that Kermit the Frog--Kermit THE Frog, the true and rightful Kermit--knows my name!

EEEEEEEE!!! This is so awesome!

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Oh, and in other news, I now have a Muppet blog. More later.

A couple years ago, I stopped my compulsive reading of Muppet fansites and Muppet news and such because it was getting to be a strain on, and a distraction from, my real life. I decided to temper my Muppet-related consumption and bring things back into balance. However, there has been a recent development in the Muppet universe that I must address ( Read more... )

I have opinions on the Muppets, and on their new TV show, the muppets.

I still hold out some hope for the series proper, because pilot episodes of any show almost invariably suck. Within the limited scope of Muppet productions, the pilot of Muppets Tonight was awful, and the whole first SEASON of the Muppet Show was really, really rough. But ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to Jim and Steve, aka Cantus and Murray:

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And because this is also a day to remember Jeff Moss, I have a special message for him:

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This is AMAZING:

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Those are the lyrics. Listen for yourself.

I mean, if you're writing for a Muppet fansite, you should make the extra effort to get the song lyrics right. Otherwise, it hurts your ethos.

I'd point it out on the forum, but I've learned from experience that people don't like it when I correct them on song lyrics. And I don't want to be "that

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Dear Disney,

Please, please PLEASE don't give up on making more Muppet movies. I'm sure your people are trying to figure out what went wrong. Well, I can tell you EXACTLY what went wrong: you released the movie at the wrong time. If you'd given it a holiday release, it would have done boffo box office; I can practically guarantee it. So ( Read more... )

This is a seed of a post that I hope to develop further later on, but I was struck with a stroke of inspiration this morning and I had to see it through.

From the Emmys on Monday[*](I originally missed the joke in Seth Meyers' intro; it's pretty funny):

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You know what would have been great? If all of a sudden Constantine the Frog had shown up and ( Read more... )

So Tom Bergeron and Kermit the Frog were doing satellite interviews on various morning news shows to promote the "Capitol Fourth" special that was on last night, and one of the lucky participants was a local CBS affliate in Omaha, Nebraska. About three minutes into this video, Kermit mentions visiting the zoo in Omaha:

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So my initial reaction was ( Read more... )