Muppets Most Wanted: The Unnecessarily Extended Edition
It’s time to light the lights with the Muppets Most Wanted bonus features!
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Tag: Kermit the Frog
24 Years Later, Jim Henson's Death Still Hurts
Jim Henson passed away on May 16, 1990. It’s 24 years later, but it’s still hard to accept.
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It’s Time to Meet (and Interview) the Muppets!
A few years ago, I had the privilege of being part of a group interview of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy as part of a press junket for the movie The Muppets. Last week, I got to do the same thing again for Muppets Most Wanted, the difference being that the new film’s villain Constantine joined in the fun.
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On the Set With the Muppets
As a life-long Muppets fan (I used to watch them on the Ed Sullivan Show in the mid-1960s), I was thrilled when the Disney people invited me to visit the set of the next Muppet movie, Muppets Most Wanted, to meet and talk to the cast and crew.
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Jane Henson, Former Wife of Jim Henson, Dead at 78
Jane Henson, the former wife and collaborator of Jim Henson, the creator of The Muppets, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 78.
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T-Shirt Halloween Costume Ideas
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and its not because of the candy. I LOVE to dress up in costumes. And even though I have two professional grade costumes in my arsenal of attire, I don’t wear either one of them on Hallows Eve. Instead, I like to find cheap and creative ways to dress up as whatever floats my boat at the time.
Continue ReadingAn Interview With Dragon*ConTV and Sneak Peek at This Year’s Videos
Get a sneak peak at this year’s Dragon*Con TV videos along with an interview with two of the creators.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Interview: Kermit and Walter From The Muppets
I recently had the extraordinary good fortune to interview Kermit and Walter in honor of Disney’s release of The Muppets on DVD and Blu-ray. GeekDad: Any plans for a sequel? If so, any plans on what its focus may be? …
Continue ReadingMuppets Premium Pack Brings Lots of Fun to LittleBigPlanet 2
One of the best, most creative, and fun family video games is still LittleBigPlanet 2. There’s a lot to do, many ways to play, and it’s a wonderfully enjoyable for both parents and kids. Plus, because of a robust community, …
Continue ReadingWin a Muppets Poster Signed by Cast and Director!
It happens more often than you might think that we get something to give away on GeekDad that we’d really love to have for ourselves. We get a lot of product samples to review, yes, but some giveaways are of …
Continue ReadingThe Twilight of the Muppets?
Apparently the folks marketing the upcoming movie The Muppets have decided they aren’t completely done with parodies, even if they’re not making the video kind at the moment. They’ve just released the “Muppet Saga” posters, which are ever-so-slightly reminiscent of …
Continue Reading“OK Go and the Muppets? That Sounds Pretty Exciting!”
I don’t really need to say much more than that (quote from Waldorf), do I? Internet video darlings meet crazy fluffy puppets and take the mickey out of themselves and each other in the process in the first video from …
Continue ReadingJames Hance’s Firefly and Muppets Mashup
James Hance is an artist who is known for putting a geeky spin on childhood classics. And his latest product has combined two of my favorite things: Firefly and the Muppets. He has recreated the characters from Firefly as Muppets. Kermit, of course, is Mal, Fozzy is Jayne, Miss Piggy is Inara, Wembly from Fraggle […]
Continue Reading20 Years After His Death, Remembering Jim Henson
It’s been 20 years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still can’t think about it without tearing up a bit. His death at age 53 was sudden and catastrophic, like being hit by lightning on a cloudless day. Along with countless others around the world who had never met him, I felt like […]
Continue ReadingWhen I Was a Kid, We Got Our News From Kermit the Frog
When I was a kid, children’s TV programming meant Saturday morning cartoons and PBS. There weren’t a half-dozen cable networks devoted to kids’ shows around the clock, and it was therefore very difficult for kids to keep up with the …
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