Delightful Muppets Cover of ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem cover the classic ELO song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ in the best Muppet way possible.
Continue ReadingDr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem cover the classic ELO song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ in the best Muppet way possible.
Continue ReadingAll this weekend (September 8-10) at LA’s famed Hollywood Bowl, the Muppets are taking over for an event aptly titled The Muppets Take the Bowl.
Continue ReadingThe exhibit is making its first stop at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, and it’s an inspirational, celebrational, and Muppetational look at Henson’s life and work.
Continue ReadingIn this video, Bill discusses how he began in the field, joined with Jim Henson’s company, and gives insight into CGI and puppeteering.
Continue ReadingAnother new ‘Pigs in Space’ video, this time parodying ‘Gravity’ (the movie, not the fundamental force)!
Continue ReadingIt’s ‘Pigs in Space,’ it’s new, and it’s a parody of ‘Alien.’ What more could you ask for?
Continue ReadingLast week, I found joy in announcing the return of ‘Fraggle Rock’ to HBO, and this week, diehard Jim Henson fans can rejoice once more with news that Disney is creating a new ‘Muppet Babies’ series for Disney Junior.
Continue ReadingBrian Henson, acclaimed director, producer, puppeteer, & chairman of the Jim Henson Company stopped in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend to attend Dragon Con.
Continue ReadingABC’s ‘The Muppets’ brings the wonderfully weird bunch to a sitcom aimed at adults. How’d they do?
Continue ReadingThis week’s Humble Comics Bundle is, thanks to fine folks at Boom! and Archaia, chock full of Jim Henson-inspired greatness. Humble Bundles are usually fantastic deals, but this week is something special indeed.
Continue Reading25 years ago today, one of the most creative entertainers in the world lost his life, and far too early.
Continue ReadingWhet your appetite for the new Muppets TV show, coming to ABC this fall!
Continue ReadingCue the Kermit flail!
Continue ReadingIn honor of Mother’s Day, GeekMom has an exclusive video of The Muppets talking to kids about their moms.
Continue ReadingThis week on the show, we welcome Mike van Mil as Third Wheel and chat about our experiences with running runDisney races (after touching on recent news regarding a possible ‘Muppets’ TV relaunch and the never-ending stream of live-action remakes).
Continue ReadingAfter so many years since their television heyday, and 19 years since the last attempt to put them on a weekly show, the Muppets are making a triumphant return to the small screen on ABC.
Continue ReadingA few of the Muppets are auditioning for Disney Junior and the results are hilarious. Animal is always my favorite, but Miss Piggy as Sofia ir pretty good too. You can see more like this on the premier of ‘Muppet Moments’ on Friday, April 3rd on Disney Channel
Continue ReadingIt’s time to light the lights with the Muppets Most Wanted bonus features!
Continue ReadingIt’s been more than 24 years since Jim Henson’s untimely death. It’s been more than ten years since The Walt Disney Company acquired the Muppets. This year’s Muppets Most Wanted was a mostly-mediocre movie and didn’t do so hot at the box office. Following that relative failure, it looks like Disney is losing interest in investing much more time and money in the franchise.
Continue ReadingSesame Street it doing its own homage to Comic Con, turning the block into “Numeric Con.” Watch your favorite muppets dress up as all the best sci-fi and superhero characters!
Continue ReadingJim Henson passed away on May 16, 1990. It’s 24 years later, but it’s still hard to accept.
Continue ReadingLearn about the new Hulu Original show Doozers, spun off from the ’80s classic show Fraggle Rock. And put your entry in to win a 12-month subscription to Hulu Plus and a Roku 3!
Continue ReadingBret McKenzie, the only person to win an Oscar for songwriting and play an elf in Peter Jackson’s Tolkien adaptations, talks about Muppets Most Wanted.
Continue ReadingRead an awesome interview with the director of the new Muppets movie!
Continue ReadingA review of, and 9 things that parents – and everyone else – should know about Muppets Most Wanted!
Continue ReadingWhen asking see it, stream it, or forget it, Muppets Most Wanted is an emphatic “see it”!
Continue ReadingA 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.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Cindy gets up close and personal with the filmmakers and iconic stars of Muppets Most Wanted.
Continue ReadingFrom all of us at GeekDad to everyone who celebrates it: Have a very happy St. Patrick’s Day! And, for fun, here are two related Muppets videos, one brand-new and one old.
Continue ReadingThe life of a blogger occasionally provides opportunities I never would have guessed I’d have, and last week’s Disney junket to Los Angeles was a prime example. That’s how I found myself, along with a group of fellow bloggers, walking down the red carpet into the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood for the world premiere of Muppets Most Wanted.
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