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    The NEW Epic Muppet Film Trailer Released!

    Well, it had me laughing, but not so much at the execution, but at the premise this "parody" is based on. Jim Henson was hardly mistreated by Eisner. He was simply unable to fully pull the wool over his old buddy's eyes as to the true worth of his company. What fouled the deal was not Eisner's...
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    [/B] It is! I love it that Kermit can pick on Miss Piggy again! He's great[/B] Yeah, he's especially great at it when she's not there to defend herself. He comes off as a wimp and a jerk. Glad you find it amusing. [/B] It was most deffenitly Kermit. It sounded like him, but his...
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    Re: Re: The figure returns for another plug! The *real* reason for all the product hype at this time by the frog puppet is because Henson is desperately trying to create an illusion of success to potential buyers. Henson is also hoping against hope that those future buyers will take the...
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    Re: Reply Well, I asked my grandmother, and she said it didn't sound like him either. She doesn't know who it sounded like. FWIW.
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    You can say that again. Yes, Kermit did mention a restraining order for Miss Piggy. Kermit is getting back to his old self. You say it like that's a *good* thing. :rolleyes:
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    I didn't see today's show, but my grandmother did. Kermit made an unfunny comment about Piggy. At one point you could see the puppeteer behind the chair. At the end Kermit was snuggling up to Charo...which seems fitting, given their mutual celebrity status... :rolleyes: BTW...
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    OMG! JHC finally promotes the new Palisades figures!(err, sort of)

    All the hype in the world, especially from Kermit, won't convince consumers to buy something they don't want. I've heard the CD, and I wouldn't give my belly-button lint for it.
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    Fozzie Bear attened Carnegie conference with Lamp Chop, and Grover

    I remember seeing Lambchop and Shari on a blooper show once. They showed this clip where Lambchop was dressed up as a showgirl or something, and wearing a bikini top, and for, um, cleavage they used 2 pingpong balls. As Lambchop was delivering a line one of the pingpong balls fell out of the...
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    Kermit on Hollywood Squares: January 20-24

    His appearance is already generating laughs. Get a load of this from his Hollywood Squares "bio": "With no signs of slowing down the massively successful Frog franchise is seeing a different kind of green, money." Yeah, it's so "massively successful" the company is up for sale. And...
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    Did anyone else wish that Miss. Piggy was cut out of Muppet Movie?

    Yes, but you noticed it, didn't you? It was a distraction. And so were the legs. That's not only lousy design, it's poor showmanship, IMO.
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    Did anyone else wish that Miss. Piggy was cut out of Muppet Movie?

    Re: Piggy Backlash Miss Piggy just sort of happened to the Henson Co., which may be one reason the clueless ones up there never really appreciated what a lucky break they got. It may also be the reason why they've never really made any effort to update, protect or further develop the...
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    Your Thoughts: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas

    What, you mean "breakout character" like Bart Simpson? Riiiiighht. If you say so. But he didn't exactly do "Muppets Tonight" a lot of good, did he? Unlike what a certain pig puppet did for "The Muppet Show".... ;)
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    Your Thoughts: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas

    And what technicality was that? Come on - if Taco Bell dumped its talking chihuahua because as popular as it was, it wasn't selling tacos, then it only makes sense that LJS dumped the prawn puppet for much the same reason - and no way did Pepe ever come close to the chihuahua's appeal. It's the...
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    Did anyone else wish that Miss. Piggy was cut out of Muppet Movie?

    The sad thing is that Piggy's legs probably weren't meant to look so heavy. It's due to the usual lack of craft up at Henson these days...
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    Your Thoughts: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas

    Hiya. Your first post was very enjoyable, BTW. It's been a while since I've read a piece in which the term "flop sweat" was used. You seem plenty savvy. Welcome to the forum. I agree with you about Pepe, that is, I agree with your original statement about Pepe. I think it's a funny voice and...
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