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Well strangely I think Annie Sue Pig, despite being an American character, has more than a hint of a certain British actress about her (at the time the lady concerned, a stage school trained kid, had been touring in various musicals, and not yet made it into the West End, though funnily enough...

It is sad new. Jack Parnell was an important part of the distinctive sound of The Muppets. And indeed contributed immseasurably to so many classic television comedy-variety programmes of that era, well the ATV ones. I'm glad Melissa posted this, to remind us all just how much are part of...

I just wanted to say. This album is great. I've finally got it, and listened to it. I'm enjoying it. Now I can really see why some people have said the character of Floyd is an extension of Jerry. Can really hear elements of Floyd's character there. It's groovy, its the hippest of the hip...

A very interesting thread. I think part of the difficulty is that Muppet fans as a whole tend to devide into several distinct groups. some of these overlap. 1. Muppet fans who want to keep the brand going here and now with new stuff, focused on the characters. 2. Muppet fans who love the...

When I first read this post, I misunderstood and didn't realise you were just referring to the fanfic universes. At first I thought you meant you didn't think of the puppeteers to be real people! - which rather tempted me to reply as follows: "If you wouldn't have that view if you had ever...

I'm neutral about the Guest Star in that episode. However, I think in a way the set up was good for a one-off. It produced a space to include some interesting ideas. Some of which were terrible, and some of which would get developed further subsequently, for example having a "girl" singer to...

I know this thread is basically concerned with quotes from The Muppets. But here's two favourites from 'The Secret Life Of Toys'. It's the fact that it was puppeteers who had to say these lines, that make them funny. Ditz: "I wonder how trees do it, with their arms stuck up in the air all...

Ok, well two which have been mentioned before: Jerry Nelson "No Christine, that's a frog, bears wear hats" and Rat 1 "I'm getting tired" Rat 2 "What did he say?" Rat 3 "He said go faster" Rat 1 "I'm getting tired" From the same crowd I'm also very fond of: Rat Tour Guide "And...

You might want to have a read of: http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/The_Ghost_Of_Faffner_Hall_Review.htm then

I remember watching the Frazzle-Goes-To-The-Dentist sketch, and there is something about Frazzle's Mom's hairstyle. - It looks to me as though it could have been based on the hairstyle of the Farmer's Mother in the film 'Withnail & I'.

Having seen it on Youtube I HAVE to say my favourite is Diva Louise singing The Alphabet - The one where the stage hands keep raising and lowering the alphabet and the Diva's voice goes up and down too. It's a feat of vocal acrobatics, and a demontration of what a wide vocal range some...

Actually Big Mamma turned up in an episode of The Ghost Of Faffner Hall in 1989. And incidentally, in 2002 while watching a certain West End actress's cabaret act, which happened to include a little tribute to The Muppets, I'm sure once of the "voices" incorporated into that bit was that...

Well, having actually watched all thirteen episodes. IMHO 'The Ghost Of Faffner Hall is an underatted gem of a TV series, which I think deserves to be much better known than it is. Best Wishes Emma

Routing around, the other day, by chance I came across a print out of a review I wrote two years ago (of a cabaret in Maidenhead), somehow parts of it struck a chord, and made me think of this discussion thread. Well since that review happens to be on the web, I thought I'd include a link to it...

To find the decent stuff on just has to look that much harder. Incidentally, if you find your taste in music does tend to the older, sort of mid twentieth century, then one contemporary composer whose work you may like to check out, is that of Jason Carr (also known as an orchestrator of...

Of course it is. Because Jim Henson and Jane Nebal led the way in demonstrating how best to make puppetry work on television. Before them although there had been puppetry on telly, they set a certain standard (for example they were the first to use moniters). And then because no one else worked...

Richard Coombe, and Terry Angus are two who write right-handed but puppeteer left-handed. They both started out as puppet-builders and then progressed to puppeteering, and so were used to having their puppet on their left-hand (because they would use their right to make it). Mike Quinn is...

Just found an article about this in Screen Daily, and Sir Roger Moore himself has been quoted in it: http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/roger-moore-joins-board-of-red-carpet-film-fund/5013611.article

Some of you may already know that one of TMS's last Guest Stars Sir Roger Moore is scheduled star in the film Connemara Days. However what you may not know, is that in conjunction with that he is to become the chairman of a new film financing investment fund. Interestingly the fund's advisory...

As I recall they did use the openings for the various seaons. The only problem was they used to show episodes from different seasons all jumbled up. So one week it might be a Season 3 episode, then the next week say a Season 5 episode, then perhapsa Season 1 epsiode - Hence no fan watching could...