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Lately I've been wondering: Could Henson have decided to drop Lips during production of The Great Muppet Caper? I hope I worded that right. Lips appears throughout The Great Muppet Caper, as part of the main group, but there are quite a few group scenes where he's absent: The bicycle scene...

Over the years, there have been many Jim Henson documentaries, and Kevin Clash just recently got his own documentary. Which performers do you think would be best to get the documentary treatment next? We'll just assume that rights regarding characters and clips won't be a problem. I think...

I've noticed recently that when it comes to releasing past material featuring Henson creations owned by different companies, Sesame Workshop seems to be the only company to acknowledge the character copyright. When something with Kermit is shown on TV or included on a Sesame Street DVD, album...

I've noticed something about the first three Muppet movies and Follow That Bird: For the most part when the main humans first appear on-screen, it's briefly, and we aren't really introduced to them until their next scene. Think about it: In TMM, we first see Max giving orders as Kermit rides...

Around the time that Muppet Central got started, there was a section that reprinted articles from Muppetzine. But over the years this section seems to have vanished. What happened to the Muppetzine articles? It seems to me like they were removed around the time Tough Pigs started... Did Danny...

I'm surprised this thread hasn't already been opened, but on febuary 2, the PBS series "Pioneers of Television" will have a segment devoted to Jim Henson, in an episode about children's television. The episode will also be available as a single-disc DVD and part of a complete season 2 set...

Recently I found a copy of the book Sesame Street Treasury at the store. I didn't buy it, but looked through it. It's basically a 40th anniversary collection of various Sesame Street books over the years. One of the stories included is How to Be a Grouch. I had read at the Harvey Kneeslapper...

Please note that the following is just speculation and wishful thinking about The Mupets new movie, and as far as I know has not been rumored beforehand. I've been thinking, about the upcoming Muppet movie (whatever they decide to call it); Could it be possible that the villian might have a...

There's one quote in The Muppet Christmas Carol, when Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present attend nephew Fred's party. When Clara suggests they play a game, Scrooge asks "Do people play games at Christmas?" For many years I thought the concept of playing games at Christmas was just an...

There are two things I wonder about when it comes to what kids know/think about Sesame Street. I wonder if anybody has thought about "surveying" kids on these two things... I'd like to ask kids these survey questions as well. 1. Who do the kids see as the star of the show? Do they see Big...

We know that pretty much every Sesame Street episode and segment is researched and tested to kids before airing, but can the same be said about the various teleivison specials, movies, and video/DVD releases? I guess the more recent specials like Families Stand Together and When Families...

I thought I'd start a thread about Oscar's trash can and trash can lid. As we know, Oscar is often inside his trash can, and the can seems to be bigger on the inside than the outside. On the show, Oscar's lid is often hinged up when Oscar sticks his head out. In a recent article at The...

Back in the VHS era, whenever an image of a video cover was shown in advertisements (whether print or televised), we'd only see the cover. Flash-forward to the DVD era, and whenever a cover is shown, the spine of the DVD is shown as well. Anybody have any idea why the spine is always shown in...

Sesame Workshop has recently uploaded a new YouTube video in which Cookie Monster auditions to be a host on Saturday Night Live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PkQRh3QXA

One thing I've been wondering for years: If the Two-Headed Monster appears in a script, how does the script identify which head says what? Would a script refer to the heads by their names (whether it be "Horns and Harndart" or "Frank and Stein"), or would it refer to them as "Left Head" and...

Today AOL's main page has an article on Elmo, listing his best moments. http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/11/18/elmos-best-moments/?icid=main%7Cwelcome%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%7C185465 Noticed a big error in this article (aside from saying Elmo's been on the show for 25 years yet acknowledging his...

Please enjoy my first fan fiction story in a long time! Chapter 1 Kermit came on-stage for the Muppets’ special thanksgiving show. “Hi ho and welcome to “Thanksgiving at the Muppet Theater”. I’m Kermit the Frog, and tonight we have a special thanksgiving show planned for you, with...

Recently I was at a flea market and found a copy of the 1983 book "My Sesame Street Memory Book" (it says that on the side cover, but the front says "My Memory Book" underneath the Sesame Street logo). I didn't buy it, but I knew somebody who had it long ago and looking through the book again...

Okay, I was at the store today and I saw that Justin Bieber has already written an autobiography. I hadn't heard of Bieber until earleir this year, but isn't it kind of soon for him to have written an autobiography? Over the years I felt that if I was a celebrity I would wait at least a few...

Today at Wal-Mart I saw two Sesame Street DVDs that I knew nithing about in advance. I didn't pay enough attention to the packaging to see if they are Wal-Mart exclusives like the initial discs that were later released as part of the TV Fun Packs, but these DVDs had the label "TV Favorites", and...