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does anybody know if sully had a regular performer after richard hunt died, or if he was normally just performed by whoever was availible to perform him? I know that he made a few appearances since richard hunts death. there was an episode from 1994 where biff and sully appear at the park in a...

most of the last season episodes were not shown on Nickelodeon (and probably not the oddyssey channel). does anybody know why? I do know that some last season episodes were released on video (like the transcottenal whoo-whoo, nice to have gnome you, get me to the pearch on time, and eight flags...

what are your favorite episodes of the storyteller? my favorites are the soldier and death, the heartless giant and the true bride.

I have heard a sesame street song called "two g sounds". this song featured a character, performed by jerry nelson, named George. when I first heard of this song, I figured that George was a monster, since he sang with Grover, but then his voice sounded a bit soft. so I am wondering: was George...

let's say that palisades got the rights to make figures from the christmas toy, or the secret life of toys, or both. what would you want? I have only seen the christmas toy, so I would make it a christmas toy collection, with two series worth of figures (one per year). series 1: rugby...

back in 1994, there was a special on ABC called Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars And Streets Forever. it celebrated the shows 25th anniversary. when the special aired, I recorded it, but the tape stopped halfway through he special, ending right at the end of the rubber duckie clip...

let's say that palisades toys got a license to make action figures based on the Super Mario Bros. games. the style of the figures were to match the style of how they looked in the recent gamecube games (yes, even if they only appeared in a nintendo or super nintendo game). the license covers...

I know that the names of the minstrels are cantus, murray, brool, brio and baslam, but in their first appearance, the minstrels, only cantus is referred to by name (he doesn't even introduce the other members individually), and the only ones who talk are cantus and murray. anyway, does anybody...

I haven't seen The Muppets Go To The Movies in a long time, and I was trying to remember who all appeared in the opening sequence? here is who I remember; kermit fozzie gonzo miss piggy (i think) rowlf scooter beaker the tambourine player from geri and the atrics angus...

let's say that palisades got the license to release three series worth of emmit otters jug-band christmas for the next three christmases. each figure would be in scale with the muppet and sesame street lines, and there would be four figures per series. Maybe figures from the previous series'...

can anybody list the appearances on the muppet show by Trumpet Girl, the female trumpet player from the orchestra? yes, I knowthat most people here refer to her as trumpet lady, but in one of the "ask Henson" sections of "henson.com" said that she was called trumpet girl in the scripts, so...

I have seen a few sesame street storybooks that were inspired by Sesame Street Preesents Follow That Bird. One of them is "a day at the farm". this is inspired by big birds visit to the kids (ruthie and floyd) who lived on a farm. The only major difference between this and the sequence in...

In one of the muppet show fan club newsletters, in a small article about big birds appearance in the Leslie Uggums episode, it was said that the big bird suit had to have it's own seat on the airplane to England becaus ethe suit is too fragile to be in airplane storage. However, if this is the...

What is your favorite video from the "Jim Hensons Play-Along Video" collection? I haven't seen these in a long time, but my favorite is "Wow! you're a cartoonist!". it is fun to watch muppets teach how to draw. and it is one of the few times that caroll spinney performed a non-sesame street...

hello. this is my one hundredth post, so I thought I would say something about myself. I have been reading Muppet central since 1998, and have been reading the message board since 1999. However, i didn't decide to join muppet central and post on the message boards untill recently. a week...

In his autobiography, caroll spinney gave detailed information about how he performed all of his characters. however, he never mentioned anything about how he was able to see what he was doing whne he performed bruno. was there a really tiny monitor inside the costume, or could there have been a...

when steve whitmire performed lips, where his arms operated by arm wires, or was he a live hand puppet? Whenever Lips played the trumpet, i noticed that his fingers move along with the trumpet keys. I don't ever recall seeing arm wires on lips, even though he looks like the kind of muppet...

what is your wishlist for series 3-6 (if the sesame street line makes it that far)? my wish list is as follows: between series 2 and 3: mr. snuffleupagus with cabbage series 3: cookie monster with whole cookie, half-eaten cookie, cookie jar (with removable lid) and tray of...

what accessories would you like for the series two figures to come with? i would like: bert with pigeon, bowl of oatmeal, spoon, bottlecap collection (on a board like in the sketch where bert shows ernie his bottlecap collection), paperclip collection (on a similar board) and a book...

are the rights to the Muppets from saturday Nigth Live still owned by the jim henson company, or are they owned by Disney? I know that NBC owns the rights to the show, but which company gets residuals when the land of gortch skits are shown? which company would be allowed to include those...