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Reviews for the excellent Dark Crystal CD Soundtrack are on-line. This release is a limited edition of 5,000 and likely to sell out soon. Thanks to Catherine Drougas for writing a review. http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/merchandise/crystal_cd.shtml We also have reviews...

In case you haven't seen it, we have a special birthday menu for Frank Oz on the front of the site designed by James Carroll. As of Sunday, Frank is celebrating 59 years! :attitude:

The cast and crew just received yet another Saturn award for best series on cable television. There are some optimistic quotes from Browder, Claudia Black and David Kemper. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/052403.shtml

It's very exciting that "Little Shop of Horrors" is coming to Broadway and getting the respect it deserves. Be sure to read the great interview with Marty Robinson, who performs Telly and Snuffy on Sesame Street. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/051803.shtml

Just a reminder that some Muppety friends from Sesame Street will be making a special appearance on Oprah today. Check your local listings for times in your area. Here is some more info about today show... http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200305/tows_past_20030519.jhtml Let us know...

Our "Remembering Jim Henson" menu designed by Jamie is now on our home page. It's hard to believe that it has been thirteen years since Jim's passing. Like many of you, I'll never forget that day. Read our Jim Henson tributes for many stories from the days and weeks after Jim Henson's...

Capitol Films is teaming with Jim Henson's Creature Shop to produce the upcoming movie, "Five Children and It". http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/051303.shtml

Miss Piggy will be on Hollywood Squares all this week on "Blondes Have More Fun Week". Other celebrities include: Pamela Anderson (center square), Kathy Kinney, Charo, Nicole Sullivan, Phyllis Diller, Florence Henderson, The Hilton Sisters and Loni Anderson. Visit Hollywood Squares on-line...

The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio will be devoting most of the broadcast today to the Jim Henson Company and also Caroll Spinney. The program airs from 10 am - noon, eastern time in the US (about two hours from now). The show will also be archived on this page after the broadcast...

Our Mother's Day menu designed by James Carroll celebrating famous Muppet moms is now on the front of the site. Let us know what you think. We hope that all of the moms out there have a wonderful Mother's Day with your families.

Henson CEO and President Charlie Rivkin has posted the following letter to employees. Since some employees frequent this site, we wanted to also post it here and in the news section. http://www.henson.com/company/press/html/050703.html

In an unbelievable turn of events, word broke early this morning that the Henson kids have bought back the company they sold to EM.TV in February 2000. The Jim Henson Company ownership rights are returning home to the rightful family that founded the entertainment empire. Reportedly, they...

If Sesame Workshop and Sony are indeed backing the deal, it significantly boosts Classic Media's chances. Check it out, here is some very interesting news. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/050603.shtml

Just another reminder that Caroll Spinney is scheduled to appear on CBS during "The Early Show" later this morning in a few hours. He will be promoting his new book. Let us know what you think about the appearance.

As announced earlier today, phase 1 of our Muppet Central Radio updates are now in place. Here is a summary of the updates that were announced. 1. Every song has been re-recorded to optimize the overall sound of the station. 2. The sound quality of the stream has increased 50% while...

We are looking for devoted fans to help review the following new releases 1. "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Genius of Oscar the Grouch)" by Caroll Spinney 2. "The World Of The Dark Crystal" by Brian Froud 3. "The Dark Crystal CD Set" by Trevor Jones If you have been looking for a...

Some tributes for Lynne Thigpen are on-line. The first one is from Cindy and is an overview of Lynne's career with an emphasis on her work from Bear in the Big Blue House. The second tribute is from Peter Linz, puppeteer of Tutter and Pip. He performed the puppet of Luna (Lynne was her...

I have some exciting news. We are going to be rolling out several major upgrades to Muppet Central Radio over the course of the next couple weeks. These upgrades are scheduled to be rolled out in two different phases. Phase 1 will take place this Saturday, May 3. Radio will be down for about...

Just a reminder that Kermit is scheduled to appear on Hollywood Squares all this week: Monday April 28 through Friday May 2. Let us know what you think of Kermit's appearances. Check out the Hollywood Squares Web site for times in your area... http://www.hollywoodsquares.com/

The Muppet Central site and forum may be down for up to an hour this Monday morning, between 5 am and 8 am, central standard time. The reason for the maintenance is to upgrade the multi-tenant to the current version of the Ensim Physical Server package, version 3.1.5. This upgrade is...