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GOP Grouchy Over HIV Muppet Courtesy of E Online Call it the Great Muppet Caper, part two. Disturbed by the prospect of Sesame Street introducing an HIV-Positive Muppet on its South African version as part of an AIDS education effort, a group of conservative lawmakers is making like...

Happy Birthday to: Crazy Harry (20), Gazbar (28), sternroolz (30). Hope you three have a great day! Thanks for being a part of Muppet Central.

I'm going to be doing a minor maintenance upgrade to our forum software in about an hour. This upgrade will take care of a few minor bugs and also upgrade us to full compatibility with the latest version of PHP. During this time the forum will be inaccessible but you'll receive a notice that...

Just a reminder today on NBC is the big NASCAR Winston Cup race. Eight Muppet cars will be raced on the track along with the special Muppet Show anniversary event car. The pre-race show will begin on NBC at 2:00 pm eastern and the race will begin at 2:30 eastern. Let us know what you think...

Here's a reminder that Sunday the long-awaited "making of" special on Weezer's Keep Fishin' video with the Muppets will be airing on MTV2 at 10 pm eastern. Here are the other times the "Making the Video" will be shown this week as well. Sun 07/14 - 10:00 PM Mon 07/15 - 8:30 PM Tue 07/16 -...

The following e-mail was sent earlier today from our mailing list. If you’re not on Muppet Central’s Mailing List, you can sign up at the link below… http://www.muppetcentral.com/help/list/ Dear friends, If you are in the United States, there are a lot of Henson happenings on TV this...

Sesame Street to Introduce HIV-Positive Muppet Courtesy of Reuters Sesame Street will soon introduce its first HIV positive Muppet character to children of South Africa, where one in nine people have the virus that can lead to AIDS. The upbeat female Muppet will join "Takalani Sesame"...

Now that the series one Muppet Labs playset is starting to arrive in some locations, as you find the playset in your area, please post here. Give us the city and store chain as this will help others who are looking for the playset. Check out our Palisades Muppet figures update page for a list...

Anniversary Muppet characters being crafted in New Zealand Courtesy of Yahoo News A New Zealand design workshop has gone from making Hobbits to Muppets. Special effects group Weta Workshop, which won two Academy Awards for creating characters in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the...

While this isn't related to Muppets, most of you bid on eBay and use PayPal so I thought some might find this interesting. eBay to Acquire PayPal; Shared Mission Will Expand Platforms and Benefit Consumers; eBay Announces Results for Second Quarter 2002 In a move that will help millions of...

Just a reminder, that Kermit and the Muppets will be appearing on QVC during the show "For Race Fans Only" this evening promoting the NASCAR Muppet cars from 8-10 pm central/9-11 pm eastern. Special thanks to Lynnette for the news! Let us know what you think about the appearance.

More official news from Columbia, this time for volumes 1-2 of the Muppet Show DVD's and tapes. COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND JIM HENSON HOME ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUPPETS WITH THE RELEASE OF ========================== BEST OF THE MUPPET SHOW...

Just wanted to wish a happy birthday to two of my favorite people, Jerry Nelson and Ken Plume. Jerry Nelson has been a good friend over the years since he first visited Muppet Central in August 1998. From Floyd to the Count to Robin and Gobo, his characters and musical talents have impacted...

Even though the "Play With Me Sesame" Website has been on-line since April 1st, here's a little info about the company producing the site... http://www.noggin.com/activities/pwms/ The BRNR Collective Delivers Online Education for Kids With Play With Me Sesame Courtesy of BRNR Collective...

Check it out, Weezer's Muppet Show video is now on the Web. http://www.weezer.com/audiovideo/index.html#keep MTV2 will be airing a special 30 minute making-of special on the "Keep Fishin" video on Sunday. Let us know what you think of Weezer's debut at the Muppet Show theater.

Kenny Baker (BoyRaisin) just forwarded me a note that the Starz Muppet documentary will now only be 4-8 minutes long. He had written Starz asking about the special and this is the reply Kenny got. According to Marc McCarthy at Starz... "Since we announced "Muppet Memories" two weeks ago the...

For the past three hours since about 3:30 am this morning, our forum has had a few database errors. If you've been trying to access or post during this time you may have received them. It's due to maintanence being done on MySQL. I've been working on the situation since I woke up and will get...

Jim Henson Pictures first film, "Buddy" will be airing tonight on ABC. Let us know what you think of the movie!

We have a new moderator joining our team, Annika Abel (MuppetQuilter). Be sure to give her a warm welcome.

Just wanted to welcome aboard our new forum moderator Annika Abel (MuppetQuilter). Annika has been writing articles and reviews for Muppet Central since last year. She has also been an active part of our forum. She'll be a great asset to our moderator team.