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I just tried to download it, but the computer says it will take 3 hours. And I have a cable modem! (It is on a network, though, so maybe that's the problem.) Maybe later traffic on the Net won't be so bad and I can get it. Remind me about this sometime.

Actually, Ernie, the Muppets won't technically be 50 till 2005. Warrick's just getting a big head start. :smirk: I'd want to see all the regular Muppets from all the main series, including Sesame Street. They could pay Sesame Workshop a nominal fee to use the characters (or the characters...

Ahh. Your point is clearer now, and I respect your right to express that. I just noticed your location. I lived in IL till 5 months ago. The construction really is quite random and arbitrary there, isn't it? ;) I'm glad I don't have to travel the 294 anymore, and I guess the 57 was pretty...

Well, Skeeter, if you're trying to say I'm an idiot for thinking a flag means anything, you've failed to prove your point. First, a Sweden flag wouldn't offend me because we're not at war with Sweden. If I saw a Swedish flag, I'd assume that's just where you were from. Sid doesn't have that...

But by flying Saddam's flag, you side with him and everything he stands for. You can make your points about Bush and oil without doing something so obviously inflammatory as this. Since you still feel so persecuted, let me put it in a different perspective for you. Essentially, you've just...

Re: Reply Surprisingly, Adam didn't sound that much like Richard, from what I heard. Granted, it was only one line. Matt Vogel voiced Scooter for Muppet RaceMania -- I wonder why he wasn't involved with VMMCM? (Maybe conflicts with filming Sesame, or an inability to fit additional...

A note about Steve's Statler: Some people are wondering why they decided to "give" Statler to Steve. The official word from the Henson company is that Jerry was just unavailable, but that Statler is still Jerry's character. About Time-Life: They don't follow a numbering order; they just ship...

No, you're not alone, C. (In fact, I wish Cory was here. He's the BIGGEST Digit fan!) I thought he was a visually fascinating character brought to life with great humor by Dave Geolz. I would have liked to see him in future Muppet productions. As to why they stopped using him, three guesses...

Luke, you seem to have made a typo. You said Disney wanted to buy out ALF in 1985, but the show didn't start till 1986--as I'm sure you know! ;) So what's the actual date?

Oh, I forgot to mention: I'm still not convinced that Disney is just buying the Muppets, not the Henson Company. These article writers have been wrong so many times before. Since no one writing the articles has ever seen a Muppet production recently, they probably think all there is to buy is...

Oh, I'm totally with you on the CGI stuff, Dan. I have no problems with Henson doing many movies with new, computer-generated characters using the Performance Control System demonstrated at MuppetFest. That will get people's attention; it'll keep the puppeteers employed; and they might even one...

Hi, FerrariGuy! Welcome to the forum! :) From all that's been reported, the ending of the show was not a deliberate attempt to cause an outcry to get the show back. They were pretty much just wrapping filming, and Sci-Fi called to tell them it wasn't honoring the rest of its contract. The...

Well, I wasn't going to say anything unless someone mentioned it, but those weren't very good either. :o In fact, they weren't even as good as the cartoons by the newcomers. They felt very tired, the humor fell flat, and they were surprisingly short (4-5 min. instead of the usual 7), as if he...

Sorry, dude, I can't make this stuff up if I wanted to. :) I read it in the LA Times in late January. They were trying to push the rule through for this year, but there was so much controversy they decided to wait till next year. Hopefully, since you haven't heard about this yet, that means...

Daniel, "He wants to rejuvenate the company by expanding into more forms of entertainment besides puppetry" I don't remember reading that in any of the articles. Can you expand on what he said? I'm not sure how I feel about this. Why should we have Henson productions that are just...

Squig, Thanks for sharing. It's hard to say these things sometimes, when people usually just laugh to hear a person say that a cartoon or puppet show frightened them. But when people get older, they can forget how powerful those images can be. While Jim and co. certainly never meant to scare...

I think family-friendly versions of films can be a good thing, as long as the package is clearly labeled so that the buyer is not misled about his purchase. I am so looking forward to this. I never even got a chance to see Trail Mix-Up, though it was in storyboard stage when I visited...

No problem. ;) I thought that's what you probably meant, but I didn't want to assume it. Your argument makes a whole lot more sense with the word "aren't" there.

I liked that one, Byron, because I felt it was cleverly ironic without being at the expense of the people in the tribute. But I can see your side of it. Isn't it morbid how a Muppet fan can't help but notice every time one of the people in a tribute was a TMS guest? Dudley Moore...James...

I didn't see that one. So Benny wasn't voiced then? That's interesting, because for one of the theme park attractions recently, someone else voiced Roger. Since Charles Fleischer voices both characters, I was wondering if Benny had voiced on House of Mouse, and if so, by who. I do hope it's...