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    "The Happytime Murders" premieres August 24, 2018

    I would like to point out that when the DVD comes out December 4th, one of the bonus features will be a commentary by Brian Henson and Bill Barretta! Even the people who weren't crazy about the movie, you gotta admit that makes the DVD worth buying. For instance, I'm not really a fan of the Dark...
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    Sesame Street Season 49 Episode 4901 - When You're a Vet

    My cable package pulled HBO from their channels.
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    Sesame Street Season 49 Episode 4901 - When You're a Vet

    It took some setting up of an HBO Go account, but I finally watched the episode. The best part of the street story was the return of Gladys and Ryan's performance as Elmo trying to one-up Abby. The replacement for Kindness Cam is a little odd. The new Abby segment is okay. I don't know how I...
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    Stephanie D'Abruzzo responds about Caroll Spinney

    Victor Yerrid was a puppet builder for Sesame in the '90s.
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    Stephanie D'Abruzzo responds about Caroll Spinney

    They're both still Henson puppeteers though. They both had speaking roles in Happytime Murders and Drew participated in the Muppets' concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and the O2 Arena.
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    The New New Quote Thread

    Keep in mind, ever since they announced the new Muppet Babies, Steve was worried it was gonna be terrible. JD Hansel: So there's a new Muppet Babies series that airs on Friday mornings on the Disney Channel. Have you seen this, Steve? Steve Swanson: You know what's funny? I know what you think...
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    Sesame Street Special "When You Wish Upon a Pickle"

    I forgot to mention that. It is nice that Guy still has that deep voice when he sings. Also I really liked the songs in the special. Since they were written by Broadway composers, they were able to show just how good the puppeteers can sing. Also, how funny was it to see Chris talk in Elmo's voice?
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    Sesame Street Special "When You Wish Upon a Pickle"

    I really liked the special! My favorite plotlines were Ernie's wish for Bert to be on TV and Elmo and Chris switching places, especially when Chris ended up in Elmo's World.
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    Disney Muppet Babies Season 1 Episode 16 - Kermit's Big Show / The Card Shark

    I thought it was funny how everyone had their own ideas for the play, including Animal wanted to be a good wolf. I think the Card Shark is the first title card that doesn't have one of the core characters. I liked how the octopus they were so afraid of turned out to be friendly.
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    Sesame Street on The Today Show November 8, 2018

    I liked it. The bit where the women's kids just wanted to keep talking to Big Bird, Elmo, Grover, Cookie and Abby was sweet. The funniest parts of the live interview was Big Bird saying "I'm 6, so I guess that's how long I've been there." And Elmo trying to say hello to the TV audience and...
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    Stephanie D'Abruzzo responds about Caroll Spinney

    Honestly, if Stephanie had taken over Zoe instead, people would still complain about the voice being different. And that's because Zoe's voice was kinda close to Fran's natural voice. When a performer inherits a character who's voice was close to the original performer's voice, it gets difficult...
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    Stephanie D'Abruzzo responds about Caroll Spinney

    Caroll didn't provide voices in any of the new material for Season 48, which is why this article got taken out of the sandbox: https://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Caroll_Spinney_character_transitions
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    The New What Made You Frown Today Thread

    We don't have the ability to watch HBO online.
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    The New What Made You Frown Today Thread

    So this is disappointing: Until Dish and HBO come to an agreement, I no longer get the HBO channels. So now I'm gonna have to go up to my mom's room to watch the new primetime Sesame special.
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    The New New Quote Thread

    JD Hansel: The biggest thing that happened since our last show is actually something that we mentioned on a recent podcast, but we mentioned it too soon, which is Caroll Spinney's retirement. I mentioned in a previous show, that Caroll was retiring from Sesame Street, because I heard it on...
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    It's Official: Caroll Spinney retires from Sesame Street after nearly 50 years

    Looking at Rick Lyon's personal Facebook page, he was there at the retirement party, which is very interesting.
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    The New New Quote Thread

    Kevin Clash: I was thrown Elmo, I was given Elmo. Joey Mazzarino: Don't give it away, it's in the movie! Kevin: Yeah, it's in the movie, I'm sorry. Matt Vogel: Spoiler alert! Joey: No, go ahead and tell them. Save them 5 bucks. Matt: 5 dollars? Joey: 15 dollars worth is 1983. (they laugh) The...
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    Below the Frame Season 3 Episode 1: Caroll Spinney Tribute

    Those retirement party videos are great. Big Bird's reaction to Caroll talking to him in his Big Bird voice was the best: "Hi, Big Bird! That feels weird."
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    Below the Frame Season 3 Episode 1: Caroll Spinney Tribute

    Seeing Alan as Caroll makes me smile. I'm really excited to see those bits from the retirement party.
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