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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...

Puppetry enthusiasts will unite later this week across the United States to celebrate the 5th Annual National Day of Puppetry this Saturday April 26th. Joining the celebration, we have added a puppetry home page menu designed by James Carroll on the front of the site. The menu features many of...

Our Easter menu designed by James Carroll is now on-line. Let us know what you think of the latest design.

I have a question about the song "Eon After Eon" from the Dinosaurs Big Songs CD. Who sings this song? I am needing this info. The CD credits have a list of vocalists on the album, but no one is specifically credited to this tune. My guess would be that it would be either Susan Boyd, Chuck D...

Former German Media Executives Fined Courtesy of the Associated Press The founder and another former executive of a German media company that owns the Muppets were convicted Tuesday of issuing false sales figures and sentenced to fines totaling almost 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million). The...

German Prosecutors Wrap Up EM.TV Trial Courtesy of the Associated Press German prosecutors called Monday for eight-month suspended sentences on fraud charges for the founder and the former finance chief of EM.TV, the media company that bought the Muppets and became a star of Frankfurt's...

Beginning tomorrow on Monday April 7th, Sesame Street will begin it's 34th season on public television. Be sure to check out the new episodes and let us know what you think of the format changes, guest stars, and new segments. If you don't know when Sesame Street airs in your local area, you...

Your Thoughts: Play With Me Sesame Season 2 The second season of Play With Me Sesame begins tomorrow, Monday April 7th on Noggin. Play With Me Sesame airs twice daily at 7:00 am central (8:00 am eastern) and 10 am central (11:00 am eastern). Let us know what you think of the new episodes. One...

I'm going to be doing a minor maintenance upgrade to our forum software tomorrow morning (Tuesday). We'll be upgrading to vBulletin 2.3.0. During this time the forum will be inaccessible but you'll receive a notice that I'm performing the upgrade. Once the upgrade is complete and functional...

With the recent rumblings of a possible Disney and Henson merger the past few weeks. We thought it was a good time to showcase this interview with Jim Henson on the set of Disney's lot the last few months of his life. It goes into detail about the original merger and what it would have meant to...

Disney could buy Henson and Muppets soon Eisner confirms Disney's interest and says the buyout could happen soon. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/031903.shtml

Later this hour, Sesame Workshop will be on the Today Show talking about how war affects children. Some promotional commercials featuring Maria and Elmo during times of crisis will be featured. Try to watch it if you can.

Our St. Patrick's Day menu celebrating our green Muppet friends is now on-line. Let us know what you think of the latest menu designed by James Carroll.

We added a review of series two of the busts today. Jamie takes an indepth look at each one. Find out which ones you will definitely want to get and which ones could have been better. http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/merchandise/tms_busts_series2.shtml Let us know your...

I am needing some help with something. What was the original release of "A New Way To Walk" by the Oinker Sisters? It was likely released on Golden Music between 1985 and 1992. It was originally written by Joe Raposo in 1985. I am aware that it is included on the 1992 CD "Sing: Songs of Joe...

Saban will not be buying the Muppets. The suitors are dropping like flies... so to speak. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/031003.shtml