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Disney is currently doing more with the Muppets than Henson did in years. I understand people with some Disney hate. Their history with the Muppets and other properties is spotty at times, but it just doesn't apply right now. Also, they don't just own the Muppet characters or distribution...

Mark Twain once reported, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." It gets hotter in the fall for a few weeks and nobody has air conditioning so that kind of bites, but it's nothing compared to summers in Houston, Texas! I used to have to start my car, crank the AC...

It's partly cloudy 71° High / 57° Low today and 64° / 55° tomorrow, but no fear. With weather this good we'll fall off into the ocean soon enough. :o As a native Houstonian, I always check the weather there to encourage me to work hard to make a living and stay here. It's like 95° there...

Woah. Nobody's landed. :cool: You've been back a week from your lengthy sabbatical. That's still under the welcome back category. Just trying to be nice to ya. :) I remember the dark days of broken promises. Actually, the Henson Company broke as many or more than Disney did, but for different...

I'm thinking they'll have something for Reporter Kermit & Rizzo. I'd be trilled if they showed a Miss Piggy.

I really think you've hit the nail on the head there with Tim Hill. However, I did like Alvin and the Chipmunks as a guilty pleasure. He's not returning as the squeakuel's director. I do like seeing the Muppets doing their everyday sort of thing, but it must be juxtaposed to the...

I'm a little perplexed by the few posts that give the benefit of the doubt to the offender without reading through the thread first. I don't think it's personal, but it's clearly not the best time to play devil's advocate. I actually contacted puppet-planet via the email form, but haven't...

Unless something has happened in the last month or so it's still on. Have you heard something to the contrary? This basically says they're either shooting now, soon or have already shot it. Muppet Newsflash - Thursday, May 28, 2009 Muppets' Halloween Special Coming this Fall Earlier...

Jerry Lewis? Really? Is this to be the story of Jerry's life, because he is very ill right now and wouldn't be able appear. It's good that he does so much for kids with muscular dystrophy, but I have never found him funny and nothing about him can be nearly as amusing as Avenue Q. I'd be afraid...

Oooooh! Thanks for the scoop! :super:

Welcome back, Snowth. What's happening with the next Muppet theatrical film is anyone's guess, but they are now shooting the Muppet Halloween special for this year. So nothing's getting shelved. Specials are probably the best way to start. Why do you think Disney's axing the Muppets? Maybe that...

How the Cameos Stack Up in Muppet Films The Jim-era films used to have a sprinkling of all types of stars and character actors. He could inspire the best to get involved. This is one heck of a list, an is in many ways unfair to the new trilogy because nobody can live up to this legacy. Except...

Costumes are usually fairly steep. I like Oscar one. It's clearly the best. The Bert and Ernie ones are fairly good too. Cookie and Elmo seem factory standard without much love, but okay. I posted about the Muppet ones a while back. I got to see the actual catalog. The Miss Piggy one is that...

It looks fan-made to me. A nicer fan cover than most, but some characters look "softer" than others. I wouldn't mind if this was the cover, but I think they could do better. There was a better-looking Piggy puppet in the film along with the one they used. I much prefer that one. We've seen a...

It cost 26M to make, several million to promote yet only made 11M at the box office and dropped so low that theaters just couldn't justify keeping it around anymore. I'm sure it was a big hit on video, but that's another medium entirely. Theatrical films are different animals than home video...

I still see that the photography and fashion in MFS more closely resemble modern life than (*either dated or period-looking) films like TMM, MTM, GMC, MCC and MTI. It's more approachable for a wider audience on the cosmetic level and that's one reason why it makes the rounds more often. It did...

I still think the Steiff plush is hiding. :o I can understand a high-end plush with the finest materials, but the likeness was absolutely terrible. Even if that is just a prototype, you don't use the current photo to push such an extremely expensive product. Not when you can get the real-deal...

While I don't feel the Muppets are really underground, I do feel that between Jim Henson's passing until recently they haven't had a very solid promotional effort that worked. Jim was the driving force that wouldn't quit. Nobody else has had that stamina, spirit and vision since then. There's...

It's the latest release and doesn't look as dated (or have a period-look) as previous releases. That's likely why it's pushed the most. That and it's not a Disney release. It's Sony like MTM (the second most pushed Muppet film these days).

My idea - the films just weren't as good as the legacy Personally I didn't like MFS. It's a better video than a theatrical film. There was so much promise, but the final piece had the Muppet cast appearing to be bored and doing very little. We know now this was a choice from the director (the...