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    Funko to release Sesame Street toys

    Maybe they'll makke figures based on the Dennis the Mennis movie and Baby's Day Out. What I wonder is why their figure of Chucky is promoted on the packaging as Child's Play 2 instead of just Child's Play. I don't think there were toys of other characters from that movie, and it appears to be...
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    Little Muppet Monsters Revelation...

    I've been wondering if the linking footage for any of those featured any performers who did not work on The Muppet Show. I haven't seen Rowlf's Rhapsodies, so I don't know if he's credited, but it seems like pretty much all of them list the same eight performers (though Rock Music also credits...
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    Little Muppet Monsters Revelation...

    Wow, I had always assumed that the whole show was shot in New York. I wonder if the performers were doing anything else in London at the time (well there was Labyrinth, though neither Nelson or Hunt performed in that). It would be odd to just randomly have the performers perform some scenes...
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    Little Muppet Monsters Revelation...

    Did you work on the show or do you have some sort of connection to either Marvel or The Jim Henson Company Archives (or Disney, who owns the show (as well as Marvel), though I've read that the Henson Company Archives still has the master tapes for much of the pre-2004 Muppet productions)?
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    Little Muppet Monsters Revelation...

    Somebody just added to the Muppet Wiki page on Little Muppet Monsters that a few of the incomplete unaired episodes are available among tape trading circles. If that's true, I hope they show up on YouTube soon (I already checked to see if they were online, and couldn't find them, though I only...
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    SNL 40 Year Reunion

    Did Murphy ever impersonate Bill Cosby? I would have rather he played Buckweat, Mr. Robinson, or Gumby. If he never played Cosby, it wouldn't make sense for him to do so here (I know, some guest hosts did impressions of people they didn't play on the show, I think), especially when Keenan...
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    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    So the person from Tough Pigs who was at Toy Fair (were they both there?) was told that the announced Mini Mates line would probably be it for now, but if they do come out with more, I wonder if there should be some series of mini mates themed around different movies. Of course, I wonder if...
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    Is there a reason why Disney dislikes releasing Muppet DVD's?

    Actually, the people at Tough Pigs revealed that there is going to be some Muppet merchandise this year. It was kept behind curtains, and photos weren't allowed (people could only see them on request), but there are going to be some new Muppet toys, a series of "Mini Mates" and a collection of...
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    Diamond Select Toys to Produce new Muppet figures and mini mates!

    It had already been announced that the small figures would be Minimates, while bigger action figures would also come out as two-packs, one two-pack at a time. Toughpigs mentioned that the bigger figures will be loaded with accessories. I wonder what accessories they'll be. There's not much...
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    iPhone problems with YouTube video

    I often get on Muppet Central on my iPhone, and the bottom half appears black for a few seconds if I'm scrolling slowly, but if I scroll fast or keep scrolling past the black part, the screen stays all-black (even if I move up to where it hadn't been black). And not just when I look at posts...
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    What Muppet Fans Are Thinking About

    When Jerry Nelson was interviewed for Muppet Central back in 1998, he mentioned that he performed Statler in Sex and Violence and something else before The Muppet Show began. I wonder if he actually did perform Statler somewhere else, or if he was misremembering. I don't think there's any...
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    TMS Season One Production

    I thought that the Mummenshaz episode was tapped much earlier. It feels more like an "early first season show", and has The Newsman without his glasses (though they could have tapped that part at an earlier date -- there was probably a day where they recorded multiple News segments for the...
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    The "You know what?" thread

    Just recently, I was watching the original Cat in the Hat animated special, and there's one joke that I misunderstood for years. Near the beginning, while the kids are looking out the window bored because it's raining and they can't go outside to have fun, there's a song playing about there...
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    Getting episodes directly from Sesame Workshop

    I never thought about that, but it makes sense. But thinking about that, it would make sense for contestants on other game shows to want copies of their appearances. And I wonder if they only sell copies to the people who appear in those episodes, or if they would sell episodes from eras that...
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    Getting episodes directly from Sesame Workshop

    I should point out that Sesame Workshop is not the only company to (usually) not give/sell individual episodes to fans. This is the standard for pretty much all production companies. I remember a long time ago, the FAQ for Henson.com had a question about buying individual episodes from the...
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    Eleven Years Later: Disney buys Muppets and Bear

    I hope that's not why Disney has not released a lot of pre-2004 Muppet productions. Jim's name is in the credits (and for the post-1990 productions, his name is in the Jim Henson Productions/Jim Henson Television credits). Then again, would they have to pay for the use of his credit in...
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    SNL 40 Year Reunion

    I've often seen that fact written, but I wonder if it is true or just "common knowledge". After all, only one cast member said the line. I wonder if that line was written or ad-libbed (I know Lorne Michaels has a policy against ad-libbing, but did Jean Dominian?), and if it was written, was it...
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    Getting episodes directly from Sesame Workshop

    I think the idea of throwing a temper tantrum to get ones way is very funny, but I also feel like it's the wrong way to go about this. Though I don't know what the right way is beyond hoping and patiently waiting for more.
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    Questions about anything

    So in regards to SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy segments, where the clues are really easy and the contestants still get every answer (question?) wrong.... Are these segments supposed to imply that celebrities are stupid or something? It's funny that people are getting obvious answers wrong, but it...
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    The "You know what?" thread

    Can't remember if I've pointed it out here before (I recently did on Facebook), but Saturday Night Live has had three seasons (6, 11, and 20) that were so bad that the show was almost canceled. That includes the first season without Lorne Michaels and the first season after he came back.
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