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Henson CEO and President Charlie Rivkin has posted the following letter to employees. Since some employees frequent this site, we wanted to also post it here and in the news section. http://www.henson.com/company/press/html/050703.html

In an unbelievable turn of events, word broke early this morning that the Henson kids have bought back the company they sold to EM.TV in February 2000. The Jim Henson Company ownership rights are returning home to the rightful family that founded the entertainment empire. Reportedly, they...

If Sesame Workshop and Sony are indeed backing the deal, it significantly boosts Classic Media's chances. Check it out, here is some very interesting news. http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/050603.shtml

Just another reminder that Caroll Spinney is scheduled to appear on CBS during "The Early Show" later this morning in a few hours. He will be promoting his new book. Let us know what you think about the appearance.

As announced earlier today, phase 1 of our Muppet Central Radio updates are now in place. Here is a summary of the updates that were announced. 1. Every song has been re-recorded to optimize the overall sound of the station. 2. The sound quality of the stream has increased 50% while...

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