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Pictures of Palisades series 3 featuring: Scooter, Rowlf, Lew Zealand, Zoot, and the Swedish Chef kitchen playset are now on-line. Check out the pics here... http://www.palisadestoys.com/DailyBits/JulyFour/TUESDAY.html Series 3 is scheduled to be available in stores during the first...

Intertainer & Sesame Workshop Announce Cable and Broadband Licensing Agreement For 'Sesame Street' Programming Deal Brings the Beloved 'Sesame Street' Characters to VOD Courtesy of Yahoo News Intertainer, the entertainment on demand broadband leader, and Sesame Workshop today announced a...

The following plug is in this week's Entertainment Weekly, issue number 665.

Here's some big news we got from Rhino Records. The working title for the new CD is "The Muppets 25th Anniversary Celebration: Who Let the Frogs Out" and the disc will feature 27 songs from The Muppet Show and all six Muppet films. It's slated to be released on September 17, 2002. Read all...

Here we go again, expect different versions of this story to start showing up... Sesame Street Considers AIDS Muppet Courtesy of the Associated Press The head of PBS won't rule out the appearance of an HIV-positive Muppet on "Sesame Street," saying the show's approach will reflect the...

Join the Palisades Collector's Club! If you have questions about your club membership, please write to club@palisadestoys.com. Mike Horn just sent me a note that the Palisades Collectors Club is now set up with Paypal. This should make things easier for people in the US to join, but...

Just got the official announcement from Palisades, even though Ken has hinted at this possibility for awhile. Beginning next winter, Palisades Toys will be adding to their sucessful action figure line with new Mega Muppet figures, nearly twice the size of their action figure conterparts...

Weezer, Saves The Day Trade Blows In 'Emo Puppet Video War' Courtesy of MTV Biggie and Tupac, Jay-Z and Nas, Axl and Kurt, Oasis and the bulk of humanity ... some musical beefs are sublime, and some are ridiculous. The latest, between Weezer and Saves the Day, is a little bit of both...

A new editorial is on-line about the recent changes within the Henson company like the workshop layoffs and Brian Henson's resignation. Annika Abel wrote this opinion story. Let us know your thoughts and what you see in Henson's future!

After some conversations with Sesame Workshop, we reported the news last Friday that the HIV character had no plans to come to the US. Now the reprieve is making the rounds... No U.S. visit for HIV-positive Muppet Courtesy of Yahoo News Soothing concerns raised by Republican lawmakers, a...

GOP Grouchy Over HIV Muppet Courtesy of E Online Call it the Great Muppet Caper, part two. Disturbed by the prospect of Sesame Street introducing an HIV-Positive Muppet on its South African version as part of an AIDS education effort, a group of conservative lawmakers is making like...

Happy Birthday to: Crazy Harry (20), Gazbar (28), sternroolz (30). Hope you three have a great day! Thanks for being a part of Muppet Central.

I'm going to be doing a minor maintenance upgrade to our forum software in about an hour. This upgrade will take care of a few minor bugs and also upgrade us to full compatibility with the latest version of PHP. During this time the forum will be inaccessible but you'll receive a notice that...

Just a reminder today on NBC is the big NASCAR Winston Cup race. Eight Muppet cars will be raced on the track along with the special Muppet Show anniversary event car. The pre-race show will begin on NBC at 2:00 pm eastern and the race will begin at 2:30 eastern. Let us know what you think...

Here's a reminder that Sunday the long-awaited "making of" special on Weezer's Keep Fishin' video with the Muppets will be airing on MTV2 at 10 pm eastern. Here are the other times the "Making the Video" will be shown this week as well. Sun 07/14 - 10:00 PM Mon 07/15 - 8:30 PM Tue 07/16 -...

The following e-mail was sent earlier today from our mailing list. If you’re not on Muppet Central’s Mailing List, you can sign up at the link below… http://www.muppetcentral.com/help/list/ Dear friends, If you are in the United States, there are a lot of Henson happenings on TV this...

Sesame Street to Introduce HIV-Positive Muppet Courtesy of Reuters Sesame Street will soon introduce its first HIV positive Muppet character to children of South Africa, where one in nine people have the virus that can lead to AIDS. The upbeat female Muppet will join "Takalani Sesame"...

Now that the series one Muppet Labs playset is starting to arrive in some locations, as you find the playset in your area, please post here. Give us the city and store chain as this will help others who are looking for the playset. Check out our Palisades Muppet figures update page for a list...

Anniversary Muppet characters being crafted in New Zealand Courtesy of Yahoo News A New Zealand design workshop has gone from making Hobbits to Muppets. Special effects group Weta Workshop, which won two Academy Awards for creating characters in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the...

While this isn't related to Muppets, most of you bid on eBay and use PayPal so I thought some might find this interesting. eBay to Acquire PayPal; Shared Mission Will Expand Platforms and Benefit Consumers; eBay Announces Results for Second Quarter 2002 In a move that will help millions of...