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    Carlo Alban's greatest fear while working on Sesame

    Way I heard it, Paul Fusco was pretty demanding as a puppeteer... I recall some ALF bloopers on YT, and they took multiple takes of stuff that went on screen literally a minute... the hazards of puppeteering. Let's say profanities flew like migrating birds. But other than that, the actor who...
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    Carlo Alban's greatest fear while working on Sesame

    Well, I never cared much for him until I read this... Ouch. I'm not saying anything beyond that. Holy crap. David went through quite a bit at the time he was on... eventually it lead to his illness and later death well after he left the show. I forget the specifics, it's in that book I...
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    The hardest Muppets to draw

    Gonzo and Big Bird have been the toughest for me. The subtle shape of Gonzo's nose and lips confound me... for the longest time, anytime I drew Gonzo he looked similar to his Muppet Babies version. But I eventually found the trick to it. Big Bird? Forget it. The shape of his head and beak...
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    Can Sesame Street go to Congress?

    Well put. I'm sorry, but PBS detractors don't have a real leg to stand on. If we wanna talk about pawns, how about the pawns the other side uses to get rid of PBS? Like the whole "Postcards for Buster" shoving tolerance towards gays and Muslims down kid's throats (a lot less aggressively than...
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    Facts that don't seem to add up

    Yeah... he said it in the movies. From wikipedia:
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    Wild Thornberries DVD (interesting development)

    It all depends on what Viacom wants to do. I HOPE they realize the age of the target demographic for this release and give us those episodes uncut. What I'm more interested in is seeing special features. Interview Tom Kenny in between Spongebob episodes or something.
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    The Smurf's Triumphant return!

    Exactly, though the Smurfs did come first... so technically, Asterix did see some inspiration in the Smurfs comics. But they were much closer to that kind of humor and style of art than the American produced cartoons lead on. Even with episodes based off comic stories, there were quite a few...
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    Can Sesame Street go to Congress?

    Yeah... I'll say this once and only once in bold type: Anyone who thinks SS can survive on any other network is kidding themselves and knows NOTHING of the children's television climate on corporate commercial programming. If you don't believe me, wake up to a Saturday morning sometime...
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    Muppet Babies - 20+ years later

    I still completely lose it over the scene where everyone's Pablo Pa-Rowlfo and Pablo Pa-Kermit... and they turn Scooter into Pablo Pa-Scooter by bending his glasses... I can't say what episode is my favorite... but the Sunday Funnies episode, Gonzo's Video Show, the great Muppet Cartoon...
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    Least likeable Sesame character?

    Uh... family site... it's basically a "that's what he said" type deal... not going any closer to that. And I only came across that when someone who does NOTHING but say "That's what she said" when the Office came out pointed it out to me. I know what it is, but I refuse to tell anyone. It's...
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    Ultra rare characters you'd love to see

    I'd settle for just Herry and maybe Guy Smiley... I mean, Guy is recast... Matt and Jerry have a symbiotic puppeteer/voice over relationship... the puppets were rebuilt (at least Guy)... Hey, Sherlock Hemlock... Robert Downy Jr. has those 2 movies (one coming out) and there's that British...
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    Muppet Comics Cancelled?

    That's good to know. I'm debating if I'm going to bother with the Skrumps or not... it looks like a pretty steep price tag (I'm cheap, I'm poor, I still have to buy these things myself!) if they are indeed only releasing it in a hardback. I'm going to start reviewing old Muppet babies...
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    The Smurf's Triumphant return!

    Looney Tunes BIA could have been a much better movie, but the studio heads monkeyed around with it... they cut a Yakko, Wakko, and Dot cameo (which ticked me off), they forced a Scooby cameo (which I rather liked, but it was marketing for the second, BETTER movie), and over all, changed a lot of...
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    Mars Needs Moms

    Other than that, the trailers I've seen offered the same sort of lousy pop culturey, snappy one liners. "I Know Karate... at least on the Wii TM!" "I want one of these for Christmas"... stuff like that. I'm sure most of the dialogue would be similar. I don't know why anyone insists on...
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    Muppet Comics Cancelled?

    Dw... you're not going to blame me for not grabbing the Farscape Comics and reviewing them for Muppet Mindset, are you? Ditto Dark Crystal or Labyrinth stuff... firstly, I love Farscape, don't get me wrong, but I didn't really see all that much (I only caught several episodes when they were...
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    Archaia Comics enters Jim Henson deal

    Yeah, that series never happened, and honestly, I'm REALLY ticked about that. Cookie Jar (again, bought out DIC) opted for a meh flash animated Richard Scary Mysteries show (spoiler: the solution to every mystery is whatever cockamamie invention the scientist shows off at the beginning of the...
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    Facts that don't seem to add up

    Most phrases associated with certain celebrities, politicians, and fictitious characters are usually from parodies (mostly SNL)... did Mr. Rogers ever say "Can you say __________? I knew you could!" And yet, every parody or mention of Mr. Rogers has him saying that.
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    Facts that don't seem to add up

    Every famous movie or TV quote is often misquoted. Play it Again Sam DIDN'T exist. McCoy NEVER interjected with a certain mild cuss word before saying I'm a Doctor, not a ______. And I HATE anyone that thinks Porky Pig says "Budde budde budee That's All Folks." That's like someone...
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    Fraggle Rock T-Shirt at Target!

    It was mens... so... I'd say maybe (depending on your size) somewhere between a small or a medium would work... maybe a large in cases. They have dressing rooms there, you can probably check. The thing about men's shirts is that the designs are sometimes gender neutral, and girls can indeed...
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    Least likeable Sesame character?

    That all goes back to the stories in a block format being stunted, as far as time passing goes. Seems that when everything happens all at once, it feels flat.. and when time passes, a forced transition happens... it gets in the way of writing, and dragging out a 15 minute storyline through a 50...
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