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The Jim Henson Hour premiered on this day back in 1989. So to honor the 25th anniversary, Toughpigs is starting an article series reviewing each episode. I hope they complete it. http://www.toughpigs.com/my-weeks-with-the-jim-henson-hour-part-1/

Ever notice how when a company or creator or whatever has three main franchises, the third seems to be less popular? Like with Seth MacFarlane's shows, Family Guy and American Dad have both on on the air the longest and remain on the air, while The Cleveland Show only had a few seasons and...

It's interesting how in the Muppet Mindset interview with Craig Shemin, he said that he learned new things about certain characters. I wonder if he learned the new things through actual Henson Company files or from looking at Muppet Wiki. I'd be surprised if the book has any on-screen facts I...

It'd be great if it came out in May, before my birthday, but it will probably come out a little later. Probably not going to happen, but it'd be cool if it could come with all the commercials the Muppets did during promotion. It'd be cool to have all those Toyota commercials on DVD.

You know, I was wondering what audiences generally thought of The Dark Knight Rises, whether it was a success or not. I haven't seen that one or The Dark Knight (mainly because I was so disappointed with Batman Begins).

There's a few things about the movie I've wanted to comment on since seeing the film but haven't. I'm surprised that the "Poopenburghen" conversation wasn't in any of the trailers. Especially when it seems like kids movies that don't have much bathroom humor end up having what few bathroom...

The third movie in a superhero movie franchise also seems to be unsuccessful, even when they are successful at the box office (but sales can be different from opinions). The third Superman and Batman movies were both in the top 5 at the box office for their respective years, but many fans seem...

Really? You mean the scene before Miss Piggy's first scene, the scenes with Nickey and Lady Holiday at the supper club, and the scenes with Nicky and the models planning and breaking in (which are intercut with Muppet scenes)?

I like the movie, but I like the first two better. I like the second film best, and the third one least. I don't think people hate it as much as it is almost everybody's least favorite in the trilogy. James Rolfe included it in a video on the top ten sequels that are not as bad as everybody...

That article lists Back to the Future among the '80s movies with a special credits or post-credits sequence, but none of the Back to the Future movies have special end credits at all.

It's the only Jay Ward cartoon movie. Despite having CGI and animated sequences I consider Rocky and Bullwinkle to be a live-action movie.

I don't know about you, but since this commercial came out, nearly every time I went to the movies, I only saw the ad once. But last week when I saw Mr. Peabody and Sherman, I didn't see it at all (maybe I came in too late, maybe it played while I was in the restroom, dunno).

I meant that the book said he chose not to be a director on The Muppet Show. I listed the wrong series. It's interesting how sales of Muppet merchandise helped fund bigger projects like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, and kept the company in business when it was struggling. In fact it was...

It was done sarcastically in "A New Leaf", but I think drugs were taken more seriously in "Steroids to Heaven".

So back in the 1980s, Disney had an official list of animated features to NOT release on home video or television, since the company was still rereleasing those films in theaters, but eventually everything on that list got released on video by the late-1990s (I'm guessing because home video had...

I wonder about the "temporary replacement" thing, since both Aesop and Sons and Dudley Do-Right have the same number of episodes (39), and I'm sure Dudley Do-Right was a hit. Not to mention that Fractured Fairy Tales and Peabody's Improbable History have 91 episodes each. If, say, Do-Right...

I wonder if Henson ever made any official pictures of the Solid Foam band, besides early photos that featured Animal and Zoot as part of the band. It seems like something they should have done. I also wonder if the company made any non-still pictures from any segments. It seems like almost...

I'd revive Digit. But if Disney wouldn't allow for any Jim Henson Hour characters to return (Disney wouldn't allow any in Muppet Snow White, and only allowed a few in The Muppets Character Encyclopedia), then I'd bring back Louis Kazagger.

(salutes like Ted and Robin) Major Waste of Time!

Speaking of Mario, there seems to be quite a few Mario toy lines, from different companies. The majority of current toys seem to be from K'nex, but there's also a collection of figures and playsets (I think they're called "Micro-playsets", though there are also "delux" playsets) from Jakks, and...