EM.TV to Sell Muppets to Jim Henson's Children for $89 Million

[Fozzie Bear]

Karen is super cool!

I still think a Fraggle movie would be rockin' (get it?) Wish she or Terry could pop in and tell us an update onwhat they think is going on with the patterns deal or possibilities of doing these things in a movie in the future.

FOZ

 

[BlueFrackle]

Guys,

We should take this to a new thread.

Here, Ive started it - Fraggle Reunion

I didnt know that Dave was at the SF signing!

see ya

 

[Luke]

Originally posted by Fozzie Bear
Wish she or Terry could pop in and tell us an update onwhat they think is going on with the patterns deal or possibilities of doing these things in a movie in the future.

Don't know about Karen or Terry but the attitude at Henson towards doing anything new with the Fraggles has always been pretty unenthusiastic. I can understand why, some 'brand' orientated companies want to go back and revive old things but they never turn out as good as the original, and i don't think thats an area Henson really want to get into. I hear they are behind a DVD release though and i'm sure Karen and the rest would love to do something for the fans at any Fest or DVD commentaries etc.

If they were to do anything new (as in production wise) with the Fraggles, i think it'd spoil it unless they had anything less than the same puppeteers and the same type of show. Bringing back the magic might wreck it totally otherwise.

 

[Jennifer12]

I just got my Entertainment Weekly in the mail and there is a small article that is not too complimentary about the idea of the Hensons managing the company. Basically, an un-named source who is "close to the company" says that they had a sky-high overhead and refused to ever fire anybody. I don't have it with me right now, so I can't quote directly, but there is also something about a deal with ABC that wasn't lived up to on the Henson side.

My pet peeve: I hate it when magazines/newspapers qoute someone who claims to have information but is too afraid to let his or her name be printed. The information may be absolutely true in this case or in any other, but from my point of view someone who is afraid to step up and take responsiblity for their statement is not as reliable a source as a person willing to suffer fallout for telling the truth. Any clown can make up a story and claim to have inside information.

 

[frogboy4]

Hmmm...inside source that knows about the ABC deal. Let me think. Could it be Eisner? LOL! Seriously I'm sure it's someone over at Disney slinging mud after the sour grapes of losing the bid they had 2 years to make! I am impressed that Henson tries to hold onto their employees. It's those people that make Henson what it is. I don't think people like Disney respect that. I don't think any source close to Disney or ABC should have the right to speak at the moment. The companies are doing rather poorly.

 

[Luke]

Yeah but Jamie, it was a bloated staff that led Henson to have a lot of the problems in the first place. They kept an entire workshop of puppet builders employed for ages when they didn't have any projects to build for. It doesn't stop there either. I know it's very respectable of them, but if they would have been realistic they wouldn't have had some of the problems they had.

 

[frogboy4]

Well then they need to keep making projects to employ all the builders. Hey - they can start with the Fraggles. LOL!

 

[Luke]

Amen to that FB !

 

[Chilly Down]

Wow. So Karen showed up at one book signing, Dave at another...does anyone know if someone else showed up for the LA book signing? Alas, I can't afford Carroll's book right now.

(We're getting close to post 300, folks. Just two more to go!)

 

[electricmayhem]

Wow, I would have loved to meet Dave and Karen too! Jennifer, what issue of EW was that? The newest probably...

(Just helping get to post 300... )