I was recently encouraged to watch a long forgotten Muppet special from way back in 1986! Even I, a long time Muppet aficionado, somehow missed this one… So I gave it whirl… Oh Boy! What I discovered was so shocking, I was forced to make the children leave the room or else their psyche would […]
Archive for the ‘Christmas’ Category
The Christmas Toy…Story?!
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, History, Television, The Muppets, ToysTags: Disney, Pixar, Toy Story
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Hard News, Comic Books, and Conspiracies
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Comic Books, Film, History, News, PodcastTags: Abraham Zapruder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Comic Books, Commando, Die Hard 2, Ed Wynn, Film, JFK, John Wayne Gacy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mad Love, National Geographic, Officer J.D. Tippit, Peter Lorre, Surgery, Sylvester Stallone, Terrorists, The Dark Knight Rises, The Lost Bullet
The three amigos break new ground, exploring the JFK assassination and Ed and Keenan Wynn; then digress into such normalities as vintage comic book stores, 80’s action movies and the out-of-date Eastern European Terrorist plot device, before rounding out the chat with hand surgery and good old Grover and John Wayne Gacy references. Fun for […]
Come Out To The Coast,…We’ll Get Together,…Have A Few Laughs…!
Posted: 23rd December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, Film, Film Review, HistoryNot Only is DIE HARD one of the great Action movies, It is a GREAT Christmas movie! Bruce Willis is brilliant as NYPD’s John McClane! Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber became the model for bad guys for a decade, and the future Snape in the Harry Potter films! And Reginald VelJohnson eventually starred in an unofficial spinoff after his […]
A Merry Muppet Christmas, Part 3 – “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street”
Posted: 21st December 2011 by Dion in Christmas, Television, The MuppetsTags: 86th Street, Christmas, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, New York City, Sesame Street
Another great Muppet Christmas Special to be highlighted in this series, is one of the earliest, the Emmy Award-winning Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. It originally aired on PBS on Sunday, December 3, 1978, and sadly is another one of the great Muppet specials that hasn’t been aired probably in 20 years.
There Ain’t No Hole In The Washtub…!
Posted: 18th December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, Television, The MuppetsTags: 70's, Christmas, Jim Henson, Muppets, TV
I like the Muppets! I think they lost their edge after the 1979 release of The Muppet Movie, but that happens when you go main stream… Before that, Jim Henson was making big plans for his company. The Muppets were on Sesame Street. They had their own TV show, The Muppet Show. They had made numerous […]
A Merry Christmas From The Muppets Part. 1
Posted: 17th December 2011 by Dion in Christmas, Television, The Muppets, UncategorizedTags: Christmas, Disney, Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson, Sesame Street, The Muppet Movie, The Muppets
I have come to the conclusion that there are two time-frames when concerning the Muppets. Pre-Jim Henson’s Death and Post-Jim Henson’s Death. Sadly, the latter has not been as rewarding and fruitful in the world of the Muppets since Mr. Henson’s passing. Who or what is to blame? That is a debate for another day. […]