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10 Greatest Episodes Of The Muppet Show
25 May 2013 1:27 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
During its five-season run (1976-1981), The Muppet Show delighted viewers with its slapstick humor, quirky puppet personalities, and wide array of guest performers, who got the rare opportunity to act, sing, and dance with an ensemble of fuzzy monsters. The show, along with the plethora of movies it spun off, succeed in the tricky task of appealing to both adults and children, and interest in the franchise has been reinvigorated since The Muppets, the first film in 12 years, was released in 2011.
While some of the humour and guest stars on TV program seem antiquated today, the film’s success shows that people still love Muppets.
Here are ten episodes that helped to catapult the Muppets franchise to success…
10. Season 1, Episode 2 (Connie Stevens and Bert & Ernie)
In the program’s early days, the Muppet Show struggled to book popular acts that were willing to get up on stage and interact with giant puppets, »
- Sienna Golden Malik
25 underappreciated Doctor Who stories
25 April 2013 9:07 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Feature Cameron K McEwan 26 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Cameron sings the praises of twenty-five classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that deserve more love. See what made the cut below...
Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.
The Awakening
Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus, »
- louisamellor
Community Uses Puppetry to Get Out of its Rut and Evolve
12 April 2013 1:06 PM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
There were times during Community’s fourth season where I felt things couldn’t possibly get any worse. The changes made to the show creatively gave us couple of the worst episodes this show has ever put out, but I still managed to remain vaguely hopeful for the future. At the start of the season I made note of how things would have to play out naturally for Community to ever be truly great again. The new showrunners had to figure out their own way to run the show post Dan Harmon and the last few episodes have shown a greater confidence in their work. Things have been funnier, more heartfelt, and generally felt like the show we used to know. The only thing that was left was to see if this new version of the show could handle what it was known best for in the past: genre bending. »
- Brody Gibson
Extended Thoughts on ‘Muppet Treasure Island’
6 April 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Brian Henson
Written by Jerry Juhl
Starring Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop, Jennifer Saunders, Billy Connolly
It is, admittedly, strange to criticize a movie adaptation of a well-worn classic for being too faithful. Some movies, of course, are too stuck on the books or plays they’re adapting, unable to break free from the tethers of the previously written word. But most often, we want our movie versions of beloved stories to be very much like those stories. Otherwise, what’s the point? Sometimes, however, the more faithful an adaptation is, the less successful it is as a movie. We have to remember that a book and a movie may tell the same story, but they can never tell it the same way. This point got lost in the shuffle during the Harry Potter franchise, but it’s pertinent: whatever experience you had reading those books, »
- Josh Spiegel
Co-Creator Of ‘The Muppets’ Jane Henson Passes Away At Age 78
3 April 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Co-creator of The Muppets, Jane Nebel Henson, has sadly passed away after fighting cancer, she was 78. Jane, along with her more famous late husband, Jim Henson, created what would be the forerunners for The Muppets, a TV show called Sam & Friends which among other puppets featured a prototype of what would later be Kermit The Frog. She also started The Jim Henson Legacy which was created to preserve the work of her late husband, as well as The Jane Henson Foundation which supported various philanthropic causes.
I owe her a lot of gratitude having grown up with The Muppet Show and especially Sesame Street, and we here at Thn send our condolences to her children Cheryl, Lisa, Heather, Brian & John who will continue their parents legacy in the future.
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- Esben Evans
Jane Nebel Henson Dead at 78 – Puppeteer and Widow of Jim Henson
3 April 2013 8:49 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
She was a puppeteer, philanthropist and founder of The Jim Henson Legacy.
Jane Henson died in her Connecticut home on April 2, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. A tribute page celebrating Jane and featuring images from her life can be found at http://www.henson.com/jane.html. A memorial mass is planned for next week. Donations may be sent in memory of Jane Henson to the following: Center for Puppetry Arts http://puppet.org/contribute/donation.shtml The Jim Henson Foundation for the support of puppetry http://hensonfoundation.org/ The Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater Center http://www.theoneill.org/
Jane Nebel Henson met Jim Henson in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland and soon after became an integral creative and business partner in what would become the world famous Muppets.
As a fine arts education major studying at the University of Maryland »
- Tom Stockman
Jim Henson's Wife and Muppets Collaborator Jane Henson Has Died
3 April 2013 8:17 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
After 23 years of life following her husband's death in 1990, Jane Nebel Henson, the wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson and a frequent collaborator of his work, has passed away at 78. The Hensons met at the University of Maryland in a puppetry class in 1954 before taking a small job at a TV station in Washington DC where they created Sam and Friends, a five-minute show that would become a national sensation after appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Steve Allen. The two would eventually become married in 1959 and begin a legacy of entertainment for people of all ages when they started creating The Muppets. Jane Henson worked over the years as a puppeteer and puppet designer, working with her husband as they created some of the most iconic characters in television history from Kermit the Frog to Big Bird on "The Muppet Show" and "Sesame Street." Despite separating in 1986, Jane continued »
- Ethan Anderton
R.I.P. Jane Nebel Henson, Who Helped Pull The Strings To Form The Muppets
2 April 2013 3:06 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Jane Nebel Henson died in her Connecticut home today after a long battle with cancer. A memorial mass is planned for next week. She met Jim Henson in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland and soon after became an integral creative and business partner with him to form the Muppets. They began performing together on NBC’s D.C. affiliate station Wrc-tv while she was an undergraduate. Their show, Sam And Friends, took off and soon they were doing guest spots on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show. They were married in 1959, and she gave birth to Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson. Brian is currently chairman and Lisa is CEO of The Jim Henson Co, which continues to generate Muppets films. She continued to contribute to what became The Jim Henson Co empire, collaborating with her husband on a traveling museum exhibit The Art Of The Muppets, »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
R.I.P. Jane Nebel Henson, Who Helped Pull The Strings To Form The Muppets
2 April 2013 3:06 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Jane Nebel Henson died in her Connecticut home today after a long battle with cancer. A memorial mass is planned for next week. She met Jim Henson in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland and soon after became an integral creative and business partner with him to form the Muppets. They began performing together on NBC’s D.C. affiliate station Wrc-tv while she was an undergraduate. Their show, Sam And Friends, took off and soon they were doing guest spots on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show. They were married in 1959, and she gave birth to Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson. Brian is currently chairman and Lisa is CEO of The Jim Henson Co, which continues to generate Muppets films. She continued to contribute to what became The Jim Henson Co empire, collaborating with her husband on a traveling museum exhibit The Art Of The Muppets, »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Jane Henson, Who Helped Create Muppets With Husband Jim, Dies at 78
2 April 2013 2:54 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Jane Nebel Henson, who partnered with her husband Jim Henson to launch the Muppets and worked to preserve his artistic legacy, died April 2 of cancer in Conn. She was 78.
Born in Queens, N.Y., she met Jim Henson in a puppetry class at the U. of Maryland, and began working with him as performer, puppet designer and builder when they were offered a spot on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. while they were still undergraduates.
The Muppets made their first appearance on their show “Sam and Friends,” which aired before the “Huntley-Brinkley Report” and “The Tonight Show” with Steve Allen, where their signature puppets made their first national guest appearance.
They were married in 1959, and Jane gave birth to Lisa, Cheryl, Brian and John in the next five years and Heather in 1970.
As the Jim Henson Company grew, she actively participated in the organization, collaborating with Jim Henson on projects »
- Pat Saperstein
Comedy Undercard: Alf vs. Dinosaurs
12 March 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Vulture is in the midst of its Sitcom Smackdown, a three-week contest that pits the best sitcoms of the last 30 years against each other to crown the ultimate winner. But while that bracket focuses on the greatest, most innovative modern comedies, it couldn't cover all of the series that live on in our hearts, the ones that may not fit those highfalutin parameters but which we could talk about for days. To give these other series their moments to shine, every day we’ll be pitting two like-minded comedies against each other: We’ll pick our winner, and readers will then vote for their own. Today: It’s alien versus predators as we pit Alf against Dinosaurs.Today's contenders: Alf (1986–1990) vs. Dinosaurs (1991–94) The next puppets to make prime-time TV history following The Muppet Show arrived in a pair of family sitcoms with a twist. The first was Alf, which followed »
- Denise Martin
The Mindy Project Recap: One Minute to Save the World
20 February 2013 9:35 AM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Mindy wants to save the world one “Women’s Health Minute” in New York City taxis at a time — too bad we all hate Taxi TV and turn it off as soon as we slide into the backseat of a cab! Though if real Taxi TV were this fun — yes, that is Mindy Kaling in a half-Wilfred, half-Rolf from The Muppet Show getup, offering women’s health advice along with a hand puppet — we’d stay tuned in.Basically, this episode (directed by Kaling’s Office co-worker, and love of last episode, B.J. Novak!) proved that in any episode less epic than, say, the pilot, or the Christmas party, or Valentine’s Day two weeks ago, the simpler the plot the better. It felt like the ship had been righted by the When Harry Met Sally … homage of the last few episodes, which, given the rom-com-loving and/or -hating premise of this show, »
- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
The Mindy Project Review: Back to You Trish
19 February 2013 9:48 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
People who choose local news broadcasts over the loftier network additions do so not for the quality of news, but the flavor with which it is delivered.
Like Danny, they would rather hear about foreign affairs from a local hot dog vendor than some on-location correspondent wearing too much makeup. Personally, I hardly ever watch the news at night, local or national. At the end of a long day, the last thing I want to listen to are a bunch of stories that sound like they were plucked from the headlines by the writers of Tosh.O and the Faces of Death film producers.
Instead of hearing about someone getting pushed onto the subway tracks or run over by a parade float, I prefer to laugh and let the day's stress fade away.
"Mindy's Minute" succeeded in helping me do just that, despite a rather ambitious slate of story lines. »
- cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
The New Muppet Movie Has a Miss Piggy Wedding
12 February 2013 2:15 PM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Somebody get some flowers, somebody get a ring — somebody's getting married, and it's Miss Piggy. Production designer Eve Stewart, who recently designed Les Miserables, is working on the new Muppet movie and had this tidbit to share: "Today has been one of the best days of my life," she said in an interview on BBC 4 on Sunday. "[I'm] designing Miss Piggy’s wedding at the Tower of London. Get me!" First, A+ for enthusiasm, Ms. Stewart. Second, Muppet wedding! Miss Piggy and Kermit have actually been married three times, sort of, twice on The Muppet Show and once in The Muppets Take Manhattan, plus surely they're common-law married at this point. In any case, [aaaaah, fails arms while bounce-running away]. And for good measure: »
- Margaret Lyons
The Muppets Sequel Gets A Title And Plot Details
30 January 2013 1:36 PM, PST | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Production has finally begun on Disney’s sequel to The Muppets, which means that we finally get an official title and an even more official plot synopsis. The title? The Muppets … Again! And the plot synopsis?
Well, it seems that the film will follow the Muppets as they embark on a tour across Europe, playing London, Berlin and Madrid. But there are dastardly deeds afoot, for international criminal frog Constantine is on the loose … and he’s the spitting image of Kermit! We can see where this is going. Constantine will be ably assisted by his pal Dominic, played by Ricky Gervais. Director James Bobin is describing the film as a nod to “old-school crime capers of the ‘60s.”
Not to throw a rubber chicken into the works, but haven’t we done this before? In a movie called The Great Muppet Caper, where the Muppets become involved with international jewel thieves? »
- Lauren Humphries-Brooks
A first look at the Muppets sequel, 'Muppets...Again!' -- Exclusive
30 January 2013 6:00 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Cue Kermit’s patented arm-flailing “Yaaaaaay!” Following their successful return to the pop culture spotlight with 2011’s The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and the rest of the gang are heading back to the big screen. The Muppets…Again!, currently shooting in London and due in theaters March 21, 2014, finds the Muppet repertory company enjoying a triumphant world tour, only to become tangled up with a criminal mastermind named Constantine, who is out to steal an enormous diamond—and who happens to be a dead ringer for Kermit. “I always loved those classic jewel-heist capers from the ’60s and ’70s, »
- Josh Rottenberg
Where on the Shelf Is...Muppet Babies?
22 January 2013 5:21 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Welcome to "Where on the Shelf Is..." In this column, I look at great TV shows and movies that have never been on DVD and/or Blu-ray. For your pleasure and out of all of our frustrations, this column examines the Where, When and, of course, Why?! of these non-releases. Up this week is...Muppet Babies What Is It?: Jim Henson's Muppets have been a marketable and profitable brand since 1976, when The Muppet Show first aired. Kermit and the gang have drawn such a humungous »
- Mathew Plale
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