Tag Archives: Kermit

All Good Things Have Sequels, But Not Segels: Looking Ahead on the Day ‘The Muppets’ Arrives on DVD

When this blog first began, nearly three years ago, a new Muppet movie was just a dream, a boogeyman whose existence was whispered about at camp fires and sleepovers.  But since that time the hope materialized into a serious possibility, thanks to … Continue reading

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Muppet Monday: Oscars the Grouch

If you had a chance (or the misfortune) to read our tweets from last night’s Oscars telecast, you’ll know that we were very sore that Bret McKenzie was not given a chance to perform his Oscar-nominated “Man or Muppet” (and … Continue reading

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On the Fifth Night of Hanukkah Jumped the Snark Gave to You…

…The Muppets & Jimmy Fallon &  Christmas!  Because it’s Christmas Eve AND Hanukkah and that calls for something special. That’s two years in a row.  Hopefully that means this is a holiday tradition.

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STOP THE PRESSES!

The Muppets is here and the Muppets are finally back.  Sigh.  We did it.

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Muppet Monday: Our Long-Awaited Thoughts on the Impending Arrival of ‘The Muppets:’ Or Why We’re Dreading the Thing We Wanted More Than Anything Else

In two days The Muppets will return to theaters after more than a decade away from the big screen.  It seems like just yesterday that we were salivating over the whispers of a Muppet resurrection orchestrated by Jason Segel (yes, that Jason … Continue reading

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Muppet Tuesday: Cookie, Cookie, Cookie; Rexamining Cookie Monster

A short, fun Muppet Tuesday inspired by a video referred to us by The Geoff Man and last week’s Top Chef. As far as Sesame Street characters go, we don’t remember being particularly enamored with Cookie Monster as a child.  … Continue reading

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Muppet Monday: We’d Like to Forget This

This doesn’t thrill us.  In fact, we don’t like this at all.  But we feel like we’re kind of obligated to acknowledge its existence. But thank goodness Cee Lo wasn’t backed by Kermit or Fozzie or The Electric Mayhem or … Continue reading

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Muppet Monday: What Do ‘Muppet Babies’ and IKEA Have In Common?

Well, I’m sure you could come up with a couple good answers for this question.  Both are good Saturday morning past times.  Both can be found in many countries (we assume).  Both are two of our favorite things.  But what … Continue reading

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Jim Carrey, ‘SNL’: No One Does a Thicke!

Well, we weren’t devastated.  Maybe it was because we were still ecstatic from the Jets victory, and that residual giddiness made us a little more lenient, a little looser (the beers couldn’t have hurt either).  Whatever it was, we were … Continue reading

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And Christmas Has Come Early…

…with the news that the Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made, initially slated to arrive on Christmas 2011, has been pushed up a month to Thanksgiving (yes, we admit that this news is a little outdated, but we’d be remiss not … Continue reading

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