Call it an unofficial MuppetCast Road Trip, call it Peanut Butter Oreo day, whatever you call it, it’s a brand-new episode of The MuppetCast! This week we go to Orlando, FL, as Muppeteer Leslie Cararra-Rudolph presents her stage workshop “Wake Up Your Weird”, a one-hour one-woman ride through Leslie’s creative mind. It’s a great time, so grab some candy and enjoy!
Leslie also has a superb CD available via her official website and iTunes titled “Spunkinsass”! Grab your copy today!
The MuppetCast is sponsored by Bell, Book & Comic. Life should be more fun!
If you’re in the Orlando area, catch Encore!, the 300-member choir and orchestra comprised entirely of Disney Cast Members. Our own James Songster is among their number, and he sent in a fun rehearsal recording for the show this week.
The Paul Williams song “I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus” has been nominated for an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics”. This song was part of the 2008 TV special “A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa”.
Are you going to Comic Con 2009? You are?? Lucky duck. There will be plenty to see and enjoy, and for Muppet/Henson fans here’s a schedule of events that may interest you:
Friday July 24 at 10:15am Farscape 10th Anniversary Panel with show stars and Brian Henson
Friday July 24 at 2:00pm Rockne O’Bannon signing at BOOM Studios booth (#2543)
Saturday July 25 at 2:30pm Farscape Comics panel with O’Bannon and DeCandido
Saturday July 25 at 3:45pm Rockne O’Bannon signing at BOOM Studios booth (#2543)
Sunday July 26 at 10:00am Roger Langridge and the Muppet Show Comic Book Panel
CBR also has a great new interview with Roger Langridge talking about the Muppet Show Comic.
The Jim Henson Company and Harper Collins are set to start releasing Sid The Science Kid preschool books starting December 2009.
The National Post has an incredible interactive collage of 101 Muppets from Sesame Street! Check it out here.
Sesame Workshop is expanding its “Talk, Listen, Connect” initiative, opening Sesame Street Family Connections. This is an online space where both children and adults can interact and stay connected when distance makes everyday communication difficult. Additionally, they’ve created new “Sesame Rooms”. Read all about it at the official TLC website.
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Have a great week!
-Steve
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