Welcome to the first show of 2010! To celebrate the new year we’ll look at a great Muppet TV special that aired in January of 1896, “The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years“. Sesame Street was less than 20 years old way back then, if you can believe it!
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You can watch the entire special “The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years” on YouTube by clicking below:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
In Muppetology we discuss the Polaroid camera company, and the Muppet commercials and magazine print ads from 1981. View it all here.
Muppet Trivia deals with Baby Sinclair.
KerMattTheFrog received a very special gift this Christmas: a personally signed piece of Big Bird artwork by Caroll Spinney. Spinney has performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since Sesame Street’s debut in 1969, and regularly features his artwork at the store Arts & Framing.
Don Barrie sent his New Year wishes to the MuppetCast audience via voicemail, and mentioned his ongoing project, his song blog.
Joe Vecciarelli continues to CubeCraft his own Muppet menagerie. Here are five new patterns he sent this week:
Oscar 1
Oscar 2
Cookie Monster
Elmo
Grover
Nic Kramer requested a special song from Alaina Reed Hall, the late actress who played Olivia on Sesame Street. Ms. Hall passed away just recently, and we continue to celebrate her life through Nic’s request.
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Happy New Year! Have a great week!
-Steve
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