The MuppetCast returns from summer break with an all-new season of sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational podcasting! We hit the ground running this week with listener JD Hansel, talking about the wonderfully warm and talented pianist Rowlf the Dog. (more…)
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Happy Birthday to Jim Henson and Steve Whitmire!
Instead of the usual show this week, I’ve decided it’s time to present a new vidcast! And this is one many listeners have been waiting to see for a very long time. This is the complete presentation of the August 2008 Road Trip to New Jersey, featuring Mrs. Jane Hunt (mother of beloved Muppeteer Richard Hunt) and myself as we celebrate Richard’s life and his work. (more…)
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To celebrate Mother’s Day this week, we revisit an interview from last year with Muppeteer Richard Hunt‘s mother, Jane Hunt. Jane is a real treat, a good friend of the show, and she shares some unique observations and special memories of motherhood and grandmotherhood from years gone by. Of course, a few “Richard stories” are thrown in as well. (more…)
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Welcome to The MuppetCast! I’m your host Steve Swanson, and this episode is jam packed. Seriously, I had to sit on the suitcase just to get it closed!
Included in this episode is some audio taken from the upcoming Road Trip DVD, in which you’ll hear Jane Hunt (mother of Muppeteer Richard Hunt) and I sitting and talking in her kitchen. If you’ve just joined us, I recently took a trip to New Jersey to visit Jane, who’s become a good friend, at her home. The house she lives in is the same one all of her children, including Richard, grew up in, so naturally there’s a lot of wonderful history there. (more…)
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Live from New Jersey, it’s The MuppetCast!
Coming to you from the comfy confines of my hotel room in New Jersey, this week’s episode consists of me giving a play-by-play description of everything I experienced while visiting Jane Hunt (mother of Muppeteer Richard Hunt) and Arthur Miller at their home. I took a small sub-set of my equipment on the road with me just in case I’d need it, and that turned out to be a good decision.
Partly because I knew it would make for a good episode, and partly because it was all fresh in my mind at the time and I didn’t want to forget any of it, you’ll hear me describe in great detail just what happened in the Hunt household while I was there. Next week you’ll hear Jane herself, as she and I conducted an in-person interview on video (of which you’ll hear the audio). (more…)
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We celebrate Mother’s Day this week with a very special guest. Jane Hunt, mother of Muppeteer Richard Hunt, has returned to talk again with me as we discuss motherhood. We also look at some of the Mother-related Muppet books that have been published through the years. All this and more, on The MuppetCast! (more…)
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