Another show, another round of the 2012 Muppet Madness Tournament (and sadly another microphone issue, sorry!). But we the MuppetFans reunite once again to run down the results of Round 2, present the Round 3 matchups, and laugh a whole bunch. Join in the fun!
Follow us at @muppettourney and vote EVERY 6 HOURS at muppetfans.com.
Have a great week!
-Steve
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Joe Hennes joins us fresh from his trip to Walt Disney World, with a wonderful look at MuppetVision 3D (and the rest of the parks) through the eyes of a lifetime Muppet fan who’s never seen the film before. Obviously we had lots to talk about, and we maybe even get Joe to start planning a return trip! You can see even more from Joe’s trip over at ToughPigs.com.
After that, Dr. Phillip Serna lends his musical talents, and those of his students, in some early-music renditions of two Muppet classic songs. Phillip also hosts The Gamba Cast, found at TheGambaCast.com.
Thanks for listening to The MuppetCast! Questions/Comments about the Muppets or The MuppetCast can be emailed to me@muppetcast.com, or called in to the voicemail line at 614-364-4270. Follow the show on Twitter and join the Facebook page too!
Have a great week!
-Steve
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The MuppetCast is back! Show notes to follow soon.
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This is it for The MuppetCast’s coverage of the 2011 Muppet Madness Tournament. Technically there’s one more day to vote in the Championship Round (and the voting has been teetering back and forth all day), but this is the final show in which we get to cover any of it. By next week, we’ll have crowned our Muppet champion and the tournament will be history!
Since we aren’t able to discern a clear winner – Super Grover or Statler & Waldorf – Ryan, Joe, and I give some top-notch tournament analysis, and then shortly decide to call it a day and play a bunch of Super Grover and Statler & Waldorf clips. We sincerely hope our laziness will inspire you to pick your favorite out of these two, and then spend hours and hours voting for them on our website. Really, this shameless self-promotion is all for you. (more…)
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The Muppet Madness Tournament continues this week, as we look at Rounds 2 and 3, and get ready for the Final Four! Ryan and Joe join me from ToughPigs, and we have a grand old time. (more…)
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The 2011 Muppet Madness Tournament has begun, and I couldn’t be more excited! This week I’m joined by the whole gang – Ryan Dosier, Ryan Roe, and Joe Hennes – as we look over the Round 1 voting, and prepare ourselves for the pandemonium that will surely ensue in Round 2. (more…)
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You know I’m not one to brag, but this week’s episode marks a historic moment, not just for The MuppetCast, but possibly for fans of Jim Henson and the Muppets worldwide. Along with the friends who join me in this episode, I am deeply honored and extremely proud to present a new endeavor not just for The MuppetCast, but for everyone who enjoys creating content for Muppet fans online: MuppetFans.com.
Joined by my friends Ryan Roe, Joe Hennes, and Dave Hulteen (and Ryan Dosier in spirit), we present this new website not just as a focal point of our own efforts, but as a truly complete collection of news, trivia, reviews, video, and all manner of Muppet entertainment. We hope that MuppetFans.com earns the reputation we set out to give it; that of being THE online destination of all Muppet fans everywhere.
We can’t do it without your help, so please talk to us early and often about what you want, and what you like, from this website. You can always email me personally at my MuppetCast address, and also at contact@muppetfans.com. We can’t wait to hear from you!
As always, thanks for listening! Questions/Comments about the Muppets or The MuppetCast can be emailed to me@muppetcast.com, or called in to the voicemail line at 614-364-4270. Follow the show on Twitter and join the Facebook page too!
Have a great week!
-Steve
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This week I’m honored to have Kevin Clash on the show for a new interview, talking about his experiences making “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey“. It’s always a real treat to have Kevin on the show, and I know you’ll love hearing from him!
It’s also finally time to present the 2010 Year In Review special, complete with Ryan & Joe from ToughPigs.com. As you can guess, hilarity ensues, complete with a couple good outtakes after the closing song. (more…)
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Back in September when I originally put the NY Vidcasts together, one of those unfortunate computer things happened as I was finishing the final video and I thought I lost almost all of the content I had shot. I posted what I had completed of that final installment and simply called it a day. Well, I was able to recover that stuff this week, and am happy to now present the last NYC video in its full glory! There are some things I really wanted you to see, and now I can show them to you.
Enjoy!
-Steve
This week I’m joined by Ryan Dosier, Ryan Roe, and Joe Hennes (from The Muppet Mindset and ToughPigs.com) as we cover the news and generally do whatever it is we do around here. Enjoy!
Nicholas Lemon also joins me as we discuss his exciting upcoming puppet performance of his famous “Weird Al” medley!
By the way, the outtakes at the very end of the show are (I think) very funny, but probably not appropriate for the kiddies. I put them after the closing song, but just giving you fair warning. (more…)
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Show notes coming soon; enjoy the show for now!
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I’m happy to welcome Sesame Workshop Associate Design Director of Special Projects Louis Mitchell to the show this week. Louis is a leading artistic talent for the Workshop, and I think after hearing this, you’ll join me in saying that I already look forward to his return to the show. He’s done some incredible things during his tenure at the workshop, and we look forward to even more in the years ahead. (more…)
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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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Part 3 of this 4-part vidcast series is entitled “Muppet Fans in New York”. In this video we see some of the sights that fans of Jim Henson and the Muppets would really enjoy, including:
The Muppet Whatnot Workshop
Central Park (Jim Henson and Jon Stone benches)
Carmen Osbahr and Rosita (Not typically included in New York travel guides, but I found them)
The Henson Townhouse
I hope you’re enjoying watching these vidcasts as much as I enjoy presenting them! Drop me a line at me@muppetcast.com, or call the show at 614-364-4270. Join up on the Facebook page too!
Have a great week!
-Steve
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We make it to New York this week, with the “Muppet Vault” fan meet held on July 25, 2010 in Brooklyn. This was a fun-filled afternoon spent with more Muppet fans than we ever expected! Thanks to everybody who came out and made this such a special event. We’ll definitely do this again soon!
In case you weren’t there, we proudly present OUR portions of the event (meaning, we can’t really show a lot from the actual videos we screened here in the vidcast). We hope you understand. Anyway, you can see most of this stuff on YouTube.
So enjoy the fan meet! Call me at 614-364-4270 and tell me what you thought of it, or email me@muppetcast.com with your comments.
Next week, even more cool Muppet stuff to do in NYC!
Have a great week.
-Steve
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We now have the final location, date, and time for the New York City meet. Here it is:
WHO: The MuppetCast, ToughPigs, and YOU!
WHAT: “The Muppet Vault” NYC Muppet fan meetup
WHEN: Sunday, July 25 at 2pm
WHERE: The Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (easily accessible from the L and G trains)
WHY: Because we are long overdue to present this event
Come out and have fun with us! Confirm your attendance on our Facebook event page (optional but encouraged).
Tickets are only $5. You can buy them online from The Knitting Factory or at the door.
Muppet fans of all ages welcome. If you have any questions, email me@muppetcast.com or call me at 614-364-4270. See you there!
-Steve
It’s a Muppet Trivia Showdown! I face off against the lads from ToughPigs.com in a no-holds-barred uber-fan matchup to see once and for all who holds the most useless Muppet facts in their head! Monsters and explosions abound! (more…)
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It’s the Muppet Madness Championship, and the 3rd anniversary of The MuppetCast all rolled into one! There aren’t any real show notes, no links of interest per se, just listen and enjoy the show. (more…)
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We’ve reached the Championship Round of the Muppet Madness Tournament! Ryan, Joe, and I give the rundown from last week’s matches, as well as our thoughts on this week’s five-way fight for the win. Make sure to stop in and chat with us on Ustream on Wednesday night, and in the ToughPigs chatroom on Thursday night. Chat begins at 9pm Eastern both nights. (more…)
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We’re pushing ahead to Round 3 of the 2010 Muppet Madness Tournament this week! Along with Muppetology, listener feedback, and naming a contest winner, we’ve got a very full show that I know you’ll enjoy. Everything’s about to change in the tournament! And I mean everything! (more…)
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The Muppet Madness Tournament got off to a sprinting start last week! With Muppet fans worldwide voting for their favorites (and countless news sites and blogs covering the online event), it was an incredible flurry of activity. Sorting through all the votes with me are Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe from ToughPigs.com, as we present the matches for Round 2. (more…)
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The biggest announcment coming from this week’s show is the kickoff of the 2010 Muppet Madness Tournament! Go over to the official tournament website (muppetcast.com/tournament) and vote daily for your favorite Muppet characters! (more…)
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Here it is, the 2009 Year In Review! With the help of Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe (who shares my birthday) from ToughPigs.com, we take a final look back at the Muppet news and events of the past year and have a grand old time talking about them. For a comprehensive listing of everything in the Muppet universe that took place in 2009, please see the 2009 Page on the Muppet Wiki. (more…)
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Lots to talk about this week so let’s get right to it! Ryan Roe and Joe Hennes from ToughPigs.com join me to discuss the latest Muppet news, and with Halloween just around the corner we celebrate with some Muppet monsters!
The MuppetCast is sponsored by our friends at Bell, Book & Comic. Life should be more Fun!
In Muppetology we relive some fun moments with Beautiful Day Monster, one of the original monsters created by Jim Henson. It’s interesting to note, in the three sketches included in the segment (complete list here), Beautiful Day Monster is performed by three different Muppeteers (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Richard Hunt). (more…)
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Quite the lineup for this week’s show. Counting 1, 2, 3…4! Four special guests, ah, ah, ah! They include Peter Bell from Bell, Book & Comic (celebrating their 6th anniversary this weekend!), KermiClown aka David S. from Florida, Ryan and Joe from ToughPigs.com, and author Michael Davis with some great news regarding his book “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street“. (more…)
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Welcome to The MuppetCast! Even though I’m not here in the studio, there’s still a great episode on tap for this week! I’m joined by a very special guest, Vince Anthony. Vince is the Executive Director of the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta which, coincidentally, is where I am this weekend! Vince talks about the exciting events taking place during the Center’s 30th anniversary celebration. This particular weekend is for members of the Center only (which still includes a large number of people), and then the Center is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday every week. Make sure to stop by if you’re in the area, and see their amazing new exhibit “Jim Henson: Wonders from his Workshop”. (more…)
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Welcome to The MuppetCast! This episode features Lou Mongello in a new Profile of a Podcaster segment. I’m also happy to welcome back both David Quesal and Ryan & Joe from Tough Pigs, all good friends of the show. Along with a new Muppet List all about Muppet Musicians with David, the Tough Pigs crew and I discuss the recent Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series announcement from HIT Entertainment. (more…)
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