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  • Show #282: The 2016 Muppet Madness Champion

    The 2016 Muppet Madness Tournament celebrates its finale by crowning Uncle Deadly as the Muppet Madness Champion (also known this year as the Muppet Madness President). A more maniacally fitting character for such terrible and awesome power, there never could be. JD Hansel joins me one last time as we toast a successful tournament, and celebrate a few more good times.

    The 2016 Muppet Madness Tournament

    The Muppet Madness Tournament was shaped to look like a somewhat “traditional” Presidential election cycle this year. Naturally, it looked nothing like a traditional Presidential election in the end. The Muppet characters truly made the game their own, and Muppet fans everywhere helped them do it!

    For more information on the Muppet Madness Tournament, visit the tournament page on the Muppet Wiki.

    Thanks For Listening!

    As always, you can email me@muppetcast.com with any comments or questions about the Muppets, The MuppetCast, or anything else. Tweet me @muppetcast, and check out The MuppetCast Facebook page. And make sure to subscribe to The MuppetCast in iTunes!

    Have a great week!

    Steve

  • Show #281: The Great Muppet Election

    It all comes down to this! The Great Muppet Election is upon us, and the two candidates are Fozzie Bear and Uncle Deadly. It’s been an amazing journey to this point, and JD Hansel joins me to recount how we got here, and who we each believe will win the first ever Muppet Madness Presidency!

    The 2016 Muppet Madness Tournament

    The tournament is similar to past years, allowing Muppet fans to vote for their favorite characters in each matchup until a Champion is finally selected. The difference is, we’ve decided to mimic an election process, grouping Muppet characters into “Parties”, and letting you choose your favorites in each party before finally electing a “President.” It’s going to be a lot of fun!

    Visit the tournament website, and vote for your favorite characters as often as every 5 minutes. Round 2 is open from April 4 – April 8, 2016.

    For more information on the Muppet Madness Tournament, visit the tournament page on the Muppet Wiki.

    Thanks For Listening!

    As always, you can email me@muppetcast.com with any comments or questions about the Muppets, The MuppetCast, or anything else. Tweet me @muppetcast, and check out The MuppetCast Facebook page. And make sure to subscribe to The MuppetCast in iTunes!

    Have a great week!

    Steve

  • Show #280: Steve is MISSING!

    Hi everyone. JD Hansel here for Steve Swanson, who, due to budget cuts, was…well, sort of cut from the show. But just for this week. I promise.

    But Round 4 is upon us, and hooboy is it exciting! The Muppet Presidential Candidates have picked their Running Mates. So in the all too brief time I have hosting the show this week, I talk about the matchups in this penultimate round of voting, and in no way do I rub it in Steve’s face that he was incredibly wrong in his picks.

    The 2016 Muppet Madness Tournament

    The tournament is similar to past years, allowing Muppet fans to vote for their favorite characters in each matchup until a Champion is finally selected. The difference is, we’ve decided to mimic an election process, grouping Muppet characters into “Parties”, and letting you choose your favorites in each party before finally electing a “President.” It’s going to be a lot of fun!

    Visit the tournament website, and vote for your favorite characters as often as every 5 minutes. Round 4 is open from April 20 – April 23, 2016.

    For more information on the Muppet Madness Tournament, visit the tournament page on the Muppet Wiki.

    Thanks For Listening!

    As always, you can email me@muppetcast.com with any comments or questions about the Muppets, The MuppetCast, or anything else. Tweet me @muppetcast, and check out The MuppetCast Facebook page. And make sure to subscribe to The MuppetCast in iTunes!

    Have a great week!

    JD

  • Show #278: Muppet Madness-ier

    Muppet Madness continues with Round 2! In this round of the tournament, we do something completely new: every matchup is a 3-on-3, in which the top two characters will move on. Muppet fans can now vote for both Oscar the Grouch and his girlfriend Grundgetta, and for both Bunsen and Beaker! This changes everything!

    JD Hansel joins me in the cohost booth from MuppetHub.com. Make sure to check out his exemplary Muppet fan work!

    The 2016 Muppet Madness Tournament

    The tournament is similar to past years, allowing Muppet fans to vote for their favorite characters in each matchup until a Champion is finally selected. The difference is, we’ve decided to mimic an election process, grouping Muppet characters into “Parties”, and letting you choose your favorites in each party before finally electing a “President.” It’s going to be a lot of fun!

    Visit the tournament website, and vote for your favorite characters as often as every 5 minutes. Round 2 is open from April 4 – April 8, 2016.

    For more information on the Muppet Madness Tournament, visit the tournament page on the Muppet Wiki.

    Thanks For Listening!

    As always, you can email me@muppetcast.com with any comments or questions about the Muppets, The MuppetCast, or anything else. Tweet me @muppetcast, and check out The MuppetCast Facebook page. And make sure to subscribe to The MuppetCast in iTunes!

    Have a great week!

    Steve

  • Show #215 – "Muppet Madness Round 3"

    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

  • Show #214 – "Muppet Madness Round 2"

    It’s Round 2 of the 2012 Muppet Madness Tournament. All I can say is: TRIVIA!

    Follow the show AND the tournament on Twitter this week! @muppetcast and @muppettourney.

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Show #213 – "Muppet Madness Round 1"

    The MuppetCast is back! For a short while, at least. I couldn’t stay away during the biggest Muppet event of the year! No I’m not talking about some fly-by-night little movie…I’m talking about The 2012 Muppet Madness Tournament!

    The tournament is officially underway, and things couldn’t be more exciting this year. Joining me on the show to kick off the festivities are Ryan Dosier and Joe Hennes, from The Muppet Mindset and ToughPigs.com. We talk, we laugh, we present the game, and even give you a way to win some fantabulous prizes!

    As always, it’s truly an honor to be here in front of the microphone talking with you. I know I’ll definitely enjoy this brief return. Look for a new podcast at the beginning of each new round of the tournament. Then I’m off to Walt Disney World during the Championship Round, and then I’ll be back to recap the whole game with the guys.

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Show #199 – April 3, 2011

    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…)

  • Show #198 – March 27, 2011

    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…)

  • Show #197 – March 20, 2011

    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…)