The MuppetCast (Archive)

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  • Show #211 – "The Muppets: Review"

    It’s the show you’ve been waiting for: the official MuppetCast review of The Muppets!

    Along with this particular episode, you can enjoy the golden tones of Steve Swanson (hehe) along with Ryan Dosier, Scott Murray, and CHARLES GRODIN (from The Great Muppet Caper) on the current episode of The Critic Show podcast. Go check it out!

    Did you know you can get the Live365 app for free on your iPhone and stream Muppet Central Radio? Constant Muppet Christmas music, c’mon, that’s too good to pass up!

    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 Like us on Facebook too!

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • EXTRA – Muppet Fans On The Web!

    Time for Muppet fans to start sporting their Muppet fandom en masse online! Listen to find out how.

    Send your pictures to me@muppetcast.com, or share them on the Facebook page.

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Show #210 – "Frogs, Hogs, Weirdos, and What-Nots"

    This week we continue our Muppetational Halloween celebration, and also catch up with an old friend. Drew Smith joins me to discuss his upcoming book “Frogs, Hogs, Weirdos, and What-Nots”, which you can preorder now at this website. Don’t forget to enter the discount code “muppetcast” at checkout!

    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 Like us on Facebook too!

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Show #209 – "They Were Golf Club Covers"

    Good grief, it’s another podcaster! I met fellow Muppet fan and podcaster Scott Murray during my recent trip to Walt Disney World (at the Muppet store no less!), and I’m glad to have him as this week’s special guest. We talk about, what else, Disney World and Muppets, and also how you can get some cool custom-made Muppet merch at the parks!

    Check out Scott’s work on The Critic Show podcast.

    We also get into the Halloween season a bit with some spooky and scary Muppet songs. Got any requests? Send them in!

    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 Like us on Facebook too!

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Mid-Week Update: Stuff You Should Know

    With one foot already out the door, I needed to bring everyone up to date on a few things I forgot to mention in the last show.

    First, check out the official theatrical trailer for Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey! Keep up with the crew over at BeingElmo.com, and make sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter too.

    Next, you need to enter The Muppets Sweepstakes, presented by the Yamaha Entertainment Group. Click here to do that on Facebook. You simply Like their page, click the “Enter Now” link (it either says exactly that or something like that) and enter your info and you’re signed up. You could win a Yamaha grand piano AND free tickets to the November 12 premiere AND free airfare and hotel for your trip to see the movie. The folks at Yamaha are really happy to be able to present this, and I think it’s an awesome opportunity for Muppet fans.

    That’s about it. Have a good week, and I’ll see you soon!

    -Steve

  • Show #208 – "Having Talent Certainly Helps"

    Nicholas Lemon is about to change your life. That is, if you want to be a professional puppeteer and are looking for a curriculum and a school to attend where you can learn what a top puppeteer needs to know, then he’s about to change your life (if you want to be a chef he cannot help you). Through his company Lemon Productions, he is offering North America’s first ACTORS ACADEMY FOR THE PUPPERTY ARTS, where you as an actor or puppeteer can stretch your abilities through ongoing training to compete in the business of professional puppetry.

    For more information or to enroll, contact TAAPA through this link. And tell ’em The MuppetCast sent you!

    Thanks to Nic Kramer too, for sending and recommending some great material to pay tribute to Steve Jobs, the visionary behind Apple computers and much of today’s leading technology. Jobs passed away this week, and his influence even spread a bit into the Muppet world.

    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 Like us on Facebook too!

    Have a great week!

    -Steve

  • Show #207 – "Now We Run."

    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

  • Show #205 – June 12, 2011

    It’s the season finale of The MuppetCast, and boy do we go out with a bang! Capping off the 2010-2011 season is a spectacular giveaway of an authentic “The Muppets” movie poster, direct from Disney’s Muppet Studios! One lucky winner will hear their name announced before the show is over.

    If you weren’t the winner this time, you still have one more chance to win this poster (I have two to give away). If you come to Dayton Disneyana on June 25 and enter to win The MuppetCast’s special drawing that day, you just might hold the winning ticket and take it home!

    The MuppetCast has been sponsored this year by our friends at The Fingerbucket Report and Bell, Book & Comic. Life should be more Fun!

    Wanna see what you’ll look like as a Whatnot? Muppet fan artist Dave Hulteen is ready to oblige! Check out Dave’s “Puppetize Yourself” website today. (more…)

  • Show #203 – May 8, 2011

    Finally, the much-anticipated Part 2 of the MuppetCast 4-Year Anniversary special! Topics include Jane Hunt, The Jim Henson Legacy, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Elmo, and more of my favorite things from the various Muppet TV shows & movies. It was a ton of fun to put together, and I hope you enjoy it!

    Please support Jen Tidwell, of The Fingerbucket Report. She could use your help right now. More information is available at her website, YouveNeverHeardOfJenTidwell.com.

    The MuppetCast is brought to you by MuppetFans.com, The Fingerbucket Report, and Bell, Book & Comic. Life should be more Fun! (more…)

  • Show #202 – May 1, 2011

    Nic Lemon and Joe Vollman join me in separate segments this week. Nic and I continue our discussion of what it really takes to run your own production company (puppet or otherwise), and Joe and I sit around and geek out about lots of Muppet stuff.

    Please support Jen Tidwell, of The Fingerbucket Report. She could use your help right now. More information is available at her website, YouveNeverHeardOfJenTidwell.com.

    The MuppetCast is also sponsored by Bell, Book & Comic. Life should be more Fun! (more…)