In another article I did the unthinkable and actually said something bad about one of the most beloved television shows of all-time, the Muppet Show. Now I will try and make it up to the Muppet Show by saying something good. There are some horrible characters in the Muppet Show but fortunately there are also ...
On Thursday night, I attended an advance screening of “The Muppets”, which is the Stallone-esque title of the new film starring The Muppets and their infinitely-growing list of celebrity friends. I’ve been anticipating this film for a long time. I’m an almost-lifelong fan of the Muppets, and yet I’ve never seen one of their movies ...
When I was just a wee lad, my mother owned a Hallmark store. Every year my mother would bring home Hallmark ornaments from her store and I soon be came a collector. Even though my mom no longer owns a Hallmark store, she gets the ornament catalog every year. I pick out the ornaments I ...
The 1970s was an interesting time for television. It is amazing to watch older television shows and see what people got away with and marvel at the fact that while we have come so far in those years, we really could never get away with that stuff today. Paul Lynde would never make it on ...
“It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet show tonight…” That first line was more than the beginning of a TV show theme; it meant to millions of viewers that for the next ½ hour, sitting in front of the television was ...
My mother always used to tell me, “Lee, if you don’t have anything nice to say…then write a top 10 list about it.” The Muppet Show is one of the greatest television shows ever created but even the Muppet Show had some faults, mainly some of the characters. There are ten characters from the Muppet ...
Animal is one of the most well known characters ever associated with Jim Henson. While many people claim to be Animal fans, there is very little that most people know about him, or it. Woman Chaser and Influence Animal is sometimes referred to as, “The little skirt chaser.” He was actually influenced by someone that ...