Oh, crap, I'm crying again

Jim Henson would have been 89 years old today

This is how the Muppets learned he died while planning a tribute for him. It was a lovely tribute, indeed. We need more Jim Hensons in the world. I wish we hadn't lost him so soon. So here on the anniversary of his birth, I thought I'd leave this here..

Happy Birthday in Heaven, Jim.

Chag Sameach

The last night of Chanukah...

Eighth night

It's also the eighth day of Christmas, so here's to eight lords a-leaping. Which, speaking of that...

By the way

YKWIA found this today. It is absolutely brilliant, and so wrong, as well. I love the original The Wicker Man. I love the Muppets. But who ever really expects the Wicker Pig?

This made me laugh today

Mainly everything from 4:11 on, to be honest. I saw that snippet on Facebook and it brightened my day. So I found this link, and I hope it makes you happy, too.

Happy Fourth of July!

We are thrilled, proud, and pretty much forced to present a special Independence Day message from Sam Eagle:

Posted by The Muppets on Friday, July 3, 2015

I can live with that...

Hmm...two quizzes in one night

Quiz: Which 'Sesame Street' Character are You?

I always liked Grover. Besides, he always sounded like Yoda, and vice versa, because Frank Oz was at the wheel. And yes, if I had a semi-secret identity like 'SuperGrover', it would probably be what Wikipedia describes as 'well-meaning but inept'. Thanks Dave Reid for sharing the quiz.

But before I go, a last bit of 'music'

'Is he died?'

Poor Beaker. I know what it's like, my man, yes I do.

Sometimes the comments on YouTube

crack me up. Consider this:



And the winning comment?

Finally a bug zapper for Japanese monster movies. Mothra is Toast!

michalchik 1 week ago

Speaking of laughing, I just laughed myself silly over the following 'de-motivational poster':



Thanks to George Takei for sharing the latter on Facebook. :)

In honour of the 75th anniversary of Jim Henson's birth...

I wish he were still with us, but his Muppets live on. :)

This brought a smile to my face today

It's before The Muppet Show, before Sesame Street--it's Sam and Friends:


:)

I can't stop laughing

Muppet Alignment Chart

Click here for many more alignment charts over at MightyGodKing.com.

It's not easy being green... :)

Henson donates original Kermit to Smithsonian

The original Kermit the Frog, his body created with an old dull-green coat and his eyes made of pingpong balls, has returned home to the nation's capital, where the puppet got his start.

The first Kermit creation from Jim Henson's Muppet's collection appeared in 1955 on the early TV show "Sam and Friends," produced at Washington's WRC-TV. Henson's widow Jane Henson on Wednesday donated 10 characters from the show to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

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Before the Muppet Show, before Sesame Street, there were the Jim Henson IBM films

An early Cookie Monster and a state-of-the-art coffee machine. Things go as you'd expect.



These were done in the sixties, mostly in 1967, prior to the premiere of Sesame Street. For more videos, check out The IBM Muppet Show.

IBM. The Muppets. Two venerable institutions-but not ones we tend to associate with each other. Yet in the late 1960s, before most people had ever seen a computer in person or could identify a Muppet on sight, the two teamed up when IBM contracted with Jim Henson for a series of short films designed to help its sales staff. Little known today, these remain fresh, funny, and surprisingly irreverent. Henson would return to their gags and situations in his famous later works–and he plucked the Cookie Monster from one of them when assembling the Muppet cast for Sesame Street in 1969.

Enjoy.

PS

Today's Google logo Muppet was Oscar the Grouch. :) It's my favourite so far; I love Oscar (we're both packrats, for one).

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:)

On November 10th it will be the 40th anniversary of the premiere of 'Sesame Street'. The show debuted when I was two. By the time I was three I was reading, in part due to Jim Henson's Muppets. Google celebrated yesterday with a logo with the 'l's being Big Bird's legs. Today they have Burt and Earnie on the logo. I can hear the strains of 'Rubber Duckie' in my head. Want to bet that Kermit will be featured on November 10th itself? 'Sesame Street' is the longest-running children's programme in US television history.

Here's to 40 more years! :)

A small patriotic prelude to Independence Day

Heehee.

I love Irish music. This isn't it.

'Danny Boy' by the Muppets


I am not a fan of 'Danny Boy'; I think it's treacle. Give me a jig with pipes and bodhran or a lovely ballad instead. But this is quite possibly the worst rendition I have ever heard--and the funniest.

A couple of interesting videos

Reading:
Necroscope 2: Vamphyri! by Brian Lumley



(having re-read the climax of the first book and found it satisfying indeed...)


'Ode to Joy' by Beaker


I love Beaker. Oh, hell, I am Beaker.

'CSI: Scooby Doo'


The latter is just wrong, but it's a good parody of both shows.

Thanks to YKWIA for letting me know about them. Good night.