Muppet Year in Review: 2014!

 It's just about the end of 2014, and what a year it was! 2014 had so much things going for the Muppets including the release of Muppets Most Wanted, guest appearances and promotions, countless YouTube videos. So, why don't we look at pretty much all the Muppet events that have happened this year!

January 1st: It's the new year!

January 12th: A new Muppets Most Wanted ad entitled " Outrage" shows up, to the delight of many Muppet fans!
January 16th: The Center of Puppetry Arts announces plans for a Jim Henson exhibit.

February 1st: Three new videos starring The Muppets and Terry Crews are made to promote the Toyota Highlander.



February 2nd: During the Super Bowl, a new commercial to promote the Highlander is shown and is an instant hit.

February 7th: Jimmy Fallon and The Muppets sing " The Weight" on the last episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
February 14th: John Henson, son of Jim and Jane Henson, sadly passes away of a heart attack.
February 15th: The Muppets team up with Subway to make a commercial with Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Swedish Chef.
February 16th: Sesame Street releases a game that parodies " Flappy Bird" entitled " Flappy Bert." It's very addicting, and you should check it out!

February 24th: Rowlf the Dog and Rizzo the Rat get ice cream in another video to promote the Toyota Highlander.

February 26th: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all sorts of Animals learn how to #bemoretea in this commercial for Lipton tea.
February 27th: The Muppets completely go against anything they stand for, and post selfies on Instagram.



March 1st: Miss Piggy and Joan Rivers fight and Rivers falls in a cake. This is probably the most interesting thing I've ever seen on QVC.

March 3rd: In a promotion for Muppets Most Wanted, Gonzo the Great appears on Jimmy Kimmel's show.

March 5th: In yet another promotion for Muppets Most Wanted, Sam the Eagle appears on Jimmy Kimmel's show.

March 10th: Miss Piggy launches a commercial for a supposed fashion line called " Moi". ( Still waiting for products.)



March 12th: The Muppets appear as interns in a YouTube video for BuzzFeed.
March 14th: The New York Times talks about Constantine.
March 16th: QVC has The Muppets appear in short little appearances all day and we see such rare Muppets as Link Hogthrob. TWICE!

March 17th: Kermit appears on The Tonight Show with Johnny... I mean, Jimmy Fallon.

March 19th: Bret McKenzie makes a video for Funny or Die where he sings " I'll Get You What You Want" from Muppets Most Wanted.
March 21st: MUPPETS MOST WANTED COMES OUT IN THEATERS! It's the 3rd best Muppet movie, in my opinion.
March 25th: Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge debuts on Syfy, to great success.
April 1st: The Muppet Mindset plays a fun April Fool's Day joke re-naming it The Constantine Mindset, with hilarious results!

April 3rd: Telly Monster appears in a YouTube video for Mashable.
April 25th: Doozers, a Fraggle Rock spin-off, is created by The Jim Henson Company and debuts on Hulu.
April 27th: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story has its world premiere.
May 13th: The Jim Henson Company ends on Syfy.

May 16th: Zachary Levi, Bert, and Grover appear in a video that has a meaningful message by Mashable.

May 23rd: CNN spotlights The Muppets in a TV special.

May 28th: Joan Ganz Cooney is honored with this beautiful tribute.
June 22nd: Sesame Street wins SIX Daytime Emmy Awards!

July 4th: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, and Animal appear on PBS's annual A Capitol's Fourth.

July 11th: Bill Barretta directs another Lipton Tea Muppets ad.

July 26th: Eric Jacobson, David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino, Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, and Murray all appeared at a panel for ComicCon.

August 1st: The first episode of an online series called Disney Drive-On with The Muppets debuts on Disney Movies Anywhere.

August 6th: Bob McGrath, Sesame Street actor, aged 82, jumps out of an airplane!
August 11th: Actor Robin Williams commits suicide and sadly dies.
August 12th: Muppets Most Wanted is released on Blu-Ray and DVD.

August 20th: In this hilarious video, Kermit the Frog does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

August 22nd: Frank Oz is interviewed by In Confidence in this 43-minute-interview.

August 23rd: Constantine is seen in a meet-and-greet at Walt Disney World called Villains Unleashed!

August 29th: We finally get to see the bonus feature that was not included on the Muppets Most Wanted DVD called " In the Gulag."

September 2nd: A video featuring John Oliver and Cookie Monster is brought to us, courtesy of Mashable.

September 4th: Mashable brings us this video of Kermit lip-synching to his favorite songs.
September 4th: Joan Rivers, female stand-up comedian, sadly passes away.
September 8th: Sesame Workshop names Jeffery Dunn their new CEO.

September 10th: The Muppets appear on America's Got Talent!

September 12th: The Sesame Street Muppets take over Good Morning America and read tweets on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carso... I mean, Jimmy Fallon!
September 14th: Sesame Street debuts its 45th season! Way to go!
September 19th: The New York Public Library opens a Sesame Street 45th anniversary exhibit!
September 24th: It's Jim Henson's birthday!
October 2nd: Fran Brill retires from puppeteering on Sesame Street.
October 6th: The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow is available at bookstores.
October 6th: Funko will be making Sesame Street toys!
October 10th: The Jim Henson Company announces a movie collaboration with Billy Crystal.

October 10th: Grover and Kid President give us a pep talk in this sweet YouTube video.

October 16th: A 2nd video starring Kid President and Grover is available on YouTube!

October 17th: A video starring The Swedish Chef, Camilla, and Pepe is made!
October 20th: Gerry Parkes, the actor who played Doc on Fraggle Rock, sadly dies.

October 23rd: Yet, a third video starring Kid President and Grover is made!
October 27th: It's announced that Disney Junior will be airing Muppet interstitials in 2015!!!!
October 31st: Happy Halloween!
November 2nd: It's announced that Muppet-Vision-3D will be closed in Disneyland, California to make way for a new Frozen show.

November 6th: A video that is a promotion for the British version of Sesame Street, The Furchester Hotel, is made starring John Oliver and Cookie Monster.
November 6th: Richard Schaal, star of Jim Henson's The Cube, sadly dies.
November 10th: A set of The Merv Griffin Show is made, which includes the Merv Griffin Show episode with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and their Muppets!
November 13th: Bob McGrath, from Sesame Street, gets a website, a Twitter, a Facebook, and more!
November 14th: The Furchester Hotel is available to people on YouTube!!!
November 20th: Elmo and Grover made an appearance with Russell Brand on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, where Russell Brand threatened to destroy Elmo.
November 23rd: Steve Whitmire's Muppet collection is up for auction at the Center for Puppetry Arts!
December 2nd: Slimey the Worm, Rubber Duckie, and Super Grover's cape are announced to go to MARS on a special shuttle!
December 5th: Madame Alexander makes Kermit and Fozzie puppets!
December 10th: The Count makes a series of videos counting down the days until the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!

December 10th: Big Bird is seen in the YouTube Rewind 2014 video!
December 10th: It's announced by ToughPigs that the My Muppets Show app will be closed on January 9th, 2015.

December 17th: Sir Ian McKellen stars in a video with Cookie Monster!

December 18th: Miss Piggy singing with Michael Buble and Kermit the Frog singing " It Feels Like Christmas" are posted on YouTube!
December 22nd: Billie Whitelaw, the voice of The Dark Crystal's Aughra, dies.
December 25th: Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 30th: Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of The Jim Henson Company's Babe, sadly dies.
December 31st: Don't forget to watch the ball drop and Miss Piggy on A Toast to 2014!

Hope you liked my year in review of Muppet stuff! See you tomorrow for my next post!

Some new Muppet places to visit for moi!

 Hello, Muppet fans!! Although this isn't much of a " post",  I just wanted to tell you something. I am going to go to an action-packed day on January 22nd. I AM going to be going to that  promised New York trip. It's been so long since I promised that, but at least I'm going to do it! Then, at 6:00, I'm going to be going to the New York Public Library for Tough Pigs' Muppet Vault!! YAYY!! So, while you cannot expect any posts on the 22nd, you can expect two on the 23rd! ( And, one extra one today because of the lack of things on this post!) BYE!

More info about Muppet-Vision-3D closing in California

  Anyone who has grown up with the lovable attraction at Walt Disney World, Muppet Vision 3D, will be very sad to hear the following news.
  Jim Henson's last project before he died was a 3-D show centered around the Muppets entitled Muppet Vision 3D. It was about, well, basically anything you can imagine. With its 4-D effects and new character named Waldo, it was an instant hit, debuting in Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL on May 17th, 1991, exactly 1 year and 1 day after Jim Henson's death.
  In 2001, the show opened in Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. Same stuff. Same everything.
  About 1 or 2 months ago, Disneyland announced that they would be closing Muppet-Vision-3D temporarily to make way for a Frozen show in the winter. Fine by me!
  But, even more recently, we learned that that was not true. Most likely, the California Adventure park is going to close the ride forever. It devastates California fans. It is closed as I'm typing this.
  ToughPigs ( who hopefully don't jump at the opportunity to badmouth this site because we used their name) jumped right on the scene and interviewed a Disney employee.
  The Disney employee reported that the Muppet props and decorations have been stripped from the queue area and lobby, and the theater will be stripped too. He also says that the Frozen show will be a sing-along, and they're building an ice rink next door.
  Personally, I think this is an extremely bad publicity move for Disney, because this is offending Muppet fans, in all kinds of ways. When Disney bought the Muppets in 2004, they said they would take good care of The Muppets. This move is saying, " Screw what I made as a promise when I bought a beloved franchise!"
  Disney brought us such great movies as The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, only to backstab us fans right in the pants and go ahead and close the only ride we have of The Muppet Show Muppets.
  But, at least, we still have Florida. If the ride was not open in Florida, I would be very, very mad.
  Personally, I liked the Disneyland queue better than the Walt Disney World one since it includes Beaker about to receive a pie in the face, and Gonzo crashed into the theater, since it leaves a hole in the wall.
  It's just too bad. This week, to make us feel better, we will hear other Muppet fans' rants about this issue, and we will also see how The Muppets have been used in other ways at the Disney theme parks.
  Well, Disney announced that this would be temporary, but, sadly that may not be this case. More on this as the rumor develops even more.

I'm Back/How Awesome The Great Muppet Caper CD is/Muppet Central Problems/

 Hello, my fanbase of 545 people on the Internet! That's right! I am The Muppet Fan, and I am back and ready with a whole bunch of new ideas for posts.
 I've got a couple of topics here today, one of them being that I'm BACK!!!!! ( Even though we just went over that.) There's not much details about that, but my next side topic is I'M HAVING MUPPET CENTRAL PROBLEMS!!!
 As you might know, Muppet Central is one of Earth's leading authorities on all things Muppets, and they have a nice little discussion forum. WELL, IT'S NOT SO NICE, NOW!!!! I don't want to start any controversy that I am against this site, because I am not. In fact, I love it, I'm just experiencing a few minor ( no, major) problems with it.
 I was fozzieisfunny, and I  haven't been on it for like 2 months. This morning, I realized how I should go on it again. Good idea, right? I changed my name to fozziefunny2. Guess what? I got blocked from the website because I " spammed." What the crap?? I didn't even do anything!!!
 And, then I create a new account called fozziebear2, and I'm still pending approval. They may block me again, if they read this, but I'm begging them not to.
 Now, for our main topic: HOW AWESOME the songs from The Great Muppet Caper are! Now, let's do a little review of each of the songs.

1. Hey, a Movie!   This song is awesome because it develops the standard " This is ALL just a movie" format that they would later use in such movies as Muppets Most Wanted. I like this song because it gets viewers a feel for what type of humor The Muppets have and what the basic idea is. Oh, and later reworked into We're Doing a Sequel! ( We don't know that, but I just like saying pointless " facts".) Also, it features a cameo appearance by Richard Hunt as a taxi driver and it has Sweetums falling into holes. Honestly, who wouldn't want to see this movie after seeing this musical number? Comment your thoughts about this song!

2. Happiness Hotel!  Alright, so Kermit Fozzie and Gonzo are in London where they stumble upon this hotel and sing a song about it. That's one of the best sentences ever. Just saying. This song is awesome, and also generates an excuse for me to say that The Muppets say swears only because this song has h-e-2 hockey sticks in this. Also, Rizzo and the Rats are bellhops which is awesome. This song will get stuck in your head forever, because of its catchy lyrics and funny dialogue. There's an epic all-star Muppet cast in this movie, too. Pretty awesome.

3. Steppin' Out With a Star!  This song is OK. I just like how Kermit sounds saying a whole bunch of fancy words. It's pretty awesome to hear a froggy voice saying fancy stuff. I also like the little dance number with Kermit and his shadow. OK, NEXT!!!!

4. Night Life!  Once again, this song is OK but it's not that good. I mean, I like how Lips is playing the trumpet ( LIPS FOR LIFE!) and I like the vocals by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, but that's about it. ALRIGHT, NEW ONE!!!!

5. Couldn't We Ride!  This is a daring, bold feat of puppetry. Puppets on bikes. Pretty awesome. Jim Henson developed this scene so awesomely I can't get enough of it. Also, Fozzie on a bike just looks adorable. Also, the short commentary by Statler and Waldorf is funny. By watching the beginning of this video, you'd think, " 2 puppets on bikes. ( sarcastically) Wow. So amazing." except then when you see the whole conga line of Muppets on bikes your jaw drops and you immediately want to know the mechanics that were used so you can try it with a puppet. Okay, the next song is my personal favorite...

6. Piggy's Fantasy!!!!!!! THIS SONG IS SO AMAZING!!!!! '" Happiness, Miss Piggy! One caress, Miss Piggy!" GAH!!! KERMIT AND NICKY HOLIDAY FIGHTING IS KINDA LIKE OH MY GOODNESS IS THIS HAPPENING?? I LOVE IT SO MUCH I WOULD DIE TO HAVE THIS SONG SUNG FOR ME A MILLION TIMES BY CHARLES GRODIN!!! AHH!!! THE PERFORMANCES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL IT'S SO AMAZING I CAN"T EVEN... AHH!!!! YOU JUST WANT TO PUT THIS SONG ON REPLAY FOR A MILLION HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AND THE WATER DANCE IS SO AMAZING THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE HOW HVRIVYwyyefITWEvutfcU!!!!!!! MY POINT HAS BEEN MADE!!!!!

7. The First Time it Happens!  Sorry about the video quality. There's no picture. This song is cool, too, for the reason that it's AWESOME!! Kermit and Miss Piggy show great chemistry, even without the video you can tell. My favorite part in this is where Miss Piggy starts tap-dancing. It's beautifully choreographed. This song is also cool because, like other songs in this movie, it was written by Sesame Street song writer Joe Raposo!

 Now, that's about it for today's post! So, see you tomorrow for another post! Bye!

The Furchester Hotel, a British version of Sesame Street!

 Finally, people from Britain have a Sesame Street. The show is called The Furchester Hotel and it stars Elmo and Cookie Monster, as well as some other Muppets designed especially from the show.
 Now, us Americans are a bit jealous of them even though we've had Sesame Street going in America for 45 years. ( The Brits were jealous of us probably way before they even had ideas for The Muppet Show.)
 People are saying, " Hey, I want to see The Furchester Hotel! It's unfair we Americans don't get to see shows the people in Britain do!"
 Meanwhile, over at The Furchester Hotel, they created a YouTube channel. It has little clips, and pieces of the show, and things like that, and recently they started adding episodes of The Furchester Hotel.
 Now, the wait is over, Americans! Watch 3 episodes of The Furchester Hotel right here!

Now, how's that for size? Although I am not going to give reviews of them right now, I will in a couple of days so keep your eyes out for those! Also for special clips of The Furchester Hotel, you can also thank me for them:

 I will also put up reviews of those, too! Well, that's it for news in the Muppet world today! See you tomorrow!

Bob from Sesame Street has a website!

 You know what's pretty cool? The power of technology! You know what's even cooler? Bob McGrath ( Bob) from Sesame Street has a brand new website! I posted the link in my last article, which you should totally check out.
 It has a bunch of cool photos of his early life, his life in Japan, and some cool Sesame Street pictures to look at!
 It's pretty awesome, and you should check it out. There's also some videos on there, which I did not get the chance to look on it.
 Also, it shows Bob's email, and I emailed him: sesamebob@gmail.com. He also has a mailing list on there, and there's also a little blog.
 He also got a YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, which you should also check out. ( On his YouTube, there's a video of him skydiving, and he's 82! Now, that's good health!)
 Bob McGrath is awesome, like we know on Sesame Street, and this website tends to prove it even, more, which I don't know how is even possible!
 That's about it. I don't have much information today but I have plenty good reasons. Remember to check out my other blog, The Laurel and Hardy Fan, where I will be posting on later today. Bye!

No Real Muppet News...

 Frowny-frowny-frowny-frowny-frowny-face. There's no Muppet news for me to post today. Wah. I have no ideas.
 Oh, wait, I know! I WOULD'VE HAD AN IDEA IF PEOPLE HAD SENT ME SESAME STREET EPISODE SUGGESTIONS SO THAT I CAN REVIEW THEM!!!!!!
 Unless you want to see Da Bob Dot Com, there's no Muppet news today. Well, bye.