TheMuppets-related stories
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:30AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E22) It's time to narrow down the talent field to the Top 8 acts who will perform in the final round of this season's
America's Got Talent. They'll get the chance to win a million, as well as perform on the Vegas Strip in
a special show hosted by ex-AGT host Jerry Springer.
This week's results show featured a special performance from The Hoff himself. Did he give a performance worthy to be Xed, or did he deliver the goods? My two cents, as well as which first four acts are moving to the final round coming up!
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Top 20 results show one
Posted Aug 29th 2008 8:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
Are Kermit, Fozzie and Miss Piggy poised for a comeback?
Jason wrote about it in June, and now there's more news if you believe this item from the UK Telegraph. Citing an unnamed source, the newspaper reported that
How I Met Your Mother's star
Jason Segel has written a script that brings Jim Henson's Muppets to the big screen, setting up a return to television. It sounds like a great idea, but without confirmed sources, I'd take the whole thing with a grain of salt.
Disney owns the rights to the Muppets and they would produce the picture. Segel's story picks up with the Muppets reuniting long after their TV show has ended. They agree to put on one big variety show to save the studio. Should this come off as planned and the film is a hit, the Muppets would then come back to series TV.
Continue reading Could The Muppet Show really return to TV?
Posted Jul 15th 2008 8:01AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Children, Reality-Free
I knew they'd end up there sooner or later. On Saturday, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington unveiled its latest exhibit:
"Jim Henson's Fantastic World." The exhibit features 14 of
Henson's Muppet creations, including Bert and Ernie, Kermit the Frog, and others from the long-running
Sesame Street. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the Smithsonian until October, then leaves on a three-year tour to seven other cities.
Continue reading The Muppets take the Smithsonian
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