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Secret Life of Toys v.1 Coming to DVD 27 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
The latest obscure Jim Henson production to make it to DVD before seasons 4 and 5 of The Muppet Show has been announced! The Secret Life of Toys, based on the awesome Muppet special The Christmas Toy...
Sesame Workshop Wants to Teach You Puppetry 27 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
Sesame Street performers Matt Vogel and Marty Robinson will be holding a puppeteer workshop at Sesame Workshop in early 2014, and you can now apply for the opportunity to learn with the masters! If y...
Great Muppet Caper & Muppet Treasure Island Blu-ray Extras Announced 27 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
As we previously reported, Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper will be released on Blu-ray on December 10th. We still haven’t seen an official confirmation that this will be a two-disc s...
From Fraggle Fan to Fraggle Man: The John Tartaglia Interview, Part 1 26 Aug 2013 | 07:27 pm
John Tartaglia became a Muppeteer when he was just sixteen years old. Since then, he’s played dozens of characters on Sesame Street, as well as starring in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q ...
Coming Soon: A Big Ol’ Book of Muppet Comics 23 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
It’s no secret that we at Tough Pigs are big fans of the Muppet Show comics Roger Langridge did for Boom! Studios a few years back. Langridge perfectly captured the spirit of the TV show, and gave us ...
Fraggles, Hoobs, and Mopatops on Hulu 23 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Jim Henson Family TV, which debuted as a paid YouTube channel a few months ago, has now spread to Hulu, where you can watch even more Henson TV shows as a Hulu+ subscriber. The shows currently availa...
The Unseen Muppet Sketches of Michael Frith 23 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
Every so often, running a Muppet fan site really pays off. We were already honored and excited when we recently got the opportunity to interview Kathy Mullen, and what was easiest for her was to meet...
Steve Martin and Kermit Duel Banjos 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
Given Steve Martin’s passion for the banjo, and given Kermit’s equal penchant for the banjo, and given Steve Martin’s history with the Muppets, it’s a wonder we’ve never seen these two pickers play a ...
Doc Hopper in High Definition: The Muppet Movie Blu-ray Review 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Perhaps you’ve heard that The Muppet Movie is now available on Blu-ray for the first time ever. Maybe you’re wondering whether or not you should buy it. First of all, for those of you who aren’t fami...
Inside Henson’s Puppet Game Show 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The Jim Henson Company’s new prime time game show That Puppet Game Show premiered recently on BBC One. If, like us here at Tough Pigs headquarters, you can’t get BBC One where you live, you can watch ...
