Kermit hands! Yaaaaaaaaay! A new movie starring the Muppets is imminent, and Holly and I are super, super excited. That should be obvious, considering that Holly calls the Muppets “one of the best things ever in the history of all mankind.” But are they still famous?

• We challenge you to find us someone who doesn’t love the Muppets. Except we sort of don’t want to know that person.
• OK Go’s video with the Muppets for the Green Album
• Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, GeekGirlCon and special guest Karen Prell
• Discovery Place in Charlotte, N.C., which was my first exposure to “Fraggle Rock”
• Miss Piggy, Animal, and Uncle Deadly
• The emotional nuances of Miss Piggy’s relationship with Kermit
• Miss Piggy’s Mac makeup line
• OPI‘s Muppets line
• Zac Posen
• The Center for Puppetry Arts
• The workshop and lecture with Steve Whitmire I attended in 2010
• Markers of cuteness, and the Muppets embodiment of them
• Disney‘s purchase of the Muppets
• Crow T. Robot, and his puppeteers, Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett
• The various ways of puppeteering Muppets, which you can read about in How Muppets Work
• This Muppet hand we keep talking about, and the right way to do it: In the picture in this post, see how the top of the hand inside Ernie’s mouth is flat? The thumb moves up and down to open and close the mouth while still keeping eye contact with the camera. Sadly, I have not had the opportunity to paint my nails with some OPI polish (color: Rainbow Connection) to take muppet mouth pictures.
• “Quilting with the Muppets“
• “Farscape“
• “Avenue Q” which is really not for kids
• “Wonder Showzen,” which is really, REALLY not for kids
• How Jim Henson Worked

Link to the episode: Muppets: Yaaay!

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