Over at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, Stephen Worth has a short post about animating robots. Stephen mentions how the job description of an animator is rapidly changing and muses about the possibility of animators being hired to “animate” robots, which sounds suspiciously similar to what a puppeteer does.
Although robots and automata aren’t generally considered puppets [...]
The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta is presenting a lecture and workshop by Steve Whitmire called “Steve Whitmire: Perspectives – The Sentient Puppet” this month.
It’s hard to believe, but handmade puppet films just might be the next big thing.
Can you believe that it’s actually taken the Muppets this long to cover Bohemian Rhapsody? While they certainly weren’t first, I think they (unsurprisngly) might have done it best.
Update: So, apparently the Muppets have done Bohemian Rhapsody before after all. They sang it in 2005 on the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (thanks to [...]
Is NBC’s 30 Rock based on The Muppet Show?
Brian Lynch – screenwriter of the unproduced and literally-titled The Next Muppet Movie – has written a hilarious post on his blog alleging that the NBC comedy 30 Rock is a rip off of The Muppet Show. Although he’s writing with his tongue firmly in his cheek, [...]
Jim Henson and Frank Oz on the set of an Orson Wells TV pilot.
Orson Welles was well-known as a Muppet fan. He famously appears in a cameo at the end of The Muppet Movie and was once quoted saying “Sesame Street is the greatest thing that ever happened to television.” I had no idea though [...]
Everyone’s favourite hapless Muppet lab assistant has won a Webby Award.
Beaker won! The Muppets’ Ode To Joy has won a Webby (see previous post) for People’s Choice: Best Music Video!
Bunsen Honeydew must be so proud.
Beaker deserves a break. Help him win a Webby!
As previously reported, The Muppets’ Ode To Joy with Beaker has been nominated for a Webby Award. It took a day or two for the Muppet/puppetry web to really pick-up on this, but now the campaigning has begun! All of the Muppet YouTube accounts have been updated [...]
Jim Hensons Resident Evil 5 (warning: link contains minor puppet-related gore!) is clever little Muppet/video game mashup on IGN. Expect to see more videos like this featuring puppets from FAO’s Schwartz’s Muppet Whatnot Workshop.
Via Puppeteers Unite.
Details about The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever have hit the web.
News about Jason Segal’s planned Muppet Movie has been hitting the `net this week. I’m told that the working title for the film is The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever and AICN has (spoiler alert) posted the first review of the new Muppet Movie’s script. For [...]
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