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, [...]
Red is the new puppet mascot of Virgin One.
British broadcaster Virgin One has a brand new mascot and he’s a puppet. His name is Red and he’s performed by Brian Herring and was built by Paul Jomain, who also built the PG Tips monkey.
Red was created as part of complete rebranding of Virgin One that [...]
Thu Tran’s Food Party is like no cooking show you’ve ever seen before.
Food Party is a new show on IFC that describes itself as a “mind-bending, non-reality cooking show” and is built around artist/food enthusiast Thu Tran and a cast of puppets who cook up all kinds of bizarre recipes together. Food Party grew out [...]
The cast of 30 Rock was transformed in to puppets for a very recent, very special episode.
The latest episode of the NBC comedy 30 Rock featured a fantasy sequence with a a cast of puppets. If you live in the U.S. you can check out the episode on Hulu (its title is Apollo, Apollo), otherwise [...]
Zhang Bao-Pin creates stunning opening sequences for Pili, the popular martial-arts themed puppet show in Taiwan.
This is the stunning new opening sequence for the new season of Pili, a martial arts themed puppet show that is insanely popular in Taiwan. According to Kelvin, this sequence was directed by Zhang Bao-Pin, who also created that awesome [...]
Ricky Gervais meets Elmo and (of course) hilarity ensues.
This has been circulating around the web for awhile now (I shared it on Twitter earlier in the week)…outtakes from a shoot Ricky Gervais recently did for a guest appearance on Sesame Street. Gervais hits the ground running with Elmo, musing about being the only one on [...]
The Norwegian puppet series Komet Kameratene airs on NRK One in Norway.
Komet Kameratene is a kid’s show that airs on NRK One in Norway. The series is shot in Norwegian and there doesn’t seem to be much English-language information available about it, but from what I can gather it’s about a group of aliens who [...]
Big and Small work to coexist and understand each other in the preschool series Big and Small.
Big and Small is a new Canadian/U.K. co-production for preschoolers featuring puppets by the Grogs (of Mr. Meaty and Nanalan’ fame) that debuted this week here in Canada. It’s a brilliantly simple concept built around two best friends who [...]
Transylvania TV’s Count LeShoc stars in a series of “TVTV” webisodes.
Gordon Smuder is pushing ahead with Transylvania TV (see previous posts). He and his team are in the midst of producing several short web videos featuring the TVTV characters and have just uploaded four new webisodes on YouTube. As much as I liked the full-length [...]
Elmo and bunch of other Sesame Street Muppets make a special appearance on Scrubs tomorrow night.
Sesame Street is coming to Scrubs.
A special episode of the ABC sitcom featuring guest appearances by Sesame Street’s Muppets airs tomorrow night, January 27th. According to ABC, the plot of the episode revolves around Scrubs’ J.D. “learning the hard way [...]
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