Introducing our newest podcast, ’70 Years, 70 Muppets’, where we showcase a new character every week for 70 weeks! Up first – Rowlf the Dog, where we’re joined by Peter Linz, Alice Dinnean, and… Ernie?
Ryan Dosier – We’ve finally reached the last installment of one of my favorite article series to ever feature here on The Muppet Mindset. In celebrating Sesame Street’s 45th anniversary, I’ve had the opportunity to reconnect with numerous...
Ryan Dosier – Part three of our collection of 45 Favorite Sesame Street moments continues with more moments from more fans, cast, and crew from the greatest show on television! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAv75mTimRc] 22. “This Frog”...
Kieran Moore – The Muppet Mindset is currently celebrating Sesame Street’s 45th Anniversary and I figured what better way to join in the festivities than with a top 10 chart based around not just two of its longest running characters, but also its longest...
Ryan Dosier – We continue our reminiscing of 45 years of Sesame Street with 11 more memories from 11 more fans, cast, and crew members! I’m so excited about this article series and so lucky to share the thoughts from these wonderful people. [youtube...
Ryan Dosier – Today stars a new four part article series celebrating Sesame Street’s monumental 45th anniversary. To celebrate, I thought it would be fun (if not inherently difficult) to ask 45 different Sesame Street cast members, crew members, and fans...
Ryan Dosier – There are very few things in this world that have had such a profound effect on childhood as Sesame Street. 45 years ago today, Sesame Street debuted on PBS stations across the United States. 45 years later, the show is still going just as strong...
Kieran Moore – When it was announced earlier this month that Muppet performer Fran Brill was retiring, the news quickly whisked its way through the fuzzier sections of the World Wide Web and was met with both universal sadness and admiration. The revelation...
Michael Wermuth – Today, class, we learn about all the great recurring segments from The Muppet Show. One of the best things about a variety show is its recurring sketches, short segments that are like a regular television series, only a lot shorter and not in...
Ryan Dosier – Yesterday the Muppet fan community was saddened with the news that Gerard “Gerry” Parkes, best known to us as Doc from Fraggle Rock, had passed away at age 90. As Doc, Gerry Parkes showed his ability to not only connect with Muppets,...
Joseph Scarbrough – In 45 years, Sesame Street has managed to become the single most famous street anyone has ever known; in fact, it has already been the most famous street anyone has ever known long before reaching the milestone of 45, and it’s familiar...
Ryan Dosier – We’ve come to the end of The Muppet Show’s run with Season 5, which is extremely close to being the finest season the show ever put out. Jim Henson knew that he wanted to go out on top, and he did, both in terms of the show’s...
Ryan Dosier – Here we go again, with our rundown of the best of the best episodes of The Muppet Show. At this point, we delve into Season 4, which as you all know is not available on DVD or any legal form of viewing… so I won’t exactly tell you how I...
Ryan Dosier – Season 3 of The Muppet Show is packed completely full with classic episodes. Nearly every other episode in the season has been included in a Best Of compilation of some sort, and with good reason. Season 3 was where The Muppet Show truly hit its...
Ryan Dosier – Welcome back to my list of the 30 Greatest Episodes of The Muppet Show! This week, I pour through six of Season 2’s finest half-hours. These six episodes are easily some of the show’s very best and show just how stunningly The Muppet...
Mitchell Stein – In order to promote Muppets Most Wanted on Blu-Ray, Disney released an awesome brand new Muppet digital series exclusive to their digital movie streaming service Disney Movies Anywhere. While the show is really called Disney Drive-On With the...
Ryan Dosier – This summer, for the first time, I watched all 120 episodes of The Muppet Show in order. It was an incredible journey and I (obviously) enjoyed every moment of it. About halfway through the first season, I realized that this would be a perfect...
Ryan Dosier – Exactly five years ago today, on nothing but a whim and a prayer, armed with a handful of articles and a lifetime of fandom, The Muppet Mindset was started. It was a Wednesday, I was 19, I had started my freshman year of college just a few days...
Ryan Dosier – Muppets Most Wanted will be released on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow, and the release is absolutely worth your money. For those who don’t know, the release of the latest Muppet feature film is packaged as “The Unnecessarily Extended...
Ryan Dosier – Two of my favorite things in the world are the Muppets (duh) and Disney (also kind of duh, if you know about our sister site, The Mickey Mindset). The Muppets have been owned by Disney for over 10 years now, and it seems to me that they’ve...
Abigail Maughan – The realm of Fraggle Rock has a vast amount of biodiversity, not only in its heterotrophic life forms, but also in its autotrophic ones. Today we’re going to be studying some of the most notable plant specimens exclusive to Fraggle Rock. There...
