I know, I’m as shocked as you are. Free Muppet stuff? Too good to be true? Nope, it’s both good and true.
Hoopla is a digital library service that offers exactly what you’d find in a real brick-and-mortar library: Books, movies, albums, comics, and more. Their collection has hundreds of thousands of items, so of course, there’s bound to be some Muppet stuff in there somewhere.
Of course, the service works like a library in a lot of other ways too. You need a valid library card to “borrow” items. Books can only be borrowed for 21 days, albums for 7 days, and movies for just 72 hours. There’s a limit to the number of items you can borrow per month. But since it’s all digital, no late fees! That’s a plus!
To sign up, head to Hoopla’s website or download their app on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or Kindle Fire Store.
Here is a nigh-complete list of the Muppet items that we’ve found on Hoopla. I’m sure there are more that I haven’t found yet!
Movies
- The Muppet Movie
- Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
- The Muppets Wizard of Oz
- Muppet Treasure Island
- Being Elmo
- Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
TV
- Sid the Science Kid seasons 1&2
- Pajanimals season 1
- Doozers season 1
- Dog City seasons 1-3
- Jim Henson’s Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story miniseries
- Gulliver’s Travels miniseries
- Shalom Sesame seasons 1-3
Books
- The Muppets (2011 film) junior novel
- Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Novelization
- Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: The Novelization
- Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: The Novelization
Comic Books
- Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand
- Jim Henson’s The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow
- The Muppet Show Comic Book, vol. 1
- The Muppet Show Comic Book, vol. 2
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg Leg Wilson
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: Monster Mash
- The Muppets: Peter Pan
- The Muppets: King Arthur
- The Muppets: Robin Hood
- Jim Henson’s Storyteller: Dragons
- Jim Henson’s Storyteller: Witches
- Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, vols. 1-3
- Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring
Music
- The Muppet Movie soundtrack
- The Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack
- The Muppets (2011) soundtrack
- Muppets Most Wanted soundtrack
- Muppets Most Wanted original score
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa soundtrack
- The Muppets: A Red and Green Christmas
- London Music Works Presents Music from the Muppets
- The Green Album
- A Christmas Together: John Denver and the Muppets
- DConstructed (Disney album that features a cover of The Muppet Show Theme)
Audio Books
- Street Gang audio book
- Interview with Street Gang author Michael Davis and Caroll Spinney
- Becoming Maria (by Sonia Manzano) audio book
Wow. That is an insane list.
Go forth, Muppet fans, and conquer this massive list of Muppet, Henson, and Sesame media. Now you have no excuse for not watching Dog City or listening to The Green Album or whatever. If you have a library card, all this great stuff is at your fingertips!
Click here to be knee-deep in the hoopla on the ToughPigs forum!
by Joe Hennes – Joe@ToughPigs.com
