Thanks for dropping by Tough Pigs, everyone. Here’s what we’re jazzed about these days:
Sesame Street Muppets on Scrubs Tuesday night!
Grover, Elmo, and Oscar will be getting some primetime screen time on ABC’s medical sitcom Tuesday, January 27th at 9 PM, 8 Central.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Eric Jacobson has performed alongside Zach Braff and company… The show’s cast had a scene with Miss Piggy in It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in 2002.
Don’t forget to buy Street Gang!
If you haven’t read Street Gang, “the complete history of Sesame Street,” you should, because it’s pretty good. And you should read Joe’s interview with author Michael Davis on this very website.
New Jerseyans like Sesame Street
On Friday, January 30th, a bunch of Sesame Street people and the aforementioned Michael Davis will be appearing at a panel discussion at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. In anticipation of that event, the news site NorthJersey.com published an article about the show, which includes this section of readers’ fond Sesame memories. It’s pretty sweet.
Speaking of Sesame Street, now that they’ve taught kids everything there is to know about healthy habits, words, and basic math, they’re planning to talk about the environment in season 40. This article gives us a glimpse at the research process as they try to determine what kids already know and what they don’t know.
Well, they are. This will allow them to be closely involved in the merchandising of productions like Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train. I want to buy a life-size model of a dinosaur riding a train!
Frances comes to DVD
The Muppet Newsflash reports that the Henson Company’s series Frances will soon be released on DVD. I’ve never seen the show, but I’m curious to see how the digital puppetry system translates to animal characters, and I’ve always felt that the book Bread and Jam for Frances was one of the great works of American literature, so I’d be willing to give it a try if the price is right.
The Jim Henson Honors
This year’s Jim Henson Honors, for “true creativity and commitment to innovation,” have been awarded. The recipients include Shigeru Miyamoto, the General Manger of Nintendo and the man who is largely responsible for my spending so many hours of my life playing video games. Congratulations, Shigeru!
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