Muppets Frog-E-Roke posted on Youtube

To promote the upcoming Bluray release of the Muppet Movie. The Muppets Studio released a Frog-E-Roke version of Can You Picture That from said movie on their Youtube channel. Frog-E-Oke is a Muppets form of Karaoke where the images, fonts and style of the letters and video reflect the song and the Muppets who sing it, in this case Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. 

The upcoming Blu Ray release of the Muppet Movie will feature Frog-E-Oke versions of Can You Picture that ass well as Rainbow Connection and Movin' Right Along. 

Teaser trailer for The Muppets most wanted released

Disney has released the first trailer for the Muppets most wanted today which features Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and of course a whole lot of Muppets. Needless to say, the trailer is funny and shows promise for a worthy sequel.

Besides Gervais the movie will also feature Tina Fey and Ty Burrell. Brett McKenzie returns to write new songs for the movie, after winning an Oscar for the first movie's "Man or Muppet" song.

Let's hope this teaser will be followed by spiffy parody trailers like the first one was.
The movie is slated for a March 21, 2014 (US) release.

Muppets sequel gets an official title plus first stills.

Disney announced today the official title of the new Muppets movie which will be called "The Muppets....Again." This movie puts the Muppets in London as they're famous again after the first movie and are touring Europe. However, Constantine, the World's Number One Criminal is pursuing them, along with his henchman, played by Ricky Gervais. To make things worse, Constantine is Kermit's doppelganger.

Besides Gervais the movie will also feature Tina Fey and Ty Burrell. Also, Brett McKenzie returns to write new songs for the movie, after winning an Oscar for the first movie's "Man or Muppet" song.

The movie is slated for a March 21, 2014 (US) release.

Disney also released the first stills of the movie, Enjoy.

The Great Cookie caper?

A German bakery based in Hannover had the proud distinction of advertising its store with a real golden cookie in the display. All was well untill yesterday, when it was stolen.

The suspect is none other than a man in a Cookie Monster costume.Along with a picture of the would-be Cookie Monster posing with the golden cookie the German police received a ransom letter in which the cookie thief demands that cookies will be delivered to a German children's hospital. The baker has issued a 1000 Euro reward for information that will lead to the return of the golden cookie.

Muppets on WWE: Tribute to the troops

Wrestling company WWE have posted the Muppets segment from their recent Tribute to the Troops special on Youtube. In this segment Kermit is interviewed by wrestler the Miz who wants to know what the status of  Kermit's and Piggy's relationship is.

Prior to the MizTV segment, WWE reporter Josh Matthews interviewed Fozzie on how Kermit was feeling, about to appear on MizTV, followed by a pretty witty comment by Waldorf and Statler.

Later on in the night, wrestler Daniel Bryan, who got the nickname Goat Face due to his beard, got into a discussion with Animal.

While the combination of Muppets and wrestling may seem odd, the Muppets and WWE have teamed up in the past. The Muppets hosted the Halloween RAW episode in which Beaker even interefered in a match, causing wrestler Santino to win. They also appeared in a video message at last years's TTTT.

Ceelo Green and the Muppets team up again

After letting his song Forget you get covered by the so called Princesses of Poultry in the latest Muppets movie, Ceelo has once again joined forces with the Muppets. This time they star in a Christmas music video called "All I need is Love". Enjoy:

Kevin Clash resigns from Sesame Street


Following the recent controversy surrounding Kevin Clash's personal life Sesame Street announced today that Kevin Clash has resigned from Sesame Street.

Sesame Street workshop has issued the following statement:

Sesame Workshop’s mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential.  Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving as a leading educational organization.  Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin’s personal life has become a distraction that none of us wants, and he has concluded that he can no longer be effective in his job and has resigned from Sesame Street.  This is a sad day forSesame Street.

What happens with Kevin's commitment in other Henson productions like the Muppets is currently unknown but it's nonetheless a sad day indeed. Kevin was mostly known for taking over the role of Elmo from Richard Hunt and made the red monster the superstar that he is today. Besides Elmo, he is also known as puppeteer of The Muppets' Clifford and Dinosaurs' Baby.

Besides puppeteer he was also senior creative advisor" at Sesame Workshop.