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From 1987. Fozzy invites all of his friends to join him at his mother Emily Bear's farm for Christmas, disrupting her plan to vacation in Malibu and rent her home to a couple of boarders. They're joined by a few friends from Sesame Street and Kermit and Robin an interesting discovery below the house. [more inside]
posted by synecdoche on Dec 25, 2023 - 5 comments

Follow the Muppets’ very own house band, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, in their first-ever solo series as they attempt to record their very first album. Under the direction of Nora, a driven junior A&R executive tasked with managing and wrangling the mayhem that is The Electric Mayhem Band, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current-day music scene as they try to finally go platinum. Streaming on Disney+ [more inside]
posted by jazon on Jun 5, 2023 - 13 comments

Hi, this is a new feature we’re rolling out on FanFare, based on a suggestion from community member geoff. We’ve added a new category called 'Upcoming', which can be used to discuss upcoming media (tv, movies, books, etc) being released soon that people are interested in*. It's designed to be pretty low stakes, requiring very little in mod or development resources, so the community can just use it almost immediately to talk about upcoming media. To start things off, I’m gonna mention a few things are coming out in May that have me interested, but it’s not any sort of exhaustive list, nor should future posts by the community feel limited to the monthly format. Otherwise, for this initial post feel free to chime in about what you’re looking forward to media wise in May! [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher on May 1, 2023 - 15 comments

On Halloween night, Gonzo and Pepe ditch Kermit’s annual Halloween party to instead spend a night in the Haunted Mansion of Disney Park fame [more inside]
posted by jazon on Oct 13, 2021 - 5 comments

Who's even real, broh? Are you real? Broh? Doppelgängerrific!
posted by Halloween Jack on Jun 29, 2021 - 13 comments

After the events of The Muppets, the Muppets find themselves at a loss as to what to do next until they hire a new manager, Dominic Badguy, who convinces them to go on a world tour. Unbeknownst to the Muppets, criminal mastermind Constantine, the World's Most Dangerous Frog, who resembles Kermit, has recently escaped from a Siberian gulag to join his sidekick Dominic, and the two have a dastardly plan to use the Muppets' world tour as a cover for an elaborate heist. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 17, 2020 - 9 comments

When Walter, a puppet who is the world's most devoted Muppet fan, learns that the Muppet Theater is slated for demolition, he urges Kermit to gather all the Muppets together again to put on a Muppet telethon in order raise the $10 million they need to save the day. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 15, 2020 - 12 comments

A contemporary adaptation of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the story follows young Dorothy Gale, who works in her Aunt Em's diner, but dreams of becoming a singer somewhere beyond her small Kansas town. Swept up by a tornado, in her trailer home with pet prawn Toto, she lands in Oz and embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard who can help make her dreams come true. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 14, 2020 - 3 comments

On Christmas Eve, an angel from heaven's accounting department petitions God to send help for Kermit the Frog who has lost all hope after losing the Muppet Theatre to an evil banker, and then shows Kermit what the world and his friends' lives would look like if he had never been born. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 12, 2020 - 2 comments

Gonzo, who is haunted by the fact that he doesn't know what he is or where he came from, is delighted when he is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. But when the men in black realize he's an alien and kidnap him in order to examine his brain, it's up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help him reunite with his long-lost family. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 11, 2020 - 7 comments

Adapted from the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Muppet Treasure Island stars Tim Curry as Long John Silver, alongside Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Kevin Clash, and Frank Oz portraying various roles. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 10, 2020 - 12 comments

When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and his friends won't take no for an answer, and they set up quarters in the lockers at the bus station and launch a search for someone who will put them on a Broadway stage. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Dec 8, 2020 - 7 comments

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection; the lovers, the dreamers and me
posted by The corpse in the library on Dec 31, 2019 - 11 comments

When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case. [more inside]
posted by porpoise on Dec 26, 2019 - 2 comments

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Dec 16, 2016 - 8 comments

Piggy has a red carpet wardrobe malfunction, much to the dissatisfaction of Sam The Eagle and the network. Meanwhile, Pepe and Rizzo try to help Gonzo forget Camilla by finding him a new place.
posted by lmfsilva on Feb 10, 2016 - 4 comments

Alan Cumming, Oscar, and Elmo explore the refurbished street with all five senses.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi on Jan 17, 2016 - 4 comments

Newcomer Nina puts Elmo and Abby to bed in the show's HBO premiere.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi on Jan 17, 2016 - 2 comments

The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
posted by the man of twists and turns on Dec 25, 2015 - 22 comments

Following a duet with Miss Piggy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt heads to play poker with Scooter, Pepe, and the gang; The Great Gonzo gets ready to perform his dream stunt; Dave Growl and Animal compete in a drum-off.
posted by hippybear on Dec 2, 2015 - 8 comments

Kermit consults Miss Piggy for help finding a birthday gift for Denise; Kristin Chenoweth accidentally causes dissent within the band The Electric Mayhem.
posted by hippybear on Nov 5, 2015 - 23 comments

The feud between Miss Piggy and Reece Witherspoon hits a new level when the two volunteer for Habitat For Humanity. Fozzy's relationship hits a snag.
posted by hippybear on Oct 29, 2015 - 13 comments

Fozzie has an accident with a t-shirt cannon, and hits Statler right in the face. Piggy overhears the production team making plans after the show is wrapped up, makes Kermit manipulate them to invite her just to refuse... until she doesn't. The night seems ruined, but only until Ed Helms pops by Rowlf's Tavern.
posted by lmfsilva on Oct 14, 2015 - 20 comments

Miss Piggy receives a "gift" from the annoyingly perfect Christina Applegate, Kermit avoids talking to Fozzie because of a terrible sketch and the situation escalates to the point Nick Offerman has to replace him, while Gonzo has a situation with his online dating profile and Pepe, Rizzo, and Liam Hemsworth help him out.
posted by lmfsilva on Oct 7, 2015 - 17 comments

Is anyone going to do the Muppets show? I'm sort of imagining it as the puppet nightmare version of 30 Rock than anything Sesame Street related, and I'm not sure how it relates show listing-wise to the whole Muppet canon - is it a new show or a continuation of the show?
posted by dorothyisunderwood on Sep 29, 2015 - 5 comments

The crew comes across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring the ship's escape pod aboard when he discovers that the ship's passengers are Ilanics, long-time allies of the Luxans. Aboard the escape pod, Crichton gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, first of himself and one of the Ilanics, then of Moya's destruction. [via]
posted by [insert clever name here] on Jul 17, 2015 - 12 comments

CRFC9: The Constructed Reality Film Club is starting back up for the new year with a slight change in direction. 1986's Labyrinth tells the story of a young girl, Sarah, who is lost in her own fantasy world. When she asks for her baby brother to be taken away she gets more than she asked for, and must enter the Labyrinth of Jareth, The Goblin King, to get him back. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Jan 12, 2015 - 42 comments