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The Muppets

May 2024

  • man in a baseball cap and a pale grey jacket

    Ron Howard on Jim Henson: ‘You could see there was nothing to hide’

  • man in a dirty shirt holding a gun

    ‘The daddy of them all’: readers on their favourite movie franchises

March 2024

  • Researchers Calvin So and Arjan Mann with the Kermitops fossil and its namesake, Kermit the Frog.

    Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog

    Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to land

May 2023

  • The Muppets Mayhem.

    TV review
    The Muppets Mayhem review – they’re back, and they’re as glorious as ever!

    The Muppet Show’s house band are trying to record a new album in this Disney+ series – and they’re on raucously fun form. Although Animal’s backstory may make you shed a tear …

February 2023

  • Mish Wittrup

    The funniest things on the internet
    Mish Wittrup: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    Is there anything better than seeing a Muppet dance? How about a dog that really loves ice?

January 2023

  • Composite for the Explain it me series on the Borzois memes.

    Explain it to me quickly
    Why is TikTok obsessed with dogs that look like pizza slices, and why is that making me sad?

    Borzois were already popular on the social media app for their long snouts and air of ennui, but now the Muppets are involved – what’s going on?

December 2022

  • portrait of Kermit and Fozzie.

    The reader interview
    Kermit and Fozzie: ‘I’d like to try The Great British Bake Off – especially if it was custard pies’

    The Muppets’ top entertainers answer your questions about festive traditions, Miss Piggy and working with their good friend Michael Caine

October 2022

  • David Tennant in Hamlet, 2008

    David Tennant on stage: kings, lovers and mate of the Muppets – in pictures

    As David Tennant returns to the West End in CP Taylor’s play Good, revisit some of his theatre performances from the last 25 years

September 2022

  • The cast of The Muppet Christmas Carol released in 1992.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear

    What do you want to ask the comedy besties as they get ready to celebrate three decades since the release of The Muppet Christmas Carol?

July 2022

  • Original Film Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. English Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. Film Director: JAMES FRAWLEY. Year: 1979. Credit: JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS / Album<br>Original Film Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. English Title: THE MUPPET MOVIE. Film Director: JAMES FRAWLEY. Year: 1979. Credit: JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS

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    The Muppet Movie: my lifelong love affair with Kermit’s big-screen debut

    With plenty of Muppet madness, puppetry feats and celebrity cameos, the first Muppets movie is a big-hearted lesson in self-belief

June 2022

  • By a whisker … the girls of My Neighbour Totoro meet the catbus in the animated film.

    Muppet power! RSC uses puppet legends for My Neighbour Totoro extravaganza

    The RSC’s version of the Japanese classic has smashed box office records – before the curtain’s even gone up. We meet the Jim Henson puppeteers bringing Studio Ghibli’s beloved fluffy monsters to life

December 2021

  • Jim Henson and Frank Oz introduce some lucky visitors to Bert and Ernie.

    The secret history of Sesame Street: ‘It was utopian – it’s part of who we all are’

    In 1970, David Attie was sent to photograph the birth of the kids’ landmark TV show as part of a cold war propaganda drive by the US government. But these newly found images are just one part of the programme’s radical history

September 2021

  • Emma Brockes

    Digested week
    Digested week: from nonsensical to ridiculous – Boris Johnson comes to town

    Emma Brockes
  • The blue plaque for Jim Henson

    Muppets creator Jim Henson’s London home gets blue plaque

August 2021

  • Frank Oz at home in Manhattan, New York.

    The G2 interview
    Frank Oz on life as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Yoda: ‘I’d love to do the Muppets again but Disney doesn’t want me’

    He played some of the most memorable characters of all time on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street - then became a brilliant comedy director. What is he most proud of?

May 2021

  • ‘The show’s not dead, as long as I believe in it’ ... Gregory Hines is among the stars with cameo roles in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

    The stage on screen
    The Muppets Take Manhattan: an irresistible tribute to Broadway dreamers

    Our series on films about theatre ends with Kermit staging a musical spectacular with the help of some famous friends

February 2021

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    The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of 'negative depictions of cultures'

    Studio says it is acknowledging and contextualising culturally offensive material rather than cutting it

January 2021

  • Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

    Vampires, Muppets and prequels: The Great Gatsby’s new life out of copyright

    The Great Gatsby is out of US copyright and fans of Fitzgerald’s novel have rushed to pay tribute with new books and fanfiction. What does it mean for the novel’s legacy?

December 2020

  • The acting and casting are flawless … Miss Piggy, Rizzo, Kermit, Michael Caine, Fozzy Bear and Gonzo in The Muppet Christmas Carol.

    A meta-masterpiece: why The Muppet Christmas Carol is the perfect festive film

    With songs written by a former addict, the tale of redemption is sincere. And its heartfelt goofiness awakens your inner child

July 2020

  • Muppets Now

    TV review
    Muppets Now review – Disney+ reboot boasts wit, warmth and charm

    While many iterations have tried, most have failed to recapture the fun and magic of the Jim Henson era – that is, until now
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