Archive for August, 2008
Show #72 – August 24, 2008
Aug 24th
Welcome to The MuppetCast! This episode features Lou Mongello in a new Profile of a Podcaster segment. I’m also happy to welcome back both David Quesal and Ryan & Joe from Tough Pigs, all good friends of the show. Along with a new Muppet List all about Muppet Musicians with David, the Tough Pigs crew and I discuss the recent Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series announcement from HIT Entertainment. More >
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Show #71 – August 17, 2008
Aug 18th
Welcome to The MuppetCast! I’m your host Steve Swanson, and this episode is jam packed. Seriously, I had to sit on the suitcase just to get it closed!
Included in this episode is some audio taken from the upcoming Road Trip DVD, in which you’ll hear Jane Hunt (mother of Muppeteer Richard Hunt) and I sitting and talking in her kitchen. If you’ve just joined us, I recently took a trip to New Jersey to visit Jane, who’s become a good friend, at her home. The house she lives in is the same one all of her children, including Richard, grew up in, so naturally there’s a lot of wonderful history there. More >
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Show #70 – August 10, 2008
Aug 10th
Live from New Jersey, it’s The MuppetCast!
Coming to you from the comfy confines of my hotel room in New Jersey, this week’s episode consists of me giving a play-by-play description of everything I experienced while visiting Jane Hunt (mother of Muppeteer Richard Hunt) and Arthur Miller at their home. I took a small sub-set of my equipment on the road with me just in case I’d need it, and that turned out to be a good decision.
Partly because I knew it would make for a good episode, and partly because it was all fresh in my mind at the time and I didn’t want to forget any of it, you’ll hear me describe in great detail just what happened in the Hunt household while I was there. Next week you’ll hear Jane herself, as she and I conducted an in-person interview on video (of which you’ll hear the audio). More >
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Show #69 – August 3, 2008
Aug 3rd
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s The MuppetCast! I’m your host, Steve Swanson, and I’m not anywhere near Swanson Studios this week. In fact, I’m not even in my home state of Ohio. This weekend marks the first road trip of the summer, and I’m off to New Jersey, visiting a good friend of the show, Mrs. Jane Hunt.
I’ll be back in the studio next week with lots of experiences to share with you, but until then, enjoy some more rare Muppet audio! This is taken from a live taping of an extinct stage show in Disney’s MGM Studios, now called the Hollywood Studios. The show is Muppets On Location: Days of Swine and Roses. Thanks to Kermiclown for the assist! More >
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