Show #44 – February 10, 2008

Lots of listener questions and feedback this week, along with a new contest!

Make sure to vote on the new poll this week at MuppetCast.com, and tell me who you’d like to hear as the next guest on the podcast.

The prize for the new contest is a Palisades Muppet figure from series seven: the one, the only, Jonny Fiama! No cannolis, sorry.

Jon Melville sent 2 news stories about a new Elmo DVD release coming to the UK. Read the first story here, and the second one here.

See the video for Danger’s No Stranger, thanks to Joel!

Thanks to Joe V for the story about Toxic Audio appearing now at the V Theater in Vegas. Check their show schedule for details.

George’s friend Colby makes some amazing sculpts of some Fraggles, and even Jim himself!

Many thanks to Tom Stewart for posting the links to Henson’s Place over on YouTube. Read the Muppet Wiki article for the documentary too.

Crowds are showing up in record numbers in Mesa to see Jim Henson’s Fantastic World.

David Carter sends us a link to the Muppet checks. Paying your bills was never so fun!

Clay Nash points out that Okkervil River has a cover of Simon Smith on their freely downloadable mix tape. A different take on an old favorite.

Finally, Amanda points out that Cookie Monster made a recent appearance on NPR’s In Character. Great performance by David Rudman!

Big thanks as always to our sponsor, Bell Book and Comic. Life should be more fun! Also to Bill’s Bricks for sponsoring the current contest.

Questions/Comments can be sent to me@muppetcast.com, or phoned in to the hotline at 614-364-4270.

Have a great week!

-Steve

Comments

10 responses to “Show #44 – February 10, 2008”

  1. JC Avatar
    JC

    What’s the link for the Indy cast you mentioned in this episode?

  2. Steve Swanson Avatar

    Good question. I thought I could find it, and I didn’t see it anywhere. I’m checking with Ed, and I’ll let you know what I get!

  3. james kemp Avatar
    james kemp

    i would just like to say that in the radio NPR thing i haven’t listened to the interview and it may be David Rudman in the interview, but in the video on the website it is Eric Jacobson
    performing cookie monster.

  4. Steve Swanson Avatar

    Hmmm…tell you what, I’ll ask David, and we’ll find out for sure!

  5. Steve Swanson Avatar

    It was David Rudman on NPR.

  6. anan. Avatar
    anan.

    Who’s Chris Weed?

  7. Steve Swanson Avatar

    He’s a listener and good friend of the show.

  8. anon. Avatar
    anon.

    Wait… Doesn’t he [Chris Weed] have a podcast?

  9. Ryan Keep Avatar

    Dear To Sesame Street Work Shop.
    Hi ther my name is Ryan Keep.
    And i’ve go an email idea to as you, to the peoples at the Sesame Street Work Shop.
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    So thought that i mite want to you ask this question to you.
    Could it be a good idea to have the Sesame street Cast & the
    Sesame Street Crew can bouth do an audio commentarys for Sesame Street Old School Volume 3 On dvd, That it as the years from 1979-1983 on dvd.
    And when you get this email that i send, then you send back your responmds back to me. So you can also have them try it and see if they like or note. But this is what im suggeded.
    But i think that it would be cool to have bouth the Sesame Street Cast & Crew to do ther own comments about there old shows and plus you can also let the puppets tears to do an audio commentarys with Sesame Street Cast & Crew on to this
    So This way they wont be lift out of the commentary room. So that way you can have all three on to a three disk set.
    So if some times if the kids want they can take ther dvd remote to clik on the little green button up or down to here
    ether the cast Or Crew so all they have to do is ether clik up if you want to here cast members there commentary’s Or clike down if you want to here the crew members & the puppets tears with the crew members on Sesame Street on a dvd. P.S. This is just suggestion that i had in mind if you want to do it. P.S. Keep this thought in mind. But you can also email me back at RyanKeep@Mahaska.Org So i hope you enjoyed reading my email.
    P.S. You can also put this on hold when the cast crew & the puppets tears when there ready to do there commentarys for this dvd of volume 3 on dvd. and you also put this idea in the news papers so the people can read what you are doing.
    Your good friend Ryan Keep.

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