June 15 is Father’s Day, so this week we salute fathers on The MuppetCast! With the help of several dads sharing their thoughts, and some father-related Muppet audio, I hope this will be a fitting tribute.
Thanks to Kristin Shea for her recent donation to The MuppetCast. All donations go directly back into helping The MuppetCast.
Every Thursday night, the phone lines go live! Call the voicemail line Thursdays between 6pm and 11pm and we’ll talk. You can also use Skype to contact the voice line. My username is: stephenjlizard.
Due to the recent server move at MuppetCast.com, and the website and email going down sporadically as a result, the contest deadline has been moved back one week. June 22 is the new deadline for contest submissions! Send entries to contest@muppetcast.com.
There’s a wonderful conversation on worldscreen.com done by Anna Carugati with Sesame Workshop’s President and CEO, Gary E. Knell. Do NOT pass this up!
TVSquad.com has a great opinion piece about the new Muppet movie, and what Disney has been doing with the Muppets.
Some great news coming out this week about a new CD/DVD from Putumayo Kids, featuring songs and videos from Sesame Street productions around the world.
David Quesal recently posted a new video on YouTube featuring his newest character, an ape, playing the guitar. Something not to be passed up, good stuff as always David!
Listener Marcus W. is looking for either a better-quality graphic, or even where he can find the original version of this image. I have to admit some ignorance here, so let me know where this came from!
Michelle G sent the link for the Hallmark 2008 holiday ornament catalog. Look at page 62 for the Muppet ornament!
All links to news stories and listener contributions can be found at muppetcast.com.
Questions/Comments can be emailed to me@muppetcast.com, or called in to the voicemail live at 614-364-4270. Also, check out the Muppet Central Forums this week, and chat with all of us crazy Muppet fans!
Have a great week!
-Steve
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