#muppet facts

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Muppet Fact #1377

The Thought Lion is the proud owner of a library card.

Source:

The Jim Henson Hour. Episode 103, "Power." April 28, 1989.

[red-mokey]

The history of the Muppets and Disney in 4.5 minutes! (1989 to today)

This is a very fast paced video, so you can slow it down to .75 if needed.

Have you ever wondered why or how Disney acquired the Muppets? Have you wondered why the Muppets have been MIA for the past few years? Fear not! I have created this short break down just for you!

Would you consider signing the Change petition to save the Muppets Vision 3D? https://chng.it/2NT4hgg9bz

[elliebellyboo]

”Romeo and Juliet is the most romantic thing in history”

is kermit and miss piggys wedding in “muppets take manhattan” a joke to you?

[the-muppet-joker]

Mother has paid handsomely for my new apartment. I am surprised she was willing to cover the security deposit and moving expenses. She almost seems more excited than I am for me to move out!

[pokeypoqi]

clothes are too expensive. dress up your favs in the clothes you want instead <3

[amnhnyc]

What screams, cries, laughs, and looks like a muppet? That’s right, it’s the Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides). Its vocalizations range from deep grunts to loud hisses and have been likened to a crying baby! Found in Australia, this nocturnal bird is a sit-and-wait predator—meaning that it waits for dinner to deliver itself. As a result, it can spend hours at a time remaining perfectly still. When motionless, its mottled plumage resembles the bark of a tree. But as prey approaches, this bird strikes, descending on nearly silent wings.

Photo: Bill Collison, CC BY-NC 2.0, flickr

[witchofthemidlands]

cannot believe the doctor got kissed tenderly by a futuristic man for the first time since series 1 only for said man to end up getting almost immediately sent to superhell.

[wishchip106]

he’s gaming

[styxbugg]

My incurable urge to give people i just met fun facts about things they know nothing about

[Text: They don’t even know that the episode “the trash heap doesn’t live here anymore” was used to fix the technical problem of having to film an entire long scene of the fraggles crossing the gorgs garden any time they wanted to use marjory. She gets moved closer to the fraggle hole, thus eliminating that extra scene for the rest of the series and making it easier for her to be in episodes.]

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Muppet Fact #1378

The Sesame Street song "Would You Like to Buy an O?" first appeared on the 1971 album The Muppet Alphabet Album before appearing on the show in 1972.

Sources:

Sesame Street. The Muppet Alphabet Album. Columbia Records, 1971.

Sesame Street. Episode 0364. March 16, 1972. (Partially lost, available details from Muppet Wiki).

[tributary]

sorry for all the mopey ‘i miss muppet’ posts. they will continue

[adobe-outdesign]

today I found out that there was a 1983 memo sent out during Fraggle Rock's pre-production about Muppet performances and it included this helpful illustration

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NPD!Traveling Matt posting. Aough.

[doomedpuppetyuri]

Hey guys look at my banger desk setup

[drawthethingdoppelganger]

If I got to have a physical feature as weird as this I'd use it as the only conversation starter with everyone. everywhere. ALL. DAY.

[amnhnyc]

No, it’s not a muppet. This unforgettable primate, found in the mangrove forests of Borneo, is the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)! Also known as the long-nosed monkey, males of this species sport a distinctive drooping proboscis, which acts like a resonating chamber to amplify their vocalizations. Scientists think it’s a sexually selected trait—meaning that females prefer louder (and bigger-nosed) mates.

Photo: David Dennis, CC BY-SA 2.0, flickr