I’ve already made it known (on many, many occasions) how much I loved “The Muppets.” And like previous Muppet movies, this one featured some ridiculously catchy songs — chief among them “Man or Muppet,” a duet featuring Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (the muppet) deliberating on the question of whether they are each a man [...]

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Earlier this week, I posted an excerpt from my interview with “The Muppets” co-writer and lead actor Jason Segel, but that wasn’t all the “Muppets”-related assignments I took on ahead of the film’s premiere. I also compiled a list of my 10 favorite cameos from the Muppets movies over the years. Here’s an excerpt: PETER [...]

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Earlier this week, I interviewed Jason Segel about “The Muppets,” which he co-wrote with Nicholas Stoller. As I’ve mentioned many times already, I really enjoyed the film, and it definitely pressed all the right nostalgic buttons for me. When I was talking to Segel about the film and his early memories of the Muppets, I [...]

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Jim Henson was born on this date in 1936, so it seemed appropriate to post my most significant memory of his creations. To be honest, it’s not so much this scene from “The Muppet Movie” that I remember, but rather my mother singing me to sleep with “The Rainbow Connection” — but this is where [...]

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Well, our three-weekend binge on college football concluded with Saturday’s game at West Point, and though it was a less than satisfying finale (for more reasons than just the final score), it’s nice to look at my upcoming calendar and see a few weekends without travel plans. Of course, the absence of travel plans really [...]

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It was a productive week on the homefront, with two screenings (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark) and a fun interview (Elizabeth Olsen from Martha Marcy May Marlene) on top of all of this week’s writing. I’m hoping to cap things off with a trip o the Parkside Lounge [...]

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Okay, so this weekend was pretty epic, folks. Why? Because it was filled with Muppets! As if we needed another reason to love Astoria, Jessica and I accompanied a few friends (Miss Katieisms & Ronan the Barbarian) to the Museum of the Moving Image last weekend for the “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” exhibit and a [...]

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