It's time to play the music
My introduction to the Muppets was through Sesame Street. My parents had heard of Jim Henson and the Muppets from Ed Sullivan and a few other venues. Then TBS started showing the Muppet Show. It was a family activity that we all sat down for and then repeated the jokes all week. I was very happy to hear about the Muppet Movie and we went as a family on opening day. I have seen just about every Muppet series since then. There was one on Showtime, I believe, that I didn’t see because we didn’t have Showtime. We got HBO because of Fraggle Rock.
Both Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are in my top 10 movies as is the Muppet Movie. Dark Crystal came out in 1982 and Labyrinth came out in 1986. Neither were big box office successes at the time. Overtime they have become classics. The start up costs on both films was great. Henson’s Creature Shop had to solve problems and situations that had never been tried on film with puppets.
Another common person for these two films is Brian Froud. Froud’s work never fails to impress me. I like looking at his original pencils and paintings because they have so much more depth than the prints. But I think that is true for just about any piece of artwork. I own one piece of original Froud art from Labyrinth. It is a page of doodles and goblins. It hangs in my studio proudly.
I have the original books that were done with Froud’s drawings and the new versions. Recently Labyrinth came out with a deluxe edition like the Dark Crystal set with lots of addition goodies. Also Hot Topic has a number of Muppet related shirts out. Then there are the Action figures. Palisades has released the 7th series of figures. The 8th set has Marvin Suggs and I am so hoping it comes with the Muppephone. The Muppet Show is coming out slooowly on DVD. It is getting expensive to be a Muppet fan. But I consider that a good thing because I know that I am not the only one out there.
Both Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are in my top 10 movies as is the Muppet Movie. Dark Crystal came out in 1982 and Labyrinth came out in 1986. Neither were big box office successes at the time. Overtime they have become classics. The start up costs on both films was great. Henson’s Creature Shop had to solve problems and situations that had never been tried on film with puppets.
Another common person for these two films is Brian Froud. Froud’s work never fails to impress me. I like looking at his original pencils and paintings because they have so much more depth than the prints. But I think that is true for just about any piece of artwork. I own one piece of original Froud art from Labyrinth. It is a page of doodles and goblins. It hangs in my studio proudly.
I have the original books that were done with Froud’s drawings and the new versions. Recently Labyrinth came out with a deluxe edition like the Dark Crystal set with lots of addition goodies. Also Hot Topic has a number of Muppet related shirts out. Then there are the Action figures. Palisades has released the 7th series of figures. The 8th set has Marvin Suggs and I am so hoping it comes with the Muppephone. The Muppet Show is coming out slooowly on DVD. It is getting expensive to be a Muppet fan. But I consider that a good thing because I know that I am not the only one out there.