Sunday, November 2, 2008

News and Other Goings-on 11/2/08

Look, it's another collection of links to all the Muppety-type stuff that's been going on this week!

Ernie/Bert or Gobo/Red?
Don't forget to vote in the Tough Pigs presidential election!

Fran Brill in Orlando!
Muppeteer Fran Brill will be appearing in Orlando on Sunday, November 9th at an event called "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sesame Street But Didn't Know Who To Ask." She'll speak, take questions and sign autographs, and Zoe will be tagging along.

It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp
Pepe's new book is out. Buy it and read it, or eat it with some cocktail sauce.

Pajanimals
Are they half-pajama, half-animal hybrids? Whatever they are, they're the stars of the Jim Henson Company's new preschool series on the Sprout network, which debuted on Sunday, November 2nd. The characters look like stuffed animals, which is appropriate, as the show is designed to convince kids that going to bed is fun.

Elmo Live: What's Inside?

Digital Journal took apart an Elmo Live doll to see what makes him giggle.

Animal caught speeding in Germany
Here's a story that took the news blog world by storm this week. A clever British driver has been tearing around Germany, foiling attempts to catch him by sticking an Animal doll in the passenger seat, so only the Muppet shows up in the surveillance photos.


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