Should you joined us earlier this week (and certainly you have to have), you had been reminded of all the largest Muppet information tales and our favourite ToughPigs articles from the primary half of 2025. And now, as December involves a detailed, we’re please to share the second half!
What a loopy yr it’s been. The Muppets made their (very transient) Broadway debut, Fraggle Rock returned for a brand new vacation particular, Gonzo sat on a rock and made us cry, and the Henson Firm offered off an entire bunch of stuff.
Completely satisfied reminiscing, Muppet followers!
July:
Tune Decisions for Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster! – Everyone knows it’ll most likely be “Rainbow Connection” once more.
The Muppets Seem on CrunchLabs – Extra methods for Beaker to get blown up.
Muppet Wiki Reaches 50,000 Articles – An unimaginable milestone for the unimaginable Muppet useful resource!
Sundays with Java – Who knew two Slinky Muppets would have such an enduring affect?
What Is Beauregard? – Some type of a lump, I believe.
The Every day Present Covers the Elmo Debacle – All of us knew Elmo bought hacked as a result of he immediately began talking in first particular person. Additionally, the swears.
Fozzie’s Restored Studebaker Belongs in a Museum – Ah, a Studebaker in its pure habitat.
Oscar the Grouch: Bond Villain – No, Mr. Bond. I count on you to SCRAM!
Which Muppets Might Eat a Entire Lot of Scorching Canines? – Who says ToughPigs doesn’t do hard-hitting journalist?
RIP Malcom-Jamal Warner – Remembering Theo Huxtable.
RIP Ozzy Osbourne – He virtually took a chunk out of Kermit, like that unfortunate bat.
RIP Hulk Hogan – One among many problematic cameo stars from Muppets From House.
Cool Muppet Issues I DID Personal: Nifty Little Barkley Toy – Everybody ought to have a Barkley.
RIP Muppet Present Visitor Star Cleo Laine – Jazz icon, Muppet celebrity.
Marvel Comics to Characteristic Muppet Variant Covers – The crossover of the century!
ToughPigs vs. The Hackers – ToughPigs bought hacked, and it was not enjoyable. Not even a bit of bit.
Jim Henson’s Monster Cereals Now Out there – I at all times thought there was one thing Muppety about Frankenberry.
August:
RIP Loni Anderson – The WKRP in Cincinnati star popped up on the purple carpet with the Muppets.
A Prairie Daybreak Companion Launches – Our new podcast about Sesame Road’s many makes an attempt at creating lasting feminine characters.
Assessment: Sesame Road Blokees – So after all, we ripped off all their heads.
First Look: The Muppets Rockin’ Curler Coaster Idea Artwork – Who had “animatronic Scooter” on their bingo card??
Sesame Road, Trans Youth, and the Many Methods to Be Niamh – Sesame Road comes very near creating a trans Muppet.
Can Kermit? – No, not Kermit in a can.
The Final Sesame Road Baseball Staff – There’s no crying in baseball. However there are Muppets.
Sesame Rewind: Meet Freddy, Jim Henson’s Most Well-known Muppet – You already know, Freddy!!!
September:
Sesame Episode Library to Hit YouTube – Sesame Road content material on YouTube?? What a novel thought!
The One Factor Sesame Road Didn’t Train Me – How have we made it this far with out studying the letter G?
Muppet Gals Speaking: Alice Dinnean – A highlight on the proficient Muppet and Henson puppeteer!
Movin’ Proper Alongside Launches Muppets From House Season – Can’t wait to listen to what they consider the invisibility spray.
First Look: Mahna Mahna Assortment Unboxing – Do I like these items? I do doo do do doo.
Earlier than You Leap Audiobook – Now you possibly can hear to all these frog puns!
Little Muppet Monsters: 40 Years Later – Remembering the Muppet collection that nobody remembers.
The Sam and Mates Script Guide – Simply think about you can watch these sketches from Jim Henson’s first TV present.
Video Assessment: Henson Firm x Monster Cereals Collab – Look, I’m simply blissful to get some free cereal.
BREAKING: The Muppet Present Returns! – It’s lastly time to play the music!
Time to Get Issues Began: Reflections on The Muppet Present Revival – Is the return of The Muppet Present a very good factor? Is {that a} trick query??
53 Years, 53 Jim Hensons – Celebrating Jim Henson’s birthday with some dangerous math.
RIP Jim Mahon – Remembering the artwork director for The Jim Henson Firm.
The place to Discover Different Muppet Followers on the Web – The first step: discover the web.
October:
Muppet Misspellings – Every part you wished to find out about Jam Hanson’s Ralph the Canine.
Discover Sesame Road in New Roblox Video games – Introducing Sesame Road to the youngsters.
New Particulars Concerning the Muppets Curler Coaster – We nonetheless don’t know the way quick it’ll be.
Treasures from the Fraggle Archives: Lengthy-Misplaced Fraggle Rock Demos – Newly found tracks of the basic Fraggle Rock music.
Guide Assessment: Rainbow Connections – A stunning behind-the-scenes have a look at The Muppet Present.
KAWS Has Murdered the Sesame Road Gang – RIP Grover.
INTERVIEW: Broadway Discuss with Kermit the Frog and Rob Lake – Nothing up my sleeve… wait, frogs don’t have sleeves.
RIP Film Artist Drew Struzan – The king of film poster artwork, and the genius behind a number of Muppet film posters.
Can’t Spell “Julia” With out “AI” – Sesame Road teaches youngsters about AI, and we’re simply dissatisfied.
Fall Out Boy Covers Muppet Christmas Carol – What a Christmas reward!
The Revolution WILL Be Televised… Starring the Muppets! – Don’t overlook, the Muppets have at all times been political. Cope with it.
In Reward of the Goofy-Wanting Fisher-Worth Cookie Monster – “Goofy-looking” is a praise.
ToughPigs Presents: Solutions For Your Aunt – Speaking to your aunt so that you don’t have it.
Sesame Road Heading to Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics – Andiamo!
REPORT: Jim Henson’s Birthday Celebration in NYC 2025 – Muppet followers from around the globe gathered for Jim’s birthday!
ToughPigs Halloween Parade 2025! – Individuals who love the Muppets a lot, they turn out to be Muppets.
November:
FAQ for Proper Wing Muppet Fan Commenters – Each reply is simply “Shut up.”
Some Ideas on the Miss Piggy Film – The primary thought: Wouldn’t it’s good???
Report: The Artwork of Michael Ok. Frith – The Muppet designer’s work belongs in a museum.
Rob Lake Magic with the Muppets Closing on Broadway – Simply as quickly because it opens… poof.
Every part You Actually Need to Know Concerning the Henson Co. Public sale – Initially, can somebody lend me $20,000?
The Henson Firm Public sale with Karen Falk – Getting the inside track on the Henson stuff we will’t afford to purchase.
Assessment: Rob Lake and the Muppets on Broadway – By the point you learn our evaluate, the present will likely be closed.
The Most Exceptional Gadgets within the Jim Henson Firm Public sale – You’re telling me I can have Skeksis silverware???
ToughPigs HQ – Muppet Fandom in 2025 – A brand new podcast with the ToughPigs group!
WATCH: Gonzo Goes Again to “I’m Going to Go Again There Sometime” – Gonzo stars in a brand new, stunningly lovely video.
Muppet Infants Funko Pops Will Make Your Goals Come True – What, no Nanny Funko??
Miss Piggy Will get Arrested – I can’t consider Sabrina Carpenter referred to as the cops on her.
Assessment – Road Good: The Sonia Manzano Documentary – AKA The Maria Film.
Elmo and Mark Rober Collab on New Vacation Particular – That includes a success track about failure. Sure, actually.
Gobo Fraggle Talks “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” – We requested Santa for an interview with a Fraggle, and he delivered!
RIP Daniel Seagren, Early Henson Puppeteer – Maybe the one puppeteer who performed each Huge Fowl and Spider-Man.
The Charlie Chaplin Kermit Statue Finds a New House – It’s taking a street journey from Hollywood to Atlanta.
December:
The Prime 20 Muppet Wiki Articles – Celebrating the Muppet Wiki’s twentieth anniversary together with your picks on your favourite articles!
Sesame Road Meets Knives Out – The butler did it.
Oscar the Grouch Will get Glad in New Trash Bag Advert – Oscar upgrades his trash can with a liner.
The Random Muppet Problem, Spherical 7 (Muppet Wiki Anniversary Version!) – The return of a basic ToughPigs sport!
Robust Pigs Artwork: 20 Years of Muppet Wiki – One other Muppet Wiki celebration, that includes a bunch of fan artwork homages.
Assessment: “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” – Again to Fraggle Rock for the vacations!
A Sketchy Product Assessment of the Faber-Castell Col-Erase 1276 – Maybe an important pencil in Muppet historical past.
Fraggle Discuss: The First Snow of Fraggle Rock – Going behind the scenes on the brand new Fraggle particular with John Tartaglia.
Watch: The Muppets at The Recreation Awards 2025 – Miss Piggy and Rowlf the Canine sing about their favourite video video games.
Dick Van Dyke at 100: A Muppety Celebration – The Dick Van Dyke Present walked so The Muppet Present might run.
The Different Prime 70 Muppet Moments – The ToughPigs group picks a few of our personal favourite Muppet moments.
RIP Director Wayne Moss – An influential voice within the Muppet world by way of the Nineteen Eighties.
Watch: The Muppet Present Teaser Trailer – Maybe an important second Kermit’s teacup has ever had.
Why Everybody Deserved to Win the Expertise Contest in “Emmet Otter” – Justice for the dancing squirrels!
ToughPigs Classic: ‘Casting A Christmas Carol With Muppets’ – Forged a Christmas novel with Muppets, save one human.
LISTEN: 70 Years, 70 Muppets Rap – Eat your coronary heart out, Eminem.
2025 Yr in Assessment, half 1 and half 2 – It’s what you’re studying proper now! Meta!
What Muppety goodness and nonsense will 2026 convey? Effectively, there’s just one approach to discover out. See you within the New Yr, Muppet followers!
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by Joe Hennes and Jarrod Fairclough
