As we close to the tip of 2025, it’s thrilling to look again on the previous 12 months to see all the largest Muppet occasions that we’re already beginning to overlook about. The Muppets have been within the Tremendous Bowl! Sesame Workshop unionized! We mentioned goodbye to MuppetVision 3D!
Not solely that, however we right here at ToughPigs have been onerous at work creating enjoyable and unusual and informative articles concerning the Muppet crew. Jarrod one way or the other turned a Google search right into a collection of articles about Kermit the Frog. J.D. taught us quite a bit concerning the intersection between Muppet fandom and neurodiversity. Shane made a complete video about Gordon from Sesame Road saying howdy.
The very last thing we’d need is for any of these items to be misplaced within the shuffle. So whether or not you missed them the primary time round or for those who’re all in favour of revisiting any of those best hits, we’re happy to current our annual 12 months in Evaluation! Beginning right here with January by June. Keep tuned to ToughPigs for the second half of the 12 months, developing this week!
January:
2024 12 months in Evaluation: Thought Man, MuppetVision & HBOh No – It’s like this text however with different tales!
A Muppet Fan’s Hopes For 2025 – At the least Sesame Road discovered a house. Can’t say the identical for Muppet*Imaginative and prescient…
Publish-‘Publish’ Sesame Road Woes – Sesame had (has) numerous points, so we addressed them.
Making use of for Jobs on the Magic Retailer – Neurodivergency by the lens of the Muppets and Muppet fandom.
Introducing The Miss Piggy Watch – They usually didn’t even ship us a free one!
Cool Muppet Issues I DID Personal: Honker Doll – Honker Dolls are the very best dolls
Fraggle Discuss BONUS Episode: Fraggle Rock Stay! – Chatting to John Tartaglia about walkaround Fraggles!
All the pieces Is Terrible, However At Least We’ve Obtained Muppets – The world’s on hearth, however Kermit remains to be right here.
Muppet*Imaginative and prescient 3D Closing In June – We reported the unhappy information that you just had 135 days left to see it.
Has Kermit? – Effectively? Has he?
Reserving.com Brings The Muppets to the Tremendous Bowl – In, like, half the advert anyway.
February:
Evaluation: Fraggle Rock LIVE – Spoiler alert: Walkaround Fraggles rock!
REVIEW: Jim Henson Presents #1 Comedian E book – The place else will you discover illustrated Boober subsequent to illustrated Hoggle?
Elmo Faculties Roger Federer on the Alphabet in Tremendous Bowl Advert – Elmo’s proper, that ON appears to be like like QC…
The Fraggle Foodie: Peace Soup – Eat like a Fraggle!
The Muppets and Saturday Evening Stay: Non secular Siblings – Stay, from ToughPigs, it’s that article!
Fran Brill to Obtain Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award – And he or she did!
Jimmy Kimmel Ships Oscar the Grouch with His Aunt – The largest factor to occur to Kimmel in 2025!
The Unhappy Story of the SNL Gortch Muppets – A 2 half collection about poor Scred and Pals.
RIP Sesame Road Author Sara Compton – Remembering the author of ‘We Are All Earthlings’ and rather more.
ToughPigs Spoofs the Oscars: Wockad, The Zootalist, Anaughra, and MORE! – Glinda Waldorf will hang-out your goals.
ToughPigs Spoofs MORE Motion pictures – Noseferatu, Thelmo, & MORE! – It’s secure, there’s no Glinda Waldorf on this one.
The Different Oscars 2025 – The foolproof approach to win your work’s Oscar pool.
Catching Up with Noel MacNeal – Chatting to the person within the bear within the large blue home.
RIP Puppeteer Adam Kreutinger – Remembering our pal Adam, who labored so onerous to carry puppetry to everybody he might.
March:
RIP David Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter – Who appeared on ‘The Jim Henson Hour’
What Are the Muppets As Jeopardy Clues? – I’ll take ‘Rocco Information’ for 800, Colin.
Truthful Play 2025: Muppet Merch at Toy Truthful – So many Sesame Road toys!
Sesame Workshop Workers Unionize Amid Layoffs – ‘S’ is for ‘Solidarity Without end.’
Bunsen and Beaker Provoke Adam Savage Into Muppet Labs – Someway, ‘Muppets Now’ returned…
The right way to Outline a Muppet – It’s not fairly a mop, and it’s not fairly a puppet.
The Muppet Present: Intercourse and Violence – 50 Years Later – Perhaps these Muppet characters have a future!
The Inexperienced Album Getting Vinyl Rerelease – Nonetheless lacking the unique Australia solely monitor, we see…
April:
April Fools: Meet Korbett the Frog – Everybody’s favourite amphibian accountant!
Henson Firm Launches New On-line Retailer – Purchase your very personal Ludo lunchbox!
RIP Animator Paul Fierlinger – Remembering the creator of Teeny Little Tremendous Man.
A ToughPigs April Idiot’s Day Easter Egg Hunt – What number of did you catch? None? Us both.
Animal Is a Complicated Muppet – Simply what’s up with that man?
RIP Sesame Road Visitor Star Jean Marsh – Thanks for the enjoyable ‘Put Down The Duckie’ cameo.
ToughPigs Watches “The Story of the Bunny Picnic” – That Bean certain is cute.
Sherlock Hemlock Plush Detected at Sesame Place – Egads!
The Sesame Staff Union In Your Neighborhood – Chatting with the union people over at Sesame.
On Illustration, Abstraction, and Chip – Seeing neurodiversity in Muppet characters, and it’s not all the time nice.
What Kermit? – AKA ‘What Breki Béka’
Might:
The Muppetational Might Problem 2025 – Extra artwork challenges for the artistically inclined!
Nina West and the Scripted Muppet Caper – She doesn’t simply play Miss Piggy – she turns into Miss Piggy!
RIP Ruth Buzzi – Remembering our Ruthie from ‘Finders Keepers.’
Fraggle Discuss: Traditional – Season 2 Wrap-Up – Wrapping up one other season of your favourite 80’s Fraggle podcast.
Was Muppet*Imaginative and prescient 3D Jim Henson’s Final Venture? – Perhaps? Probably? Kinda?
Lisa Henson and the Thriller of Kermit’s Birthday – She is aware of when it’s NOT!
Celebrating 70 Years of The Muppets – A second for yearly of The Muppets.
When Is Kermit’s Birthday? – It’s about 4 months away. It’s all the time about 4 months away.
Watch The Muppets’ World of Shade Preshow – The Muppets get audiences soaked at Disneyland!
New Episodes of Sesame Road Will Air on Netflix – They discovered a house subsequent to Emily in Paris.
Oh, Hello! A Video Tribute To Roscoe Orman – You’ll quickly simply begin listening to ‘Ohio’.
Diamond Choose Toys Goes Out of Enterprise – So we’re not getting that Sweetums?
RIP George Wendt – One final time… ‘Norm!’
Cease Being Unsuitable About Sesame & Netflix – There’s been numerous misinformation.
RIP David Lazer – Remembering one of many titans of the Muppets.
WATCH: Kermit the Frog’s Graduation Speech – Kermencement speech, amirite?
12,792 Days Later – Since that day, the Muppets have been with out Jim longer than they have been with him.
The ToughPigs Workers Visits the Set of Sesame Road – Effectively, not ALL of us (cries in Australian).
RIP Muppet Present Visitor Star Loretta Swit – Remembering one of many all time nice ‘Muppet Present’ visitor stars.
June:
Introducing the ToughPigs Satisfaction Month 2025 Charity Fundraiser! – We raised numerous money for some essential causes.
Saying Goodbye to MuppetVision 3D – We have been singin’, Bye Bye, Fozzie’s floating cream pie…
The Nonbinary Satisfaction of Something Muppets – These Something Muppets belong on the Satisfaction flag.
The Ending of The Muppet Film EXPLAINED – These names on the finish have been the individuals who labored on the film.
Fluff Fridays – Are Muppet Cats Cute? – No.
Satisfaction Month Profiles: Charley Feldman – Spotlighting a beautiful nonbinary Fraggle Rock author.
RIP Anne Burrell – The superstar chef and Cookie Monster starred in a enjoyable video in 2017.
Muppet Infants and Extra at MoMI – Until you’ve obtained a TARDIS, you’ve missed them.
Under the Waist: The place Are the Queer Muppets? – It was query then, it’s query now!
QUIZ: Nicky, Napoleon, or Nicky Napoleon? – I obtained 12/15.
Sesame Rewind: A Fabulous Rainbow – Oscar the Grouch desires it recognized he’s ‘Slime Inexperienced’
Examine again in to ToughPigs for half 2, coming quickly!
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by Jarrod Fairclough and Joe Hennes
