First things first: The deadline for the Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant is this Friday, December 12th! If you haven’t sent in your votes, check out the pageant and join in the fun.
Meanwhile, it’s beginning to look, sound, smell, and taste a lot like Christmas. Here’s some stuff that’s been going on:
Kermit interview
This is actually Thanksgivingian rather than Christmassy. Before his appearance on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Kermit did this fun little interview with Broadway World.
5-minute preview of Letters to Santa
The new Muppet Christmas special Letters to Santa is rapidly approaching… It’ll air on NBC on December 17th! NBC’s posted this 5-minute chunk of the special to get us jazzed about it.
Official YouTube music video
As if that weren’t exciting enough, all the Muppets who have YouTube accounts have posted a music video to promote the special. It’s pretty fascinating, actually… The song is “Glad All Over,” and they’re using the same gimmick used by other YouTube users to make it look like the Muppets are gangsta-rapping, by matching the words of the song to the lip-synching of the… you know what? Just watch it. You’ll get it.
Kermit and Piggy at Rockefeller Center
Did you happen to see Kermit and Miss Piggy on the Christmas in Rockefeller Center special last week? The whole thing is really just an excuse for celebrities to promote their current projects disguised as a bundle of holiday cheer, but hey, Muppets on TV.
We’ve been talking about Piggy a lot lately over on the Tough Pigs forum, and how much better she is when she’s not just getting mad and karate-chopping everyone every five minutes. This time around she just was teasing Kermit for being jealous of her crush on Harry Connick Jr. It was entertaining, and she didn’t even get a little bit cranky. Yay, Piggy!
Emmet Otter on stage
The live stage musical adaptation of Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas premiered this past weekend in Connecticut. You should go see it if you live near Connecticut and you like singing otters.
Click here to discuss all this stuff on the Tough Pigs forum!
