As we near the end of 2025, it’s exciting to look back at the past 12 months to see all the biggest Muppet events that we’re already starting to forget about. The Muppets were in the Super Bowl! Sesame Workshop unionized! We said goodbye to MuppetVision 3D!
Not only that, but we here at ToughPigs were hard at work creating fun and strange and informative articles about the Muppet crew. Jarrod somehow turned a Google search into a series of articles about Kermit the Frog. J.D. taught us a lot about the intersection between Muppet fandom and neurodiversity. Shane made a whole video about Gordon from Sesame Street saying hello.
The last thing we’d want is for any of this stuff to be lost in the shuffle. So whether you missed them the first time around or if you’re interested in revisiting any of these greatest hits, we’re pleased to present our annual Year in Review! Starting here with January through June. Stay tuned to ToughPigs for the second half of the year, coming up this week!
January:
2024 Year in Review: Idea Man, MuppetVision & HBOh No – It’s like this article but with other stories!
A Muppet Fan’s Hopes For 2025 – At least Sesame Street found a home. Can’t say the same for Muppet*Vision…
Post-‘Post’ Sesame Street Woes – Sesame had (has) a lot of issues, so we addressed them.
Applying for Jobs at the Magic Store – Neurodivergency through the lens of the Muppets and Muppet fandom.
Introducing The Miss Piggy Watch – And they didn’t even send us a free one!
Cool Muppet Things I DID Own: Honker Doll – Honker Dolls are the best dolls
Fraggle Talk BONUS Episode: Fraggle Rock Live! – Chatting to John Tartaglia about walkaround Fraggles!
Everything Is Awful, But At Least We’ve Got Muppets – The world’s on fire, but Kermit is still here.
Muppet*Vision 3D Closing In June – We reported the sad news that you had 135 days left to see it.
Has Kermit? – Well? Has he?
Booking.com Brings The Muppets to the Super Bowl – In, like, half the ad anyway.
February:
Review: Fraggle Rock LIVE – Spoiler alert: Walkaround Fraggles rock!
REVIEW: Jim Henson Presents #1 Comic Book – Where else will you find illustrated Boober next to illustrated Hoggle?
Elmo Schools Roger Federer on the Alphabet in Super Bowl Ad – Elmo’s right, that ON looks like QC…
The Fraggle Foodie: Peace Soup – Eat like a Fraggle!
The Muppets and Saturday Night Live: Spiritual Siblings – Live, from ToughPigs, it’s that article!
Fran Brill to Receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award – And she did!
Jimmy Kimmel Ships Oscar the Grouch with His Aunt – The biggest thing to happen to Kimmel in 2025!
The Sad Tale of the SNL Gortch Muppets – A 2 part series about poor Scred and Friends.
RIP Sesame Street Writer Sara Compton – Remembering the writer of ‘We Are All Earthlings’ and much more.
ToughPigs Spoofs the Oscars: Wockad, The Zootalist, Anaughra, and MORE! – Glinda Waldorf will haunt your dreams.
ToughPigs Spoofs MORE Movies – Noseferatu, Thelmo, & MORE! – It’s safe, there’s no Glinda Waldorf in this one.
The Other Oscars 2025 – The foolproof way to win your work’s Oscar pool.
Catching Up with Noel MacNeal – Chatting to the man in the bear in the big blue house.
RIP Puppeteer Adam Kreutinger – Remembering our pal Adam, who worked so hard to bring puppetry to everyone he could.
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 Facts’ for 800, Colin.
Fair Play 2025: Muppet Merch at Toy Fair – So many Sesame Street toys!
Sesame Workshop Staff Unionize Amid Layoffs – ‘S’ is for ‘Solidarity Forever.’
Bunsen and Beaker Initiate Adam Savage Into Muppet Labs – Somehow, ‘Muppets Now’ returned…
How to Define a Muppet – It’s not quite a mop, and it’s not quite a puppet.
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence – 50 Years Later – Maybe these Muppet characters have a future!
The Green Album Getting Vinyl Rerelease – Still missing the exclusive Australia only track, we see…
April:
April Fools: Meet Korbett the Frog – Everyone’s favorite amphibian accountant!
Henson Company Launches New Online Store – Buy your very own Ludo lunchbox!
RIP Animator Paul Fierlinger – Remembering the creator of Teeny Little Super Guy.
A ToughPigs April Fool’s Day Easter Egg Hunt – How many did you catch? None? Us either.
Animal Is a Confusing Muppet – Just what is up with that guy?
RIP Sesame Street Guest Star Jean Marsh – Thanks for the fun ‘Put Down The Duckie’ cameo.
ToughPigs Watches “The Tale of the Bunny Picnic” – That Bean sure is cute.
Sherlock Hemlock Plush Detected at Sesame Place – Egads!
The Sesame Workers Union In Your Neighborhood – Chatting with the union folks over at Sesame.
On Representation, Abstraction, and Chip – Seeing neurodiversity in Muppet characters, and it’s not always great.
What Kermit? – AKA ‘What Breki Béka’
May:
The Muppetational May Challenge 2025 – More art challenges for the artistically inclined!
Nina West and the Scripted Muppet Caper – She doesn’t just play Miss Piggy – she becomes Miss Piggy!
RIP Ruth Buzzi – Remembering our Ruthie from ‘Finders Keepers.’
Fraggle Talk: Classic – Season 2 Wrap-Up – Wrapping up another season of your favorite 80’s Fraggle podcast.
Was Muppet*Vision 3D Jim Henson’s Last Project? – Maybe? Possibly? Kinda?
Lisa Henson and the Mystery of Kermit’s Birthday – She knows when it’s NOT!
Celebrating 70 Years of The Muppets – A moment for every year of The Muppets.
When Is Kermit’s Birthday? – It’s about 4 months away. It’s always about 4 months away.
Watch The Muppets’ World of Color Preshow – The Muppets get audiences soaked at Disneyland!
New Episodes of Sesame Street Will Air on Netflix – They found a home next to Emily in Paris.
Oh, Hi! A Video Tribute To Roscoe Orman – You’ll soon just start hearing ‘Ohio’.
Diamond Select Toys Goes Out of Business – So we’re not getting that Sweetums?
RIP George Wendt – One last time… ‘Norm!’
Stop Being Wrong About Sesame & Netflix – There’s been a lot of misinformation.
RIP David Lazer – Remembering one of the titans of the Muppets.
WATCH: Kermit the Frog’s Commencement Speech – Kermencement speech, amirite?
12,792 Days Later – Since that day, the Muppets have been without Jim longer than they were with him.
The ToughPigs Staff Visits the Set of Sesame Street – Well, not ALL of us (cries in Australian).
RIP Muppet Show Guest Star Loretta Swit – Remembering one of the all time great ‘Muppet Show’ guest stars.
June:
Introducing the ToughPigs Pride Month 2025 Charity Fundraiser! – We raised a lot of cash for some very important causes.
Saying Goodbye to MuppetVision 3D – We were singin’, Bye Bye, Fozzie’s floating cream pie…
The Nonbinary Pride of Anything Muppets – Those Anything Muppets belong on the Pride flag.
The Ending of The Muppet Movie EXPLAINED – Those names at the end were the people who worked on the movie.
Fluff Fridays – Are Muppet Cats Cute? – No.
Pride Month Profiles: Charley Feldman – Spotlighting a wonderful nonbinary Fraggle Rock writer.
RIP Anne Burrell – The celebrity chef and Cookie Monster starred in a fun video in 2017.
Muppet Babies and More at MoMI – Unless you’ve got a TARDIS, you’ve missed them.
Below the Waist: Where Are the Queer Muppets? – It was a good question then, it’s a good question now!
QUIZ: Nicky, Napoleon, or Nicky Napoleon? – I got 12/15.
Sesame Rewind: A Fabulous Rainbow – Oscar the Grouch wants it known he is ‘Slime Green’
Check back in to ToughPigs for part 2, coming soon!
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by Jarrod Fairclough and Joe Hennes
