70 Years, 70 Muppets

The Muppet of the Week is... TAMINELLA GRINDERFALL! The witchiest witch of them all!! To pray proper homage to this early Jim Henson creation, we're going back into her past and uncovering some new information about her that will blow the Muppet fan community away!

The Muppet of the Week is... RUFUS! The canine star of "Hey Cinderella" and a bunch of other early Henson productions. What a doggone treat!

The Muppet of the Week is... SHAKEY SANCHEZ! In the spirit of being terrified, let's talk about some of the scariest Muppets ever!! Special thanks to Matthew Soberman, Michelle, Meagan Barbeau, Richard Gomez, Becca Petunia, Addison, Ed, Eli Lee, Kate, Kiersten, Jojo, weirdpuppetgirl, Joe Hennes, Will, Anthony Strand, Tori Schmidt, Clare, Emily Engel, Gav, Hailey, J. D. Hansel, Will Carroll, Sh...

The Muppets of the Week are... HUGGA WUGGA and THINGY THING! Yes, those sound like nonsense sounds, but they're the stars of a fan favorite and abstract sketch from The Muppet Show. With our very special guest: Brian Jay Jones, author of Jim Henson: The Biography!

The Muppets of the Week are... PJ & KAI-LEE! The stars of Jim Henson's Play Along videos! If you want some neat stuff to know and do, you'd better listen up to this podcast episode.

The Muppets of the Week are... JIM, FRANK, and JERRY! Otherwise known as The Country Trio! These icons are modeled after their performers: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson, and they were designed and built by the legendary Bonnie Erickson. So it's a pretty great thing that we've got Bonnie on this podcast as our very special guest!

The Muppet of the Week is... DROOP! The Muppets' resident sad little guy is extra sad because he didn't get his own week in the main 70th anniversary campaign. But now is his time to shine! With special guest hosts: The team behind the Muppeturgy podcast! David Levy, Adam Grosswirth, Michal Richardson, and Christie Baugher!

The Muppets of the Week are... CLUELESS MORGAN and MAD MONTY! Two of the professional pirates from Muppet Treasure Island! Did you know that this dastardly duo had a lot of iconic roles beyond their Muppet movie? Of course you did - they're iconic.

The Muppet of the Week is... BIG TINY TALLSADDLE! He's the head of country radio station WHOG, and he very well might be the worst Muppet to ever grace the stage of The Muppet Show.

The Muppet of the Week is... DELBERT, THE LA CHOY DRAGON! So cook up some noodles in dragon fire and let's get going on this classic Jim Henson commercial star!

The Muppet of the Week is... FLEET SCRIBBLER! He's the obnoxious gossip journalist who just can't help himself from writing scathing articles about The Muppet Show for his tabloid "The Daily Scandal". To learn more about the ethics of Fleet's job, we're turning to a series of real life journalists!

The Muppet of the Week is... ANNIE SUE! One of the most shocking omissions from the original 70th anniversary campaign! We're doing her justice by proving that the world knows who Annie Sue is... right?

The Muppet of the Week is... SUMMER PENGUIN! Created for the 2018 revival of Muppet Babies, we're counting her as an official Muppet. Hey, if Baby Skeeter counts, then Summer does too. With special guest: Muppet Babies producer, writer, and voice actor Matt Danner! Yaaaaaaaay!

The Muppets of the Week are... THE FLYING ZUCCHINI BROTHERS! So load yourself into a cannon, light the fuse, and listen to this podcast spotlight on a family of Italian stereotypes.

The Muppets of the Week are... THE GINGERBREAD MEN! It feels like they're made out of gingerbread! Crumb pickin', lip lickin' gingerbread! Uh huh, uh huh!

The Muppet of the Week is... BILL THE BUBBLE GUY! Bubbles come out of his head! What else could you possibly need to know about him? You should probably listen to this podcast and find out.

The Muppet of the Week is... VENDAFACE! For just a quarter, you can have your appearance permanently altered by this vending machine with arms and a sadistic streak!

The Muppet of the Week is... J.P. GROSSE! The rich guy who owns the Muppet Theatre! So light up a cigar, give your nephew a job, and listen up as we welcome Muppet builder and designer Bonnie Erickson as our podcast guest!

The Muppet of the Week is... GLORIA ESTEFAN! The tiniest, cutest Muppet penguin, and the only one who can fit into Uncle Deadly's baby bjorn!

The Muppets of the Week are... CLIVE CAHUENGA and GARY CAHUENGA! Two obscure and unrelated Muppets who happen to share the same name! Joining us for this episode is the legendary Dave Goelz!

The Muppets of the Week are... TINA AND GERALD TEETH! If it weren't for them, we'd have no Dr. Teeth. And probably tooth decay. Open wide and say "ah" for this new podcast episode!

The Muppets of the Week are... the stars of Sam and Friends! Let's go back in time before there was color and before Kermit was a frog to shine a spotlight on Jim Henson's earliest characters!

The Muppet of the Week is... JOJO! The talking dog (who is sometimes a real dog) that accompanies Jim Henson in the classic "Secrets of the Muppets" special!

The Muppet of the Week is... PENNY WAXMAN! Owner of Wax Town Records, hot sauce enthusiast, paramour to Dr. Teeth, and the label behind The Electric Mayhem. Joining us for this episode is the performer behind (and often inside) Penny Waxman, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph ! Leslie would like to thank Russ Walko, Alex "Jurgen" Ferguson, Tim Lagasse, Jane Gootnick, Stacey Weingarten, Peter MacKenn...

The Muppet of the Week is... WALDO! The spirit of 3-D, the first digitally-created puppet, and the guy who exploded at the end of MuppetVision.