Kermitment - A Muppets Podcast

Jarrod Fairclough wears many hats: Tough Pigs honcho, Muppet Mindset founder, writer, podcaster and now... Kermitment guest. Jarrod joins the boys to chat about Don't Eat the Pictures , a Sesame Street special involving about 200% more ghosts and 10000% more demons than you'd expect!  Check out Jarrod on Twitter for more info about hte millions of things he works on! Kermitment has a Patreon! Runn...

Primary source alert! Fraggle Rock writer Sugith Varughese joins the boys to talk about what it was like to work on the show. Then, we head back down to Fraggle Rock to cover 4 more episodes. Buckle up, you're going to be riding with Matt and Sam for a while this week! Lucky! Episodes covered: 'Gobo's Discovery,' 'Mokey's Funeral,' 'The Beast of Bluerock,' 'New Trash Heap in Town' Kermitment has a...

The Boys are going to China, and they're bringing a plus one: author and podcaster Lindsey Kelk! And oh boy does Lindsey have some juicy Muppet secrets and some valuable insight into the Muppets' place in British culture! And also I guess we talk about Big Bird in China ! Peace out! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us co...

The Boys are taking a little vacation from Fraggle Rock to get out into the clean, open mountain air. But don't worry, there will still be Muppets there! And John Denver! And Gonzo will have sex with a human-sized chicken! Back your backpack, baby, we're going camping! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those cost...

Fraggle Rock... Fraggle Rock never ends... and sometimes that's a good thing! We like the Fraggles again, everyone, don't worry! Episodes covered in this one: 'Marooned,' 'The Minstrels,' 'The Great Radish Famine,' and 'The Garden Plot' Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cool...

Sam and Matt continue their exile in Fraggle Rock... forced to observe and report on the tomfoolery of its increasingly-annoying residents from the shadows, subsisting on fungus and what little water they can squeeze from the moss. And they do this for you, dear listener. So please, keep them in your heart, mind, and prayers.  Episodes covered in this one: 'We Love You Wembly,' 'The Challenge,' 'I...

Sam and Matt sit down with Craig Shemin, president of the Jim Henson Legacy, author of Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show , and former Jim Henson Company writer (just to name a few of his credits), to discuss... well, all of that stuff an more! A very special episode indeed! You can buy Craig's book about Sam and Friends here! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podca...

We're still hanging out down in Fraggle Rock, and madness has begun to creep in already. Which Fraggle is Ross from Friends? Are the Fraggles the remenants of a war-like race that previously attacked the surface world? Find out the answers to all this and more!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and a...

Heyyy it's more Fraggle Rock ! And it's still good! My #1 concern right now is that I have to come up with like dozens of Fraggle Rock episode descriptions and I'm already very out of things to say... oh well!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the future! Fi...

Kermitment boldly enters a new era. An era of Doozers. An era of Gorgs. An era... of Fraggles! Join the Boys as they take their first (of MANY) trips down to Fraggle Rock!   Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the future! Find out more here! Visit our website t...

The Boys reach a big moment in Henson history with the release of The Dark Crystal , the Muppets' polarizing first foray into the world of dark fantasy and realisitc creatures. Will they love it? Hate it? Either way, they know they're gonna get yelled at!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow u...

A mere 3 episodes after our last trip to Sesame Street... were back! Will we find that anything has changed? Eh not really, but we still have some fun regardless! All that, and Paul Williams sings to a giant Olive Oyl! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the fu...

In the early 80s, Miss Piggy was a true superstar! And what id true superstars of that era get? Why, TV specials, of course! So... we're watching that. Plus some other stuff from 1982! This is a long one, folks, so strap in! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in...

The Muppet Show  may be over, but the Muppets still have a lot of junk going on, from parades to early podcasts (aka radio interviews). And guess what: we gotta watch it all, because that's the law. Plus, way more Bruce Springsteen talk than you'd expect on a Muppet podcast!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover tho...

The Boys are back in The Big Apple, baby, visiting our friends on Sesame Street. Bert, Oscar Grouch, Ernie, and all the rest are here to make you laugh, and you might just learn something, too!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the future! Find out more here...

Muppeturgy's own David Levy stops by to talk about 400 or so strips from  The Muppets newspaper comic! But was this comic as good as Garfield ? We'll you'll just have to listen and find out. If you can't get enough David Levy, check out his podcast, Muppeturgy, here: https://www.muppeturgy.com/ And you can find David on Twitter at @itsdlevy, while Twitter still exists I guess! Kermitment has a Pat...

The Muppets go international with their most ambitious film yet, but is 'jolly good' or 'a bit rubbish'? The Boys weigh in!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the future! Find out more here! Visit our website to find a link to the Kermitment Patreon, logo pin...

The Muppet Show 's corpse wasn't even cold yet when two post-mortems  (that were actually sort of one post-mortem spread across two mediums) with the same title were released into the world. Take a look behind the scenes and hear Jim do what Jim does best: go on and on about minute technical details! Also hear Frank do what Frank does best: bully Jim! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is...

"It's time to stop the music, it's time to dim the lights, it's time to lower the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight," imagine that, sung very slowly and mournfully by an adult contemporary artist. Pretty sad, huh? Well that is basically the tone of this very special episode of Kermitment, as we talk about the final episodes of The Muppet Show.  Be sure to bring your tissues! This episode covers t...

That old Muppet Show sun is getting low in the sky, but before we check out the last two episodes of the show (at least in the airing order we're following), we're taking a detour to the actual  last thing filmed on the original Muppet Show set: an hour-ish long special ode to the glitz and glitter of Hollywood that's only slightly a crass commercial for The Great Muppet Caper ! Kermitment has a P...

The end of The Muppet Show is nigh! Join us for our penultimate TMS  episode, where we talk about three  extraordinarily  wacky fellas!  This week's episode covers the following... episodes: Wally Boag, Buddy Rich, and Marty Feldman yyyyyaaaaaaaayyyyyy Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to...

Sam and Matt are one year older, one year wiser, and one year deeper into their Kermitment. Join them as they celebrate the passage of time by watching two puppet-based children's shows with extemely ponderous names!  Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is deceptively expensive work, so by becoming our Patron, you help us cover those costs and allow us to do funner, cooler stuff in the fut...

We continue to hurtle towards the end of The Muppet Show  and honestly, we can feel the Muppets sort of coming down with a case of Senioritis. Join us for this trio of epiosdes starring some very famous people, some of whom (Paul Simon) act like huge jerks! This week's episode covers the following... epiosdes: Gene Kelly, Paul Simon, and Gladys Knight yaaaayyyyyy! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running...

The boys are back, and they're talking about The Muppet Show .... again. Will the tonal whiplash between country king Johnny Cash and punk queen Debbie Harry be enough to keep them engaged? We'll see. And just what is Mulch's deal, anyway?? This week's episode covers the following... epiosdes: Hal Linden, Johnny Cash, and Debbie Harry yaaaayyyyyy! Kermitment has a Patreon! Running a podcast is dec...

Strap in, because this week Kermitment is dipping back into the high-octane world of PBS specials! This time we're talking about Here Come The Puppets , a look behind the scenes of the 1980 World Puppetry Festival. See some legit very cool stuff, like Japanese foot puppets, and thrill to some very weird stuff, like lots of very depressed Easter European puppets! And Jim and Kermit are there, as we...