Muppet legend Jerry Nelson has passed away. He started his career with The Muppets in 1965 when he was hired to perform the right hand of Rowlf when it had appeared that Frank Oz had been drafted. Nelson joined Sesame Street during its second season. On this show, he created …
It’s Monday! For some people, this can be the best day of the week. For others, they push their way through it hoping that they won’t hear that somebody has a case of the Mondays (which yes, it IS a horrible thing to say to someone!). In honor of I …
Welcome to our Musical Parody episode of Geeks Corner! In this episode you can see what two geeks can do when they have a keyboard, iPad, iPhone, and not enough time on their hands… err wait, too much time? I don’t know. The geeks in this episode took five completely …
On August 19, I had the pleasure of viewing Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix at the 2011 D23 Expo. I was waiting in line with some fellow DAPs members over 2 hours in advance, and it was such a popular venue that we still only were in the standby …
A little over a week ago I had the incredibly opportunity to meet Elmo. This was all thanks to Lisa who runs Babes in Disneyland. Because this was such an awesome experience, I’m going to monopolize Muppet Mondays for one more week and bump DC and the gang back a …
Yesterday was a pretty geektastic day for me. As a fan of the Muppets it is rare that you actually get to meet someone that actually is in the Muppet family. When the opportunity DOES come along, you definitely do not want to miss it. My opportunity happened to be …
Today we celebrate the birth, quite literally, of the world’s famous frog. On this day in 1955, Sam and Friends debuted in Washington DC. This of course is the show that Kermit made his debut on as that glorified sock puppet before he really discovered his true froggy identity. Through the …