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For 22 years, toughpigs.com has been the Internet's premiere site for Muppet Fans Who Grew Up. We try to spread our Muppety goodness to all social media sites, but have been neglecting this Tumblr account!
Not anymore! Follow us here for links to articles, podcasts, weird Muppet images, jokes, and more, including some stuff you'll only find here.
So... who's already listening?
Today marks MGM's 100th anniversary! We still think they should've picked the bear over the lion, though.
Muppet fans, what are your hopes for 2024? ToughPigs' own Jarrod Fairclough shared his here.
We at ToughPigs have a special message about the 3rd Annual Muppetwt Awards!
Check out the ballot here and support ToughPigs in this exciting competition!
This Week on ToughPigs...
Hi everyone! We haven't been posting much here lately, but we're back!
Here's what you missed this week:
Check 'em out, and expect more updates soon!
Me explaining to my Tumblr mutuals why my blorbo is so great
In cursed Disney-related things I just remembered, they're doing this "Disney characters as fantasy heroes" multimedia mobile game thing called Mirrorverse, and one thing in it is for enemies, they make shadowy versions of the various heroes called "Fractured," probably for the sake of efficient model reuse.
I bring this up to you for context because, oh my god, Dark Kermit is sending me:
Thames Con's Labyrinth Experience is happening this weekend, I'm sadly not able to attend as the trek from Canada to the UK is just a bit outside my budget... so I figured I would send a few plush friends to attend in my place!
Bunsen and Beaker are cooking up food at EPCOT, and we have the details! Check out this write up, with photos from the Brew-Wing Lab!
it's really very simple. you have The Muppets, not to be confused with The Muppets (movie), which is not to be confused with The Muppet Movie or the "The Muppets(TM)", which is the Disney brand The Muppets and The Muppets were produced under. not confusing at all
Did you know that Hollywood Studios almost had an attraction called The Great Muppet Movie Ride?
Here at ToughPigs, we've got some exclusive new info and images straight from designer Marcelo Vignali!
For this and more, check out the link!
Over on ToughPigs, we've been thinking a lot about Muppet cannon.
Wait, whoops, delete that image. I mean....canon.
Check out these new articles from us about the relationship between Muppets Mayhem and canon, and the "correct order" to watch the Muppet movies in.
Let us know your thoughts on all this!
Did you know that in the 80s and 90s, Elmo had an older sister named Daisy? She never appeared on the show, but showed up in three picture books.
Here she is, imagining she's an astronaut. As you can see, the family likeness is uncanny!
Official pride image from the Sesame Street twitter (from 2019)
