Muppet Casting is back! Sporadically! Whenever somebody has an idea! Hooray! For this edition of Muppet Casting, I thought we’d try a Broadway musical, since those seem well suited to adaptation by Muppets. So, without further ado, Wicked, as played … Continue reading Muppet Casting on Broadway: Wicked
Ninety-eight years ago today, in Seattle, Washington, Carol Channing was born. Carol Channing was best known for her work on stage, originating the roles of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: and Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! Carol Channing famously … Continue reading The Carol Channing Day Thread
Folks, I’m afraid I have some tragic news. Young Miss, uh, Friend was found dead this morning, her hands—all of them—missing. Additionally, two members of Vault-Tec staff have died. Miss Verdon, who was doing research into the effects of radiation … Continue reading Werewolf 76: Fallout – Day 3
Good morning again, Sirs and Madams! It’s time for breakfast! Today’s menu: nutritious food paste with coffee and tea! But before breakfast, I have some unfortunate news. This morning, I found Goris dead in his room. It seems he has … Continue reading Werewolf 76: Fallout – Day 2
Good morning, Sirs and Madams! Rise and shine! Welcome to Vault 71. I am MacCrocksworth, your friendly Mister Handy unit. You may recall (if the process of suspended animation hasn’t scrambled your brains) that the world outside is currently neither … Continue reading Werewolf 76: Fallout – Day 1
This is a Werewolf game designed for beginners. If you have never played Werewolf with us, have only played once or twice, or have not played in a very long time, you will get priority placement in the game. I … Continue reading Werewolf 76: Fallout – Signups
Thank you for indulging me and fighting about cloth bags with hands in them for two weeks. There were 171 nominees, 128 of whom made it into the bracket, seven rounds of voting (eight if you count the two halves … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Results
Surprising pretty much no one, the Semifinals narrowed the top four seeds down to the top two seeds. Gonzo the Great defeated Statler & Waldorf, 57-42, and Kermit the Frog defeated Cookie Monster, 53-46. To determine a definitive top-four ranking, … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Final Round
The votes in the Quarterfinals were all very similar. Winners received between 62 and 73 votes, losers received between 31 and 42 votes. Nothing was remotely close, but nobody was clobbered, either. Anyway, the voters of the Avocado revealed their … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Semifinals
For two rounds, I was watching and anticipating the great showdown between Yoda and Kermit the Frog. Then Round 4 happened, and the unstoppable froggernaut completely demolished the Jedi Master, 68-9. IPR Yoda. The real gut-wrenching battle, the one I … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Quarterfinals
It gets uglier and uglier every round. Another 16 beloved characters have fallen. There are now no characters from Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, or any other Jim Henson movie or series. All players left now are from the Muppet … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 4
The Muppet Show‘s core cast and the longest-lived Sesame Street characters continue to dominate. The top 8 blowouts were all by margins of over 50 votes. Powerhouses gonna powerhouse. The widest margin was 64-4, in which Gonzo the Great knocked … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 3
Round 1 is complete, and a second batch of Muppets nobody loves enough have been thrown into the dustbin of history, never to be spoken of again. Two matches were decided by a one-vote margin. Camilla the Chicken eked out … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 2
The first half of nominees have had their say, with very few surprises. There were some strong opinions offered about Miss Piggy, but almost all the top-seeded contenders trounced their opposition. The only top-seeded loser was Bobo the Bear, who … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 2
There were a lot of good nominations in Friday’s thread. Enough that I didn’t want to cut anybody. So, I narrowed it down to 128 nominees, with 7 rounds of eliminations (8 if you count Round 1 as two rounds). … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 1
It goes without saying that Muppets are amazing, but which one is the amazingest? With this tournament, we will find the definitive, indisputable answer. Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Nominations
Sister Goat was a loyal servant to the abbey, so beloved by the Sisters that she was considered by most of them an honorary nun. She spent her entire life here, keeping the Sisters safe as best she could, and … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 6
Day Five – How Do You Solve a Problem Lycanthropy (Reprise) “What can we say about Sister Sanga?” asked Mother Superior rhetorically. “She was a nun,” she continued, answering her own question, “Very strong and capable. Burly, even. I’m honestly … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 5
Day Four – Brother, Can You Spare a Life? The sisters reconvened for breakfast. In two straight lines they broke their bread, brushed their teeth and made their beds. In two straight lines they… wait. These lines aren’t even. “Who’s … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 4
Day Three – The Young Nope Pope Jude Law XXIII–named in perplexing honor of the disgraced antipope who had died centuries earlier in the Italian Monastery Massacre–sat on his private balcony, enjoying a cigarette. As an honored guest of the … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 3
Day Two – Nun Like It Hot This was supposed to be a safe place to hide from the mob, but here they were she was, hounded by werewolves. The novices had done some good work that first day, but nothing … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 2
