Yes, patriotism swells in the heart of the American Muppet fan... and so, enjoy a few of our favorite America-themed Muppet clips and pretend you didn't see this coming:
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, ryguy102390@gmail.com
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy Birthday, America!
It's the 4th of July, everyone! For us red-white-and-blue blooded Americans today celebrates the day our nation was founded--its birthday, if you will. Yes, we're wishing the happiest of birthdays to America... land of the free, home of apple pies and baseball, area where we can't legally sing the "Happy Birthday" song to our country without paying a massive fine.
Yes, patriotism swells in the heart of the American Muppet fan... and so, enjoy a few of our favorite America-themed Muppet clips and pretend you didn't see this coming:
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, ryguy102390@gmail.com
Yes, patriotism swells in the heart of the American Muppet fan... and so, enjoy a few of our favorite America-themed Muppet clips and pretend you didn't see this coming:
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, ryguy102390@gmail.com
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day, Muppet Fans!
Greetings, Muppet fans! It's February 14th... known in some circles as Valentine's Day, known in others as Singles Awareness Day. Whichever your preference, we hope your celebrating well and luckily we've got a little something for both!
First, for the requited lovers (Or is it unrequited lovers? Never knew what it meant anyhow...), we've got a classic duet of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" between Linda Ronstadt and Kermit from The Muppet Show... Love on, lovers! May your Valentine's Day be wonderful!
And for everyone else... spending this day single and angry at past loves, we have last night's performance with Cee-Lo Green, Gwyneth Paltrow, and The Jim Henson Company puppets singing Cee-Lo's hit song "Forget You" (otherwise known by a title that we probably shouldn't type in polite blogging). I don't know about anyone else... but this song speaks my exact feelings towards my ex-girlfriend today!
And for all of us... Elmo singing about how he loves us! And, really, what more could you want?
Special thanks to our friends over at ToughPigs.com for the Cee-Lo video!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
First, for the requited lovers (Or is it unrequited lovers? Never knew what it meant anyhow...), we've got a classic duet of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" between Linda Ronstadt and Kermit from The Muppet Show... Love on, lovers! May your Valentine's Day be wonderful!
And for everyone else... spending this day single and angry at past loves, we have last night's performance with Cee-Lo Green, Gwyneth Paltrow, and The Jim Henson Company puppets singing Cee-Lo's hit song "Forget You" (otherwise known by a title that we probably shouldn't type in polite blogging). I don't know about anyone else... but this song speaks my exact feelings towards my ex-girlfriend today!
And for all of us... Elmo singing about how he loves us! And, really, what more could you want?
Special thanks to our friends over at ToughPigs.com for the Cee-Lo video!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Holiday Season Begins on The Muppet Mindset!
Greetings, Muppet fans! Guess what? It's December. I know! I can't believe it either! But you know what that means... it's time for The Muppet Mindset to get into the holiday spirit! I know I've already pulled out my Santa Swedish Chef action figure and my Kermit Claus statue (yes, that is the extent of decorating I do). So it's time to put on the final touches--an annual Christmas tradition (since last year), 'round these parts, a brand new holiday header designed by the one and only Dave Hulteen, Jr.! If you're reading this post in December, you see the header already! If not, here it is:
I absolutely love it. It's so simple, so classic, so wonderful. It's absolutely perfect, and I can't thank Dave enough for drawing it for us. It's the perfect way to highlight the holiday season here on The Muppet Mindset and I'm proud to feature it at the top of the site for the rest of the month!
Happy Holidays, Muppet fans! Let's start off the Christmas music, shall we? I'll be John Denver, you guys chime in as the Muppets... On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree...
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
I absolutely love it. It's so simple, so classic, so wonderful. It's absolutely perfect, and I can't thank Dave enough for drawing it for us. It's the perfect way to highlight the holiday season here on The Muppet Mindset and I'm proud to feature it at the top of the site for the rest of the month!
Happy Holidays, Muppet fans! Let's start off the Christmas music, shall we? I'll be John Denver, you guys chime in as the Muppets... On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree...
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!
The Muppet Mindset wishes
The happiest of Father's Days
To all of the fathers out there.
Now... if you'll excuse me,
I have to go mow the lawn for my dad.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter from The Muppet Mindset!
We wish you all a very happy day of egg hunting, Peep eating, and other fun stuff! And even if you don't celebrate Easter... there's no reason you can't still eat a Peep or two!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Bringing Back the Bells
This idea springs from Muppet Central Forum member Convincing John.
Many years ago, over at Muppet Central, all of the members of the forum would ring bells on December 21st at a certain time to celebrate friendship on Muppet Central, our fandom, and our admiration of Jim Henson. It was inspired by "The Bells of Fraggle Rock" where all of the Fraggles had to ring their bells in sequence with the Great Bell in order to keep the rock from freezing over at winter time.
The beauty of this tradition is that, no matter what your religion or customs, we are all drawn together because we are Muppet fans. We exclude no one from coming to celebrate and showing their Muppet love. For at least one minute all over the world, it gave the fan community a sense of connection... Muppet fans all over ringing bells, as Cantus said, "All together, all at the same time."
We here at The Muppet Mindset have fully jumped behind Convincing John's proposal to bring back the bells. Out of tradition, the bells have always been rang on December 21st at 9:00pm. Sometimes coinciding with watching "The Bells of Fraggle Rock" with the bell ringing, naturally, done the same time as the Fraggles at the end of the special.
Over the past few years, this tradition has even spread to family and friends of Muppet fans. Without fail, they all ring bells at the same time each year. They all have copies of the episode and if they can, watch and ring at the same time.
The original bell ringing was done via chat, but even though we don't have the chat anymore, there is every reason that we can still celebrate the tradition. Muppet fans can ring bells all together, for just one minute, to celebrate Muppety goodness, friendship, and a sense of togetherness. If nothing else, ring the bell for Jim Henson and all of the good things he brought our lives and stood for and influenced you.
Over the past few years, there have (unfortunately) been a lot of arguments in the Muppet community, people leaving, tension between fans, etc., and it's sad, really. There have been a lot of times fans simultaneously waited in anticipation for something, experienced it together, then emotions rise, complaints come in droves and the arguments follow.
Bringing back the Bells would finally bring together the fan community, Muppet Central, Tough Pigs, The Muppet Mindset, The MuppetCast, The Muppet Newsflash, all kinds of fans, and allow us all to experience something together that's fun, easy to do, and probably won't cost you a dime (all you need is something that rings like a bell).
With no chat room, we may not be able to hear each others bells, but that's okay. As a wise composer once put it "don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear." You'll hear your bell, and you can believe that Jim will hear it too.
So come on, Muppet fans, I know we have all had our differences in the past, but let us put those behind us at that time of holiday joy and love and peace. Let us all ring our bells and let them chime throughout the world so that we can show our sense of pride and togetherness once again.
The Muppet Mindset
Many years ago, over at Muppet Central, all of the members of the forum would ring bells on December 21st at a certain time to celebrate friendship on Muppet Central, our fandom, and our admiration of Jim Henson. It was inspired by "The Bells of Fraggle Rock" where all of the Fraggles had to ring their bells in sequence with the Great Bell in order to keep the rock from freezing over at winter time.The beauty of this tradition is that, no matter what your religion or customs, we are all drawn together because we are Muppet fans. We exclude no one from coming to celebrate and showing their Muppet love. For at least one minute all over the world, it gave the fan community a sense of connection... Muppet fans all over ringing bells, as Cantus said, "All together, all at the same time."
We here at The Muppet Mindset have fully jumped behind Convincing John's proposal to bring back the bells. Out of tradition, the bells have always been rang on December 21st at 9:00pm. Sometimes coinciding with watching "The Bells of Fraggle Rock" with the bell ringing, naturally, done the same time as the Fraggles at the end of the special.
Over the past few years, this tradition has even spread to family and friends of Muppet fans. Without fail, they all ring bells at the same time each year. They all have copies of the episode and if they can, watch and ring at the same time.The original bell ringing was done via chat, but even though we don't have the chat anymore, there is every reason that we can still celebrate the tradition. Muppet fans can ring bells all together, for just one minute, to celebrate Muppety goodness, friendship, and a sense of togetherness. If nothing else, ring the bell for Jim Henson and all of the good things he brought our lives and stood for and influenced you.
Over the past few years, there have (unfortunately) been a lot of arguments in the Muppet community, people leaving, tension between fans, etc., and it's sad, really. There have been a lot of times fans simultaneously waited in anticipation for something, experienced it together, then emotions rise, complaints come in droves and the arguments follow.Bringing back the Bells would finally bring together the fan community, Muppet Central, Tough Pigs, The Muppet Mindset, The MuppetCast, The Muppet Newsflash, all kinds of fans, and allow us all to experience something together that's fun, easy to do, and probably won't cost you a dime (all you need is something that rings like a bell).
With no chat room, we may not be able to hear each others bells, but that's okay. As a wise composer once put it "don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear." You'll hear your bell, and you can believe that Jim will hear it too.So come on, Muppet fans, I know we have all had our differences in the past, but let us put those behind us at that time of holiday joy and love and peace. Let us all ring our bells and let them chime throughout the world so that we can show our sense of pride and togetherness once again.
The Muppet Mindset
