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United Airlines has named Oscar the Grouch as their First Chief Trash Officer. United Airlines' new, consumer education campaign is designed to promote the expected benefit of using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) more broadly. The new campaign – which features Oscar in more than 30 pieces of original video, digital, social and out-of-home content – follows the iconic character's journey from job listing to c-suite office starring alongside real United employees. SAF is an alternative to conventional jet fuel that, on a lifecycle basis, reduces greenhouse gas emissions associated with air travel compared to conventional jet fuel alone. SAF is being made from used cooking oil and agricultural waste, and, in the future, could be made from other feedstocks including household trash or forest waste.† To date, United has invested in the future production of over three billion gallons of SAF – the most of any airline in the world.* Consumers can take action too – in a first among U.S...

We've been anxiously waiting for new of when we can rock out with the Muppet Mayhem and now we know approximately when. The show's co-creator Adam F. Goldberg recently reveled that work on series is complete and is scheduled to arrive on Disney+ is May! "Thank you! Muppets Mayhem will be out early May. Just finished the finale! So proud of this show." Thank you! Muppets Mayhem will be out early May. Just finished the finale! So proud of this show. — Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) February 17, 2023 So there you have it -   Muppets Mayhem will start streaming in May... only on Disney+ .

Sad news to report as Raquel Welch has died. Welch famously appeared in the 3rd season of The Muppet Show in what is easily one of the most memorial episodes of the series. She played up her images as a Hollywood sex symbol, as she danced with an oversized spider:     Flirted with Fozzie:   And sang about women's empowerment with Miss Piggy:   The Muppet Show wasn't the first time Rachel first worked with the Muppets though as she appeared in a "Land of Gorch" sketch on the April 24, 1976 episode of SNL:   Welch also appeared on the cover of the  November 28, 1978 issue of  US magazine with Kermit  and made a brief appearance in The Muppets Go Hollywood .  Welch is best known for her roles in the films “One Million Years B.C.” and “Fantastic Voyage." You can read more about her life and career here .  Welch died after a “brief illness” at  82.

After 10-year partnership with Hasbro, Sesame Street has named Just Play as its multi-territory master toy licensee for North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This multi-year deal includes e a wide range of toys for the show, which have already starting to hit shelves. From Toy Book : Gabriela Arenas, senior vice president of global products licensing at Sesame Workshop, said Just Play was the right fit for this partnership because of the company’s wide-reaching retailer and distribution network, experience across multiple product categories, and — most importantly — values. “Just Play stands for exactly that — they believe kids should just play and thrive,” Arenas says. “Strategic partnerships like this work because we’re mission aligned. It extends beyond product. It’s about collaborating to make a positive impact on kids and families.”   According to Sunny Lauridsen, senior vice president of licensing and brand strategy at Just Play, says that is ex...

Super7 just announced that not only are they be releasing Muppet action figures, but coming this summer they're Sesame Street figures as well. The announcement was made earlier today via their social media. "Sweeping the clouds away! Super7 gets to Sesame Street this summer! #Super7DaysofTeasers " Sweeping the clouds away! Super7 gets to Sesame Street this summer! #Super7DaysofTeasers pic.twitter.com/Axvr6Wj40a — Super7 (@super7store) January 12, 2023 Thanks to Jayden Libran for the heads up.  

"Guillermodel Toro’s Pinocchio" won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature last night. The Henson Company production has already won over 15 awards from critic' groups including the Art Directors Guild. The movie is also nominated at the Critics Choice Awards, which takes place on Sunday, Jan. 15 and will almost certainly be nominated for a best animated feature Oscar.

T he Jim Henson Company announced that Gabe Monje-Paulson has joined the company as Director of Children’s Television.  Monje-Paulson will oversee the development of projects for both live-action and animated children’s television productions. The announcement was made today by Halle Stanford, the Company’s President of Television. “With his excellent track record of developing quality television for today’s kids, Gabe is the ideal executive to grow Henson’s legacy of creativity and innovation with impactful and inclusive children’s content,” said Stanford. Before joining The Jim Henson Company, Monje-Paulson was Senior Manager, Development and Current for Mattel TV where he identified new series opportunities in Mattel’s content portfolio, guiding creative supervision and production for shows like  Deepa and Anoop  and  Fireman Sam . He also served as Manager, Original Programming at Disney Junior, acting as a creative executive on the Emmy-winning  Elena of Av...

Loretta Lynn one of the most important and celebrated country singers has died. Lynn guest starred during  The Muppet Show 's third season in the only episode to take place  at a train station instead of the Muppet theater. Lynn rose to fame in the 1960's and in  1970  adapted her autobiographical hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter” into a best-selling biography, which was later made into an Oscar-winning film.  Coal Miner's Daughter."  Lynn wrote most of her hits, and was one the first female singer to make her name as a songwriter in Nashville.  She sang "Count on Me" with the Count on Sesame Street in the early 80's  which was released on the 1981 album   Sesame Country and appeared again on the show in 1985 performing " Songs Are For Singin ." Lynn was was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 and  was a guest  The Tonight Show in 1989   when Jim Henson and Kermit appeared to promote  The Jim Henson Hour....

Artis Ivey, Jr., better known as Coolio has died.  The hip-hop artist, had a string of hits in the mid-1990s such as "Fantastic Voyage" and "Gangsta's Paradise." He guest-starred in episode 205 of Muppets Tonight along with Don Rickles although the two didn't knot have any scenes together where he performed his hit song "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" with the Muppets for the finale. According to Muppet Wiki , Kermit and Miss Piggy were among the many fictitious characters mentioned in his song "Ghetto Cartoon."  Coolio was 59. 

Just yesterday it was announced that HBO Max removed the HBO Max Originals  Esme & Roy ,  The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and  an unspecified “select group of  Sesame Street  specials. Now we Variety is reporting that the streamer has removed something even scarier...about 200 classic Sesame Street  episodes! I wish I could say you had until the end of the month to see them, but the worst part of the decision to remove these titles is that there wasn't any warning for fans to view them before they were pulled. As of today, HBO Max listed 456 total episodes of Sesame Street , with a selection from Seasons 1, 5 and 7 and the full lineup from the most recent Seasons 39-52.  Of those, only 29 are from the earliest seasons. Previously, the streaming service offered about 650 total Sesame Street episodes, including episodes from Seasons 2-4, Season 6 and those from every season between 8 and 35. Per Variety:  HBO and Sesame Workshop fir...