Top Hat Sasquatch

Tonight I hung out with a couple of international superstars – Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog.

As part of the rollout for the official Muppets’ Google+ page, Piggy, Kermit, The Muppets co-star/co-writer Jason Segal, director James Bobin, co-writer Nicholas Stoller, and the newest Muppet, Walter, all participated in a Google Hang Out. The conversation only lasted about 20 minutes, but it was still a pretty fun opportunity to learn a little more about the people behind the upcoming film.

For example, we got to hear about everyone’s favorite sketches from Muppet history. Bobin’s was Hugga Wugga…
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I get sent a lot of crazy stuff that people want me to review. Some of it gets on the site and some of it doesn’t. I wasn’t sure what to think about the direct-to-Blu-ray and Walmart-exclusive animated short film LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace until I heard Tim talk about it on the podcast, but I’m glad to say I was pleasantly surprised.

Not only am I growing utterly intolerant of prequel-era Star Wars, but I’d never heard LEGO characters talk despite being super cute in silent, video-game form, so I was leery. Luckily, it turns out that whoever wrote and animated this short film had a lot of creative freedom and decided to pump it full of slapstick, tongue-in-cheek humor, and lots of Star Wars in-jokes. Oh, and George Lucas makes a couple appearances.
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This week I got a mystery package in the mail from SpaceMonkeyX himself, Rob Lammle. I wasn’t sure what was inside, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some awesome buttons featuring our mascot! It turns out that Rob’s crafty wife Andrea made them herself, and they turned out great. I’ll be ordering more from her soon, so if you’d like your very own Top Hat Sasquatch button, stay tuned!

Site Update: There will be some exciting changes to the site next week, as well as a very cool interview coming up on Bubble Pipe Theater, so stay tuned for that too!

Join Rob Lammle in the first ever Bubble Pipe Theater Quickie-Cast as he reviews the Howling films. First he takes us back to 1981 to revisit the Joe Dante film and then we jump thirty years in the future to learn about the direct-to-video remake. How do they compare? Have the years been kind to the original, and does the remake do it better? Listen and find out!

Happy Halloween! This is a very special episode of Bubble Pipe Theater. Join Tim, Rob, and I as we talk about all things Halloween. Get the scoop on our favorite scary movies, memorable costumes of years past, and a bit of nostalgia for trick or treating.