Ryan W. Mead
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AKA mobo85 • he/him • Part-time grocery clerk • Full-time pop culture/animation rambling
For some reason this reminds me of the story of how the team who worked on the CGI-animated Muppet Babies reboot accidentally rendered Animal without his fur and the end result was so hilarious and disturbing they adopted it as an unofficial mascot they named “Blurph”
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For some reason this reminds me of the story of how the team who worked on the CGI-animated Muppet Babies reboot accidentally rendered Animal without his fur and the end result was so hilarious and disturbing they adopted it as an unofficial mascot they named “Blurph”
Basically Paramount right now
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Basically Paramount right now
Though most are flattered the “Let it Be” publisher felt this parody ruined the original’s licensing value and demanded $5.5mil - which as a nonprofit would have bankrupted Sesame Street.
By coincidence Michael Jackson bought the publisher during the suit and dropped it for $50.
By coincidence Michael Jackson bought the publisher during the suit and dropped it for $50.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Though most are flattered the “Let it Be” publisher felt this parody ruined the original’s licensing value and demanded $5.5mil - which as a nonprofit would have bankrupted Sesame Street.
By coincidence Michael Jackson bought the publisher during the suit and dropped it for $50.
By coincidence Michael Jackson bought the publisher during the suit and dropped it for $50.
Somehow, the weirdest part of this campaign is Glad will be giving away limited edition trash bags made of facsimile Oscar fur on social media, for those of you out there who have always dreamed of gutting a Muppet and placing your used waste inside of it:
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Somehow, the weirdest part of this campaign is Glad will be giving away limited edition trash bags made of facsimile Oscar fur on social media, for those of you out there who have always dreamed of gutting a Muppet and placing your used waste inside of it:
Actor Danny Seagren has died at age 81. Probably best known for his role as Spider-Man in the “Spidey Super Stories” segment on The Electric Company, he also served as the original performing Big Bird when it wasn’t required for Caroll Spinney to be speaking.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Actor Danny Seagren has died at age 81. Probably best known for his role as Spider-Man in the “Spidey Super Stories” segment on The Electric Company, he also served as the original performing Big Bird when it wasn’t required for Caroll Spinney to be speaking.
Happy birthday to Charles Schulz, born on this date in 1922.
He once said - in doubting his work qualified - “art is something which is so good it speaks to succeeding generations, not only as it speaks to the first generation but better.” Time has, thankfully, proven him wrong.
He once said - in doubting his work qualified - “art is something which is so good it speaks to succeeding generations, not only as it speaks to the first generation but better.” Time has, thankfully, proven him wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Schulz, born on this date in 1922.
He once said - in doubting his work qualified - “art is something which is so good it speaks to succeeding generations, not only as it speaks to the first generation but better.” Time has, thankfully, proven him wrong.
He once said - in doubting his work qualified - “art is something which is so good it speaks to succeeding generations, not only as it speaks to the first generation but better.” Time has, thankfully, proven him wrong.
The El Chavo Cinematic Universe
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The El Chavo Cinematic Universe
SNK’s first original game, Yosaku (which is believed to no longer exist), is also believed to be the first video game to use a licensed song. It was inspired by a Japanese song about a woodcutter which appears in the game properly licensed by JASRAC (the Japanese equivalent to ASCAP/BMI).
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
SNK’s first original game, Yosaku (which is believed to no longer exist), is also believed to be the first video game to use a licensed song. It was inspired by a Japanese song about a woodcutter which appears in the game properly licensed by JASRAC (the Japanese equivalent to ASCAP/BMI).
This deflated Kermit balloon was the inspiration for an art piece recently displayed in Paris called “Kermit the Frog, Even”.
Designer Alex Da Corte says he was inspired by a photo of the balloon passing a storefront labeled FATHER AND SON and how, in a way, Kermit was Jim Henson’s son.
Designer Alex Da Corte says he was inspired by a photo of the balloon passing a storefront labeled FATHER AND SON and how, in a way, Kermit was Jim Henson’s son.
![Da Corte: Yes. I’m quite interested in the invisible labor that was Jim Henson’s life’s work, and [how he was] behind the scenes. He could walk down the street and not be known, but like Kermit the Frog, the puppet, could not be on the road without being a celebrity. This [photo in front of] “Father and Son” just made me think more about the relationship to the things we put into the world, into ourselves, and what family looks like. How does one meet the expectation of another in any relationship? Is there a baked-in failure factor in all of us? That even this bright and buoyant parade float, which is a symbol of this beloved, hapless romantic swamp frog, then also fails, that too is quite human. I thought all of that was so relatable. I was interested in seeing any kind of big monument in some sort of collapse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoygf4vn5cdrqshs3i4rvuec/bafkreif2rfsqu53zxso7vvregkeitqqdxpz3llktzxhzaafuhlcicksvv4@jpeg)
![Da Corte: On screen, in the cartoon world, behind the screen, things are free of any kind of relationship to gravity or humanity or the real pains of one’s psyche. But when you make a big volumetric sculpture of a cartoon, then you have to deal with shipping, crating, inflation, deflation, tears… real things. It becomes more related to our bodies than ever before off screen. You take a [person dressed as a] mascot of a cartoon character into the streets, and they start waving and making people happy. But then they get hot. They need smoke breaks. You, all of a sudden, engage these symbols with things that they typically are not associated with—even though they are a beacon for people just to get by, because we find safety in the screen.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoygf4vn5cdrqshs3i4rvuec/bafkreiacphcojivobfqizknlixk5f36ergjygj635k25acwuqy3a66ebza@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This deflated Kermit balloon was the inspiration for an art piece recently displayed in Paris called “Kermit the Frog, Even”.
Designer Alex Da Corte says he was inspired by a photo of the balloon passing a storefront labeled FATHER AND SON and how, in a way, Kermit was Jim Henson’s son.
Designer Alex Da Corte says he was inspired by a photo of the balloon passing a storefront labeled FATHER AND SON and how, in a way, Kermit was Jim Henson’s son.
Roger Langridge, whose Muppet Show comic book did a great job capturing the spirit of the original show, is headed back to the characters as Dynamite’s February solicitations include “The Muppets Noir”, in which a blow to the head convinces Kermit he is a hard-boiled detective.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Roger Langridge, whose Muppet Show comic book did a great job capturing the spirit of the original show, is headed back to the characters as Dynamite’s February solicitations include “The Muppets Noir”, in which a blow to the head convinces Kermit he is a hard-boiled detective.
- Kristen Bell gets huge paycheck from Disney plus back end residuals to stay on for Frozen 3 and 4
- Kristen Bell among the stars of Fox News podcast recounting the life of Jesus Christ
- Kristen Bell among the stars of Fox News podcast recounting the life of Jesus Christ
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
- Kristen Bell gets huge paycheck from Disney plus back end residuals to stay on for Frozen 3 and 4
- Kristen Bell among the stars of Fox News podcast recounting the life of Jesus Christ
- Kristen Bell among the stars of Fox News podcast recounting the life of Jesus Christ
“Reviews are coming in from New York and they all say the same thing - why were the Muppets second fiddle to a magician nobody’s heard of? They only got ten minutes of stage time!”
“Ten minutes? If you ask me, that’s ten minutes too many!”
“DOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!”
“Ten minutes? If you ask me, that’s ten minutes too many!”
“DOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!”
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Reviews are coming in from New York and they all say the same thing - why were the Muppets second fiddle to a magician nobody’s heard of? They only got ten minutes of stage time!”
“Ten minutes? If you ask me, that’s ten minutes too many!”
“DOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!”
“Ten minutes? If you ask me, that’s ten minutes too many!”
“DOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!”
Of course, there is also the similar case of Mattel quickly putting Barbie and the Rockers together to beat Hasbro’s Jem and the Holograms to market; although Jem is the more well-remembered of the two today the Rockers actually outsold her.
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Of course, there is also the similar case of Mattel quickly putting Barbie and the Rockers together to beat Hasbro’s Jem and the Holograms to market; although Jem is the more well-remembered of the two today the Rockers actually outsold her.
In 1977, Ideal, one of the many toy companies who passed on the Star Wars license when initially offered, quickly went into their archives and kitbashed some of their old toys together under the pre-existing trademark “Star Team” to quickly cash in on the trend.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In 1977, Ideal, one of the many toy companies who passed on the Star Wars license when initially offered, quickly went into their archives and kitbashed some of their old toys together under the pre-existing trademark “Star Team” to quickly cash in on the trend.
Pig PR pre-Jennifer Lawrence: in 1990 the Henson Company planned a year-long media blitz to promote the opening of Muppet*Vision 3D, a Christmas special, and a 1991 movie with Miss Piggy announcing her breakup with Kermit and demanding an unauthorized biography cease publication.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Pig PR pre-Jennifer Lawrence: in 1990 the Henson Company planned a year-long media blitz to promote the opening of Muppet*Vision 3D, a Christmas special, and a 1991 movie with Miss Piggy announcing her breakup with Kermit and demanding an unauthorized biography cease publication.
I think if you were a child actor in Canada in the ‘90s you were required by law to appear in an episode of either Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark but regardless this credit for one of the writers of Gremlins 3 surprised me @spongey444.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think if you were a child actor in Canada in the ‘90s you were required by law to appear in an episode of either Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark but regardless this credit for one of the writers of Gremlins 3 surprised me @spongey444.bsky.social
Although it’s probably the weakest part of the otherwise well-put-together package film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (one of the last projects Mel Blanc voiced before his death), the short “Night of the Living Duck” contains a rogue gallery of movie monsters at a nightclub and yes, The Fly is there
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Although it’s probably the weakest part of the otherwise well-put-together package film Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (one of the last projects Mel Blanc voiced before his death), the short “Night of the Living Duck” contains a rogue gallery of movie monsters at a nightclub and yes, The Fly is there
Ironically, Nintendo’s controversial “autonomous partner character which can optionally be controlled by a second player” patent may be rejected in the U.S. due to the fact Nintendo themselves filed a patent for a similar mechanic alongside the Switch hardware in 2019:
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ironically, Nintendo’s controversial “autonomous partner character which can optionally be controlled by a second player” patent may be rejected in the U.S. due to the fact Nintendo themselves filed a patent for a similar mechanic alongside the Switch hardware in 2019:
“[Sesame Street] will now reach more children than at any other time in its history.” How corporate interests and private donors helped set Sesame’s ship back afloat to keep it free and where kids are - and PBS. (Also, Miley Cyrus guest stars.) www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“[Sesame Street] will now reach more children than at any other time in its history.” How corporate interests and private donors helped set Sesame’s ship back afloat to keep it free and where kids are - and PBS. (Also, Miley Cyrus guest stars.) www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
This Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade appears to be one of long-overdue video game icons - set to join Mario is none other than the Man who put video game mascots on the map - Pac-Man, that is.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade appears to be one of long-overdue video game icons - set to join Mario is none other than the Man who put video game mascots on the map - Pac-Man, that is.
Tobey Maguire, best known for his cameo appearance as one of Lucas’s cronies (at far left) in the video game-based kids road trip movie The Wizard (1989)
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tobey Maguire, best known for his cameo appearance as one of Lucas’s cronies (at far left) in the video game-based kids road trip movie The Wizard (1989)
It’s been a long time coming, but SpongeBob SquarePants gets his own official art book this February chronicling the entire 25-year history of the franchise! Here’s the beautiful cover and some sneak previews courtesy Animation Magazine: www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/excl...
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s been a long time coming, but SpongeBob SquarePants gets his own official art book this February chronicling the entire 25-year history of the franchise! Here’s the beautiful cover and some sneak previews courtesy Animation Magazine: www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/excl...
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s definitely a welcome addition: Mario will join the ranks of iconic characters immortalized in balloon form in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s definitely a welcome addition: Mario will join the ranks of iconic characters immortalized in balloon form in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
Here’s a great piece from the auction - artwork for the 30th anniversary of the Henson Company gifted by Marvel Comics (who produced the Muppet comics and the Muppet Babies cartoon).
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here’s a great piece from the auction - artwork for the 30th anniversary of the Henson Company gifted by Marvel Comics (who produced the Muppet comics and the Muppet Babies cartoon).
Franquin also created another comic called Gaston Lagaffe, about a bumbling office worker who usually is seen asleep at his desk or making outlandish inventions rather than actually working.
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Franquin also created another comic called Gaston Lagaffe, about a bumbling office worker who usually is seen asleep at his desk or making outlandish inventions rather than actually working.