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I'm a day late with this, but I've been swamped with school work, so I apologize. Well that and I couldn't come up with a good website to share until now, lol. I finished my portfolio Sunday night and submitted it so just waiting for the feedback on it. I spent about half of the day today working on a paper for my reference class which was due tonight, and now my brain is fried and my lower back is killing me from lugging a heavy bookbag and laptop all over the library. So I'm watching Inuyasha episodes and relaxing. I think I might have some ice cream after I finish this post.
So the website of the week is the Muppet Wiki, which I discovered last week while browsing the web. As they say on the website, it is a "collaborative encyclopedia for everything related to Jim Henson, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street and The Muppets Studio. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together to create a comprehensive database for fans of the Muppets." I think it is a great idea! I have loved the Muppets ever since I was little, probably 8 or 9, and I grew up watching Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, The Muppet Show, and Labyrinth. I was a little miffed when the Jim Henson Company (JHC) officially sold the rights to the Muppets to Disney (both companies I love watching movies and TV shows from, but they were owned by Disney before unwillingly and it just looks like they sold out). I know they probably did it because Disney is able to market them in ways the JHC couldn't dream of, because they have so much more money, but it kinda seems like they sold out. But anyways, I ended up browsing the wiki for news of the new Muppet movie that should be coming out next year's Christmas Day. So yay, excited to hear that! So take a look around the wiki and enjoy.
I love the Muppets, though Labyrinth scared me as a child and I started crying during the movie. And, I can still sing the Fraggle Rock song. (Dance your cares away *clap-clap* worries for another day..)
ReplyDeleteI was singing the Fraggle Rock theme to my hubby the other day, but he had no idea what I was talking about (guess they didn't have it in Britain). Labyrinth used to scare me too as a kid, esp that part where those monsters start tossing heads around. Couldn't watch it for years after that. Now I just love David Bowie's campy songs and the characters.
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