Well, not really, but an embedded customized video will have to do.

No word yet if a Disney attorney will C&D me on the blog name, but I’m hopeful that won’t happen.

Anyhow, the video is in support of the Disney Parks “Give A Day. Get A Day.” volunteerism program. You might have seen the Muppets in TV ads featuring celebrities and folks from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Anyhow, it’s a good cause (and you can win a ticket to a Disney Park for a day by volunteering for a day). Check it out.

Get your own video here.

[Via Theme Park Mom]

I’m only recently aware of Allison Weiss and her music, but I’m wowed by her sound, her aesthetic and her approach to making music and connecting with her fans.

I’d actually heard of her before – on Twitter – through a semi-acquaintance brokered by an ex-professor. Quite random, I know.

Her main appeal at the moment is for folks – you or me – to donate to the creation of an EP. In exchange for our cash, she’ll give us (assuming we participate) access to cool exclusives and, for a price, inclusion in the liner notes and beyond (depending on the amount).

Here’s her video explaining the whole deal with Kickstarter:

This is an ingenious way for an obviously talented, albeit cash-strapped college student to raise the funds necessary to pursue her dreams. I know I’ve got a few dollars burning a hole in my pocket to contribute to the cause. For another perspective on an artist doing her own thing and connecting with her fans, check out David Meerman Scott’s interview with Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls.

I won’t be able to catch her Quest For Glory tour in Atlanta or Athens due to a vacation, but I may try to make the “internet” date. ;-)

All of this is made that much better for me because of the Athens, GA connections (see above: professor, semi-acquaintance & Allison herself) involved.

My Alma Mater.
My Other Mother.
My home away from home.

And if you need further proof of Allison’s bonafides, here she is doing a cover of Elliott Smith’s Between The Bars:

Additional props to Athens for getting top-billing on Boston.com’s Big Picture blog. Lightning downtown never looked so eerily cool.

Have I mentioned that Football is only 38 days away? Go Dawgs! [Via Georgia Sports Blog]

Hope you’re having a wild, wacky Wednesday, just like me.

I’m a few weeks late to the whole “30 Rock is a ripoff of The Muppet Show” meme, but I think I agree. [Via Kottke].

Here are the highlights, but please read the original source:

The premises (both the studio locales and the backstory of a weekly show) are the same.
Liz Lemon == Kermit the Frog
Jenna == Miss Piggy

Seriously. Read the rest of it.

I’m only a recent convert to 30 Rock (another reason you shouldn’t judge a new show solely on the basis of the pilot) and I think the similarities are stunning.

Given the blog’s name and my affinity for both shows, I’m just sorry I didn’t mention this earlier.

It’s also a good time to point out that 30 Rock even had Muppets on an episode last season as a part of Kenneth’s daydream sequence.

And then there’s this, which defies all logic that it should exist at all, but I’m very happy that it does:

[Via Testspiel]

I don’t know what it has to do with 30 Rock, but it’s an excellent appropriation of the theme song to The Muppet Show.

On another tangent, I’m trying to pull all the Muppet posts from my ALL-MUPPET Tumblr account, which is ironically called Mostly Muppets onto this NON-MUPPET blog (apart from this post) you’re reading right now.

Confused?

Me too.

Go watch 30 Rock.
Or The Muppet Show.
Or go to a Gay Bar.

Good Day!

These are the kind of videos that seem tailor-made for this exact blog.  They’re so thematically-targeted and ridiculous, I couldn’t have done a better job if I’d done them myself.

See for yourself:

LOST Babies – Let The Fear In:

LOST Babies – He’s Yellow, Man:

The videos are the work of David Goodberg.

[Via Blog@Newsarama who got them from EW's Popwatch]

I said I wouldn’t post about Muppets that much, but I have. Recently.
I said “Mostly Muppet” is actually more like “Slightly Fraggle” (though I don’t own the domain.
I said a lot of things I didn’t mean because I’m back at the well this afternoon.

First, a video response to Fozzie’s video from last week, by Rizzo the Rat & Rowlf:

Second, a very enterprising German driver who is flouting the authority of traffic cameras by:

1. Driving an English car
2. Posting a life-sized “Animal” doll in the passenger’s (left side) seat

Well met, herr driver! [Via BoingBoing]