The Muppets are back on ABC with a new series, but the characters have a long history on television and film. The original series, The Muppet Show, aired between 1976 and 1981, and it had a variety format.
Toughpigs.com is a Muppet Show fansite, and they have found the most famous prop from the series in a box at The Jim Henson Company. The video below shows the unveiling of the original sign used on the series.
Dave Hulteen, Jerome Green, and Johnny Shyr were joined by Karen Falk for the unveiling of this special item. It does look smaller than it appeared on television, but it is an iconic piece of television history.
The new Muppets have had a difficult start. Not every viewer appreciates the new more adult reality series take the series...
Toughpigs.com is a Muppet Show fansite, and they have found the most famous prop from the series in a box at The Jim Henson Company. The video below shows the unveiling of the original sign used on the series.
Dave Hulteen, Jerome Green, and Johnny Shyr were joined by Karen Falk for the unveiling of this special item. It does look smaller than it appeared on television, but it is an iconic piece of television history.
The new Muppets have had a difficult start. Not every viewer appreciates the new more adult reality series take the series...
- 10/27/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll originator whose signature "hambone" beat was repurposed by legions of acts from Buddy Holly and the Rolling Stones to Bruce Springsteen and U2, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79.
Diddley had a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.
Although he never attained the commercial success of many of his contemporaries, Diddley's status as one of rock's founding fathers is unquestioned. He helped create the sound by pushing R&B to untested limits in the early 1950s. The "Bo Diddley beat" -- Chink-a-chink-a-chink, a Chink-chink -- was his signature sound, deployed on such early classics as "Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love." Future rock staples that borrowed the beat include Holly's widely covered "Not Fade Away,...
Diddley had a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.
Although he never attained the commercial success of many of his contemporaries, Diddley's status as one of rock's founding fathers is unquestioned. He helped create the sound by pushing R&B to untested limits in the early 1950s. The "Bo Diddley beat" -- Chink-a-chink-a-chink, a Chink-chink -- was his signature sound, deployed on such early classics as "Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love." Future rock staples that borrowed the beat include Holly's widely covered "Not Fade Away,...
- 6/2/2008
- by By Erik Pedersen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Rolling Stones star Keith Richards began his rock 'n' roll education by making sure guitar great Bo Diddley's percussionist wasn't too drunk to play.
The rock legend credits The Rolling Stones' early 60s tour with Diddley as his "university" because it taught him how to be wild and professional at the same time.
He explains, "It was my job to be Jerome Green's minder. I used to fetch him from the pub - 'You're on, mate.'"...
The rock legend credits The Rolling Stones' early 60s tour with Diddley as his "university" because it taught him how to be wild and professional at the same time.
He explains, "It was my job to be Jerome Green's minder. I used to fetch him from the pub - 'You're on, mate.'"...
- 4/6/2008
- WENN
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