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Unfortunately I have not yet had the privilege to see either Disney’s The Muppets or the accompanying Toy Story Toon, Small Fry, from Pixar Animation Studios, but it would appear based on circumstantial evidence that this still, newly released via the official Toy Story Facebook page, features a shot of Mini-Buzz and Mini-Zurg (aka Mini-Dad) in a fast food joint display case of available kids meals toys based on the popular Space Rangers program.
In Small Fry, Buzz Lightyear is left behind at a fast food restaurant when a kids’ meal toy version of Buzz takes his place. While Bonnie’s toys are stuck with the annoying three-inch-tall Buzz impersonator, the real Buzz is trapped in the restaurant at a support group for discarded toys. As Woody and the gang devise a way to rescue their friend, Buzz tries to escape the toy psychotherapy meeting.
Small Fry plays before The Muppets which debuts in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011.
‘The Muppets’ Soundtrack Available as Download for $4.99
Amazon.com is currently selling the MP3 downloadable
The soundtrack features songs written by Bret McKenzie, updated versions of Muppet classics and familiar hits given the Muppet treatment. McKenzie, who created, co-wrote, executive produced and starred in the hit HBO television series ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ is the music supervisor, as well as the writer/producer of four original songs, including ‘Life’s a Happy Song,’ ‘Let’s Talk About Me,’ ‘Man or Muppet’ and ‘Me Party.’ McKenzie also produced ‘Pictures in My Head’ and ‘Rainbow Connection.’ Stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper join in the singing, as do special guests Feist, Mickey Rooney, Joanna Newsom, and the whistling skills of Andrew Bird.
iTunes is also selling the album for $9.99 with a bonus track, but the additional track, ‘Rainbow Connection’ by Kermit, can also be purchased separately for $1.29, making the Amazon.com + iTunes bonus combo just $6.28.
Review: ‘Disney Pix’ for iPad Provides Hours of Creative Play for Free
Disney recently released ‘Disney Pix,’ its free software for its new AppClix iPad ‘appcessory.’ Manufactured by Vivitar, the AppClix effectively replaces Disney’s previous lines of licensed PIX digital cameras. In addition to being able to plug directly into the iPad to download and share photos, the AppClix boasts a 7MP camera, which is an impressive milestone for what is basically being marketed as a toy.
But this is not about the AppClix camera, it’s about the ‘Disney Pix’ app released to support it. While the Disney PIX cameras were not well received by consumers, the photo-enhancing software that came packaged with it had been uniformly praised. While I must confess I have never seen the PIX software in action, I have no qualms with blindly stating that what ‘Disney Pix’ offers has to match — and more than likely, exceeds — what the previous software offered.
The first thing to know is that like the free Cars AppMATes app, you do not need to own the AppClix to download and use ‘Disney Pix’ as you can not only reference photos from your camera roll, but there are opportunities to create full images from scratch using a combination of theme backgrounds, stickers and frames. For example, here I took a theme from the Disney Fairies section and added stickers from Disney Fairies, Mickey & Friends, Muppets and Phineas and Ferb. There’s also a section for Disney Princess and a More.. option which offers more generic stickers and frames (Pixar and Marvel are noticeably absent). Stickers aren’t just as straight forward as the ones seen here either. There are fun elements such as face and hair pieces so you can decorate a friend’s photo, props from the respective franchise, etc. Mickey & Friends even features the Fab Five in different art styles, including the popular Cuties line.
Stickers and photos can intuitively be resized and rotated by using two fingers and the appropriate gestures while photos can also be cropped and flipped with a basic editing option. The app even understands layers so you can place objects on top of each other as you wish. Other tools include a text tool which allows you to add text to your scrapbook creation with the color and typeface of your choice and an airbrush tool which will allow you to draw anything you like freehand with a range of colors and sizes. The app also handles switching between portrait and landscape modes exceptionally well.
Once your work of art is complete, you can save your project permanently and/or email it to someone. Save projects can be viewed and retrieved through the main menu which allows you to sort your projects by date created or alphabetically, although I could not see a way to actually name the project, so the option appears moot.
There are a few problems with the app which tend to be more of a tradeoff considering what the app offers. The first thing you’re likely to notice is that it appears to be very memory intensive and you’ll soon see warnings telling you to delete objects before adding them or the app may take that liberty itself (it tells you it removed objects when it does so). The iPad I tested the app on is a 16GB device so larger devices may perform better in that respect. While the text tool allows you to choose your color from a full color palette, there’s no preview option when selecting and the tool doesn’t show you the color chosen until you type (or you can type first and change font/color after), which is a minor annoyance. Lastly, the app may favor smaller fingers because there are so many options when it comes to stickers and frames, that it’s easy to pick the wrong one, although it’s very simple to remove undesired objects.
How the Disney AppClix performs has yet to be seen, but if you own an iPad and are a fan of Disney and its franchises, this app is a zero brainer. You can download it straight from the App Store for free today.
Categories: iPhone Apps Tags: Apple iOS, AppPix, Disney Fairies, Disney Pix, Disney Princess, Muppets, PAF, Phineas and Ferb
‘The Muppets’ Clips: ‘Cleaning the Theater,’ ‘Show Pitching,’ ‘Modem’ and More
Walt Disney Studios and Muppets Studio has provided us with several clips from their upcoming release, The Muppets, opening in theaters nationwide. We managed to sift through the pile and find a few that don’t appear to have been released as of yet — at least not through official channels anyway, so without further ado:
Our first clip is ‘Modem’ in which Gary, Mary and Walter (or Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter respectively) have alerted Kermit to the fate of the Muppet theater and so they take off along with Kermit’s butler, 80s Robot at the wheel. How to find the rest of the Muppet gang? Let’s just say friends don’t let friends use 1200 baud, 7 bits, even parity and 1 stop bit. Yeah, you kids know exactly what I’m talking about.
In ‘Cleaning the Theater,’ Walter inspires the Muppets to restore the Muppet theater to its original glory in the only way they know how — to music. This clip features the song ‘We Built This City’ by Jefferson Airplane.. er.. Jefferson Starship.. Starship? George Jefferson? Whichever one was born the son of a sharecropper.
Next is ‘Show Pitching’ which, as it turns out, has nothing to with baseball. Instead, what follows is a montage sequence of the Muppets pitching their telethon show to several television executives. I can only imagine that after this clip, Dr. Teeth breaks into a chorus of ‘You Can’t Take Lo Siento for an Answer.’
And lastly, or ‘more’ as the title would have you believe, we have a clip titled ‘Dance Partner.’ Now this clip has been shown several times on television when promoting the film, but it hasn’t really been found online… until now. Here Kermit and Piggy are reunited for the telethon to save the Muppet theater, but all is not right between the two and Kermit learns that he has been replaced in their big dance number. Let’s just get one thing straight: NOBODY puts Pepe in the corner, okay?
‘Muppet Radio’ to Launch on SiriusXM Radio for Limited Time November 23
Sirius XM Radio announced that it will launch “Muppet Radio,” a five-day limited run Thanksgiving week channel hosted by Kermit the Frog featuring new and classic Muppet music and an array of Muppets interacting with hosts from SiriusXM’s talk/entertainment, music and sports channels.
“Muppet Radio” will launch November 23 at 12:01 am ET and air through November 28 at 3:00 am ET on SiriusXM channel 145, online on SiriusXM Internet Radio channel 813 and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App on smartphones and mobile devices on Limited Engagements 3.
“Muppet Radio” will feature music from the new movie Disney’s “The Muppets,”as well as holiday favorites from Kermit and company and classics from the Muppet archives.
The wide variety of Muppet appearances/interviews on the channel includes: Gonzo performing a rap tribute to Eminem on his Shade45 uncensored hip-hop channel; The Swedish Chef swapping recipes with OutQ’s Frank DeCaro; Kermit, Miss Piggy and Pepe the Prawn talking about life as a Muppet and growing up green with Mindy on Kids Place Live; Fozzie Bear playing a trivia game with the SiriusXM Hits1 Morning Mash Up crew; Gonzo discussing his driving technique on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio; Electric Mayhem front man Dr. Teeth and Animal musing on music they love on country channel The Highway; Statler and Waldorf – aka the two old guys from the balcony – pontificating on the art of heckling with Raw Dog Comedy’s Mark Says Hi; Kermit and Miss Piggy professing their love for show tunes on SiriusXM’s On Broadway; Kermit and Sam Eagle talking politics with political host Joe “The Black Eagle” Madison and Miss Piggy giving Molly and Christine, aka “The Broads,” the real scoop on her relationship with Kermit.
“Muppet Radio” also features interviews with Disney’s The Muppets star/screenwriter/executive producer Jason Segel, the film’s director James Bobin and screenwriter/executive producer Nicholas Stoller. Gonzo and Fozzie will host a Muppets’ “The Green Album”special featuring covers of classic Muppet songs including “The Muppet Show Theme Song” performed by OK Go, “Rainbow Connection” performed by Weezer and Hayley Williams and My Morning Jacket’s rendition of “Our World.”
“Having the Muppets take over at SiriusXM was amazing! Lots of rocking, rolling, talking, laughing…and, of course, we spilled a lot of wet sticky stuff in the control room,” said Kermit the Frog. “Folks are gonna hear us in a whole new way…and we’d really love to do it again, just as soon as they repair the studio.”
“The Muppets have been a wonderful part of so many of our listeners’ lives over the years, an iconic brand and truly unique entertainers,” said Jeremy Coleman, SiriusXM’s Senior Vice President, Talk & Entertainment Programming, “It’s a pleasure to launch ‘Muppet Radio’ to bring back those memories and get a fresh taste, as we found when the Muppets ran from studio to studio interacting with our hosts.”
Visit www.siriusxm.com/muppetradio for the complete channel lineup and more information about the Muppets on SiriusXM.
‘The Muppets’ Soundtrack Interactive Preview on YouTube
Walt Disney Records has just released an interactive preview of the original motion picture soundtrack to The Muppets on YouTube. As boring as a video for a soundtrack might sound at first, Disney has added its own color-coded commentary from the Muppets themselves via text blips, allowing the video to offer up some eye candy in addition to ear candy (and that’s asking for a lot of cavities).
When Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater, they help Kermit reunite the Muppets to stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater.
The Muppets soundtrack will be available to own on November 21 and is now available for pre-order
‘Tap Tap Muppets’ Launched on Apple App Store for Free; Features Songs from Soundtrack
Disney Mobile today released “Tap Tap Muppets” for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Available for free from the App Store, “Tap Tap Muppets” brings Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and the rest of the gang together for what fans will surely agree is the most sensational celebration of their favorite Muppet music.
Based on the popular “Tap Tap Revenge” gameplay, the most successful mobile music franchise of all time, “Tap Tap Muppets” features six full tracks including three songs from Disney’s “The Muppets” soundtrack, which will be released by Walt Disney Records on November 21. The app also includes three of the most memorable songs from the Muppets tribute compilation, “The Green Album.”
“Tap Tap Muppets” Full Song List Includes:
- “Life’s A Happy Song” Performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter
- “Let’s Talk About Me” Performed by Chris Cooper
- “Me Party” Performed by Amy Adams and Miss Piggy
- “The Muppet Show Theme” Performed by OK Go
- “Movin’ Right Along” Performed by Alkaline Trio
- “Night Life” Performed by Brandon Saller and Billy Martin (Good Charlotte)
“Tap Tap Muppets” is also jam-packed with video, character profiles, movie info, and more. In addition, players can connect socially to the Muppets.
“Given the important role music has always played with the Muppets, it makes perfect sense that ‘Tap Tap Muppets’ is the first Disney-branded game for the ‘Tap Tap’ franchise,” said Bart Decrem, general manager of Disney Mobile. “This app gives Muppets fans and gamers alike an opportunity to experience the beloved music of the Muppets in an entirely new environment.”
The “Tap Tap Muppets” App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Categories: iPhone Apps, Video Games Tags: Apple iOS, Muppets, Tap Tap Revenge, Tapulous
Exclusive Photos/Video: The Muppets Take Over ‘Good Morning America’
The morning of November 17, 2011 brought lots of mayhem to Times Square as well as the ‘Good Morning America’ Studio as ABC’s popular national morning program was taken over by its distant cousins, the Muppets for the duration of the show.
We were on hand to capture some of the mayhem (and magic) as Muppeteers such as Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson and Bill Barretta brought many of the classic characters to life in the heart of Times Square. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Swedish Chef, Pepe, Fozzie Bear and many more were on hand for the event which included a live performance of ‘Mahna Mahna’ and Swedish Chef joining celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse for the ‘America’s Pie of Emeril’s Eye’ segment.
Below is a gallery of some of the moments we captured on camera that you weren’t likely to see on television, which includes not only performances, but rehearsals and a behind-the-scenes look at how the magic comes to life on the small screen (and silver screen come November 23). At the end of the gallery are some additional publicity images provided to us by ABC.
We also have some video from the event which includes a look at the ABC marquee (where Four Square check-ins from some favorite, furry celebs intertwined with the usual greetings from viewers) and a rehearsal performance of ‘Mahna Mahna’
Most photos © Stitch Kingdom. All Rights Reserved. Where noted, photos © and courtesy of ABC. All Rights Reserved.
Categories: Television Tags: ABC, GMA, Good Morning America, Muppets
‘The Muppets’ Step Into Fashion with Jerome C. Rousseau, adidas and nOir
Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets will have you feeling in the pink this winter as Jerome C. Rousseau, adidas and nOir unveil new lines of footwear and jewelry inspired by the motley crew. With these kicks on your feet, you’ll no doubt have your friends and family green with envy (unless they’re green naturally, in which case the envy is just a bonus).
With her ‘look at moi’ style, Miss Piggy is behind the inspiration for the Diva Glitter Pump by high-end women’s shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau. Expertly handcrafted in Italy, this stunning shoe reflects the color, curves and drama of the fabulous Miss Piggy. Available January 2012, the Diva Glitter Pump will be available exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue Stores and SaksFifthAvenue.com and will retail for $595.
Also inspired by America’s beloved swine is the Muppets jewelry collection ($100 – $175) from nOir. Comprised of necklaces, bracelets and rings, the enchanting and edgy collection features glamorous Miss Piggy-inspired cocktail jewelry as well as quirky statement pieces inspired by the playful nature of the rest of the Muppets gang. The collection will be available on noirjewelry.com.
From adidas comes the Originals Muppets Collection (MSRP $38 – $65) for kids. The children’s collection takes the iconic shell toe and other styles to the next level with designs inspired by Kermit the Frog, Animal, Fozzie Bear and Gonzo. The adidas Originals Muppets Collection will be available November 18, 2011 at Kids Foot Locker, select Foot Locker stores and kidsfootlocker.com. For adults, the Superstar 2.0 Kermit and adiRise 2.0 Animal shoes are already available, as is the children’s and infants’ sizes of the adiRise 2.0 Animal.
Categories: Merchandise Tags: Clothing, Fashion, Merchandise, Muppets
‘The Muppets’ ‘Forget You’ Music Video Clips Montage
In support of the motion picture original soundtrack for Disney’s The Muppets, available for purchase on November 21 (pre-order
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