{"id":3602,"date":"2008-09-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/09\/what-will-become-of-the-muppets.html"},"modified":"2008-09-23T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T14:00:00","slug":"what-will-become-of-the-muppets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/09\/what-will-become-of-the-muppets\/","title":{"rendered":"What will become of the Muppets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/21\/movies\/21barn.html\"><b>Fuzzy Renaissance<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Times<\/i><br \/>Ever since Jim Henson died, the Muppets have not had that much direction and have gone through several ownership changes. Disney owns them now and is gearing up to get the franchise moving again.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sites.si.edu\/exhibitions\/exhibits\/henson\/main.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">an exhibition at the Smithsonian International Gallery<\/span><\/a> through October 5. I&#8217;m planning on going to it next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/208926655\/\" title=\"Dr. Teeth, sans Mayhem, with Kermit, Jim Henson, and Rolf by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/87\/208926655_22c5d66512.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Dr. Teeth, sans Mayhem, with Kermit, Jim Henson, and Rolf\" \/><\/a><br \/><font size=\"1\">From a previous Muppets exhvit &#8212; the current one does not allow photography.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Muppets\" rel=\"tag\">Muppets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Disney\" rel=\"tag\">Disney<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuzzy Renaissance &#8211; The TimesEver since Jim Henson died, the Muppets have not had that much direction and have gone through several ownership changes. Disney owns them now and is gearing up to get the franchise moving again. Don&#8217;t forget, there is an exhibition at the Smithsonian International Gallery through October 5. 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