Muppet fans love collecting Muppet toys. Unfortunately, not all Muppet toys are cute — in fact, some of them are just plain ugly. That’s why we have the Tough Pigs Ugly Muppet Toy Pageant, in which we ...

R. Bruce Connelly is an accomplished stage actor and author — and sometimes, he’s a dog. Since 1993, Connelly has been the performer of Sesame Street‘s large and lovable canine, Barkley. He’s also ...

We can’t believe it, but a new year is once again upon us… happy 1984! That’s right, it’s time to flash back four decades to revisit the second season of “Fraggle Rock.” There’s new adventures to have ...

Anthony Strand: In a recent episode of your wildly successful podcast Hubba Wha?!, you jokingly mentioned writing something about Brats of the Lost Nebula, a short-lived science fiction show produced ...

We are saddened to learn that longtime Sesame Street writer Sara Compton has passed away. Compton was on the Sesame writing team from seasons 9 through 33 and wrote dozens of memorable songs for the ...

Muppet performer Warrick Brownlow-Pike is exactly the sort of person you’d like to see rise through the ranks of the Muppet world. He’s a lifelong fan, and genuinely one of the nicest guys ever, so it ...

Ryan Dosier-Greetings class! We’re back in session, finally, and your favorite professor (me!) has a great new Muppet topic to cover. A long standing but not often occurring tradition in the Muppet ...

The 90th Academy Awards are coming up this week, and we’re excited to see which movie will take home the gold. Will it be the indie darling? Or the big budget blockbuster? Or the passion project? Or ...

Today’s post was written by Rhett Safranek, who currently holds the Guiness World Record for the biggest Muppet memorabilia collection. You can see even more photos from the 5K and follow Rhett on ...

Despite The Jim Henson Hour only lasting for a single season, plus the fact that it is currently unavailable to watch, it’s incredible to think about how one of the stars of the show still holds such ...

Although we all would’ve loved to have attended the Dave Goelz tribute event in Hollywood, we were proud to have not one, but two ToughPigs correspondents at the show: Matt Wilkie, who wrote the text ...

We all love The Muppet Show, and we’ve all been begging for more Muppet content. So we’ve been keeping a close eye on the recent rumors of a new The Muppet Show pilot. And while there almost seems ...