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The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: how the film became a cult classic

“Cult” is often indiscriminately applied to film and television. In Cult Movies (1981), film critic Danny Peary argued that it should be reserved for “special films which for one reason or another have been taken to heart by segments of the movie audience, cherished, protected, and most of all, enthusiastically…

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How Muppets' Christmas Carol became festive classic as it returns to cinemas 30 years on

As The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to cinemas this month, Amanda Killelea explores the story behind how one of the best adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel overcame doubters to become a much-loved festive classic

Daily Mirror

You need to watch the most provocative epic adventure on Netflix ASAP

Puppets, practical effects, and an infamous pair of socks.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30: why the movie, coming to Disney+, is the best Christmas film bar none

The Muppet Christmas Carol is 30 years old on Saturday - it’s the best Christmas film ever and this is a hill I will die on

Evening Standard

Greg Abbott widens lead over Beto O’Rourke with likely voters in latest UT poll

The 11-point margin is one of the wider advantages Abbott has registered among likely voters in a public survey yet. Abbott had a smaller 5-point advantage in the last UT poll, which was done in August, though that was among registered voters.

The Texas Tribune

After tense Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke debate, what’s next in Texas governor’s race

EDINBURG, Texas — Last week’s debate in the race for Texas governor between Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke offered each the chance to make closing arguments to a large television and digital audience.

Tribune News Service

Abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, around 80% of Texas voters say in UT poll

Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws.

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The Muppet Movie: my lifelong love affair with Kermit’s big-screen debut

With plenty of Muppet madness, puppetry feats and celebrity cameos, the first Muppets movie is a big-hearted lesson in self-belief

The Guardian - AU

Most Texans disapprove of trigger law banning abortion, say state is on wrong track

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.

Tribune News Service

Abbott's lead over Beto shrinks: poll

Abbott's lead now smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994

Salon

John Cornyn’s disapproval among Texas voters worsened dramatically as he negotiated a bipartisan gun bill, new poll shows

The Republican U.S. senator shepherded landmark gun legislation through the Senate last month. Between April and June, his disapproval rating went from 39% to 50%, according to a Texas Politics Project poll.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott’s lead over Beto O’Rourke narrows to 6 points, poll finds

The Republican incumbent’s lead over his Democratic challenger shrank last month, according to a Texas Politics Project poll. The 6-point gap is smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994.

The Texas Tribune

Will the threat to abortion rights be enough to get jaded Texas Democrats to vote?

Democrats are hoping voters will be more fired up to turn out for them this year because of abortion rights, but some voters in Texas expressed reservations that the party could deliver on the issue.

WEKU

The "Mother of Yoda" breaks silence on Baby Yoda and more

You might not recognize the name Wendy Froud (née Midener), but in the practical effects world, she’s a legend. Her work even earned her one of pop culture’s greatest monikers: the Mother of Yoda.

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Los Angeles Times

This two-story porcupine built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop might be the world's largest puppet

Boris is not shy, but he is a bit prickly. He enjoys being the center of attention and squeals with indignation if anyone tries to remove him from the limelight. He loves bananas and his large, porcine nose wriggles with contentment as he bites into one.

Evening Standard

Muppets flat for sale: warehouse flat is in former studio where Muppets Christmas Carol and Babe were made

The former warehouse building was the base for the Muppets creators ‘Creature Shop’ and overlooks the Regents Canal.

ABC News

New Sesame Street documentary reflects on more than 50 years of radical children’s programming born of the civil rights era

Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street goes behind the revolutionary show that changed children's television forever by fusing education and entertainment with a guiding aspiration to reach inner-city kids and minorities.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Hilarious and profound, the new 'Fraggle Rock' is a thing of beauty

After more than three decades, Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock" received a full-series revival Friday on Apple TV+, fashioned as a 13-part serial, with episodic elements, that plays adroitly to the original's themes of interdependence and self-acceptance. Apple had earlier streamed "Fraggle Rock: Rock On!," a modestly produced series of shorts…

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Fraggle Rock 'inspired' by Scotland as hit puppet show returns to screens

Scotland played a big role in the original series of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock -with lots of cultural references to the country.

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