Manimal

[King Prawn]

There's a new book coming out soon not sure when titled Manimal all about Muppet Animal's.

that's all i know

[scarecroe]

Interesting. The Barnes and Noble Listing calls it Manimal: The Irreverent Fashion Title Presents a Book Dedicated to Animal from the Muppets. It's being published by Vision On Publishing which appears to primarily focus on art and photography books. Hardcover, 192pp, to be published in June.

You know, this is great and everything, but Animal's not a very complex character (and not really one of my personal favorites). How much can one go into Animal in 192 pages? Granted that if Henson went with Vision On for the sole purpose that they are an art and photo publisher primarily that it will mostly be Animal pics, but I wonder just how much material can be spread out within an entire book.

I'm reminded of the "Evening With Jim Henson and Frank Oz" tape from the Puppeteers of America when Frank brings Animal out for a bit of conversation. All he can muster is a few confused mumbles in response to Kermit and after a few minutes Frank puts him away and says, "and that's pretty much it for Animal," meaning that's as far as his complexity goes.

The book sounds interesting just the same. I'll be looking forward to it. Thanks for passing on the information!

By the way, Amazon has a listing for it too, with the same ISBN, specs and similar release date, but it's fairly obvious that they have the review confused with another title.

[Electric Mayhem]

An Animal book?!?! Too good to be true!!! I was a little suprised at the length of the book, but who cares? IT'S ANIMAL!!!

Must go pre-order now!!!

[Electric Mayhem]

I pre-ordered it from Amazon for only $24.50! :D

If I get some book about a bad 80's action TV series where a guy can turn into different animals, I'm gonna be miffed.... :mad:

[Foreignman]

Animal has plenty to say! I can picture the chapter on women right now, it would go something like this.
Animal on Women
Woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman. Woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman. Woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman. Woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, woman, WOMAN!!!

[Fozzie Bear]

You left one out.

FOZ

[Joggy]

"Animal's personality can be summed up in five words: Sex, sleep, food, drums, and pain. That's Animal. You don't mess with Animal. He eats glass. You just don't mess with that, maaaaan." - Frank Oz, Henson's Place.

Heh, why not a book about Rowlf? Now THAT would be cool! Including sheet music for his best songs...

[scarecroe]

Originally posted by Joggy
Heh, why not a book about Rowlf? Now THAT would be cool!Yay Rowlf!

[Smig]

This is the description of the book I found at amazon .com. sounds like it has nothing to do with muppets at all.

Manimal
by Rank, John Askew (Contributor), Jim Starr (Contributor), Valerie Phillips (Contributor), The Makers Of Rank

List Price: $35.00
Our Price: $24.50
You Save: $10.50 (30%)

This item will be published on July 3, 2002. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
Hardcover: 192 pages; (July 3, 2002) More product details

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
Featuring cats and dogs in lingerie, models on all fours, desolate farm landscapes in the aftermath of foot-and-mouth disease, portraits of British butchers and Swedish hunters, dog hairstyles and party animals, Animal is a new encounter with our furry friends. At turns hilarious, heartfelt and always visually arresting, the book can be read on whatever level you choose - a brilliantly funny concept executed by the most innovative photographers, illustrators and writers around, or a creative meditation on the myriad interactions between human culture and the animal kingdom. Animal is the year's most surprising and refreshing art book. Under the creative direction of Rankin, commissioned by Rank Editor Miranda Robson and designed by Bump, Animal has the creative credentials to ensure its absurdity is taken seriously. Diverse, entertaining, and unlike anything you've ever seen, Animal is led by a subversive wit and executed in cutting-edge style.

Confused? I am.

Smig

[Electric Mayhem]

If that's what it's about I'm cancelling my order!!!:mad:

[Fozzie Bear]

Now I see why I didn't order one.

However, that extraneous "WOMAN" never showed up in the thread.

FOZ

[scarecroe]

Originally posted by Smig
This is the description of the book I found at amazon .com. sounds like it has nothing to do with muppets at all.Smig, see the 2nd post in this thread.

[Smig]

Yes, I saw that second message. I'm not saying that you're right or wrong. i'm just telling you guys what info I found pertaining to this book- it does seem kinda odd that TWO books would have the same title, does it not? (Under the same publisher, yet)

Let's just be careful, here. I remember reading on Amazon about a Henson Bio that was due out last month, and I haven't heard anything of it since. much less about this "25th anniversary "book they;ve mentioned in Spanish on these threads.

I'm just trying to claer up any confusion.
Smig

[scarecroe]

Agreed. Keeping confusion out is a good take. I think it's a dead give away though that the review was placed on that page in error as the reviewer keeps calling the book "Animal" and not "Manimal."

However at BN, the title itself makes it clear what the book is about: "....a Book Dedicated to Animal from the Muppets"

Either one could be wrong. I still think it's odd that there would be an entire book devoted to one of the simplest characters in all of Muppet history so I'd have doubts on the book at all.

[scarecroe]

As it turns out, this book has been cancelled. According to PR at Vision On Publishing in London, it was never intended to be a Muppet product either. So I guess we lost out on something we never had.

[Drtooth]

I am SOOOOO confused! Is this about Animal? Is it? Or is it about Animals in general?

Cuz if it IS about Animal...let's say I'll be down 35 buck-a-roos come June!

[Drtooth]

Originally posted by scarecroe
As it turns out, this book has been cancelled. According to PR at Vision On Publishing in London, it was never intended to be a Muppet product either. So I guess we lost out on something we never had.

Crap! Lokks like it'll just be that Animal pornography book that amazon said it would be.

Electric Mayheim, NEVER EVER order anything online, especially if it doesn't exist yet. Like this book, it may njever exist at all!

[GonzoLeaper]

This was in reply to Electric Mayhem's earlier post. I've seen Manimal and it's a pretty cool show.

[Electric Mayhem]

No harm done- I cancelled my order months ago because it kept being delayed, and because the subject matter was never confirmed. :D

[Zack the Dog]

As it turns out, this book has been cancelled. According to PR at Vision On Publishing in London, it was never intended to be a Muppet product either. So I guess we lost out on something we never had.

ahh, Scott were Muppet fans, we're are used to losing out on stuff we never had;)


Zack) rowlf the, muppets not allowed at nascar, stuff cut from the new muppet christmas movie, pepe and pepe plush dumped from LJS, no merchandise what so ever from Denny's, Foyld not even exsistings as a bust, widesreen and cut dvds, can i stop now?Dog.

but we are getting wonderful action figs!