MuppetFest 2?

[christyb]

True... Back to robbing Swiss Banks....

(Oh yeah, and Phil if you want us to stop just let us know and we'll be good kids)

[Beauregard]

Topic? Wait. There's actually meant to be a TOPIC! Why did no one tell me! :halo:

[christyb]

So, is anyone gonna push that red button??? And could someone toss me a cheeseball? I'm getting kinda hungry up here.

[Beauregard]

Beauregard steps away and says, "I'm not going to have anything to do with this."

Beauregard hands over a cheese ball.

Beauregard presses Red Button.

[christyb]

*rumbling* Uh....guys?? What's happening here. I'm faced backwards and can't see a thing.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

I don't know, but I think we're sinking... is that a good thing?

[Beauregard]

Er...maybe we'll hit oil.

[christyb]

*shocked* No it can't be! I didn't even know I steered us into water! Why didn't you warn me??

[Beauregard]

Please, concider yourself warned in the opposite of advance.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Er...maybe we'll hit oil. Or the Exxon Valdez.

Why didn't you warn me?? Well I don't exactly have the best view being down here on the floor. I can warn you about the gum thats stuck under the seat though.

[Beauregard]

I love the chaos! I love the chaos! I love the...er...what are you doing under my chair?

[christyb]

Under you chair?? He's supposed to be operating the gas and brake pedals. And while I'm at it why didn't you tell us we were heading for water?? Or are we even in water??

[Beauregard]

Water? Where? I can get you a glass if you want.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Under you chair?? He's supposed to be operating the gas and brake pedals. I am! Beau's sitting in the drivers seat jumping up and down saying how much he loves the chaos! So to answer your questions I'm under Beau's seat operating the gas and brake.

[Beauregard]

Oh. Sorry, Christy. I didn't see you there. No wonder you couldn't see poast me to see the water.

*moves to passenger seat*

*kicks back, and closes eyes*

Can I take a rest now?

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

She can't see out the front to begin with, she's steering with her feet. By the way what's happening out back Christy? Beau, you can rest right after you take over the driving for us!

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Beau? Beau??? Great, he's asleep and Dave's passed out from eating to many cheeseballs.

[christyb]

I guess it's just back to me and you. As far as the back goes all I see are fish swimming by with disturbed looks on their faces.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

At least it's fish and not sharks. I'm plugging leaks with old chewing gum down here. As far as I can tell, the bus transformed into a submarine.

[christyb]

*water spewing from above right on my head* Yeah, a leaky submarine.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

No, a Yellow Submarine! *Yellow Submarine starts playing*

[christyb]

*looks around* What the?? So who started the radio? Oh well. *starts singing along*

[unclematt]

Guys can we please get back on topic. Although I gotta say that it was very funny while it lasted.

Beaker4presidnt I agree with you

Cantus Rock I agree with you as well

However I love to dream and when I dream I dream big. Hopefully we can get some type of fan convention together and all have a great time.

[Beauregard]

It would be a fun thing to plan, but I'm in the UK and you guys are in America. And I'm not flying out for a small gathering of Muppet fans. I'd go to MuppetFest in a flash, though.

[christyb]

Hey, unclematt. There's more people on this thing than I thought. Welcome, have a seat, eat a cheeseball. We can plan a Muppetfest while robbing a bank to go to Puppetfest.

[Fozzie Bear]

It would be a fun thing to plan, but I'm in the UK and you guys are in America. And I'm not flying out for a small gathering of Muppet fans. I'd go to MuppetFest in a flash, though.

Don't forget that it might not be as expensive as you think either way. As long as you don't snore or smoke, you could room with me.

We have a convention starting tomorrow 4/1/05 which is MidsouthCon 23. It's not the convention I'm planning, but I plan on getting contact information from their planners and talking to them sometime about how they plan it, where they get funds, etc.

I plan on using that knowledge for the Southeast Chapter of the Nat'l Cartoonists Society meeting in October. Then, we can talk about a fan fest thing. Maybe call it "HensonFest" and invite folks from all facets of the genius of Jim down. Heck, Carroll could come and sell his books and drawings, Performers could sell their photos...IF it all pulls together. Besides that, if someone else is doing the legwork who's to say Disney wouldn't back it?

[christyb]

Hey, Foz. I'm moving back to TN this spring so. After you get done with the National Cartoonists Society, I'll help with the legwork. Heck, I'll only be living two hours from Memphis. So count me in. I'm volunteering.

[ScrapsFlippy]

Did someone say fan petitions do no good?

Hello! (http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=17870&highlight=fraggle+petition)

-- Scraps

[Beauregard]

Hey, unclematt. There's more people on this thing than I thought. Welcome, have a seat, eat a cheeseball. We can plan a Muppetfest while robbing a bank to go to Puppetfest.
*snores*

Can I have a cheeseball? Cheese gives me real cool dreams late at night...

[christyb]

Sure, I'd hand you one myself, but I'm kinda sprawled on top of the seats and I'm driving with my feet.

[Beauregard]

Can't you hand me one with your feet? That'll make it even cheeseir. Yummo!

Bea:zany:{Who can hardly type so excited is he that the air-date has been announced for MWoO. Oh, hmmm...that's a thought. Mwoo, Mwwo. Sounds like a cow with a lisp. Mwoo. The rest are only moos.}regard

[christyb]

Now how can I steer with my feet and hand you a cheeseball at the same time? I'm good but not that good.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Just grab that one rolling around on the floor below you. Make sure you clean off the dust bunnies though.

[beaker]

Muppet fans with the money to go you mean. :).

A few months before Muppetfest, I sold about $1000 worth of stuff on ebay just so I could travel down and get the gold package. BEfore that I literally had no money, so if something means that much to a person, anything can be accomplished.

Christyb, I love you. You dream like I dream. BIG!!! We are a force to be reckoned with if we put all of our Muppet Central strength together. If Beauregard, Fozzie Bear, Beaker, Vic Romano, Cantus Rock, ScrapsFlippy and Beaker4Presidnt care enough about this we may have something. The people I listed are just people that posted in this thread, imagine how many others we could get behind us. Muppet Central isnt just a web site or a forum, It is a family. Families work together to make things happen. Lets work together to make this happen.

Due to my crazy shedule and lack of funds, it'd have to be an official Muppet day or event for me to be able to attend anything.

[Fozzie Bear]

Hey, Foz. I'm moving back to TN this spring so. After you get done with the National Cartoonists Society, I'll help with the legwork. Heck, I'll only be living two hours from Memphis. So count me in. I'm volunteering.

Sure thing! Where're you moving to?

Did someone say fan petitions do no good? Hello!

I HOPE it worked! I want want want season sets of Fraggle Rock!! We've rumors of behind-the-scenes stuff for that and season sets of TMS, but they've not officially announced the releases or that they ARE doing it--but, I HOPE! Oh, I WISH! PLEASE GIVE US THESE SETS!!!! :concern:

Due to my crazy shedule and lack of funds, it'd have to be an official Muppet day or event for me to be able to attend anything.

Do what I did to go to MFest--talk with folks and get a roomie!

[unclematt]

are we moving on this at all. If you guys want me to do something just let me know.

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm willing to try something, but not until after October.

[christyb]

Sure thing! Where're you moving to?
Sorry Fozzie didn't see this until now. I'm moving to Weakley County. Near the University of Tennessee at Martin. About 2 hours north of you. :)

[Fozzie Bear]

Cool, Christy! When you get down here you'll have to let me know! Maybe when Beth (Whatever) is in town, you can come down and we'll all go do something.

[christyb]

Will, do. Once I get settled and all. Weird to be returning back "home". But hey, I'll let everyone know when I get back :D.

[unclematt]

I wish I lived by you guys

[christyb]

You're not too far. Unless you are in upper Illinois. Anyways, that's why we need a Muppet Fest. Or at least a bad excuse to get together.

[unclematt]

I am in upper Illinois about 10 minutes outside of Chicago

[Fozzie Bear]

Start driving now so you can meet us in Memphis after she gets to TN! heh.

[unclematt]

I wish it was that easy.

[Vic Romano]

It would be really cool if there was a way to have a "Muppet Central-fest" where we could all get together.

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Yeah, I think that would be lovely. I've had that idea for quite a while now.

[unclematt]

It would be really cool if there was a way to have a "Muppet Central-fest" where we could all get together.
That would be really cool. I talk to alot of you every day through the forums but it wuld be great to actually get to meet all of you face to face. We should present the idea to Phil and see if he can help us get things started. It would be a great time.

[Beauregard]

Phill's had that idea suggested to him before, and he doesn't want to do the organising of a get together from MC, but I'm sure he would approve of it.

[unclematt]

Phill's had that idea suggested to him before, and he doesn't want to do the organising of a get together from MC, but I'm sure he would approve of it.

Beauregard, Can you think of someone off the top of your head that would be interested in heading something like this up.

[Beauregard]

Er...no. Unless Kevin is isnterested. And he said he'd take a look, but not till after the summer, I think.

He's the only person I can think of off de top of my top-knot.

[unclematt]

Just kind of keep it in the back of your mind. We shouldnt let this die.

[Vic Romano]

The problem is making the event worthwhile. MC has members from Russia, the UK, the States, Germany and every other place on the planet, aside from that, there's only a few "regular" members. If the fest was in, say Texas, USA; there has to be a draw to get, not only the east, north and west part of the states, but those over seas are gonna' need incentive too. That's where you get sponsors. An event like that would have to be huge and really expensive.

What we need are teleporters.

[Fozzie Bear]

It would have to be after October. I'm working on a mini-Convention for the Southeastern Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society now (the MSCA is hosting).

www.midsouthcartoonists.com

[beaker]

Again, not to shoot people's ideas down(if a few of ya wanna meet, more power to ya) but the only likely scenario for some sort of major fan meetup is if Disney has an official Muppet day or weekend at either Disneyland or WDW.

[unclematt]

I hope that Disney does do something but in the mean time I feel like us sitting around and waiting is counter productive. There has got to be something we can do to encourage this to happen. I guess I want this to happen more than I originally thought I did but the more I have thought about it the more I get angry that I missed the original Muppetfest and the more I want to see something along those lines. I obviously think we are the key group of people to be involved with such a project. I think the people that regularly visit these forums have a true passion for everything Muppet. We are a special group of people that have a common interest and I believe we are the ones that count and the one that can make something happen. I know I have said this before but it is something I believe in more and more. I know That there are people who think it would be foolish for us to do this in the next few years or who dot believe we are able to do it with what we currently have but I will always dare to dream and I dont think I have to say what my dream is right now.

Okay I am done now. I am sorry to lay that all out there especially since most of it I have said before but once again that is how I feel. I really would like to see this happen some how and I know if any group of people could do this I think it is you guys.

I appreciate everybodies views, even those that do not agree with me. I think it is good to have on or two or even a few people playing Devil's Advocate.

[Beauregard]

Okidoke, here's the thing Uncle Matt. How about...if you pout together a sample letter and find teh Disney address and we can all litter them with requests for this. It may not help, but I know it will help some of us get over our anger at missing Muppet Fest (myself included) if we have something active to do to help. It's a start anyway.

[beaker]

I think the people that regularly visit these forums have a true passion for everything Muppet. We are a special group of people that have a common interest and I believe we are the ones that count and the one that can make something happen. I know I have said this before but it is something I believe in more and more.

Believe me, I am right with you. Since I came into existence my dna has been filled with all things Muppets and JH. I've long envisioned Muppet fans around the world getting together in celebration of all things fuzz and foam. In 1998 and 1999 onthe old MC forums we used to ponder a Muppet fan meetup, like a hotel convention room with some guests. Muppetfest's acoouncement of June 2001 literally came out of nowhere.

Admittedly, deep down I truly despise Disney and am very resentful that JHC souled out(pun intended) to Eisner. This is why even a Muppet meeting at Disneyland or WDW seems a bit odd.

If ya look deep down, the real reason why we may never see another Muppetfest situation or anything like that any time soon is complacency.
You see, the public at large, even the underground(make no mistake...while 60% of the world's population might recognize Elmo and Kermit, even by JHC's estimates there are maybe only a few thousand hardcore Muppet fans online)
see the Muppets as nostalgia. Why is it, a short lived cancelled tv series on cable no Less(Farscape) is able to have regular annual cons...but Muppets...whose rich legacy spans half a century...gets laughed at?

As Muppet fans we are living in very unfortunate times. We're watching our very history be erased with the edge of a mouse eared pencil. If Oz is all the Diz has to show us Muppet wise in this 50th annv of the Muppets, it can't be good. Anywhere in the US, any price, you bet I'd be at a big "Muppetfest" type of deal. However, realisticly, how many fans would be willing to travel far and pay a lot for a very tiny gathering?

We'd be going on an unauthorized tour of Disneyland staging a guerrilla coup de'tat.

[Beauregard]

*applause*

[unclematt]

Beauregard, thank you for the tip I will try to get thia syarted ASAP.

Beaker, I here everytyhing you are saying. And maybe we need more options besides Disney but I dont know how that would work since Disney is running the show now. If you have any idea let me know.

[muppet_fan_1]

I know there would be a lot more people there than most would think. With just the replies to this post, well my goodness. One of the major issues that affected the 1st Muppetfest, was that it wasn't advertised enough. I found out about it at the last minute and by then it was to late for me to make arrangements or I sooooo would have been there. I'm a flight attendant now and would be there in a heartbeat if it happened again. And I'd make all that love me join me!
Any petition, any letters, any picketing, I am SO there.

[HPDJ]

After reading Beaker4Presidnt's post, I think we should start a petition here, e-mail it to the JH company or Disney, to try and get a new Muppetfest!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We could post a full name, a few requests (e.g. locations, dates e.c.t.) and (POSSIBLY!!!) an e-mail address.

I'll start

Name: Dale
E-mail: harrypotterwales@hotmail.com
Comments: Please do another!!! One in London and one in NYC or LA???

[MuppetDanny]

Yeah we should start a petition for a 2nd Muppetfest, but I would recomend using petitiononline.com (http://www.petitiononline.com/petition.html)

hope it helps

BTW :
Comments: If a second is made it should be in England :attitude:

[unclematt]

Name: Dale
E-mail: harrypotterwales@hotmail.com
Comments: Please do another!!! One in London and one in NYC or LA???[/QUOTE]

Name: Matt Blecha
E-Mail: Matthew80@aol.com
Comments: This is very important to me. Looking forward to the dream becoming a reality.

[Aus Muppeteer]

Why not go absolutely crazy, and have the 2nd one in Australia!!!! sounds good to me!

[Docnzhoss]

I would like for the second Muppet Fest to be held on the Moon, so that everyone has an equal distance to travel.

[count123]

how about a Canadian date...like Toronto. Henson did a lot of work there and there are still fraggles on display in the CBC building.

[Muppetsdownunder]

I'd be happy to have one here in Australia. Afterall, us Australians do miss out on alot of muppet stuff. How bout on a huge ship in the middle of the ocean, that way it would be equal distance for everyone. :)

[HPDJ]

Please enter e-mails and names or we'll get nowhere! :)

[That Announcer]

Name: Dale
E-mail: harrypotterwales@hotmail.com
Comments: Please do another!!! One in London and one in NYC or LA???

Name: Matt Blecha
E-Mail: Matthew80@aol.com
Comments: This is very important to me. Looking forward to the dream becoming a reality.[/QUOTE]

Name: Liam O'Keefe
E-Mail: I ain't gonna say
Comments: I missed out on the first Muppetfest. I need to see one now!

And to Count123: Ontario isn't too far from anywhere, so it would be a good idea to hold it there. Massey Hall maybe?

[Docnzhoss]

I'd be happy to have one here in Australia. Afterall, us Australians do miss out on alot of muppet stuff. How bout on a huge ship in the middle of the ocean, that way it would be equal distance for everyone. :)


The middle of the ocean would be fantastic! They could hand out commemorative buckets for those who get seasick, the performers would have nowhere to go if they felt we got too crazy and it would be an equal distance for just about everyone! That's it, I'm in!

Name: Ryan Bowser
Email: Rmbowser@aol.com
Comments: I'm poor. Please go easy on me. :D

[Muppetsdownunder]

be careful about posting emails, I think this forum gets spidered by search engines which means spambots will go searching for your email addresses.

[Struble]

Y'know, Docnzhoss. I'd like to visit for one afternoon, but I don't want MuppetFest on the moon.

Sorry, easy joke.

Sh.

[Muppetsdownunder]

Y'know, Docnzhoss. I'd like to visit for one afternoon, but I don't want MuppetFest on the moon.

Sorry, easy joke.

Sh.
Thats not funny, thats not even in the same zip code as funny! just joking.

[theprawncracker]

Cool I'm in!

Name: Ryan Dosier
E-mail: ryguy102390@hotmail.com
Comments: Let's have it in Carbondale, IL! Nothin' exciting ever happens here!:D

[MrsPepper]

Wait, wasn't Muppetfest a fan-run convention? Who are you going to petition?

And if you are serious, mailing a well-written letter to Disney people, times that by 1000 or however many people are interested, would be more effective than a petition in this case, as Disney probably has zero plans for a convention. Maybe trying to get details, and talking to them first, before writing a petition that comes out of nowhere, would probably work better.

I don't know how serious this thread is, but I thought I'd just say that.

[That Announcer]

Wait, wasn't Muppetfest a fan-run convention? Who are you going to petition?

Not quite: Muppetfest was run by convention company Creation.

And if you are serious, mailing a well-written letter to Disney people, times that by 1000 or however many people are interested, would be more effective than a petition in this case, as Disney probably has zero plans for a convention. Maybe trying to get details, and talking to them first, before writing a petition that comes out of nowhere, would probably work better.

I don't know how serious this thread is, but I thought I'd just say that.

This thread is totally serious. Petitions DO work- look at the Fraggle Rock DVD petition!

[MrsPepper]

This thread is totally serious. Petitions DO work- look at the Fraggle Rock DVD petition!

Oh yes, that worked. But the petition has to be sent to the right people. And before I sign, I'd want to see the letter that's being attached. If it's being done, I want to see it actually be concrete and go somewhere. That's all I meant by my post.

[That Announcer]

Sorry-didn't intend to be mean.

The petition would probably have to be seen by somebody high up to work. But, if it can happen at HIT, you never know...

[Frogpuppeteer]

didnt make the first one so here goes for a new one

name:Julio Robles
E-mail:Spiritman1229@aol.com

lets do it people :)

[ReneeLouvier]

I never made it to the first MuppetFest! :cry: So this would be just GREAT if we had another one.

Name: Sara V.
Email: reneelouvier@gmail.com
Comment: I would LOVE for us to have it in NYC. Or perhaps....

LELAND, MISSISSIPPI - Birthplace of Kermit the Frog! :)

[Toast]

I am interested in hosting a Muppetfest here in Vancouver. Is there anyone on the west coast of North America that would be up for that?

Toast!

[Camellia]

be careful about posting emails, I think this forum gets spidered by search engines which means spambots will go searching for your email addresses.

yes, you are absolutely right, Paul. check search engines for your email addresses people :). You'd be surprised how much the robots pick up on forums :(

good tip Paul!

[unclematt]

I wish I woul have known that earlier.

[BEAR]

I was just thinking...what if a bunch of us all met up one day for dinner for the first time? Would we constantly want to refer to each other by our MC user names? Would I always call her Mrs. Pepper just by habit no matter what her name was? What about Ziffel? I mean, I know some people's real names on here and I usually use them in the posts, but i just thought it would be weird if we all really met each other. :zany:

[That Announcer]

I've caught on to most people's real names in here (whether they want me to or not, heh) and I try to use them as much as I can. There's a few that I've never seen use their real name and one who's said he doesn't want his name used, so I try to respect that. However, those who don't know the real names of everybody could create a very interesting conversation. Knowing me with my mild speech impediment (namely, I get words mixed up), I'd end up calling you something like "Brear".

However, in terms of general conversation, I'm positive it wouldn't be a problem. We all converse so well on here that we'd do very well in a live conversation.

[BEAR]

I've caught on to most people's real names in here (whether they want me to or not, heh) and I try to use them as much as I can. There's a few that I've never seen use their real name and one who's said he doesn't want his name used, so I try to respect that. However, those who don't know the real names of everybody could create a very interesting conversation. Knowing me with my mild speech impediment (namely, I get words mixed up), I'd end up calling you something like "Brear".

However, in terms of general conversation, I'm positive it wouldn't be a problem. We all converse so well on here that we'd do very well in a live conversation.


"Brear" haha! That would be funny and I wouldn't even mind it. It would be like Brer Bear or Brer Rabbit from Song of the South!

[Fragglemuppet]

It's always been a dream of mine to meet someone from here! For starters, I would probably tease Lisa by always singing her screen name... Lol

[MrsPepper]

I'd call That Announcer "T.A." regardless of his real name. I wouldn't let people call me Mrs. Pepper in a real conversaion because that would irk me to no end, since I'm not a Mrs. (mind you, Pepper is rather cool). ;)
Yep, we'd definately converse very well, but as for names, it kind of depends. For someone like TogetherAgain I'd use her real name, as Together Again is a song. But you, Bear, I might end up calling you Bear, because it sounds like a name. Same as Vibs, Ziffel, Beau, etc. Weird nicknames, but still names.

Very cool post, by the way. That's food for thought! :D

[Ziffel]

Pretty interesting thought. I think we might do a combination of both. I know for myself, I could see me finding it neat to refer to everyone by their MC names here and would probably do so at times deliberately ("Pass the salt, Bear!" "How's your steak, Redboobergurl?"). But I can see part of the time utilizing our real names too, as already goes on in some posts here like you pointed out.
And if it was a VERY LARGE gathering of us, which would mean hearing of many real names at once for the first time, then the MC names would be a good thing to be able to fall back on in case you forget a name! (which I tend to do a lot. Whenever I meet a new person at church, for instance, it sometimes takes several embarrassing times of asking, "I'm sorry what was your name again? Was it Bill?" "Bob." "Oh Bob, right. I'm sorry." before it finally is permanently registered in my brain. :)

[JaniceFerSure]

As for myself,I know just a few MC members by their first name.Everyone would call me: JaniceFerSure,JFS,Janice,Diana,Dee;whichever they are most comfortable with and know the most.Even though people do call me Diane(which I hate,since my name's Diana),I do answer to it.


I wonder if we would have a banner at our get together,what would it say? Welcome Muppet Central Members! or something of the like.:cool:

[D'Snowth]

If you all met me, you'd think to yourselves "boy, this guy's duller than dust! Get me away from him!"

[christyb]

For me it all depends on who it is. Some people like Beau and Vibs I'd call them by their user names regardless. Why? I dunno habit. I try to use people's real names (if I know it) in my head. That way I remember them. Although, we'd get a lot of nice looks if we all went by usernames when we were together. Oh yeah and D'Snowth don't put yourself down like that! You're awesome and we all love you! You are not duller than dust. (That's my territory :) )

[ryhoyarbie]

If we all met, I'm sure most of the owmen once they seem me would be like "he's handsome!!!!!"

If we all met of course............. :) ;)

ryan

[JaniceFerSure]

If we all met, I'm sure most of the women once they seen me would be like "he's handsome!!!!!"

If we all met of course............. :) ;)

ryan
Are ya? *wondering*

[D'Snowth]

For me it all depends on who it is. Some people like Beau and Vibs I'd call them by their user names regardless. Why? I dunno habit. I try to use people's real names (if I know it) in my head. That way I remember them. Although, we'd get a lot of nice looks if we all went by usernames when we were together. Oh yeah and D'Snowth don't put yourself down like that! You're awesome and we all love you! You are not duller than dust. (That's my territory :) )
Yeah, but in the real world, I'm so shy (and standoffish as my mom says), I try to remain unnoticed.

[christyb]

Oooohhh, now I'm curious ;). Too bad there's not another Mupfest any time in the near future (Too bad I'm not rich either). Anyways, I'll stop getting off topic. No I won't how's it going Dee? I haven't heard from ya in oh...forever. Then again, I'm never on regularly.

P.S. Ditto here. I am shy too (believe it or not.)

[TogetherAgain]

I was actually thinking at some point this summer that if we ever all met, I'd probably go crazy not being able to match up usernames and real names and faces, and would therefore find a way for everyone to wear their avatars. :p Then I realized that people change their avatars, some more often than others, and that it might not really help anyway. <shrug> still, it'd be pretty awesome, in my humble opinion.

[JaniceFerSure]

Yeah, but in the real world, I'm so shy (and standoffish as my mom says), I try to remain unnoticed.

Me too,you'll never see me mingling,just off in the corner by my lonesome.

[That Announcer]

Me too,you'll never see me mingling,just off in the corner by my lonesome.

You oughta see me at school lunch, I'm usually stuck in the back row with some Al Franken book muttering to myself. :)

[Princeton]

Have any of you seen the episode of M*A*S*H*(D'Snowth, I'm sure you have) where B.J. plans a reunion of all their family members? We could all decide on some location and just have a good ol' time.

[RedDragon]

I'd be standoffish towards other people. But with Lisa I'd be loud as heck, making her roll on the floor with laughter(I'm pretty funny in person and crazy nuts). But when I'm around people I don't knew very well I'm shy. So some of you I might be comfortable with, but others.......well you know.

And Princeton, I love that episode.

[Katzi428]

I personally think it'd be nice. I can just picture all of us sitting in a restaurant,and seeing the waitress's look on her face when she hears(for example),"Pass the salt, Bear!" "Mrs.Pepper,do you want a Dr.Pepper?" :)

[D'Snowth]

Have any of you seen the episode of M*A*S*H*(D'Snowth, I'm sure you have) where B.J. plans a reunion of all their family members? We could all decide on some location and just have a good ol' time.
Yep, I saw that episode.

[TogetherAgain]

Typically, in a group of people I don't know (or in a group of people I do know and don't necessarily want to talk to) I'll sit in the general vicinity of the main discussion and just sort of be absolutely silent for a while. Then I'll slink off and pull out a little notebook and start writing. However, if I were to meet up with all you folks, I'd be talking way too much, laughing way too loud, shrieking at way to high of a pitch- Nyssa can back me up on that last point...

[MrsPepper]

I'm the one who talks TOO MUCH when nervous and ends up making a huge fool of themself. With just one person, I don't tlak alot, but in a group it's like I don't know when to shut up.

Princeton, many of us would have to travel far, and it would cost alot of money. Unless it was a really huge thing, or many people lived in close proximity of one another, it wouldn't exactly fly. It would have to be a big, planned event for most to be able to go.

[Vic Romano]

I've thought about this often. I always decided that if there ever was another Muppet Fest or a bunch of us said we're gonna' meet at some convention or something; I'd wear a shirt that on the back says "I'm Vic Romano!"

I'm very outgoing and I insist on keeping conversations going, if anything, I'm quiet here! However; I believe I'd be the most recognizable member because of all the pics of myself I post. That and I'm 6'5" so it wouldn't be hard to spot me!

I really believe that some day, some where, a lot of us will be presented with an opportunity to meet, and I can't wait. :sing:

[JaniceFerSure]

I think the t-shirt idea would help Vic,a good way to know everyone,not only by name but by the shirt they had on.


I was never a talker at school either Liam,I just went to school to learn.

That's a good M*A*S*H episode(the reunion).Watched the episode of the M*A*S*H Olympics yesterday.:zany:

[D'Snowth]

Watched the episode of the M*A*S*H Olympics yesterday.:zany:
It was on yesterday? Dang, I missed it! That was a hilarious episode, especially where Father Mulcahy TRIES to do the crutch race.

[redBoobergurl]

I think it would be so interesting and SO much fun if we all did meet up somewhere sometime. And I'm not sure about what I'd call people, as some I do call by their real names (Kathy, Lisa, Dan, Kyle) and others I call by their usernames (Beau, Mrs. Pepper, etc.). But man, it sure would be cool. I think the t-shirt thing would be helpful. Either that or nametags with our real name and then another with our username.

[Krazedmuppet]

It seems I usualy call you all by you MC name, unless you have talked to me on IM, then your who ever you say you are, like I call FishNWolf Kevin, cuz hes a good friend of mine (through MC) the only exception to that rule is Beau, he will always be Beau even if I have talked to him online (sorry Beau, but I really dont even remember you real name :o ) Usualy I remember though

[DanDanStrawberry]

If I was to show up you would all choke on the stench of fabulousness surrounding me. On a different subject, I answer to Dan and DanDan [as Vibs has taken up calling me :p ] and Strawberry and Berry; my real name is in my user name so I'd have no problems, hehe. Unless you wanted to start calling me Tutter. Ahh, those were the days. And these are the days. And weeks. And now I'm rambling.

[Fozzie Bear]

At MuppetFest we all met for dinner one night, and we had name tags with our real names above our MC Monickers. Worked out fine. Especially since I'm a bear of very little brain and have a hard time remembering stuff anyhow.

[DanDanStrawberry]

While we're here, has anyone actually met anyone they met on MC? Apart from MuppetFest? I'm a curious young chap. :)

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

While we're here, has anyone actually met anyone they met on MC? Apart from MuppetFest? I'm a curious young chap. :) I have, PukkaPukka aka Adam came out from Idaho and stayed for a visit and we chat over the phone pretty often. As for if we all met, probably the world would end. :)

[HeraLirambar]

I'd answer to whatever anyone wanted to call me. I'm flexible. And to address others, I like to poke them in the shoulder. :p

Mostly I'd stay quiet.

While we're here, has anyone actually met anyone they met on MC?
Yes! I met :crazy: (Chris, not the Muppet) XD

[BEAR]

Wow, with all of you staying so quiet, it wouldn't be a very exciting get together, would it? :p

[Princeton]

Princeton, many of us would have to travel far, and it would cost alot of money. Unless it was a really huge thing, or many people lived in close proximity of one another, it wouldn't exactly fly. It would have to be a big, planned event for most to be able to go.

Yeah, I know; just wishful thinking. :cry: It just frustrates me SOOOO much that I make alotta friends on here, and while that's great, I just like to daydream that we're all together and enjoying each other's company. ;)

[MrsPepper]

Yeah, I know; just wishful thinking. :cry: It just frustrates me SOOOO much that I make alotta friends on here, and while that's great, I just like to daydream that we're all together and enjoying each other's company. ;)

Yeah, me too. :D I doubt we'd be quiet, we'd have too much to share, chat about, and debate!
I'd totally wear my Super Grover shirt. Or I'd make one that said "Marry Me Floyd" or "Underneath our clothes, we are all... NAKED!" Or "T*K*O CEO" Or quite possibly just "MrsPepper". The possibilities are endless!!

[TogetherAgain]

I would definately wear my Kermit the Frog socks. And I'd carry around one or both of my rubber duckies. Heck, maybe I'd even find a way to put my avatar on a shirt. Heh. Supposing this did actually happen, and I did actually put my avatar on a shirt, do you think anyone would come up to me and say "Hi! You must be TogetherAgain!" ...just random question...

[MrsPepper]

I would! If you had your Robin avatar on your shirt, I'd be all, TOGETHERAGAIN! HOWZITGOING?!?

Just a side note, at a local store I found a bunch of REALLY cute Sesame notebooks for a dollar each!!! I am going to buy one tomorrow, and if we all did meet, I woud buy some and give them to all of you. :D:D:D Espeially the artists and fan-ficers, they could put them to good use!

[Vibs]

At MuppetFest we all met for dinner one night, and we...

...wait a sec... You already had a MuppetFest once? Where?!! When?!! Why?!! What?!! Who?!! (Actually just answer the where and when questions..)

Anyway, it sure is a cuuuurious thought. I'd probably be rather not-knowing-what-to-say-or-how-to-say-it. Okay, so my english is not that bad... okay, so it's not bad... okay so my english is good.. um, but still it's my second language and I'd probably be rather paralysed with fear about the thought that everybody was speaking english and that almost everybody actually spoke it as their first language! Arghh!! But then again, I could just insert a little ness and ish here and there and of course bring Tabi (Minidoozer) and use her as my dictionary. Oh boy it would be fun. Um, not using Tabi as a dictionary... Meeting. :p

As to the names, hmmm I dunno. I think I'd call most of you your usernames. I'm pretty sure that people would call me Vibs anyway. If they started calling me Louise I'd probably panic for some On-MC-I'm-Vibs-reason.

[Fozzie Bear]

Ya gotta read the website once in a while, too!!

http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/muppetfest/index.shtml

It was a while back, there was a LIVE Muppet Show and everything. Tons of pics to be seen at the site listed above. I was lucky to go, as it was scheduled the same month as the 9/11 tragedy; but that pushed it back to that December and I was able to attend then.

[erniebert1234ss]

Is there any way we could get Muppet fans around the world to agree to a summer-long fan convention AND an ongoing LARP of Muppet College Dorms?

For those that are totally outta the loop, LARP stands for Live Action Role Play. I am a newbie to LARP and I don't wish to do any LARP inside a fantastic setting such as the D&D universe, but rather in a "fantasy-meets-reality" setting where we could have our favorite Muppets be our college roommates. My thought is to find some way to bring the Muppets into our world and actually have conversations with them--much like the Muppet College Dorms game in the Games section that we have going on right now.

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions?

BJ

[BEAR]

Is there any way we could get Muppet fans around the world to agree to a summer-long fan convention AND an ongoing LARP of Muppet College Dorms?

For those that are totally outta the loop, LARP stands for Live Action Role Play. I am a newbie to LARP and I don't wish to do any LARP inside a fantastic setting such as the D&D universe, but rather in a "fantasy-meets-reality" setting where we could have our favorite Muppets be our college roommates. My thought is to find some way to bring the Muppets into our world and actually have conversations with them--much like the Muppet College Dorms game in the Games section that we have going on right now.

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions?

BJ

WOuld you be able to explain the LARP Muppet Dorms thing a little more? Thanks.

[Fozzie Bear]

I'd say I'm completely lost, but I just know someone would use the running gaga, "Have you tried Hare Krishna?"

A summer-long convention would be expensive. Everyone would have to go to one single location and then everyone would have to find room and food the whole summer; and I don't understand the LARP thing. You mean the REAL Muppets? Not likely. Disney wouldn't dare.

[Kimp the Shrimp]

yeah who can afford to take off a whole summer and get food and hotel LOL

[unclematt]

I dont want to get into it again, Okay yes I do, Muppetfest II !!!

[Erine81981]

I would be willing to go if I could get the money and a way up to where ever that place would be. (Likey dought that)

[unclematt]

I think it should be done in the mis west. Now I know I hapeen to be from the mid west but it is truly shorter than having to fly cross country for people from NY or Cal

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm not against a weekend (or week-long) fan celebration somewhere. It's expensive and time-consuming. You have to contact the stars, you have to hire rights, pay for special guest hotel, food, travel...coordinate events and screening rights...so much trouble and effort goes into making a convention.

Yes, hopefully an official MuppetFest II will take place at some point.

[Vic Romano]

How far (within the proper wings of the establishment) has discussion on a second Muppet Fest gone? I wasn't aware of the first one until long after, and I can assure you that if it was to be held on the West Coast again; I would make it there regardless of price!!!

[Fozzie Bear]

Second one? Nowheresville man.

[unclematt]

I would be there as long as it was held in the US. I might even find a ticket to London if need be.

[Kimp the Shrimp]

hopefully

[unclematt]

I am going to say this again, There is no reason not to have another Muppetfest. If the entire Muppet Central community got together we could pull this off. I know I am not the most knowledgable when it comes to stuff like this but I know there are people who are very knowledgable when it comes to this kind of stuff. I guess I am a little biased because I missed the first Muppetfest and really want to experience one but I truly think that if we put our minds together we could pull this off.

[Fozzie Bear]

I dunno. I'm not really willing to spear-head a convention. We just got through working on a 3 day Fall Meeting for our group here in Memphis, and we've been working on this since February...it's a LOT of work.

Maybe if we all start writing MHC and Creation Entertainment (who did the first MFest) we can maybe get something going again?

[Vic Romano]

I would attend a MuppetFest no matter where it was... as long as it was on earth of course... oh, and not in h-e double hockey sticks either... or Euro Disney... and definately NOT Jersey City; I wouldn't want anyone getting shot!

And Kevin; your Franken-Fozzie Avatar ROCKS SO HARD!!!!!

[unclematt]

If thats what we need to do then lets do that. I so want to do this and it would be a great way to get closer to all of you.

[theprawncracker]

<bump> Wow, I can't believe I never posted in this thread! I think it would be so amazing if we all-scratch that, if any of us met! And to think, I'm pretty darn close to alot of the people here who live in Illinois...but still I'd love to meet any of you guys! :)

[RedDragon]

I would truely love to meet people from here. If we even had some big meeting I'd most likely have some sort of dragon on me, somewhere. If not them I'm the teenager with the purple glasses and the two tune eyes, and Lisa is the girl next to me with black braided hair. You'd definately hear her before you see hear, I poke and she squeaks(at high pitch). Hmmm, good times.

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

I'm sad I didn't join until after Muppetfest. I would've loved to have gone. :( Oh, well, we can dream of another one!
Erin

[Effralyo]

*Simply writes "EFFRALYO" on her shirt and goes to the airport*
Arrive soon, pals, you have no idea how much I miss!!!!!!!!

[G-MAN]

I'd probably be wearing my Builder's Supply hat my dad gave me, or probably just be carrying a book around with me. I'm easy to recognize, lol

[Rosewood]

I think it would be extreemly fun to have a big get together and, as we all mingle, try to guess the MC identity of each other as we get aquainted. Due to the fact that hardly anyone puts their real age up anymore, I think we'd be in for alot of surprises!:p

[furryredmonster]

If we met....

You guys would runaway when you see how crazy I am...seriouslly... everytime I walk into my geography class my teacher shakes his head at me as I walk pass because I will always be talking about something crazy, look crazy, or acting crazy.