Just last month, it was announced that Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy had officially ended their multiple decade-long relationship. As the two continued on…
Call me a glum frog with a hand flapping up my ass, but I didn’t love The Muppets . Jim Henson’s franchise is about goofy, heartfelt antics, and his whimsy warps into a barrage of Glee tunes, self-conscious dorkiness and perky, perky people under the pen of Jason Segel. It’s a no for me. Luckily, the ’90s already gave us a solid, if stupendously, un -self-consciously dorky Muppets update in the form of Muppets From Space . It’s not exactly a part of the classic Kermit cannon, but that’s because it’s a tangential Henson operation. Think of it as Muppets Origins: Gonzo . Now you’re in.
If you’re a freakish Muppet fan — cough, Jason Segel , cough — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has arrived for you: Jim Henson’s former Upper East Side townhouse, which served as the official Muppet Workshop in in the late 1970s, is on sale. So, just how much will it cost you to secure this 12,000 foot building where your favorite childhood characters — including Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Kermit and Miss Piggy — spent their formative years? Click through for the answer.