Muppet Fact #1001
Ryan Dillon and Martin Robinson performed all of the audience puppets in The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo.
Source:
To Introduce Our Guest Star #13: Martin Robinson. Jarrod Fairclough. Tough Pigs. January 12, 2023.
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🎶🐾 “…all of us, we're here for a very, very short time. And in that time that we're here, there really isn't any difference in any of us, if we were to take time out to understand each other. And the question is, do I know who you are? Do you know who I am? Do we care about each other? 'Cause if we do, together we can … turn the world around.”~ Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) 🐯🐧🐃🐾🎶
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Kevin Clash’s original Elmo is a bit raspy but more like his famous falsetto voice Elmo is best known for while Ryan Dillon’s current Elmo sounds almost like Kevin’s original but higher and younger (thank god his falsetto is still there).
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Muppet Fact #683
Early Sesame Street puppets had light blue sclera since the cameras had difficulty picking up the color white, so these eyes would appear white on film. Occasionally, the blue would show through on film.
Source:
Getting Felt Up- A Puppetry Podcast. "23. Sesame Street Exhibit Guided Tour - New York Public Library." Discussion with Ryan Dillon. December 10, 2014. (~51:08).
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Pitch for a remake of “The Blob”:
In 1958, a meteorite lands in the outskirts of a small town in Idaho. The meteorite contained the entity known as “The Blob”, which proceeded to wreak havoc on the town’s residents. The incident was eventually contained and covered up by the U.S. military, which locked the Blob away in Area 51. The creature was so destructive and out of control that the U.S. decided not to even experiment on it due to the fear that it would somehow break free. Thus, Area 51 became the Blob’s prison.
Cut to 2023/2024 where we meet George Thompson, who is a soldier working at Area 51. Unbeknownst to the people around him, George is planning on becoming a whistleblower since he had become disillusioned by how the U.S. has been covering up the existence of aliens. His plan; sneak the Blob out of the facility and use it as proof that aliens exist.
At first, George’s plan seems to work since he manages to get the Blob outside of Area 51. However, things quickly go to shit when the Blob manages to break free and kill George. Now loose, the Blob begins a new reign of terror as it trudges its way towards Las Vegas.
Side note: The beginning of the movie shows how the 1958 Idaho incident was contained. The flashback/prologue sequence is done entirely in black-and-white to give it the classic monster movie feeling.
Fancast:
1) Chris Pratt plays George Thompson, the false/red herring protagonist (I chose Pratt since the audience won’t assume he’ll die first due to his star power)
2) Steven Yeun plays the true protagonist. His character is a Las Vegas gambler who is known for his insane luck.
3) Lily Sullivan plays the deuteragonist. She is the reporter who George Thompson was supposed to meet with. She later joins up with Steven Yeun’s character due to them being in the same hotel that the Blob attacks.
4) Jenna Ortega plays the tritagonist. She is a ditzy college student who is rescued by Steven Yeun’s character after all her friends are consumed by the Blob.
5) Cillian Murphy plays the shady CIA officer who watches over alien activities in Area 51.
6) Ryan Hurst plays the strict commanding officer of the soldiers sent to destroy the Blob.
7) Henry Simmons plays the Las Vegas sheriff who is trying to get the situation under control.
8) Dominic Fike plays one of Jenna Ortega’s friends who gets eaten by the Blob.
9) Kevin Dillon plays the governor of Nevada. (this is more of a cameo role since he was in the 1988 Blob movie)
10) Shawnee Smith plays a survivor of the 1958 Idaho incident (also a cameo role for the same reason).
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