Word on the Sesame Street: Happytime Lawsuit

Sesame Workshop filed a suit against the upcoming movie The Happytime Murders, an R-rated movie produced by The Jim Henson Company that recently debuted a trailer that ends with an ejaculating puppet.  The Sesame Street rights holders argue that imagery like that (“explicit, profane, drug-using, misogynistic, violent, copulating, and even ejaculating puppets”) will cause irrevocable damage … Read moreWord on the Sesame Street: Happytime Lawsuit

HAPPYTIME MURDERS looks crude, rude, and like an instant hit

HAPPYTIME MURDERS starts getting some early press and early reviews.. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Brian Henson — son of the late Muppets creator Jim Henson and director of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island— is back behind the camera in a new puppet-centric film, The Happytime Murders. Unlike Henson’s previous endeavors, Happytime Murders certainly … Read moreHAPPYTIME MURDERS looks crude, rude, and like an instant hit