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Set of 12 "Muppet Show" buttons produced in 1977 in the UK. They were also sold at the Muppet Stuff store in New York City. The manufacturer is unknown; the only marks on the buttons say, "HA! 1976-77"
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Set of 12 "Muppet Show" buttons produced in 1977 in the UK. They were also sold at the Muppet Stuff store in New York City. The manufacturer is unknown; the only marks on the buttons say, "HA! 1976-77"
i put this together several years ago. gonzo as the shadow
Project made for Oblique Arts along with my friend and brilliant animator and Illustrator Joana Pinto (https://www.behance.net/fizzledlin3086) Animation made...
The animation Diego and I were working on is finished!
Check out the illustrated interview of the grandchild of ‘Great Gonzo’, a traveler woman who would be the star of a variety of shows she and her family created.
Ted Nugent: Double Live Gonzo! (1978)
Remember when Ted was our Deplorable-in-Chief? And we thought we had problems then ...
Long before he disappointed so many fans with his right wing rhetoric, Nugent reached the peak of his musical career with Double Live Gonzo!, which was released 40 years ago this month and marked the culmination of an amazing, virtually unprecedented hot streak that I documented for Ultimate Classic Rock.
To summarize my article: Ted’s decade-long musical voyage had, to that point, seen him evolve from psychedelic also-ran, to the Midwest’s best-kept-secret guitar hero, to the top grossing concert attraction in North America, and Double Live Gonzo! captured the “Great Gonzo” in peak form.
Together with his amazing band, completed by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Derek St. Holmes, bassist Rob Grange, and drummer Cliff Davies, Nugent delivered one of history’s greatest and best-selling double live albums (three million copies and counting) -- kicking off perhaps the greatest year for live albums ever: 1978.
Which is why, regardless of your politics or Ted’s, only a fool can deny the electrifying power of “Just What the Doctor Ordered,” “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” and -- my absolute favorite -- the definitive version of “Great White Buffalo.”
The album’s generous four sides also allowed plenty of room for Ted’s extended solos (and hilarious, long-winded stage raps -- see “Wang Dang”) during cuts like the massive “Hibernation,” the always menacing “Stranglehold,” and the hectic/kinetic “Motor City Madhouse.”
So strong are these performances that “Cat Scratch Fever” feels like an afterthought, and I mean that as a compliment.
In conclusion: there’s no doubt in my mind that these were the greatest years for live performance in the classic rock era, so I have to give Ted Nugent his due for contributing Double Live Gonzo!, in all its greatness, to that proud legacy.
More Ted Nugent: Call of the Wild, Tooth, Fang & Claw, Ted Nugent, Free-for-All, Cat Scratch Fever, Intensities in 10 Cities, Nugent, plus Damn Yankees’ Damn Yankees, The Amboy Dukes’ Journey to the Center of the Mind.
If There’s Anything More Important Than My Ego Around, I Want It Caught and Shot Now
“The Field of Excellence” from Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons
“Poochie Rap Song” from Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons
“It’s Hard to Be Humble” by Mac Davis
“Macho, Macho Man” by Link Hogthrob & The Great Gonzo
“Gaston” by Howard Ashman
“C’est Moi” from the Camelot Original Broadway cast recording
“I Feel Pretty” from the West Side Story soundtrack
“A Man’s Gotta Do” from the Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog soundtrack
“Perfect World” by Tom Jones from The Emperor’s New Groove soundtrack
“Perfect World (reprise) “ by Tom Jones from The Emperor’s New Groove soundtrack
“All Star” by Smash Mouth
“I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred
“Big Time” by Peter Gabriel
“The Man” by Don Henley & Randy Newman
“Big in Japan” by Tom Waits
“A Star is Born” from the Hercules soundtrack
“Sensation” by The Who
“Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” from the Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack
“Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl)” by Shonen Knife from Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains
“I Feel So Good” by Richard Thompson
“When You’ve Got It, Flaunt It” from The Producers cast recording
“Big, Blonde and Beautiful” from the Hairspray cast recording
“Haven’t You Noticed (I’m a Star)” by Olivia Olson from Steven Universe, vol. 1
A collection of songs all about how wonderful the singer is.
(While I was putting this collection together, I had a feeling Shel Silverstein must have a song that would fit. I went looking, and sure enough, I found “I’m So Good I Don’t Have to Brag.” Then I listened to it.
It’s sexist as all hell. Plus, guess which slur he uses to rhyme with “brag”.
So that didn’t make the cut.)
In 2012, StarFire Prints produced a set of four glass coasters. The coasters are imprinted with sideshow poster art seen in The Muppets 2007 calendar.
The set came with an acrylic holder.
“Muppets Party” satin Christmas ornament, produced by Hallmark in 1982
The Muppets Diary 1980 centerfold illustrations by Alastair Graham (part 2)