I kept worrying about getting back here and Michael not having me to help him on Monsters. Jim called me one day and said, “I need you.” I said, “Why? We’re doing Muppet Monsters!” He said, “I just need more people, I need more people, you have to come over.” “To do what?” “To be background.” I really just hung around under the stage with the rest of the guys and wiggled the Goblins. We shot thirteen puppet segments, but most of the money went into the animation. The puppet wrap-arounds were done, but they never put the animation in. TP: Have you ever seen the missing episodes of Little Muppet Monsters? The network said, “Shit, what are we going to do?” So they put another Muppet Babies on, two episodes back-to-back, the viewership shot up, and they said, “Forget Little Muppet Monsters,” and they just started playing Muppet Babies back to back. Three of them went on the air, and then Marvel didn’t deliver the animation on time. It had puppet wrap-arounds with a lot of animated bits and found footage. They were delivering a lot of the show’s animation. KM: You know what happened? We were working with Marvel, who had done Muppet Babies. TP: Little Muppet Monsters seemed like it was going to get a big push from Henson. It was just my early efforts, that’s all. I was really just beginning to write then, and I had an idea for a script, but they changed it. I wrote for that, but I used another name, so Jim never knew it was me. There was a show (that wasn’t long on the air) called Little Muppet Monsters, which Michael was producing. During Fraggles I started to write, and Jim wasn’t interested in me writing anything. TP: You were credited as the co-writer for an animated Fraggle Rock episode called “Laundry Never Lies.” How did that come about? I was in the hospital, and this huge bouquet of flowers arrives, and I think it’s from Michael, of course.
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That was when breast cancer was not so well understood, and I was a little bit scared, I have to admit. Then just before doing Yoda, I had to go into the hospital because I had a breast lump and I had to have a biopsy.
Who was the one who drives me home? Frank.
Who was the one who gets me to a room, gets me ice for my ankle, makes sure I’m okay? Frank. Big heels were in, and I got out of the truck at the wedding and I sprained my ankle so badly that I couldn’t walk. Wendy and Brian were getting married in the UK, and we all went down to wherever it was in the country. If you don’t know him, you just think, “Oh, he’s so mean!” Personally you wouldn’t know Frank’s such a funny guy because he’s Mr. Nobody! They can imitate the voice really, really well, and they can do some really great manipulation, but what I haven’t seen since Frank stopped is the comedy. And nobody’s been able to do with Piggy what Frank did. When Jim and Frank would go do that stuff, they were pretty much always ad-lib… Frank was brilliant at it. As a matter of fact, most of those things were ad-libbed. No, we didn’t do a lot of preparation for that stuff. TP: Oh, I assumed there’d have to be more preparation… KM: I have no recollection of that whatsoever.
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TP: In the early-to-mid ‘90s, there was a TV appearance with Traveling Matt and Cotterpin to promote Fraggle Rock on home video… TP: Did you see the Ben Folds Five video? KM: I don’t care… whatever comes out is what’s going to come out. TP: Do you think you’re going to be able to jump back into it? TP: Have you been practicing? Are you ready? Is this your first time performing Mokey since the show ended? ToughPigs: You’re going to be bringing Mokey back for Dragon Con next month. Click here to learn more about the campaign and how you can help.įinally, if you’ve been waiting to listen to this entire interview rather than waste all that time reading the words, the audio version is now available! Click here to listen to our conversation with Kathy Mullen in full, podcast-style!Īnd now, the conclusion of our interview with Muppeteer Kathy Mullen! Once again, we ask that you consider donating to their Indiegogo campaign, which is raising money to create puppet films for children living in Syrian refugee camps. You’ll also read all about her current project, No Strings USA. Here we are, with the third and final segment of our epic interview with the incomparable Kathy Mullen! Read on to get more of her thoughts on Fraggle Rock, as well as productions like Little Muppet Monsters, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Part 3: More Fraggles, Little Muppet Monsters, and No Strings USA Part 2: Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Star Wars
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Part 1: The Muppet Show and The Muppet Movie
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