hannabarberabooks:Jim Hensons Muppets New in Town: A Book About Shyness by Ellen Weiss Joel Schick
hannabarberabooks: Jim Hensons Muppets New in Town: A Book About Shyness by Ellen Weiss Joel Schick(Item ID: 143010637248) Used Book Jim Henson’s Muppets - New In Town - A Book About Shyness - by Ellen Weiss - Illustrated by Joel Schick - 1992 Grolier - Muppet Press - ISBN: 0-7172-8288-0 New in Town is a 1992 Muppet Kids storybook featuring Bean Bunny. In his old neighborhood, Bean Bunny was a gregarious, noisy child – but when he and his mother move to the Muppet Kids’ neighborhood, he experiences crippling “shyness attacks” that make him cringe away from even the simplest kind word from a stranger. He spends weeks without speaking to another person, just sitting in his room every day after school. One day in October, Bean is caught in a sudden rainstorm, and he takes refuge in a dark shed finding Kermit and Fozzie hiding in the shed for shelter as well. Together they become friends, introducing Bean to the other kids at school, and making him feel relaxed and at home. Bean Bunny (Muppet Kids) A young version of Bean Bunny made a few appearances in the Muppet Kids books and video games. Young Bean moves to the Muppet Kids’ neighborhood in the 1992 book New in Town. He has crippling “shyness attacks” and avoids all contact with other kids, even when they’re trying to be friendly. He finally makes friends with Kermit and Fozzie when he discovers a mutual interest in staying dry during a rainstorm. In the Muppet Kids series, Bean and the other Muppets are the same age, whereas in the “adult” Muppet world, Bean is much younger than the others. Bean is the only post-Muppet Show character to appear in both adult and infant form. Bean Bunny Bean Bunny first appeared in 1986 as the star of the TV special The Tale of the Bunny Picnic. The cute bunny was part of a family headed by Father Bunny and Mother Bunny and helped make peace with the farmer’s dog. In 1989, Bean joined the cast of The Jim Henson Hour, appearing in both the control room and “televised” portions of the Muppet Television segments. Although his fellow Muppets often found him to be insufferably cute, the Muppet Television ratings were never higher than when the station featured sex, violence and/or Bean Bunny. Whenever Bean was yelled at, particularly by Kermit, he became very scared and whimpered, mostly due to his youth and his sensitivity to noise, a common trait he shares with real bunny rabbits. Bean Bunny was further integrated into the Muppet family in 1990, playing major roles in The Muppets at Walt Disney World and Muppet*Vision 3D. In the former, he responds to Scooter’s jibe that “cute” is his middle name by stating it’s actually Norman. A walk-around version of Bean was also featured in both Muppet stage shows at the Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World: Here Come the Muppets and Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses. It is indicative of the push to make Bean Bunny a major player in the Muppet family that walk-around versions of more popular characters such as Scooter and Rowlf were not featured in these stage shows. An animated version of Bean Bunny was introduced during the seventh season of Muppet Babies, and a pre-teen Bean would later be featured as part of the Muppet Kids series. Bean was active as a major character only until Steve Whitmire took over performing Kermit the Frog (following the death of Jim Henson) while Whitmire’s other character Rizzo the Rat gained higher prominence in the next Muppet production The Muppet Christmas Carol. The film was Bean’s only significant role in a Muppet movie, appearing in several scenes as a hapless urchin, who on Christmas morning fetches a turkey twice his size for Scrooge. In subsequent appearances on Muppets Tonight, Muppets from Space, It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, Bean was relegated to the background and became a routine target of Muppet violence, a fact that Brian Henson noted in the Muppet Christmas Carol DVD commentary: “Inside the Muppet Company, we love to hate Bean Bunny.” Frank Oz once said of the character, “Jim built a character named Bean Bunny, so people could think he’s cute, and take the onus off of the others[.] But, it didn’t work — they still thought the others were cute.” Bean made a cameo appearance in the second issue of the Muppet Robin Hood comic book and plays Michael, the youngest of the Darling children, in Muppet Peter Pan. Since 2015, a Bean Bunny puppet is on display at the Center for Puppetry Arts as part of their permanent Worlds of Puppetry exhibit. Filmography The Tale of the Bunny Picnic The Jim Henson Hour Episode 101: Outer Space Episode 102: Oceans Episode 103: Power Episode 104: Dog City Episode 105: First Show Episode 107: Fitness Episode 108: Videotape Episode 109: Garbage Episode 110: Secrets of the Muppets Episode 112: Food The Muppets at Walt Disney World The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson Muppet*Vision 3D The Muppet Christmas Carol Kokomo Muppet Treasure Island Muppets Tonight Episode 101: Michelle Pfeiffer Episode 110: Martin Short Episode 203: Heather Locklear Muppets from Space Muppet RaceMania MuppetFest panels The Muppet Show Live It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Muppets Party Cruise The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz Disney Extreme Digital Book appearances Muppet Robin Hood - issue #3 Muppet Peter Pan Muppet Sherlock Holmes Green and Bear It Easter Eggstravaganza! The Muppets Character Encyclopedia Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera -- source link
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