<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Muppet Monday: Christmas 2011 Can&#8217;t Come Soon&nbsp;Enough]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Well, there&#8217;s more than just Muppet movie <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2010/11/12/dreams-do-come-true-paul-rudd-is-in-for-the-muppet-movie/" target="_blank">casting news</a> these days.  No, what we&#8217;re getting now are actual photos from <em>The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made</em>, and not just <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2010/11/08/muppet-monday-the-muppets-break-their-personal-record-for-two-page-photo-speads-in-entertainment-weekly-in-one-calendar-year/" target="_blank">promo shots</a> of Jason Segel and the gang, but photos from the set.   Behold, the Henson Company Studios in Hollywood transformed into Muppet Studios, a once thriving studio that has fallen into disrepair.  It&#8217;ll be Segel&#8217;s character Gary, and his roommate, the new Muppet Walter, who ostensibly rally the Muppets to reunite and revive the studio.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/set-photos-the-muppets-new-movie/"><img class="aligncenter" title="Muppet Studios" src="https://i1.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/IMG_4008-550x410.jpg" alt="" width="363" height="270" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/set-photos-the-muppets-new-movie/"><img class="aligncenter" title="Electric Mayhem" src="https://i0.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/IMG_4030-550x410.jpg" alt="" width="368" height="275" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">(one of our greatest regrets from our time living in LA is not trying to take a tour Henson Studios, or at the very least stopping at the gate on La Brea Ave and attempting to bribe the guard with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soUMkk0epE8&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PL5D05463AC65DA6C0&amp;index=22" target="_blank">pepperoni pizza</a>).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Read and see more at <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/set-photos-the-muppets-new-movie/" target="_blank">Slashfilm</a>.</p>
<p>Tipped off by two of our besties, <a href="http://twitter.com/eliotglazer" target="_blank">Glazer</a> and <a href="http://rosebudthesled.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mechanic</a>.</p>
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