With overwhelming joy and returning guest Nicole Veneto, Saffron and Fabiola gush over the artistry of Jim Henson and his friends, brainstorm the ideal guests for a Muppets reboot, and praise the true diva that is Miss Piggy.

Nicole’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/kuntsuragi/ 

Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema: https://www.patreon.com/cw/marvelousdeath 

Boston Underground Festival: https://bostonunderground.org/submit/ 

Nicole’s review for Chainsaw Man the Movie: Reze Arc for The Art Fuse: https://artsfuse.org/319160/film-review-chainsaw-man-the-movie-reze-arc-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb-girl/ 

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This episode was edited and produced by Saffron Hefta-Gaub

Series theme music by Harrison Lurie

Episode Citations: 

Be Kind Rewind. “Miss Piggy, Camp, and the Death of the Movie Star.” YouTube, 07 July 2024, https://youtu.be/mkvAckgH4Yw?si=Naj_w3jRVvnBAHVp.

Canning, Laura. “Sometimes It’s Hard To Be A….Feminist Film Critic, Or; Why I Am That Asshole At The Cinema – Laura Canning DCU.” Critical Media Review, 8 Sept. 2013, criticalmediareview.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/sometimes-its-hard-to-be-a-feminist-film-critic-or-why-i-am-that-asshole-at-the-cinema-laura-canning-dcu/. 

Ryan, Maureen. “The Myth of an Egalitarian Future: The IP Strikes Back.” Burn It Down, HarperCollins, 2023. 

Referenced episodes:

S1e2 Rita Moreno

S1e9 Lena Horne

S1e19 Vincent Price

S2e19 Don Knotts

S3e8 Alice Cooper

S3e15 Harry Belafonte

S3e17 Liberace

S5e12 Carol Burnett

S5e16 Debbie Harry