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    Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
   (from imdb -- the Internet Muppet Database) Tagline: "If a monster answers...hang on for dear life!" Plot Outline: An ex- shag carpet carries out a plot to count to ten in Spanish. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. (He decides (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !! 
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Casper van Nimwegen
     That's so cool, something that would do great as sets too! Love the Oscar in the carbage bin; you can almost here hear him crumpling :) Thanks for showing this. Casper (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Ray Sanders
     (...) That is beyond cool ! Major kudos !! Ray (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Tim David
     Best MOC this year, even the (non-AFOL) wife loved it! (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Jonathan Wilson
     (...) Cool. (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Jeff Szklennik
     In lugnet.town, Mike Crowley wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) an absolutely Masterful Minifig scale Menagerie of Muppets in Lego! 4, 4 'M's, AH! AH! AH! (*thunder*) all your work is fantastic. you seem to have pioneered the minifig leg usage, at least i (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Paul S. D'Urbano
     In lugnet.town, Mike Crowley wrote: snip (...) Amazing!!! (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Tom Reed
     Ingenious...a real delight! Thanks for sharing it! Tom (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Leonard Hoffman
     (2 URLs) (...) Perfection! Amazing! Wonderful! Now you must do that Muppet Show proper! Indeed, you must! with Fozzy, Ms.Piggy, Ralf, Sam Eagle, Dr.Honeydew and Beaker, and the Swedish Chef! You Must! Once again, this is just so wonderful! -Lenny (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
     (URL) Der Swedish Chef iz dankin youz fer der koompliments, yubetcha! Bork! Bork! Bork! Thank you very much, guys! It's great to see so many fans of the felt! I had been wanting to do something Town for a while, and since Sesame Street is one of the (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Andreas Stabno
     In lugnet.town, Mike Crowley wrote: snip (...) I love it. And perhaps a better compliment is that my two year old daughter very quickly recognized most of the characters. In order, she discovered Elmo, "grouchy", cookie monster, big bird, and "the (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
     (...) I can understand why she wouldn't get Kermit. He was more famous for being on The Muppet Show, and when he was on Sesame Street, a lot of the time he had a trench coat, hat and microphone and was supposed to be a reporter. I'm not sure if they (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —David Laswell
      (...) He's supposed to be the only Muppet who has made appearances on both SS and TMS, but yeah, he's not a character that most people immediately associate with SS. (...) Kermit was retired from SS after Jim Henson died. (...) Ernie does seem a bit (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
     
          Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Jan-Albert van Ree
      (...) Only in the USA then, in the Netherlands he's still appearing almost every night (yeah I sometimes catch an episode, Ernie & Bert still crack me up) (...) I'd love to see a Bert next to Ernie. Would make them even more easy to recognize. (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town)
     
          Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —David Laswell
      (...) Since Jim Henson actually did the voice for Kermit in the original American version, replacing him with a new voice talent would have probably felt like bringing in a new actor for Mr. Hooper when Will Lee died. They do still show old clips (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Tim David
     Snuffleupagus Snuffleupagus Snuffleupagus (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Jan-Albert van Ree
     (...) Wow, your models are incredible! They really look the part, which must have been quite hard to copy. I particularly love Count Von Count and Oscar. Brings back memories :D Regards, -- Jan-Albert van Ree | (URL) Piles | Santa Fe B-unit GnuPG (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Brian Bacher
     (...) Excellent job! I love it! I don't know what to say, it's just too cool for words. --Brian (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Thomas Main
     In lugnet.town, Mike Crowley wrote: Fantastic!!! This has to be the best non-train, town-related MOC posted in a long time. On this building: (URL) color are the bricks betweeen the orange and the brown? -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Peer Kreuger
     (...) That would be the *new* brown. It's included in star wars sets like the geonosian vehicles. (URL) It is as of yet unknown wether the *old* brown will be tossed out the door. (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
     (...) I took a quick look at the parts inventory for the Geonosian Fighter on BrickLink, and I guess the name of the color is Dark Orange. (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Bruce Hietbrink
     Mike, Such a fun MOC and it evokes such great memories. I agree with others that Bert would be a good addition. What about Bob? He was always my favorite of the humans. You mention that you will be displaying this for kids and would be less likely (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
    
         Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
     (...) I did originally have him in there, but everyone I showed it to kept asking me, "who's that guy?" I thought Bob was cool, too. I made him with the Harry Potter head, brown minifig male hair, the white shirt from the Han Solo figure in the (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Petrucelli
     (...) That has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen built out of LEGO. Your right, Sesame Street rocks. -Mike Petrucelli (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Jeff Barnas
   (URL) i dont remember any character named olivia. who is this? (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
   
        Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet —Mike Crowley
   (...) Olivia is Gordon's sister. His wife is Susan. I just happen to like the way Olivia sang better, so I put her in there instead of Susan. (Sorry, Susan!) :-) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
 

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