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Title: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: CactusCarlos on July 22, 2012, 07:43:39 PM: Quote
Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments

The Jim Henson Company, the entertainment organization that traces its origins to the founding of The Muppets in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, has ended its affiliation with Chick-fil-A over the restaurant chainâ€™s anti-gay sentiments.

In an announcement posted on their Facebook page Friday, the company said it would donate its latest residual check to GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation:

The rest: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/muppets-end-its-partnership-with-chick-fil-a-over-anti-gay-sentiments/
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: thundley4 on July 22, 2012, 07:54:43 PM: Let's see, I'm guessing that relationship involved Chick-fil-A paying the Henson company for use of their characters, so who is going to be losing money over this?
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: BEG on July 22, 2012, 10:05:44 PM: What affiliation do they have with chick-fil-a...The cows?
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: Chris_ on July 22, 2012, 10:11:15 PM: Quote from: BEG on July 22, 2012, 10:05:44 PM
What affiliation do they have with chick-fil-a...The cows?
The toys in the kid's meals.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 22, 2012, 10:12:57 PM: I lost all hope for the Muppets when it came out that they were going to have Bert and Earnie come out of the closet.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: Bad Dog on July 23, 2012, 12:39:23 AM: Quote from: Kyle Ricky on July 22, 2012, 10:12:57 PM
I lost all hope for the Muppets when it came out that they were going to have Bert and Earnie come out of the closet.

Why do these slimeballs have to turn innocent children's programming into promotion of liberal perversion. Leave the kids alone!
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: NHSparky on July 23, 2012, 08:26:39 AM: And in other news Jim Henson (and Francisco Franco) is still dead.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: jtyangel on July 23, 2012, 08:42:43 AM: Quote from: NHSparky on July 23, 2012, 08:26:39 AM
And in other news Jim Henson (and Francisco Franco) is still dead.

Haha..I noticed that too. The creator didn't end the partnership; whoever runs the business portion of the Muppets now did. Jim Henson died over 20 years ago.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 23, 2012, 08:47:21 AM: Quote from: Kyle Ricky on July 22, 2012, 10:12:57 PM
I lost all hope for the Muppets when it came out that they were going to have Bert and Earnie come out of the closet.

We should marionette them in a heavy sauce.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: WinOne4TheGipper on July 23, 2012, 08:51:16 AM: Quote from: Kyle Ricky on July 22, 2012, 10:12:57 PM
I lost all hope for the Muppets when it came out that they were going to have Bert and Earnie come out of the closet.

Despite Internet rumors, that has never happened.
Title: Re: Muppets creator ends partnership with Chick-fil-A over anti-gay sentiments
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 23, 2012, 01:18:39 PM: Quote from: WinOne4TheGipper on July 23, 2012, 08:51:16 AM
Despite Internet rumors, that has never happened.

I'm not sure if it did or not. I haven't watched the muppets in a while (I did see their new movie and wasn't all that impressed with it), but as for the originals, I haven't seen it in years.

I think Brian Henson is running it now? Even though it is owned by Disney.