Today in "I'm sorry, I must have misheard you" news, Joseph Gorgs, er, Gordon-Levitt is recommitting himself to adapting all of our favorite content and is set to star in and produce a Fraggle Rock movie with The Henson Co. Anyone else want to start a petition to get Kate Leth on board?

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In delightful news, Toby Froud, the man who as an infant played Sarah's half-brother in Jim Henson's 1986 movie Labyrinth, is now a puppeteer and director. Froud, the son of Dark Crystal and Labyrinth designers Brian and Wendy Froud, recently premiered his live-action puppet short Lessons Learned.

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Here's an exceedingly lovely Jennifer Connelly auditioning for the role of Sarah in Labyrinth in front of Jim Henson himself.

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Full disclosure: I didn't watch the Super Bowl. That being said, I am doing a bit of catching up on the commercials to spin out of it. You might be familiar with web hosting company GoDaddy's usual approach to marketing. Turns out, they decided to go in a different direction this year. And it's surprisingly positive.

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Mario and Fafa of the popular YouTube series "Glove and Boots" wanted to sing with Commander Chris Hadfield in space, so they did the next best thing: tape over that time Chris Hadfield did it himself last year and add some kickin' harmonies. Of course, we should point out that Mario and Fafa also happen to be puppets. That's probably important.

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Who knew that a fearless dwarf leader would make such a cute puppet? Apparently, Artist Rosemary Travale did. See him talk under the jump!

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While most Doctor Who fans are busy obsessing over the 12th Doctor, we can't forget Matt Smith has some adventures left. In turn, Doctor Puppet is continuing his special brand of adventuring! And in this episode, Alisa Stern has our tiny Doctor encounter some very familiar faces. (via Doctor Puppet) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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Gotta be honest, I wasn't one hundred percent sold on puppet Wolverine, brought to you by the same guys who explained Joseph Campbell's monomyth through puppets, for the first minute or so of this video. But then he started singing a version of "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera about all the different teams he's fought on. That's when it got me. (via: ScreenRant) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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Are you familiar with Joseph Cambell's monomyth theory, a.k.a. "The Hero's Journey," as described in his landmark mythology text The Hero's with a Thousand Faces? The basic idea is that the same character types and plot beats repeat themselves in story after story. It could be Star Wars or Happy Gilmore: The hero's journey is there. If you're still a little shaky, or if you need a refresher course... or, heck, if you just like puppets and/or mythology, Fafa the Groundhog and Mario of Glove and Boots are here to explain it to you by acting out scenes from Harry Potter, The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz, and more. (via: Laughing Squid) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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This is exactly what any puppet-loving Star Wars fan needs-- a knit monster that will digest you slowly over thousands of years. We all know that the only thing the Sarlacc really wanted was to give Luke a big fuzzy hug! Right? ...Right?

This creepy little monster was made by Deviantart user Pandacatification.

(via Neatorama)

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The new episode of Alisa Stern's Doctor Puppet is both dramatic and disgustingly (in a good way) cute. Keep your eye out for references; I spotted Seven's hat and umbrella in addition to a Weeping Angel-esque garden statue. And, of course, the roses. Drop us a comment if you spot any more. (via: NerdApproved) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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Manos: The Hands of Felt started when puppeteer Rachel Jackson made a bad pun and then decided that it had legs. Like, lots of puppety, Muppet spoofing, parodic retelling of the making of Manos: The Hands of Fate and its revival as a Mystery Science Theater 3000 mainstay legs. So she turned it into a live show, and now a DVD release of that live show has just hit its funding goal on Kickstarter. There are still five days to go in the pledge drive, though, and I feel it is my duty to remind any Torgo fans out there that they can pick up a digital download of the movie for only $5.

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NBC is reaching out to an ever-shrinking demographic, Community fans, and asking them to post their favorite puppet-related GIFS to Tumblr for tomorrow night's episode "Introduction to Felt Surrogacy" -- the show's much anticipated puppet episode. They'll even give you free things if you post the best GIF to their GIFathon! You guys like free things, right? The whole shebang even has a hashtag, #CommunityGIFathon, so you know it's thing on the Internet. It's an act that's as transparent as asking an ex out for coffee because you just want to catch up, and about as dignified, and I don't know what makes me sadder: What it says about the state of a show that was a favorite of mine until mere months ago, or the fact that I only barely care.

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Community's gone downhill somewhat in season four, but if there's one phrase that can get me excited about a show again it's "puppet episode." Watch the study group hum along to the smooth sounds of Daybreak in this teaser for next week's "Intro to Felt Surrogacy." (Apologies on behalf of Hulu if you're geoblocked; their vids are U.S. only, and this one's not on YouTube. Nothing we can do about it.) (via: Paste) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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I will never get tired of watching behind-the-scenes dinosaur footage from Jurassic Park. Never. There's a reason the special effects of that movie have aged so well, and that reason is puppets. The Stan Winston School, which made the dinos we all know and love so very much, previously released a video about the making of the Velociraptor. And now the spitting dinosaur (or Dilophosaurus, if we've being technical) that kills poor Nedry gets its turn in the spotlight. Favorite part: "This is one of the coolest tongues I've ever done." (via: io9) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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Yes. That is the cast of NBC's Community in puppet form, and that is wonderful. An episode airing in April will have the gang from Greendale working out some issues with each other through the use of puppets. While the news that any other show on television right now was doing a puppet episode would probably be an obvious nightmare, considering how much I love Community, I'm really pretty pumped about this.

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Community's fourth season ratings have not been the greatest. In fact, the Halloween episode grabbed the lowest ratings the show has ever had. And while I wouldn't preface this statement with "in response," this is not a situation in which I'd fault the folks who run Community these days for bringing out the big guns: All. Puppet. Episode.

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