PUPPET NEWS ROUND-UP ACTION NEWS FLASH

This is the first installment of what will become a regular feature of Putting Things in Plain Site: PUPPET NEWS ROUND-UP. This is where I'll bring you the freshest, crunkest, puppetest headlines from around the 'Net.

First up -- Everyone's second favorite puppet clan, The Fraggles, will be coming soon to a big screen near you! That's right! The Weinstein Co. will turn the Jim Henson series "Fraggle Rock" into a live-action musical feature. I can't wait to hear songs about RADISHES, THE GREAT HEAP, DOZERS and RADISHES. I bet you can't either!

OK, so I guess that's really all the puppet news out there today. See you tomorrow when I'll be back after hopefully reading a news story about a puppet, or something that sort of tangentially relates to a puppet or puppeteering or marionettes or even has a little to do with something kind of puppety like nut-crackers or sock monkeys. Til then, here's one of my favorite puppets, Kermit T. Frog singing one of my favorite suicide songs, Elliot Smith's "Needle in the Hay". Play us out, Kermie.