Kirk R Thatcher - Monsters, Muppets, Tiki 🧟🐸🍹😂
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He/Him/Huh? Writer, Director, Actor-Werewolf by Night, Muppets Haunted Mansion, StarTrek Punk, Creature Shop Challenge, Dinosaurs, Return of the Jedi, Gremlins!
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New pics available! w 3 Phrases from the declarative to the expletive or blank with whatever you want me to write! Send it to an ex, a politician or someone you love! For when you really need to make a point or just eschew subtlety!!!
#Startrekpunk
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The camera adds 10 lbs, the years add 60!
Holy Spock, it's Kirk Thatcher!!! 🖖🏻
The definition of PUNK.
@KirkThatcher
#StarTrekPicard
@StarTrekOnPPlus
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Heading into my third trimester as an Artist...😊
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Directors Directing Directors! So fortunate to be directed by the incredibly talented and lovely,
@lea_thompson
in my Picard cameo!
We originally met on Howard the Duck and have crossed paths a number of times! Always a joy to see her and it really made the shoot extra special!!
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RIP Nichelle. A lovely, kind and gracious soul I met in my teens and had the pleasure to work with on STIV. She was epitome of grace and dignity. So grateful I was able to experience her wonderful spirit a numberof times through the decades.
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Mugging merrily w snarls and smiles with
@jerilryan
and
@realmichellehurd
after filming our scene for Picard, Season 2, ep 4! They were both lovely to work with and very supportive during my noisy Punk 2.0 cameo!
#Picard
#picardseason2
#Picardpunk
#punkonthebus
#StarTrek
#punk
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I would have to agree!! 😜😜😜
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The bead beards really tied the look together, dontcha think? 😜😜
#Punkonbus
#punk
#beardbeads
#beardsofInstagram
#istillhateyou
#picardseason2
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Due to my cameo in Picard, I thought I would share this! A friend at Marvel had this custom 7" action figure made for me a couple of years ago as a gift! It was made by the original sculptor,
@scottthensey
who did the figures for STIV. It is NOT available but I may do an...
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"Guess who's back? Back again! Punk on Bus. Tell a friend!"
LLAP - Live Long And Punk!!
#Picard
#picardseason2
#punkonthebus
#dejavu
#startrek
#cameo
#istillhateyou
#LLAP
#livelongandpunkrock
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Me and Ted, mugging for our mug shot!!! What a smile he has, huh,? Really lights up your whole day!! Not to mention his killer hugs! Great working with Carey Jones from KNB who really motivated his every move!
#WerewolfByNight
#Marvel
#kirkthatcher
#manthing
#practicalfx
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This May the 4th, I am revealing a Star Wars Easter Egg that I wrote into Star Trek IV, that no one has ever caught! The Matron of Vulcan Philosophy, that I created for this was named, T' Plane Hoth....or...mildly unscrambled, Planet Hoth!!
#UnitebothFandoms
! So, MTFBWY & LLAP!!
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A couple of images teasing what I have been working on most of this year and dreaming of for 30 years!!! Muppets Haunted Mansion!
We are all dying to have you see it!!!
Debuting This October on Disney+
#Muppets
#HauntedMansion
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#Writer
#Director
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Beginning Friday, October 8th you can finally see the movie I co wrote and directed!!! It has been a dream of mine to do a Muppet Halloween project for 30 years and my dream finally came true!! Only on Disney +
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#Muppets
#director
#Halloween
#DisneyPlus
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I love Bean and it was discussed but he has crumbled into scraps and would need to be rebuilt and it didn't make sense for just a small cameo in this movie. Maybe for the next project!!!
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AWESOME JOB, SIR!!!
TWO MIDDLE FINGERS UP!!
🖕🏼🖕🏼
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Me at 19 years old prepping to mold on Nien Nunb for Return of the Jedi! I still have that "Coat of many Compounds"! It was covered in, ultracal, urethane, epoxy, polyester,silicone,rubber cement, acetone,naphtha,latex and sweat!! George Lucas signed it for me!
#RETURNOFTHEJEDI
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Oh, I will! Writing it soon! Want to do a mini doc!
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The Halloween special I directed, Muppets Haunted Mansion, received 4 Children & Family Programming Emmy Award nominations for Fiction Special, Casting for Live Action, Art Direction/Set Design, & Special Effects/Costumes/Hair & Make-up! Congrats to all our amazimg crew!
#Emmys
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Hey, Patton! Thanks for the shout out!! Last time I saw you in person we rode the shuttle from the airport to Aspen for the Comedy festival in the late nineties! So happy to watch you blow up over the years and that isn't a fat joke! 😉 You've done good!! XOXO
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Me and my hero Billy Connnolly as Billy Bones from Muppets Treasure Island! MTI was the first feature film I wrote with Muppet writer, Jerry Juhl and we wrote Billy Bones specifically for Billy C to play and it was a career highlight to hear him read the silliness we had written!
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So this happened tonight!! My first drive in premiere held in a converted parking lot!! Was great to see some of the cast and crew but was strange to not mingle before and after! The movie launches on Disney + tomorrow, October 8th!!!
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Only 50 more followers to get to 10k !! Ten thousandth follower gets a free, Autographed Picard Punk flipping the finger pic with whatever they want written on it!! Help put me over the top!!!
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My brief cameo in the Disney + documentary on ILM...working on ROTJ, preparing to mold the Mon Calamari. I am on the right, our boss,
@PhilTippett
, is in the middle, on the left, mold master, Wesley Seeds, RIP. It was an amazing first job! One day I will write a book about it!
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Okay! STAHHPP!! He's not dead! He's resting upstate with other happy, but tired Bunnies, rebuilding his strength for Easter!!
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I did indeed! I am so very fortunate! One of my favorite pics and memories of that time!!!
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More of my Pre Production art for Muppets Haunted Mansion! Here are two frames I did to sell Miss Piggy as Madame Pigota! A wide shot with Gonzo and Pepe and a Close up because...it's Miss Piggy and she demands it!
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#conceptartist
#Muppets
#directorswhodraw
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Wow... They could have asked... I feel slighted...😪
Okay
#StarTrekLowerDecks
fans, do you think that
@KirkThatcher
wasn't available to cameo, or was there just already too much going on to incorporate him? Because Boom Box Punk is a definite nod (right down to the jacket, pin, and collar).
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Huge thanks to the terrifically talented
@TerryMatalas
for inviting me on board the Picard series all these years later and letting me have fun with the character and the new song!! LLAP- Live Long And Punk !!
Mugging merrily w snarls and smiles with
@jerilryan
and
@realmichellehurd
after filming our scene for Picard, Season 2, ep 4! They were both lovely to work with and very supportive during my noisy Punk 2.0 cameo!
#Picard
#picardseason2
#Picardpunk
#punkonthebus
#StarTrek
#punk
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Production art from Muppets Haunted Mansion, the Man Eating Fern I designed to be evocative of the Muppet segments on Ed Sullivan where an object transforms into a ravenous creature! Amazing team
@puppetheap
turned my sketch into a working puppet!
#muppetshauntedmansion
#muppets
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A huge perk of directing Muppets Haunted Mansion was the joy of working with
@YNB
!! So happy to see her at our Drive In premiere and grab a quick hug before it was over!!!
#yvettenicolebrown
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#Muppets
#hauntedmansion
#DisneyPlus
#yvettenicolebrown
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..exclusive limited run of a new version, with switchable heads, representing the two different looks over the 36 years, depending on response! Who is in
#picardseason2
#picard
#Punkonbus
#Startrekpunkonbus
#startrekactionfigures
#Picardpunk
#startrekiv
#actionfigures
#customtoys
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"Two Shades of Grey" 😜Started the year perfectly with a delightful lunch with the hilarious
@pattonoswalt
The beginning of a beautiful friendship and yet almost assuredly a sign of the impending apocalypse!
#boomgoestheculture
#newfriend
#newyear
#storiesfordays
#laughs
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Wow! Going to enjoy this while it lasts!!! So many people worked so hard to make this as good as we could! Hope everyone has a grin and a giggle at our gaggle of goofy ghosts!
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#halloweenmovies
#Muppets
#HauntedMansion
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Here is a pic of baby me with the entire crew of the Enterprise from Star Trek IV, minus Kirk and Spock...who were behind camera at this point! Leonard was kind enough to let me run in and get a pic with all of them before they started rolling! A highlight for me...
#TrekIV
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Four years ago, I directed the live Muppet show in front of about 15 to 17 thousand people at the O2 stadium in London!! This what it looked like from just in front of the stage 10 minutes before the show began! A bucket list moment after the Hollywood Bowl the year b4!
#muppets
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May the 4th be with you! 19 yr old me on Jedi, preparing to mold Phil Tippett's Mon Calamari sculpt. with
@PhilTippett
and mold master, Wesley Seeds, RIP. It was an amazing first job and I am forever grateful! One day I'll write a book!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#ReturnOfTheJedi40th
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Well this a lovely little surprise!! Turns out, I am an overnight sensation 42 years in the making!! Not sure about retiring yet, I am just getting started...
#workislife
#workaholic
#luckyfella
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As the character designer of that show and these characters, I am super excited and very impressed with the great job you and your team did!!! Kudos to all of you!! Can't wait to see them in person!!!
#Dinosaurs
#characterdesign
#JimHensoncreatureshop
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A little thank you to all of you who have been so supportive of me and my involvement in Muppets Haunted Mansion! It's really been great and so much fun to interact with you all here on Twitter!!! XOXOXO
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Had a blast at Pensacon 2023 hanging with some good friends, including my pal, double threat, actor/director,
@LeaKThompson
! Always a pleasure to hang with her!!
#Pensacon
#actordirectors
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Love this idea!
I will address it to: The Walt Disney Company, 500 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521
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Missing my friend and mentor, Leonard Nimoy today, on what would have been his 88th Birthday. He taught me so much about film and life and I am so grateful that we stayed friends for 31 years. LLAP.
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Leonard flanked by the two Associate producers of Star Trek IV, Brooke Breton and myself! Such a wonderful job and time in my life!
Behind the scenes of the Star Trek The Original Series Movie VI"The Voyage Home" 1986.
#StarTrek
#theoriginalseries
#TVShow
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Super excited to record a voice today on my buddy Michael Giacchino's Star Trek animated short, "Ephraim and Dot"! Michael directed and scored it!! Watch for it and other, "Short Treks", this December on CBS all access!!!
#StarTrek
#SHORTTREKS
#ephraimanddot
#michaelgiacchino
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DROP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND COME SEE ME AT PENSACON!!
#PENSACON2023
#kirkthatcher
#shamelessselfpromotion
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Okay...Bean isn't dead. He is just resting in pattern form until someone in the Dimsey hierarchy deems him fiscally worthy of being recreated into fur, felt and fuzzy foam! So...get that petition going, kids!!!! Make a Christmas miracle!!! Let Bean be reborn!!!
#letbeanbereborn
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Well then, I eschew you and..
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Just doing some 'ciphering...If all the Muppet fans on the Muppet Youtube channel gave me $10 a year, or 84 cents a month...We could make a 90 minute Muppet movie every single year....So...Round up the troops! Spread the word!!
#tiredofwaiting
#MakemoreMuppetmovies
#Pitterpatter
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My pre-production art for the wedding. Needed the master shot to shoe how the characters would be blocked in the scene, because the ghosts were filmed BEFORE the ceremony with Pepe and Taraji, including Deadly...had to be carefully pre-planned!
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#Directing
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So...Twitter Hive mind: I was just invited to participate on Cameo to do video greetings! Cheesey idea or Charming side hustle? Discuss!
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I shall send them a strongly worded email and threatening photograph!😊😜😉
@KirkThatcher
I'll be there no question but also please kindly bully Marvel execs into a sequel, I miss Elsa so much
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@Empress_Carla
Well...not exactly! Just too fragile to puppeteer without tearing him up! Each Muppet is a soft, handcrafted sculpture, vigorously manipulated for hours upon end from the inside to create the illusion of life. It takes it's toll! Also...that sounded creepier than I meant it to!😊
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A lot of the fun of Muppets Haunted Mansion, was imagining Muppets as Mansion characters! I had a blast designing these looks, working closely with
@puppetheap
to bring them to life! Here's my initial art for Fozzie as the Hatbox Ghost!
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
#Characterdesign
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Here is a teaser for something I have wanted to make for 30 years and was fortunate enough to be very involved with its creation!! More to be revealed as the months drag by towards Halloween!! You can see it this fall, only on Disney+ !!
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Thanks so much, Brian! I really appreci....waitaminnit! I DID NOT MURDER BEAN FREAKING BUNNY!! HE FELL APART DUE TO BEING SO DANG CUTE THAT HIS FUR AND FELT COULDN'T TAKE IT!!! Dang, Bri...you had to bring that up ON MY BIRTHDAY!!?!? Arm rods at 10 paces next time we meet!!😉😊😜
Happy Birthday Kirk Thatcher!
Kirk is best known for a number of productions, including Muppets Haunted Mansion and Muppets From Space, as well as being the murderer of Bean Bunny. Happy Birthday
@KirkThatcher
!
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@AJemaineClement
Thanks,
@AJemaineClement
for your concern. I have persevered and now write and play with puppets for a living, so only minor damage was done...Bret knows what I am talking about! 😊
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A MUPPET WESTERN, where Kermit is a Sheriff who won't use a gun... and PIGS IN SPACE as an updated Sci Fi adventure!
@KirkThatcher
This sounds awesome. Of all the Muppet pitches you've had over the years what is the one at the top of your list that you'd do if given the greenlight?
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Saw, Werewolf by Night with a live audience at the
@beyondfest
screening!
@m_giacchino
gave a great interview afterwards and the crowd loved all of it!! Applause broke out numerous times during the film and I am so proud and honored to be a part of this delightful movie!
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Sux that Netflix didn't pick up a 2nd season of the Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, but it has inspired me to finally make my own damn show, w/ Kickstarter and 39 years of making comedy and creatures. Think: Pee Wee+Monty Python+Benny Hill+Muppets! Watch for updates!
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Had a howling good time at the Werewolf by Night screening tonight in Downtown LA! Now I are one too!!
#werewolfbynight
#Marvel
#DisneyPlus
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ROTFLMAO!
Seen pictured: The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager and the Bus Punk from Star Trek IV and Star Trek: Picard.
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Either a Pigs in Space Movie or a Muppet Western with Kermit as a sheriff who won't use a gun.
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This Holiday season give the gift of life by donating blood! It's a charitable act that literally saves lives, maybe even of someone you know! What symbolizes the spirit of the Season more than saving the lives of those in need!
#giveblood
#redcross
#happyholidays
#seasonofgiving
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Hey, gang! See me this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Pensacon, in beautiful Pensacola, FLA!! I have new Picard, Werewolf by Night and Muppet Halloween posters and pics to Autograph!!
#Pensacola
#pensacon2023
#KirkThatcher
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Wow! Just got home to find that, Muppets Haunted Mansion, the movie I directed and co-wrote with
@kellyyounger
&
@billbarretta
won a PGA award!!! So many people worked so hard on this, especially all the folks
@SoapBoxFilm
! Big hugs to all of you!! XOXO
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
Winner of the award for Outstanding Children’s Program is the producing team for
@themuppets
Haunted Mansion (Special).
#pgaawards
#themuppets
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...and after molding and casting them, I painted all but one of them!!
#bestjobever
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#ReturnOfTheJedi40th
#StarWarsDay
#creaturemaker
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Chilling w Ollie after making it through Christmas! He is a 12th level Zen cuddle master and has revealed much to me of the Way of the Draped Paw! Happy Holiday Recovery week, everyone!! XOXO
#CatsofTwittter
#CatsOnTwitter
#chillingcat
#Zencat
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LOVE IT!!!
I hope you don't mind,
@KirkThatcher
, but I cobbled together a LEGO version of you to hang out at a bus stop on one of my display shelves.
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Jim was a very thoughtful, creative and considerate gentleman, part beatnik philosopher/ part hippy dreamer. He loved desserts and silliness and how technology could extend the arts into new techniques and vistas. He was incredibly kind, generous, supportive and a deep thinker.
@KirkThatcher
I just watched Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas for the first time and I absolutely loved it!! I wanted to ask you, what was Jim Henson like?
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The cast of Werewolf by Night posing for our sitcom,"Time for Ted." A Jolly group of Monster Hunters adopt a Giant Sized Man thing and horror-filled hghjinx ensue! Such a great group of actors. So grateful to
@m_giacchino
and
@MarvelStudios
#werewolfbynight
#Marvel
#DisneyPlus
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Yep...I have worn many hats over the years! I like hats!! 😊
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Hey gang! Catch me, next Sunday, Jan 29th at Pasadena Comic Con 2023 !!
I'll be signing pics from Star Trek IV, Werewolf by Night, Picard, Return of the Jedi, Funko Pop figures from Dinosaurs and Gremlins as well!! Come over and say, Hi!
#Pasadenacomiccon
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Here's a bit more of our grim Grinning gags to tease you all until October 8th!!!!
Look alive! The trailer for
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
has crept out of the shadows. Don't be too frightened prematurely – the real chills come October 8th when our all-new Original Special starts streaming only on
@DisneyPlus
.
#Hallowstream
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I have been told this by those who would know....😊😊
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Olivier des Yeuxbleus and I wish you all a Happy Monday!! XOXO 😻😻😻
#happycat
#catsoftwitter
#kittycuddles
#catowner
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Sithgoth Corellian pirate, Gon Zolo...He made the Sleeping Beauty Castle run in under 12 parsnips! More
@batsday
shenanigans at Disneyland!!
#batsday
#batsdayinthefunpark
#gothicstyle
#starwarspuns
#Disneyland
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Kermit and I always have some laughs together whenever we collaborate...Fun to fraternize frivolously with my fairly famous frog friend!
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Encountered a local Savage at Comic Con! We busted some myths and some brews!
http://t.co/thc5vuaLu1
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I also voiced a number of Gremlins in Gremlins 2, most notably, that blushing bride with the souped-up soup coolers, Greta!!!
So I'm drawing a picture of Blaznee tonight, for reasons, and went down a weird rabbit hole, and only today discovered that
@KirkThatcher
is the voice of the tiny robot in (my favorite movie) Spaced Invaders. 🤯❤️ what.
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@madphilg
teaching me how to paint creatures whilst I work on the Klingon dog from Star Trek III! So great learning these secret creature making techniques from my Jedi monster making master, Phil Tippett! 😜
We did have a little fun sometimes too...
#startrek
#startrekIII
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Me an Uncle D! Getting creepy and kooky and considering the spooky! One of my Muppet Monsters to write and direct!
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Available on the Disney Channel without a Disney + subscription is the musical Halloween special I directed and co-wrote last year, Muppets Haunted Mansion!! Airing this Saturday the 22nd!!
#muppets
#MuppetsHauntedmansion
#Halloween
#Disneychannel
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He is an absolute delight and carried an entire song number with no rehearsal! Just an amazing entertainer!!
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Thanks, gang!! Appreciate the love!! XOXO
Shoutout to Dinosaurs producer, developer, designer, and writer the wonderful
@KirkThatcher
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"It's time to get things started!!!"
Tonight at 8 pm!!!
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Come by Pasadena Comic Con today! Table 534b, next to my pal
@GigiEdgley
!! Say, "Hi" and see my new autograph pics from Picard and Werewolf by Night !!
#pasadenacomiccon
#Autographs
#Kirkthatcher
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Last van ride on my last day of filming on my first co-starring role in a fantastic movie!! Working with good friends and making new friends with a beautiful and supportive cast and crew! Bucket list event for sure! Can't wait to share more!
#acting
#BucketList
#dreamsdocometrue
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Me and the awesome,
@Leonardo_Nam
at the Werewolf by Night screening last night, having a howling good time! Check out Leo's disarmingly good performance in the film! Notice how we kept on brand by staying black and white in this picture!
#WerewolfByNight
#Marvel
#DisneyPlus
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True fact!!!!
Fun fact: It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie was directed by
@KirkThatcher
, aka the punk on the bus from Star Trek IV
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It seemed so obvious to me with the Ballroom dancers in the HM!! So glad everyone loved seeing it in our movie's version!!
@KirkThatcher
I love how you were able to seamlessly incorporate the old "At the Dance" bit from THE MUPPET SHOW into
#MuppetsHauntedMansion
. One of countless delights. Bravo to you & your team!
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The secret is out!! After all these years I finally got the wonderful opportunity to work with my dear friends,
@JoelGHodgson
and
@jonahray
making fun of hilariously awkward movies!! The writing team was amazing!! So proud to have a small part in the professional silliness!
Maybe I missed it somewhere, but excited that we get
@KirkThatcher
as a writer for the new season of
@MST3K
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And sometimes this punk thinks about the poor Vampire Vladislav just trying to enjoy the meager night life in Wellington New Zealand...
Sometimes I think about this poor punk guy on the bus in Star Trek IV just enjoying his music.
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Unfortunately, the two-headed transplant was a success! We are now big mean Kirk and bigger mean Carl!
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Awww, thanks!!!
"I worked with a lot of people in Hollywood... and they’re not terrible people but you don’t get that same sort of feeling and respect. Jim [Henson] was always great at looking at his employees as equals and not as an underling."
Happy Birthday,
@KirkThatcher
!
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Meet the Voices of the Gremlins!
Had a blast with my pal, Mark Dodson reminiscing about our recording Gremlin pidgin gibberish for 2 weeks straight in Four languages!!
#truestory
#multilingualGremlins
#Gremlins
#gremlins2
#voiceactor
#markdodson
#kirkthatcher
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I DO NOT HATE THIS!!!
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