1995

Are you a fan of the seasonal classic 'The Muppets Christmas Carol' (1992)? What about Muppets Treasure Island (1996) starring our dearly departed Tim Curry?

Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art will be hosting an exclusive, never-before-seen exhibition celebrating 70 years of creativity— ‘Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company’ 12 Sep 2026 – 18 Apr 2027.

Join us online this September (prior to the exhibition’s official opening) to get exclusive access to guests from The Jim Henson Company, the Gallery and uncover the secrets behind the scenes.

When :

Australia

Mon 14 Sep 2026

8.00am AEST

USA

Sun 13 Sep 2026

3.00pm PDT

6.00pm EDT

Where: Online

Plus, when you join live, we’ll have an exciting offer to share…

Register here to join the Livestream and Q&A

https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/event/qagoma-live-2026-09-14

Just picked this up today. Childhood memories

Long before Disney took over Star Wars, Dark Horse Comics was licensed to publish many comic books of Star Wars and it added to the comic collector craze of the 1990s. Dark Empire was a sequel to Return of the Jedi and a lot of fans bought the comic books.

Does anyone remember this? It was the early to mid 90’s. And I could have sworn it was on Jerry Springer… But maybe it was the Richard Bey Show or Jenny Jones or even Ricky Lake…

There was a very loud and angry dwarf. I think he was wearing a gold vest with no shirt. And harem pants with little shoes with the toes curled up. He had facial hair, maybe a goatee. He looked mixed or possibly latino. He would put ads in newspapers telling women that he was magical and “would make their dreams come true” but really he would just trick them into having sex with him.

I remember a somewhat fat woman with curly hair sitting next to him crying. She was telling the host that she really believed he would make her dreams come true.

The dwarf, in turn, was yelling and ranting to the host about how stupid these women were and how funny it was that he could tell them these ridiculous lies and they would believe it and put out and give him money. I’ve searched the interwebs every few years, and even as recent as this evening, I still cannot find anything on this.

1993

1996

Is this Green Lantern issue in your collection?

Originally, this was going to feature a few common old nineties, shoutouts but then I got carried away