Matthew Soberman
@matthewsoberman.bsky.social
Muppy Award-winning writer for ToughPigs, Riffer of Videos for ScreenHoleTV's VHS. Sometimes I dress up like Figment, too.
“Well, they certainly seem to be having a good time, Sprocket. Yeah, I like it when they have a good time. But I tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about these dishes, Sprocket. C’mon, I’ll wash and you dry, okay?”
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Well, they certainly seem to be having a good time, Sprocket. Yeah, I like it when they have a good time. But I tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about these dishes, Sprocket. C’mon, I’ll wash and you dry, okay?”
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Finally, society is ready to start talking openly about the Bus Driver Dance.
Are we ready to talk about Michael Caine’s little Scrooge dance? Don’t tell me it’s a character choice, you can tell that’s how he dances in real life.
December 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Finally, society is ready to start talking openly about the Bus Driver Dance.
You all remember how upset folks got when Green Book won Best Picture?
That’s how I felt about Anora.
That’s how I felt about Anora.
Late night question for the gang: what’s your LEAST favorite Best Picture winner that’s not Crash?
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
You all remember how upset folks got when Green Book won Best Picture?
That’s how I felt about Anora.
That’s how I felt about Anora.
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Want your fav celebrity to be inducted? Then nominate them for the 5th annual class of the Muppet Fan Hall of Fame!!! Nominations close New Year's Eve at noon!
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5th Annual Muppet Fan Hall of Fame Nomination Form
To qualify for consideration, you need to be one of the following
1. A Muppet fan website writer
2. A Muppet fan Artist
3. A Muppet fan podcaster/podcast
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December 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Want your fav celebrity to be inducted? Then nominate them for the 5th annual class of the Muppet Fan Hall of Fame!!! Nominations close New Year's Eve at noon!
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Muppets (2011) Take Manhattan
The Muppets (2011) Take Manhattan
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Empire Strikes Back to the Future
The Empire Strikes Back to the Future
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Princess Bride of Frankenstein
The Princess Bride of Frankenstein
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Muppets (2011) Take Manhattan
The Muppets (2011) Take Manhattan
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Final day of Disney Fans for good, a fundraiser for the 2nd harvest Food bank of OC which supports CM’s,hospitality, community, & more. With layoffs,hours reduced, inflation,& climate: Need is high! Every size donation counts ! Can’t donate? Please Share🙏
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Final day of Disney Fans for good, a fundraiser for the 2nd harvest Food bank of OC which supports CM’s,hospitality, community, & more. With layoffs,hours reduced, inflation,& climate: Need is high! Every size donation counts ! Can’t donate? Please Share🙏
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
Look, this is a good opening, but for the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, how did we not open with a parody of “99 Luftballons?”
(And yes, I do know what the original song’s about.)
(And yes, I do know what the original song’s about.)
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Look, this is a good opening, but for the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, how did we not open with a parody of “99 Luftballons?”
(And yes, I do know what the original song’s about.)
(And yes, I do know what the original song’s about.)
What color are their hands now, Charlie Brown?
Light the lamp, not the rat, Charlie Brown!
If you touch me, you’ll understand what happiness is, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What color are their hands now, Charlie Brown?
As if that’s ever stopped her before.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As if that’s ever stopped her before.
That’s easy. That’s George Stephanopoulos!
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
That’s easy. That’s George Stephanopoulos!
Please help if you can!
Day 10 of Disney Fans for good, a fundraiser for the 2nd harvest Food bank of OC. This food bank supports CM’s,hospitality workers & community . With layoffs ,hours reduced, inflation, & external factors.Need is high & imminent.
Please share & or donate!🙏
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
Please share & or donate!🙏
together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Please help if you can!
If you see this post egg
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you see this post egg
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Whassup Muppet folks! Join me and the lovely people at @toughpigs.com for a Muppet sketchfest jam panel at NYCC!
4.15 in room 406.1!
Wearing appropriate shirt!
4.15 in room 406.1!
Wearing appropriate shirt!
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Whassup Muppet folks! Join me and the lovely people at @toughpigs.com for a Muppet sketchfest jam panel at NYCC!
4.15 in room 406.1!
Wearing appropriate shirt!
4.15 in room 406.1!
Wearing appropriate shirt!
Oh, was that today?
Happy Brithday to legendary ToughPigs writer and 2024 inductee @matthewsoberman.bsky.social !!!
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Oh, was that today?
Slightly diminish a band
“Somewhat Peculiar Al” Yankovic
“Somewhat Peculiar Al” Yankovic
Slightly diminish a band
They Might Not Be Giants
They Might Not Be Giants
Slightly diminish a band:
Heavy Breether
Heavy Breether
August 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Slightly diminish a band
“Somewhat Peculiar Al” Yankovic
“Somewhat Peculiar Al” Yankovic
Still my all-time favorite game theme song…
August 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Still my all-time favorite game theme song…
Midnight Madness! Disney’s answer to National Lampoon’s Animal House.
Name a Disney Film.
August 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Midnight Madness! Disney’s answer to National Lampoon’s Animal House.
What if Lou Gehrig hadn’t gotten sick? If he’s healthy, he gets his 500th home run by the end of 1939, and likely reaches 3,000 hits before he turns 40. I truly believe he would’ve been the first player to reach both milestones.
What’s your modern historical hinge point? Nothing political. Just your major cultural What If? For example, I’m a 1994 Expos truther
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
What if Lou Gehrig hadn’t gotten sick? If he’s healthy, he gets his 500th home run by the end of 1939, and likely reaches 3,000 hits before he turns 40. I truly believe he would’ve been the first player to reach both milestones.
Sitting in front of my computer now so I can be the first in line again.
From 2011-2016, we hosted a live monthly show in NYC called The Muppet Vault. Join us this Sunday on the ToughPigs Discord for its grand return!
August 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sitting in front of my computer now so I can be the first in line again.
Favorite memories?
-The Room live in NYC.
-Seeing Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny in the theater with my unsuspecting brother.
-“Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten.”
-The Jesters. They’re everywhere and everyone.
-Winning a RiffTrax beach ball!
-Finally getting a riff of Cats.
-The Room live in NYC.
-Seeing Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny in the theater with my unsuspecting brother.
-“Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten.”
-The Jesters. They’re everywhere and everyone.
-Winning a RiffTrax beach ball!
-Finally getting a riff of Cats.
19 years of RiffTrax! RiffTrax was founded on this day in 2006. What have been your favorite memories of almost two decades of riffing those Trax? rifftrax.com/offers
July 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Favorite memories?
-The Room live in NYC.
-Seeing Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny in the theater with my unsuspecting brother.
-“Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten.”
-The Jesters. They’re everywhere and everyone.
-Winning a RiffTrax beach ball!
-Finally getting a riff of Cats.
-The Room live in NYC.
-Seeing Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny in the theater with my unsuspecting brother.
-“Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten.”
-The Jesters. They’re everywhere and everyone.
-Winning a RiffTrax beach ball!
-Finally getting a riff of Cats.
You know the ice cream place is going to be good when they use the classic EPCOT font.
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You know the ice cream place is going to be good when they use the classic EPCOT font.
My Fantastic Four
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My Fantastic Four
I once held a bathroom door open for Tony Hendra.
July 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I once held a bathroom door open for Tony Hendra.
Easily in the top five ToughPigs memories for me, maybe even top three. He could’ve just kept walking, but he took the time to thank us for coming, and that was really touching.
once I was eating at a diner with some friends, and Matt Vogel, puppeteer of Kermit and Big Bird, saw us and came in to say hello
I guess it's maybe less exciting when you know we all are puppetry people, but it really astonished my spouse so...?
I guess it's maybe less exciting when you know we all are puppetry people, but it really astonished my spouse so...?
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Easily in the top five ToughPigs memories for me, maybe even top three. He could’ve just kept walking, but he took the time to thank us for coming, and that was really touching.