app02 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 04:22:05 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Vayse - Episodes Tagged with “Jim Henson” https://www.vayse.co.uk/tags/jim%20henson Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000 Welcome to Vayse, a podcast about weird stuff. Join Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they wander, stumble and fall through a disorientating trash stratum stitched together out of art, magick, the occult, the paranormal, the supernatural, the eerie and the strange. Starting without a single clue, Hine and Buckley talk to writers, magicians, mystics, artists and each other to try to piece together an understanding of this weird world that they find themselves a part of. Down here in the Trash Stratum, the only thing they can be sure of is: the more they learn, the less they know. en-us episodic A Podcast about weird stuff... Vayse Welcome to Vayse, a podcast about weird stuff. Join Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they wander, stumble and fall through a disorientating trash stratum stitched together out of art, magick, the occult, the paranormal, the supernatural, the eerie and the strange. Starting without a single clue, Hine and Buckley talk to writers, magicians, mystics, artists and each other to try to piece together an understanding of this weird world that they find themselves a part of. Down here in the Trash Stratum, the only thing they can be sure of is: the more they learn, the less they know. yes occult, esoteric, weird, high-strangeness, high strangeness, occulture, paranormal, supernatural, spirits, demons, magic, magick, chaos magic, chaos magick, ultraterrestrial, ultra-terrestrial, ultra terrestrial, mysticism, mystical Vayse vaysebiz@gmail.com VYS0064 | Things Aren't Always What They Seem In This Place - Halloween 2026: Labyrinth https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0064 d430c8e4-6045-42fb-898d-19e7114a4b89 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 -0000 Vayse full 5 Vayse Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have fought our way here to the season 5 of Vayse. And to open this season, as a celebration of Halloween 2026, Hine and Buckley take a deep dive into the marvellous, mysterious and mighty muppety masterpiece: Laybyrinth. A lot of ink has been spilled in service of examining the social/psychological/sexual subtext of this 1986 comedy/fantasy tour de force but rather than try to compete for an angle in this arena, the Vayse boys go back to their childhoods, examining the movie as an urtext of imagination and the supernatural: Buckley's obsessive twice daily screenings of the film during summer holidays as a child and his desire for escape into it's world as a teenager, Hine's fascination with how the story is woven together from illusions, magic and subverted fairy tales... and how every one of the main touch points of Vayse is explicitly or implicitly set out in this exquisite 1986 masterwork (recorded 19 October 2026) 2:12:46 yes <p><strong>VYS0064 | Things Aren't Always What They Seem In This Place - Halloween 2026: Labyrinth</strong> Show Notes</p> <p>Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have fought our way here to the season 5 of Vayse. And to open this season, as a celebration of Halloween 2026, Hine and Buckley take a deep dive into the marvellous, mysterious and mighty muppety masterpiece: Laybyrinth.</p> <p>A lot of ink has been spilled in service of examining the social/psychological/sexual subtext of this 1986 comedy/fantasy tour de force but rather than try to compete for an angle in this arena, the Vayse boys go back to their childhoods, examining the movie as an urtext of imagination and the supernatural: Buckley's obsessive twice daily screenings of the film during summer holidays as a child and his desire for escape into it's world as a teenager, Hine's fascination with how the story is woven together from illusions, magic and subverted fairy tales... and how every one of the main touch points of Vayse is explicitly or implicitly set out in this exquisite 1986 masterwork (recorded 19 October 2026)</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yd4em1I6M" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6DJmp21vcQ" rel="nofollow noopener">Dance Magic Dance - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds" rel="nofollow noopener">Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://ukchristmastv.weebly.com/bbc-1989.html" rel="nofollow noopener">UK Christmas TV 1989</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Connelly" rel="nofollow noopener">Jennifer Connelly - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie" rel="nofollow noopener">David Bowie - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwrXsUPVaIE" rel="nofollow noopener">Underground by David Bowie - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey" rel="nofollow noopener">The Hero's Journey - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppets" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppets - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones" rel="nofollow noopener">Terry Jones - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://labyrinth.fandom.com/wiki/Labyrinth_(Novelization)" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth (Novelization) - Labyrinth Wiki</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin" rel="nofollow noopener">Merlin - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Thompson" rel="nofollow noopener">Shelley Thompson - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.joshuacutchin.com/fourth-wall-phantoms" rel="nofollow noopener">Fourth Wall Phantoms by Joshua Cutchin</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects" rel="nofollow noopener">The Usual Suspects - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Bandits" rel="nofollow noopener">Time Bandits - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" rel="nofollow noopener">The Wizard of Oz - Wikipeida</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Oz" rel="nofollow noopener">Return to Oz - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetia_(magic)" rel="nofollow noopener">Goetia - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars" rel="nofollow noopener">Star Wars - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magic - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_magic" rel="nofollow noopener">Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_(Strieber_book)" rel="nofollow noopener">Communion by Whitley Strieber- Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/28098242-the-messengers" rel="nofollow noopener">The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee by Mike Clelland - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/406344.Passport_to_Magonia?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14" rel="nofollow noopener">Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Jacques Vallée - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks" rel="nofollow noopener">Twin Peaks - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_(character)" rel="nofollow noopener">Ziggy Stardust - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth" rel="nofollow noopener">The Man Who Feel to Earth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling" rel="nofollow noopener">Changeling - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_painting" rel="nofollow noopener">Matte painting - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoggle" rel="nofollow noopener">Hoggle - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." rel="nofollow noopener">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies" rel="nofollow noopener">Cottingley Fairies - Wikpedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Froud" rel="nofollow noopener">Brian Froud - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing" rel="nofollow noopener">Remote Viewing - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Williams_(Labyrinth)" rel="nofollow noopener">Sarah Williams - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_and_Knaves" rel="nofollow noopener">Knights and Knaves - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth:_Coronation" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth: Coronation - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Labyrinth" rel="nofollow noopener">Return to Labyrinth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth" rel="nofollow noopener">Pan's Labyrinth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo_(Labyrinth)" rel="nofollow noopener">Ludo - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.joshuacutchin.com/a-trojan-feast" rel="nofollow noopener">A Trojan Feast by Joshua Cutchin</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM_jC7j_4" rel="nofollow noopener">White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Alice in Wonderland - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Highlander - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks:_Fire_Walk_with_Me" rel="nofollow noopener">Fire Walk with Me - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Didymus" rel="nofollow noopener">Sir Didymus - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42359679-monolithic-undertow" rel="nofollow noopener">Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion by Harry Sword - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies" rel="nofollow noopener">Goonies - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1UEfgwiULo" rel="nofollow noopener">As the World Falls Down by David Bowie - Youtube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezcal_worm" rel="nofollow noopener">Mezcal Worm -Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_(religion)" rel="nofollow noopener">Abyss - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crone" rel="nofollow noopener">Crone - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem" rel="nofollow noopener">Golem - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS" rel="nofollow noopener">VHS - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z" rel="nofollow noopener">Generation Z - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher" rel="nofollow noopener">M. C. Escher - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_(M._C._Escher)" rel="nofollow noopener">Relativity by M. C. Escher - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8qs16mAU0s" rel="nofollow noopener">Within You by David Bowie - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MirrorMask" rel="nofollow noopener">MirrorMask - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(1985_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Legend - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Babies_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Water Babies - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Monsters_(1989_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Little Monsters - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lost Boys - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride" rel="nofollow noopener">The Princess Bride - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(2007_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Stardust - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja_(1985_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Red Sonja - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Krull - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beastmaster" rel="nofollow noopener">Beastmaster - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_the_Slayer" rel="nofollow noopener">Hawk the Slayer - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Vayse online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Vayse" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener">Website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://youtube.com/@vaysepodcast?si=4PonfGmJ31TvrjdE" rel="nofollow noopener">Youtube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://vayse.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener">Bluesky</a></strong><br> Email: <strong><a href="mailto:vayseinfo@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">vayseinfo@gmail.com</a></strong></p> Labyrinth, David Bowie, Jim Henson, Goblin King, Halloween, Goblins, Jospeh Campbell, Vayse, Faeries, supernatural, nature, Folk Horror, Weird Fiction, sound, music, magic, Weird, weird stuff, weirdpod, occult, occult podcast, paranormal, supernatural, strange VYS0064 | Things Aren't Always What They Seem In This Place - Halloween 2026: Labyrinth Show Notes

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have fought our way here to the season 5 of Vayse. And to open this season, as a celebration of Halloween 2026, Hine and Buckley take a deep dive into the marvellous, mysterious and mighty muppety masterpiece: Laybyrinth.

A lot of ink has been spilled in service of examining the social/psychological/sexual subtext of this 1986 comedy/fantasy tour de force but rather than try to compete for an angle in this arena, the Vayse boys go back to their childhoods, examining the movie as an urtext of imagination and the supernatural: Buckley's obsessive twice daily screenings of the film during summer holidays as a child and his desire for escape into it's world as a teenager, Hine's fascination with how the story is woven together from illusions, magic and subverted fairy tales... and how every one of the main touch points of Vayse is explicitly or implicitly set out in this exquisite 1986 masterwork (recorded 19 October 2026)

Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
Dance Magic Dance - YouTube
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - Wikipedia
UK Christmas TV 1989
Jennifer Connelly - Wikipedia
David Bowie - Wikipedia
Underground by David Bowie - YouTube
The Hero's Journey - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Terry Jones - Wikipedia
Labyrinth (Novelization) - Labyrinth Wiki
Merlin - Wikipedia
Shelley Thompson - Wikipedia
Fourth Wall Phantoms by Joshua Cutchin
The Usual Suspects - Wikipedia
Time Bandits - Wikipedia
The Wizard of Oz - Wikipeida
Return to Oz - Wikipedia
Goetia - Wikipedia
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Chaos Magic - Wikipedia
Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia
Communion by Whitley Strieber- Wikipedia
The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee by Mike Clelland - Goodreads
Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Jacques Vallée - Wikipedia
Twin Peaks - Wikipedia
Ziggy Stardust - Wikipedia
The Man Who Feel to Earth - Wikipedia
Changeling - Wikipedia
Matte painting - Wikipedia
Hoggle - Wikipedia
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Wikipedia
Cottingley Fairies - Wikpedia
Brian Froud - Wikipedia
Remote Viewing - Wikipedia
Sarah Williams - Wikipedia
Knights and Knaves - Wikipedia
Labyrinth: Coronation - Wikipedia
Return to Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Pan's Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Ludo - Wikipedia
A Trojan Feast by Joshua Cutchin
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane - YouTube
Alice in Wonderland - Wikipedia
Highlander - Wikipedia
Fire Walk with Me - Wikipedia
Sir Didymus - Wikipedia
Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion by Harry Sword - Goodreads
Goonies - Wikipedia
As the World Falls Down by David Bowie - Youtube
Mezcal Worm -Wikipedia
Abyss - Wikipedia
Crone - Wikipedia
Golem - Wikipedia
VHS - Wikipedia
Generation Z - Wikipedia
M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
Relativity by M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
Within You by David Bowie - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
MirrorMask - Wikipedia
Legend - Wikipedia
Water Babies - Wikipedia
Little Monsters - Wikipedia
The Lost Boys - Wikipedia
The Princess Bride - Wikipedia
Stardust - Wikipedia
Red Sonja - Wikipedia
Krull - Wikipedia
Beastmaster - Wikipedia
Hawk the Slayer - Wikipedia

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]]> VYS0064 | Things Aren't Always What They Seem In This Place - Halloween 2026: Labyrinth Show Notes

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have fought our way here to the season 5 of Vayse. And to open this season, as a celebration of Halloween 2026, Hine and Buckley take a deep dive into the marvellous, mysterious and mighty muppety masterpiece: Laybyrinth.

A lot of ink has been spilled in service of examining the social/psychological/sexual subtext of this 1986 comedy/fantasy tour de force but rather than try to compete for an angle in this arena, the Vayse boys go back to their childhoods, examining the movie as an urtext of imagination and the supernatural: Buckley's obsessive twice daily screenings of the film during summer holidays as a child and his desire for escape into it's world as a teenager, Hine's fascination with how the story is woven together from illusions, magic and subverted fairy tales... and how every one of the main touch points of Vayse is explicitly or implicitly set out in this exquisite 1986 masterwork (recorded 19 October 2026)

Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
Dance Magic Dance - YouTube
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - Wikipedia
UK Christmas TV 1989
Jennifer Connelly - Wikipedia
David Bowie - Wikipedia
Underground by David Bowie - YouTube
The Hero's Journey - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Terry Jones - Wikipedia
Labyrinth (Novelization) - Labyrinth Wiki
Merlin - Wikipedia
Shelley Thompson - Wikipedia
Fourth Wall Phantoms by Joshua Cutchin
The Usual Suspects - Wikipedia
Time Bandits - Wikipedia
The Wizard of Oz - Wikipeida
Return to Oz - Wikipedia
Goetia - Wikipedia
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Chaos Magic - Wikipedia
Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia
Communion by Whitley Strieber- Wikipedia
The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee by Mike Clelland - Goodreads
Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Jacques Vallée - Wikipedia
Twin Peaks - Wikipedia
Ziggy Stardust - Wikipedia
The Man Who Feel to Earth - Wikipedia
Changeling - Wikipedia
Matte painting - Wikipedia
Hoggle - Wikipedia
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Wikipedia
Cottingley Fairies - Wikpedia
Brian Froud - Wikipedia
Remote Viewing - Wikipedia
Sarah Williams - Wikipedia
Knights and Knaves - Wikipedia
Labyrinth: Coronation - Wikipedia
Return to Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Pan's Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Ludo - Wikipedia
A Trojan Feast by Joshua Cutchin
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane - YouTube
Alice in Wonderland - Wikipedia
Highlander - Wikipedia
Fire Walk with Me - Wikipedia
Sir Didymus - Wikipedia
Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion by Harry Sword - Goodreads
Goonies - Wikipedia
As the World Falls Down by David Bowie - Youtube
Mezcal Worm -Wikipedia
Abyss - Wikipedia
Crone - Wikipedia
Golem - Wikipedia
VHS - Wikipedia
Generation Z - Wikipedia
M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
Relativity by M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
Within You by David Bowie - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
MirrorMask - Wikipedia
Legend - Wikipedia
Water Babies - Wikipedia
Little Monsters - Wikipedia
The Lost Boys - Wikipedia
The Princess Bride - Wikipedia
Stardust - Wikipedia
Red Sonja - Wikipedia
Krull - Wikipedia
Beastmaster - Wikipedia
Hawk the Slayer - Wikipedia

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]]> VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025 https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0055 6aa124d1-90ae-405d-881a-fe7becab545a Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:30:00 -0000 Vayse full Vayse God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode! With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025). 2:08:07 yes <p><strong>VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025</strong> - Show Notes</p> <p>God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!</p> <p>With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).</p> <p><strong>Phil Ristaino online</strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.postrelevant.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Post Relevant Podcast website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.thesearedreams.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Phil’s website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/album/boduvt" rel="nofollow noopener">Agents of Venus - Bandcamp</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/" rel="nofollow noopener">Phil on Instagram</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Jim Henson and the Muppets</strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppets_(2011_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppets - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4YhbpuGdwQ" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppets Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTjksM3YAs" rel="nofollow noopener">Man or Muppet - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Christmas_Carol" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Christmas Carol - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNo-Q0IDJi0" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Movie - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDfXXaqfc2k" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Movie Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yd4em1I6M" rel="nofollow noopener">Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaH6cOR8NKc" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dark Crystal Trailer - Youtube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson" rel="nofollow noopener">Jim Henson - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20221209-the-muppet-christmas-carol-festive-classics-dark-backdrop" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Christmas Carol: A festive classic's dark backdrop - 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God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!

With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).

Phil Ristaino online
The Post Relevant Podcast website
Phil’s website
Agents of Venus - Bandcamp
Phil on Instagram

Jim Henson and the Muppets
The Muppets - Wikipedia
The Muppets Trailer - YouTube
Man or Muppet - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
The Muppet Movie - Wikipedia
The Muppet Movie Trailer - YouTube
Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
The Dark Crystal Trailer - Youtube
Jim Henson - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol: A festive classic's dark backdrop - BBC
Michael Caine - Wikipedia
Gonzo The Great - Wikipedia
Rizzo the Rat - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Christian Science - Wikipedia
The Muppets and Drug Use - Muppet Wiki
Jane Henson - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - YouTube
Kermit The Frog - Wikipedia
Jim Henson and The Muppets Visit The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 03/18/1975 - YouTube
Sesame Street - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - YouTube
The Muppet Show - Wikipedia
The Muppet Show Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Valentine Show - First Muppet Show Pilot - YouTube
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (Opening Scene) - YouTube
Brass Eye - Wikipedia
Brass Eye - Complete Series (All 7 Episodes) - YouTube
Prince on The Muppets Tonight - YouTube
10 Behind the Scenes Facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol - YouTube
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Star Wars Trailer - YouTube
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Wikipedia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer - YouTube
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
The Great Muppet Caper - Wikipedia
The Great Muppet Caper Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Take Manhattan - Wikipedia
The Muppets Take Manhattan Trailer - YouTube
Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters Trailer - YouTube
Fraggle Rock - Wikipedia
Fraggle Rock Opening Theme - YouTube
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Trailer - YouTube
Streptococcal Pharyngitis - Wikipedia
Mastoiditis - Wikipedia
Scarlet Fever - Wikipedia
Meningitis
Toxic shock syndrome
Frank Oz - Wikipedia

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Project Gutenberg
Brian Henson - Wikipedia
Christian Science Website
Mary Baker Eddy - Wikipedia
Mitch Horowitz
Seth Material - Wikipedia
Jane Roberts - Wikipedia
Big Henson Energy: The Ridiculous Optimism of The Muppets by Aimee Knight - Kill Your Darlings
Steven Mackintosh - Wikipedia
Robin Weaver - Wikipedia
‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Kevin E G Perry - The Independent
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Wikipedia
Puppetry for the Modern Shaman by James Godwin - Howlround Theatre Commons
Masks in Magic by Gordon "the Toad" MacLellan - Whitedragon.org
The Mask - Wikipedia
The Mask Trailer - Youtube
Dave Goelz -Wikipedia
How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol - Guardian
Muppets From Space - Wikipedia
Muppets From Space Trailer - YouTube
Gonzo's attraction to chickens - Muppets Wiki
Sesame Street Theme - YouTube
X-Men - Fandom.com
How Were the Ghosts in The Muppet Christmas Carol Created? by Via Laurene - Comic Book Resources
Bob Marley - Wikipedia
Miss Piggy - Wikipedia
Dionysus - Wikipedia
Banshee - Wikipedia
The Roman god Bacchus as a Christian icon by Riley Winters - Ancient Origins
The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku - GoodReads
Ergot - Wikipedia
Kykeon - Wikipedia
Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia
Triple Deity - Wikipedia
Paul Williams - Wikipedia
The Carpenters - Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters- Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters - YouTube
When Love is Gone by Paul Williams - YouTube
When Love is Gone - Muppet Wiki
When Love is Found by Paul Williams - YouTube
Why It Matters That “When Love Is Gone” Is Found by Joe Hennes - ToughPigs
Why ‘Love Is Gone’ Is Vital To The Muppets Christmas Carol by Julia H Dixon - Writer in a Hat
Steve Whitmire - Wikipedia
Muppet Religion by Jodi Eichler-Levine - The Revealer
The Simpsons - Wikipedia
Read the apology letter Barbara Bush once wrote to Marge Simpson by Dan Snierson - Entertainment Weekly
The Beatles - Wikipedia
Bob Ross - Wikipedia
Carl Sagan - Wikipedia
Five fun facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol as it turns 25 - BBC
Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do by Lauren Larson - GQ
Sam the Eagle - Wikipedia
Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks" - YouTube
Muppet Songs: Muppet Christmas Carol - Scrooge - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol - Spider Joe - YouTube
Lullaby by The Cure - YouTube
Spirited Away - Boiler Room - YouTube
Scrooged - Wikipedia
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Mickey's Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mickey's Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
Scrooge - Wikipedia
Scrooge Trailer - YouTube
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol, Heatwave
Muppet Christmas Carol - 'Tis the Season - Youtube
Anunnaki - Wikipedia
Sasquatch - Wikipedia
The Fae - Wikipedia

Christmas Recommendations

Groundhog Day - Wikipedia
Groundhog Day Trailer - YouTube
Eyes Wide Shut - Wikipedia
Eyes Wide Shut Trailer - YouTube
The 33 Degrees of Eyes Wide Shut
Making of The Beatles - YouTube
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney - YouTube
Part 8 (Twin Peaks) - Wikipedia
Cheech & Chong - Wikipedia
VYS0052 | Goddamn Shit-sucking Vampires - Halloween 2025: The Lost Boys - Vayse to Face with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
PRP3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 5

Buckley's Final Question

ChatGPT
Yoda - Wikipedia
Salacious B. Crumb - Wookiepedia
Cookie Monster - Wikipedia
Animal - Wikipedia

Vayse online

Website
Twitter
Bluesky
Instagram
Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)
Ko-Fi
Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Special Guest: Phil Ristaino.

Support Vayse

]]> VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025 - Show Notes

God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!

With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).

Phil Ristaino online
The Post Relevant Podcast website
Phil’s website
Agents of Venus - Bandcamp
Phil on Instagram

Jim Henson and the Muppets
The Muppets - Wikipedia
The Muppets Trailer - YouTube
Man or Muppet - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
The Muppet Movie - Wikipedia
The Muppet Movie Trailer - YouTube
Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
The Dark Crystal Trailer - Youtube
Jim Henson - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol: A festive classic's dark backdrop - BBC
Michael Caine - Wikipedia
Gonzo The Great - Wikipedia
Rizzo the Rat - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Christian Science - Wikipedia
The Muppets and Drug Use - Muppet Wiki
Jane Henson - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - YouTube
Kermit The Frog - Wikipedia
Jim Henson and The Muppets Visit The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 03/18/1975 - YouTube
Sesame Street - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - YouTube
The Muppet Show - Wikipedia
The Muppet Show Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Valentine Show - First Muppet Show Pilot - YouTube
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (Opening Scene) - YouTube
Brass Eye - Wikipedia
Brass Eye - Complete Series (All 7 Episodes) - YouTube
Prince on The Muppets Tonight - YouTube
10 Behind the Scenes Facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol - YouTube
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Star Wars Trailer - YouTube
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Wikipedia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer - YouTube
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
The Great Muppet Caper - Wikipedia
The Great Muppet Caper Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Take Manhattan - Wikipedia
The Muppets Take Manhattan Trailer - YouTube
Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters Trailer - YouTube
Fraggle Rock - Wikipedia
Fraggle Rock Opening Theme - YouTube
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Trailer - YouTube
Streptococcal Pharyngitis - Wikipedia
Mastoiditis - Wikipedia
Scarlet Fever - Wikipedia
Meningitis
Toxic shock syndrome
Frank Oz - Wikipedia

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Project Gutenberg
Brian Henson - Wikipedia
Christian Science Website
Mary Baker Eddy - Wikipedia
Mitch Horowitz
Seth Material - Wikipedia
Jane Roberts - Wikipedia
Big Henson Energy: The Ridiculous Optimism of The Muppets by Aimee Knight - Kill Your Darlings
Steven Mackintosh - Wikipedia
Robin Weaver - Wikipedia
‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Kevin E G Perry - The Independent
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Wikipedia
Puppetry for the Modern Shaman by James Godwin - Howlround Theatre Commons
Masks in Magic by Gordon "the Toad" MacLellan - Whitedragon.org
The Mask - Wikipedia
The Mask Trailer - Youtube
Dave Goelz -Wikipedia
How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol - Guardian
Muppets From Space - Wikipedia
Muppets From Space Trailer - YouTube
Gonzo's attraction to chickens - Muppets Wiki
Sesame Street Theme - YouTube
X-Men - Fandom.com
How Were the Ghosts in The Muppet Christmas Carol Created? by Via Laurene - Comic Book Resources
Bob Marley - Wikipedia
Miss Piggy - Wikipedia
Dionysus - Wikipedia
Banshee - Wikipedia
The Roman god Bacchus as a Christian icon by Riley Winters - Ancient Origins
The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku - GoodReads
Ergot - Wikipedia
Kykeon - Wikipedia
Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia
Triple Deity - Wikipedia
Paul Williams - Wikipedia
The Carpenters - Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters- Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters - YouTube
When Love is Gone by Paul Williams - YouTube
When Love is Gone - Muppet Wiki
When Love is Found by Paul Williams - YouTube
Why It Matters That “When Love Is Gone” Is Found by Joe Hennes - ToughPigs
Why ‘Love Is Gone’ Is Vital To The Muppets Christmas Carol by Julia H Dixon - Writer in a Hat
Steve Whitmire - Wikipedia
Muppet Religion by Jodi Eichler-Levine - The Revealer
The Simpsons - Wikipedia
Read the apology letter Barbara Bush once wrote to Marge Simpson by Dan Snierson - Entertainment Weekly
The Beatles - Wikipedia
Bob Ross - Wikipedia
Carl Sagan - Wikipedia
Five fun facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol as it turns 25 - BBC
Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do by Lauren Larson - GQ
Sam the Eagle - Wikipedia
Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks" - YouTube
Muppet Songs: Muppet Christmas Carol - Scrooge - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol - Spider Joe - YouTube
Lullaby by The Cure - YouTube
Spirited Away - Boiler Room - YouTube
Scrooged - Wikipedia
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Mickey's Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mickey's Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
Scrooge - Wikipedia
Scrooge Trailer - YouTube
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol, Heatwave
Muppet Christmas Carol - 'Tis the Season - Youtube
Anunnaki - Wikipedia
Sasquatch - Wikipedia
The Fae - Wikipedia

Christmas Recommendations

Groundhog Day - Wikipedia
Groundhog Day Trailer - YouTube
Eyes Wide Shut - Wikipedia
Eyes Wide Shut Trailer - YouTube
The 33 Degrees of Eyes Wide Shut
Making of The Beatles - YouTube
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney - YouTube
Part 8 (Twin Peaks) - Wikipedia
Cheech & Chong - Wikipedia
VYS0052 | Goddamn Shit-sucking Vampires - Halloween 2025: The Lost Boys - Vayse to Face with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
PRP3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 5

Buckley's Final Question

ChatGPT
Yoda - Wikipedia
Salacious B. Crumb - Wookiepedia
Cookie Monster - Wikipedia
Animal - Wikipedia

Vayse online

Website
Twitter
Bluesky
Instagram
Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)
Ko-Fi
Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Special Guest: Phil Ristaino.

Support Vayse

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