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If you're anything like me, your Fridays are packed with dead bodies. No? Make some time this week to rectify that situation. The Warner Grand's deadly double of The Giant Gila Monster & The Giant Spider Invasion features radiation, rock & roll, and most importantly, a raffle for a dead body at intermission. Once you've won, high-tail it to the Nuart, where the midnight premiere of controversial coming-of-age-zombie-rape-melodrama Deadgirl will teach you what to do and what not to do with your new friend. If you still have questions, leads Noah Segan, Shiloh Fernandez & writer Trent Haaga will be on hand and happy to help!

We featured The Day The Earth Stood Still when it ran back in May, but this week the Aero cements director Robert Wise's genius by replaying that sci-fi classic, alongside timeless musicals West Side Story & The Sound of Music. West Side Story and Star! (his post-Music reunion with Julie Andrews) are even presented in earth-standing 70mm! Another genre-defying artist receives his due every weekend this month at the Not-So-Silent Theatre. Jim Henson effortlessly melded puppets & live actors, reality & fantasy, commercialism & chaos. His work is that rare breed which can be called "magic" with a straight face. And it's hilarious for viewers of all ages. The Old Pasadena Film Festival also kicks off a three-weekend extravaganza of films on Friday with free screenings of Notting Hill and The King and I. Check their linked website for the full schedule.

Ever wonder what the building behind the Kermit statue on La Brea looks like? Mom Logic invited LAist to tour The Jim Henson Studios. We headed into the screening room to see their new Unstable Fables film "Tortoise vs Hare". Then we met Jim Henson's daughter, Lisa Henson and director, Howard E. Baker. It's great to see Lisa Henson find new ways to carry on the Henson family legacy.

, which I have since discovered was not actually created by Henson himself, but by the Children's Television Workshop, who then asked Henson to create characters for it. The episode was enjoyable not only as a flashback but also because the puppets were cruder versions of favorites, like Oscar the Grouch (who was oddly orange) and the little blond Mary Louise type, who was present in a gender-bending bit where the puppets popped up with no features and asked Gordon to give them noses and eyes, etc, for whatever they felt like being today. What kind of show could get away with that these days?

If, like me, you were such a huge fan of Muppets and costumed creatures growing up that you're practically anti-CGI, you should head over to the Silent Movie Theater on March 18th for "Jim Henson's Commercials & Experiments"! The screening starts at 8pm and will feature rare clips, shorts and commercials from Jim Henson's studio archives, including experimental animation and "a 35mm print of Time Piece, an Academy Award nominated 8-minute masterpiece that showcases Henson’s talent for making music out of everyday sounds."

And you shall know Mr. Bowie by the size of his purple spandex package… The 35mm reissue of the 1986 Jim Henson/George Lucas magnum opus, LABYRINTH, is now playing at the Nuart Theatre. The new print will continue showing in all its goblin glory until Thursday August 2nd. Tonight, there is a post-show Q&A with the entire Froud brood -- Brian Froud, the conceptual fantasy designer, Wendy Froud, the puppet designer, and baby-actor extraordinaire,...

In what could easily be the most important news item you read today (or yesterday if you’re an overachiever), Ahmet Zappa has been “tapped” to write a treatment for a feature film version of Jim Henson’s beloved Fraggle Rock. Can you think of anything groovier than a Zappafied Muppet movie? Me neither. Photo by Cadela Garza via Flickr...