Comments on: Revisiting 8 Sesame Street Rumors

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:01:52 +0000

Joe…you wrote a terrific article on one of my favorite subjects. Many congrats.

I hope you don’t mind if I mention there is a website for Muppet fans who’ve grown up: http://www.toughpigs.com/

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:11:35 +0000

Kermit used to do the weather report for Channel 5 in Washington, DC, circa 1960. Around the same time, one or two early Muppets were in commercials for Wilkens Coffee; a brand local to MD and DC, I believe.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:53:23 +0000

I just read the last comment and I think of sharing the recaptcha:

Special sorrowed

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Mr. Hooper was my first childhood experience with death, and I remember sitting on my grandmother’s livingroom floor, watching the episode, and feeling the giant, sore lump in my throat and burning tears for the first time. When I watch now with my niece and nephew, I wonder whether the other human characters will be on the show until their own very ends.

By: nikki

nikki — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:35:34 +0000

I just find it sad that people would get into a tizzy over the idea of an HIV positive muppet. I think it would be an effective tool with which to teach tolerance and responsibility. Sadly it seems the preference is to have children enamored with a muppet that baby talks and refers to himself in the third person.

By: namowal

namowal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:28:16 +0000

Here's some info on the infamous "Crack Monster" cartoon Chris mentioned. For how it terrified the generation x kids who got a glimpse of it, click here For more info (including how I got to see it again, recently, click here

By: dbus

dbus — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:46:55 +0000

What about the Bert is Evil website?

By: juliepie

juliepie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:42:51 +0000

There’s a hysterical youtube clip where the Count sings a song but they bleep every time he says the word, \count.\ The whole time he sings about how he likes to ***** all day long.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:29:21 +0000

I, too, have a Muppet obsession. Go to the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle; there is a Henson exhibit and you can actually perform with Muppets! My husband and I drove cross-country this summer, not for the sole purpose of going to EMP, but it was WELL worth the drive!

By: harold

harold — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:37:21 +0000

How about whether or not Bert was based on the actor Ed Dodson? He played Howard Sprague on the Andy Griffith show. There is definitely a resemblance.