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It’s Time for Your Face-Lift, Miss Piggy – The Times
A new Muppets movie is due this Christmas, but can Disney make the Muppets great again?
I am a big Muppets fan — the show and The Muppet Movie were fantastic, but efforts since then have seen diminishing returns both creatively and financially. The obvious reason is [...]

I’m still never more proud of my Irish heritage (I’m 1/128th) than when I see this video.

Alice Cooper & Muppets FTW

I’m never more proud of my Irish heritage than when I see this video.
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Cookie Monster! He’s my favorite Sesame Street character and I’m please my son seems to like him too. Word of advice to new parents — get the Cookie Monster bath towel for your baby.
Anyway, here are some highlights:

Some of his best stuff is when he goes off of Sesame Street:

More over at Kevin McGuire’s Ramblings
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Fairfax County Schools close for the summer today — my commute should improve a bit immediately. Let’s celebrate!

Alice Cooper had to have been in the top 10 guest stars on The Muppet Show — if not top 5.
Alice Cooper, Muppets, School’s Out
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Is this better than Pulp Muppets?
Muppets, Ocean’s 11
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Day, Irish, Danny Boy, Muppets
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