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While the lovable felt monsters of Sesame Street celebrate their 40th anniversary this year, Jim Henson's other creations, the Muppets, have been largely out of the spotlight. Let's be honest: the last time most people have seen a Muppet was in a TV commercial (and even then, it was Kobe and Lebron, not Kermit and Miss Piggy). That changed this week with an assist from Queen's songbook. The puppet ensemble released a cover of the classic Queen anthem "Bohemian Rhapsody" to commemorate the death of Freddie Mercury 18 years ago. Whether it's Muppet nostalgia...
...your voice that we hear on the Elmo toys? Yes. I call that job security. Jim Henson always set it up that whoever performs the character will be the voice of the character. So when you hear that voice, that's me. (Watch Elmo face off with comedian Ricky Gervais...
...ROBERT HENSON, a reserve linebacker on the Washington Redskins, blasting fans for booing during the team's lackluster home win on Sept...
DEANGELO HALL, Redskins cornerback, one of several players who criticized Henson for calling fans "dimwits...
...Muppet is HIV positive; through Israel and Palestine and Egypt, where girls are told how important it is that they keep reading and learning. It creates citizens of a highly globalized, post-racial world. "The only kids who can identify along racial lines with the Muppets," genius puppeteer Jim Henson observed, "have to be either green or orange...