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...would like to bring to the attention of The Crimson that the names of the two elderly gentlemen who berated and bedeviled the cast of The Muppet Show from the cheap seats high above the stage were not, as erroneously reported in Beth L. Pinsker's "Lessons From Sesame Street" in the May 21 Crimson, "Waldorf and Mortimer." They were, in fact, named Statler and Waldorf. Shame, shame. Adam Lane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mortimer Who? | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

Little kids won't be able to tell the difference. Kermit the Frog may have lost his original voice, but most people can do a credible Kermit impression. Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, the Muppets and the Muppet Babies will go on as usual...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Lessons From Sesame Street | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Gonzo: Gonzo was always an perservering muppet. No matter how many times he got blasted out of a canon, he still bounced back. Gonzo is the patron saint of QRR failures and Crimson compers...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Lessons From Sesame Street | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Atlantic is making a strong bid with Debbie Gibson, 17. She may sing like a Muppet baby, but her first album has already fostered four Top Five singles. Capitol counters with Tracie Spencer, 12, whose first album came out last month, while A&M has Shanice Wilson, 15, who landed her record contract by winning a talent contest. Even Tracy Chapman, 24, a singer-songwriter out of Boston, sounds like a flashback. Her warmly praised debut album resounds with high purpose, in marked contrast to the growing legions of pube rockers, but to anyone who actually made it through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Do You Wanna Dirty Dance? | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...grownups need to hold hands to cross the street?" Big Bird wondered. Love was in bloom on Sesame Street, and last week, despite the ominous date -- Friday the 13th -- Luis (Emilio Delgado) and Maria (Sonia Manzano) were married in a ceremony attended by all their friends, both human and Muppet. "It's a simple message we're dealing with," said Lisa Simon, one of the show's producers. "You become a family by forming bonds. That's what love is." However, there is a touch of dissonance. In his trash can, Oscar the Grouch grumbled that the whole affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 23, 1988 | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

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