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...South Africa's war against AIDS, a cute and cuddly five-year-old is preparing to make an important debut. Meet Kami, the world's first HIV-positive Sesame Street Muppet. Takalani Sesame, South Africa's version of the famous U.S. television series (takalani means "get happy" in Venda), has been running for two years on the South African Broadcasting Corp. network. Under the creative direction of its U.S. originator, Sesame Workshop, the South African version uses homegrown characters and situations to educate while entertaining young children throughout the country. Incorporating all 11 of South Africa's official languages into...
Apparently taken inadvertantly from a “Bert is Evil” website, silly pictures of Osama bin Laden with the furry muppet have been appearing in pro-Osama posters in Bangladesh. The first one showed up in Reuters photos on Oct. 5, but there have been others spotted, meaning people have been holding signs with Ernie’s friend for at least
...does success necessarily go on forever. HIT itself raised eyebrows recently when it paid $275 million for Lyrick, owner of Barney the dinosaur, the purple Mesozoic character that seems to have overstayed his welcome in the marketplace. Last year Germany's EM.TV bought the late Jim Henson's Muppet empire as part of a whopping $680 million deal, mainly to take advantage of the brand. Now, as EM.TV attempts to rid itself of debt, Kermit and Miss Piggy could be sold again - though some analysts say the Henson stable may fetch less than half EM.TV's original outlay...
...sharing software programs, Napster and Gnutella, have given birth to an impressive array of hybrids and clones. There's Napigator, with its headphone-wearing reptile logo; BearShare, featuring a teddy with headphones; Newtella, starring a newt with...you guessed it. The whole scene is starting to look like a Muppet Show special sponsored by Koss...
Pity the poor Haffa brothers, Florian and Thomas. Around this time last year the two Bavarian businessmen were closing in on the purchase of the late Jim Henson's Muppet empire--a $680 million deal that brought Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the denizens of Sesame Street into the fold of their company, EM.TV & Merchandising. They were the toast of the high-flying Neuer Markt, a sub-exchange that the Deutsche Borse (German Stock Exchange) set up for sky-bound new issues like theirs...