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The bloggin’ might be sparse the next few days as I am going out of town on a mission of considerable import. So in the meantime…

It occurred to me this afternoon that I haven’t posted a vintage Sesame Street clip in a good long while. The ones with Bert and Ernie seem to be especially popular. So here’s one from the 1970s (way before the advent of 1080P) which finds Bert plagued with “H” all over his television screen…

I remember this sketch cracking me up bad when I first saw it as a pre-schooler! Thirty years later, it’s lost none of its hilarity 🙂...

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It is the eternal question: “What if Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy DID marry and have kids?”

Now we know…

All I can really say to this is: Heaven help us if the folks at Rovio Mobile ever see Avenue Q! 😛

Mash down here for more “Muppemathics” courtesy of one “idiotjim” at Picture Is Unrelated. Click here if you haven’t been addicted to Angry Birds yet. And if you don’t know who the Muppets are well, shame on you!

Thanks to fellow blogger Scott Bradford for a great find! 🙂...

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Goodness gracious… it’s been ages since I’ve posted a clip from Sesame Street on this blog, or anything else having to do with the Muppets! I’ll try to do better from now on gang.

This is one that I remember seeing a few times in my childhood: Kermit the Frog doing a report for Sesame Street News on what makes people angry. I laughed when I watched it then but now that I’m older…

…Well, is there anyone else who sees Kermit honked-off and thinking that he’s a lot like Howard Beale from the movie Network?

The more I think about it I could totally see Muppets Network happening, with Kermit screaming “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” In his reporter gig he even looks a lot like Howard Beale, right down to the raincoat. Yup, “Kermit the Frog, the Mad Prophet of ...

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Look gang, the next few days I’m gonna be swamped with stuff. Especially with the lead-up to opening night for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Gypsy. I’m not gonna have much time to entertain you, enlighten you and otherwise play around with your heads like I usually do.

So here’s something to tide you over until The Knight Shift resumes regular blogging. It’s a YouTube clip that blurs the line between reality and imagination… well, more than most things that readily come to mind. From 1982’s The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, it’s Tony Clifton!

Depending on how old you are, this video will either make you laugh… or confuse the heck out of you. Ironically it’s the older viewers who are likely to be scratching their heads in wonder.

“If you believed they put a man on the moon…”...

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Thank the Lord for YouTube. ‘Cuz without it, I would have probably gone the rest of my life without ever seeing this legendary moment for myself!

Kids watching Sesame Street these days are used to seeing Mr. Snuffleupagus mixing it up with his best friend Big Bird and all the other characters. But once upon a time the situation was very different. “Snuffy” was introduced to the show during Sesame Street‘s third season in 1971. He and Big Bird instantly became best friends. And Big Bird was eager to introduce Snuffy to all his other friends on Sesame Street, including the adults. Especially the adults!

But every time Big Bird hatched a plan that would introduce Snuffy to the grown-ups, something would always happen that would keep it from happening. Usually Snuffy would wind up splitting the scene right before the adults arrived. Other times, the adults would have ...

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This is gonna be a wild and packed week ahead. Maybe even a surprise or two that I may be inclined to share. Just keep watching this space 🙂

So while I was enjoying this Fourth of July weekend those industrious folks at Muppet Studios uploaded another new clip onto YouTube! It’s der Swedish Chef in “Pöpcørn”…

I’d love to know if the Chef’s hands are being operated by one Muppeteer or two. If it’s two, that would make this clip even more impressive!...

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