In case you missed it this morning, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy made an appearance on the Today Show on NBC.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure!
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They spent some time joking around with the Today Show cast as well:
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Although they never really went away completely, it seems as if the Muppets as we old-timers knew them are back, and in full force! When the Walt Disney Company acquired the Muppet properties in 2004, the Muppets had just about faded into obscurity. They were seen around on the occasional TV special, interview show, or direct to DVD movie, but had not been able to reach a broad audience for awhile.
In case you’ve been under a rock for the past few days, you may have missed this terrific video of the Muppets performing the classic Queen song, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
This YouTube video went positively viral via Twitter and other social networking feeds yesterday. There’s a reason: It truly brings us back to the days of classic Muppet mayhem! It has everything – the classic characters intermixed with the newer and lesser known Muppets. It has clucking chickens, Beauregard playing air guitar on a mop, and the Mahna-Mahna guys singing backup. Who couldn’t love that!
It was 40 years ago today that a TV show was introduced to viewing audiences, although that show was more than three years in the making. It was an ambitious project. It had never been done. Television producers worked with educators and researchers to create this show. Story meetings gave way to curriculum meetings, and show segments were judged not only on their writing and humor, but on their teaching value. This show changed the way we watch television. This show was Sesame Street.
There are those that believe that Sesame Street “jumped the shark” when Elmo “took over.” There are those that believe that the show has lost its edge, lost what made it special, now that Elmo is a central character. Change of any kind is difficult to deal with, and Elmo is change.
Diane began performing as a puppeteer when she was only six years old. Her first marionette, Clippo the Clown, a gift from her Grandmother, accompanied Diane to school every year through college. As an adult, Diane began making and performing hand puppets. She writes the shows, fabricates the puppets and props, performs all of the puppetry, and even serves as her own lighting and sound engineer!
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