television history
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Sesame Street
Big Bird Almost Flew on Challenger — Thank God He Didn’t
It sounds like one of those stories that has been exaggerated by the internet: Big Bird was nearly…
Muppet News
MuppetZine Enters Museum of the Moving Image Archive
MuppetZine, the pioneering, fan-made print publication that helped shape the digital landscape of modern Muppet fandom, has officially…
Sesame Street
Gaslighting Big Bird: Why Sesame Street Made Snuffy Visible
For over a decade, Sesame Street executed one of the longest-running, most elaborate, and highly existential comedic routines…
Muppet News
Jim Henson’s Lost Vault: Rare Shows & Forgotten Pilots
When we think of Jim Henson, we immediately picture Kermit on a log, Big Bird on Sesame Street,…
Muppet Show
Wocka Wocka Whoops! The Times Production Bloopers Made the Cut
There’s a unique delight in witnessing an on-screen moment go charmingly awry—a flubbed line, a collapsing prop, an…