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"This was unbelievable to me to meet everybody that’s working with the Muppets! Here I got a puppet on my hand that was actually a Muppet."

Happy Birthday, John Kennedy!
John Kennedy, wearing a black shirt, smiles in front of a light blue background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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GONZO: Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I will eat this rubber tire to the music of "The Flight of the Bumblebee." Music, Maestro.

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Gonzo, wearing his purple tuxedo, stands with his hands up in front of a yellow background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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"One of the attitudes of 'Sesame Street' has been that children, even tiny ones, have a sense of humor."

Happy Birthday, Tony Geiss!
Tony Geiss holds up an Emmy Award in front of a blue backdrop. A feather from Big Bird is pinned to his lapel. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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(Dave Goelz on Jack Burns) "Gonzo... might have been forgotten about during the early meetings, except that Jack Burns... said, 'Yeah! Yeah! Like he does these crazy acts like eating a tire to 'Flight of the Bumblebee!'"

Happy Birthday, Jack Burns!
In a screenshot from the opening credits to "Puppetman," Jack Burns holds a dollar bill. His head and neck are circled, and everything inside the circle is in color, while everything outside is in grayscale. His name appears in pink below the circle. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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BASKERVILLE: I tell you, Rowlf, there's only one answer to this dog food problem: asparagus! Tender, succulent asparagus!

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Baskerville the Hound poses next to a piano. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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MILDRED: Uh, George. George!
GEORGE THE JANITOR: Yeah?
MILDRED: Do you read very much?
GEORGE THE JANITOR: Oh, all the time.
MILDRED: Oh. Uh, do you like Kipling?
GEORGE THE JANITOR: Oh, well, I don't know. I never Kippled.

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George the Janitor, in his trademark gray jumpsuit and shirt, proudly holds his mop in front of a red curtain. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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"I grew up in a house full of Muppets. And friends of mine use to always ask 'What's it like?', 'It must be great fun,' 'It must be crazy.' And the truth is the Muppets were always kind of awesome to me. And I have a lot of respect for the Muppets."

Happy Birthday, Brian Henson!
Brian Henson stands in front of a red building with white windows, wearing a lavender shirt, black vest, and a necklace. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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KERMIT: Uh-oh, it must be time for the ghost story. Is anybody else around? Uh, Bean, is that you? I hate this part.
In a scene from "The Jim Henson Hour," a monstrous-looking hand reaches out of a television set to grab Kermit. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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GAFFER: Meow...

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Gaffer sits next to a radiator on the floor of the Happiness Hotel. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"...Paul [Williams] and I decided that not every song can be a snappy two-step number. This was a chance to do a modern-day Disney type of thing, with a waltz, and a snappy two-step number, and music of different styles..."

Happy Birthday, Kenneth Ascher!
Kenneth Ascher, wearing large eyeglasses and a white button-down shirt with vertical dark stripes, stands next to Jim Henson and Paul Williams. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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BIG MEAN CARL: I'm gonna tell Alphonso's future! I sense that you're a Virgo who will be eaten whole.
ALPHONSO D'ABRUZZO: I find that hard to swallow.
BIG MEAN CARL: I don't!

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Big Mean Carl poses with his arms folded in front of a black background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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LIPS: And dat conclude my TED Talk.

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Lips, wearing a white and brown patterned poncho, holds his trumpet as he stands in front of a blue background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"Big Bird could be a dinosaur if all dinosaurs were six years old and yellow."

Happy Birthday, Artie Esposito!
Artie Esposito, wearing a black t-shirt and gold necklace, poses close to Kermit the Frog. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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VINCENT PRICE: I must tell you I am not alone, I am traveling with my beautiful assistant and a hideously deformed monster.
FOZZIE BEAR: Oh! Hideously deformed is right.
UNCLE DEADLY: Watch it! I'm the beautiful assistant.

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Uncle Deadly, impeccably dressed in a black coat, white vest, and maroon necktie, sits in a chair on the set of the 2011 film "The Muppets." (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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(On joining Sesame Street:)

"They made me feel comfortable and at ease… but I was–and still am–in awe of them. So, I wouldn’t say that I was intimidated. Although I did see Fran [Brill] wrestle a mountain lion. Not intimidating, but impressive."

Happy Birthday, Matt Vogel!
Matt Vogel, wearing a blue button-down shirt, poses next to Big Bird and behind Count von Count on a white background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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"'Sesame Street' wasn't Dick and Jane's old neighborhood with the picket fence. That intrigued me."

Happy Birthday, Loretta Long!
Loretta Young, wearing a turtleneck and jacket, smiles in a black-and-white photograph. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"I am very grateful for the life and career that I've had. I'm still very close to everybody at Sesame Street. They will be part of my life forever. It's a family. I've just led the most wonderful life."

Happy Birthday, Fran Brill!
Fran Brill, wearing a yellow shirt and white tank top, smiles as she holds Zoe behind her and Prairie Dawn in front of her. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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KERMIT: Uh... uh... Marvin, the question that most people ask...
MARVIN SUGGS: Oh, zee answer is-ah, mutual love-ah and-ah respect. Zee Muppaphones, zey adore me!
(The Muppaphones begin to grumble in disagreement.)
MARVIN SUGGS: Shut up!

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Marvin Suggs, wearing his trademark orange, pink, green, and yellow top, prepares to strike the Muppaphone in front of a pale blue background. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"I just love the characters who are just there. They don’t have any lines, they just contribute to the atmosphere. And they’re all rodents for some reason."

Happy Birthday, Steve Whitmire!
Steve Whitmire, wearing a green collared shirt, smiles. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there."

#HappyBirthdayJim
Jim Henson, wearing a white button-down shirt and a gray checkered jacket, smiles as he embraces Kermit the Frog while holding him up. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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"Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it."

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Jim Henson, wearing a black turtleneck, looks directly at the camera. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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"The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."

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Jim Henson, with daughter Heather on his shoulders, stands outside behind his family (from left), Cheryl, Jane, Brian, John, and Lisa. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter."

#HappyBirthdayJim
Jim Henson, wearing a dark gray shirt and blue tie, sits with his head resting in his left hand. Behind him is the mural in the Muppet Townhouse. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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"I know that it's easier to portray a world that's filled with cynicism and anger... What's a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show that you can have a positive impact on your world."

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Jim Henson, wearing a sweater, leans on a table in the Muppet workshop, as Red, Mokey, Uncle Traveling Matt, two monster puppets, and Baby Piggy can be seen on the table behind him. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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"There's great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life and at attitudes. Laughter helps you put everything into perspective."

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Jim Henson smiles as he reads a paper. (Image courtesy of Muppet Wiki)
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM