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NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2009 – As filming for Sesame Workshop’s latest “Talk, Listen, Connect,” video got under way here yesterday, it became clear that while it’s not always sunny on Sesame Street, ultimately the clouds can be swept away. Deborah Mullen, wife of Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses with Elmo’s mom, Mae, on the New York set of Sesame Workshop’s third “Talk, Listen, Connect,” video Oct. 15, 2009. The new video in the TLC series addresses the loss of a loved one and offers parents and children alike tools to deal with...

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2009 – To the envy of all the neighborhood kids, I was invited to New York yesterday to attend the taping of a special Sesame Workshop production aimed at helping military children. Elmo's dad, Louie, helps Elmo cope with the loss of his Uncle Jack during the filming of a Sesame Workshop video aimed at helping military children deal with the loss of a loved one. Elmo wears his uncle's hat in memory and celebration of his uncle's life. The video was filmed in Queens, New York, Oct. 14, 2009. Courtesy photo by Gil Vaknin  (Click photo...

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Sam The Eagle presents Stars & Stripes Forever. (See link.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008 – When Rosita, a Sesame Street Muppet, showed up at John Tyler Elementary School here today, she had a flashlight, batteries, a shiny new radio and a message for about two dozen of the school’s pre-kindergarteners: “Be prepared.” Sesame Street Muppet Rosita listens to pre-kindergarteners from John Tyler Elementary School in Washington on Sept. 17, 2008. After presenting Sesame Workshop CEO Gary E. Knell (left) with items found in emergency kits, she introduced the video included in "Let's Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies," an emergency preparedness kit. Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click...

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Former U.S. vice president Al Gore was named winner of the "Celebration Honor" this week by Hollywood's Jim Henson Company. While Gore and celebration might not often be linked in the minds of most people, the Henson firm said in a release that the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee was chosen as the person who in 2006 "makes the world a better place by inspiring people to celebrate life." Gore was cited specifically for his tireless campaigning on behalf of slowing global warming.

The U.S. Congress has apparently hired Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (aka "Beaker" the Muppet) to help keep order in the balcony.

Bert and Ernie Packing Heat on Sesame Street BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Brockton High School has banned T-shirts with Sesame Street characters. But these are no regular pictures of Bert and Ernies. On some, Oscar the Grouch emerges from his garbage can, wielding a 9 mm handgun. On others, Bert and Ernie are standing in a gang posture, armed with automatic weapons. "We were amazed," said the school's principal, Susan Szachowicz. "You focus on the Sesame Street character. But the more we looked at it, the more we saw the things in it, the guns, the gang stuff." There have...

Beloved Sesame Street muppet Big Bird was charged with felony murder in the death of a Woodstock jogger whose battered body was found on property owned by the muppet. Bird told police that he mistook Judith Nilan, a 44-year-old middle school social worker, for his normal prey. “I was hiding in the bushes waiting for my dinner to come along,” Bird explained. “It wasn’t until after I made the kill that I realized it was a person.” Under the capital felony count, prosecutors can seek the death penalty or life in prison without parole for Bird. State police dispute Bird's...

Muppets May Return To TV With Reality TwistPOSTED: 8:07 am EDT October 26, 2005 UPDATED: 8:35 am EDT October 26, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- Reality television may soon be making room for the Muppets. ABC has ordered a script and five episode outlines for "America's Next Muppet," which may have viewers choosing the newest member of the puppet family. The network purchased the Muppets franchise from the Jim Henson Company back in 2004, and has been using the characters in theme parks, movies and television shows. The syndicated "The Muppet Show" aired from 1976 to 1981 and was seen in...

THERE is a story about Jim Henson and the early days of the Muppets that sounds so in keeping that it doesn’t really matter whether it’s true. Despite one of his previous creations, Big Bird from Sesame Street, having been on the cover of Time magazine the year before, Henson was unable to get funding in the US for his new project, The Muppet Show. Eventually, having made several distress calls, he was finally offered a deal by Lew Grade at ATV, on the understanding that Henson came over and filmed The Muppet Show in the UK. “It will give...

NEW YORK - Something must be wrong in the land of Muppets. First PBS announced that "Sesame Street" would kick off its 35th season this week with a multiyear story arc about healthy habits.No problem there; childhood obesity rates are soaring. Then I learned of changes that turned my "Sesame Street" world upside-down. My beloved blue, furry monster - who sang "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me" - is now advocating eating healthy. There's even a new song - "A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food," where Cookie Monster learns there are "anytime" foods and "sometimes" foods. "Sacrilege!"...

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EXETER, England (Reuters) -- Muppets Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker defeated Dr. Strangelove, Dana Scully of "X Files" fame and Star Trek's Mr. Spock to be voted Britain's favorite screen scientists on Monday. They beat their closest rival by a margin of 2 to 1 and won 33 percent of the 43,000 votes cast in an Internet poll.

It has occured to me that the democrats are getting odder and odder as the days go by. Rush and other conservative talk shows have said that they have become a parody of their former selves, going out even further on the left wing limbs as they get more desperate. It is my contention after much thought and a five minute conversation with a friend of mine after church that the Democrat Party is slowly morphing into a twisted version of the "Muppet Show". Think about it...doesn't Howard Dean remind you of Animal when he freaks out...doesn't Hillary look like...

It has occured to me that the democrats are getting odder and odder as the days go by. Rush and other conservative talk shows have said that they have become a parody of their former selves, going out even further on the left wing limbs as they get more desperate. It is my contention after much thought and a five minute conversation with a friend of mine after church that the Democrat Party is slowly morphing into a twisted version of the "Muppet Show". Think about it...doesn't Howard Dean remind you of Animal when he freaks out...doesn't Hillary look like...

Muppets Bringing Peace to the Middle East Mon Mar 22,11:15 PM ET By Sasha LevyTEL AVIV, Israel (Hollywood Reporter) - Where countless politicians and diplomats have failed, Elmo, Cookie Monster and their "Sesame Street" buddies are on a mission to promote peace and tolerance in the Middle East. A programing experiment using the Muppet characters was launched six months ago and was widely welcomed by parents, educators and the media. But the Muppets are not without their critics in Israel, the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) and Jordan.Sesame Workshop partnered with local producers to create "Sesame Stories," an...

The Associated Press Updated: 7:11 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2004 LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it will buy the "Muppets" characters, including Kermit, Miss Piggy and others, as well as the "Bear in the Big Blue House," franchise from The Jim Henson Co. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal culminates a decades-long pursuit of the Muppets by Disney, which came close to acquiring the characters in 1990. The deal fell apart shortly after the death of company founder Jim Henson. The company then was bought by German media company EM.TV, which sold...

Sep 24, 2003 Kermit, Henson to take a seat by Stamp Union today By Julie Dietrick Staff writer   Campus Drive is temporarily renamed Sesame Street in honor of Jim Henson's birthday and statue dedication. CHRIS LAUBER-THE DIAMONDBACK There are few celebrities who can draw giant parade-style balloons, the renaming and closure of a main university road, a $217,000 bronze statue and the adoration of children and adults worldwide. One is Kermit the Frog. The celebrity puppet and spawn of famed university alumnus Jim Henson, who graduated in 1960 and would have been 67 today, is part of today's...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Muppets have more to offer than lessons on numbers, letters and shapes - now they're teaching children about fear, violence and war. The nonprofit group behind "Sesame Street" announced plans Wednesday to distribute 75,000 copies of a video called "You Can Ask!" that encourages children to ask their parents when they are confused about feelings. The video, paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is aimed at helping children cope with repeated media images of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and other violence in the world. "Too often, children in America are witnessing too...

Henson family swoops in for Muppets Family looks at TV, movies for Kermit, Miss Piggy By Luisa Beltran, CBS.MarketWatch.com - Last Update: 1:11 PM ET May 10, 2003 HOLLYWOOD (CBS.MW) -- For two years, the Henson family sat on the sidelines and watched as EM.TV tried to sell the Jim Henson Co. to various buyers. "It had been very painful to watch what happened to EM.TV and the effect on the [Jim Henson Co.]," said Brian Henson, one of Jim Henson's children. "And then watching it just being for sale forever. It was very painful." A couple of week ago,...

Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and their Muppet friends are back home. Ailing German media group EM.TV & Merchandising AG said on Wednesday it agreed to sell Jim Henson Company, the maker of the Muppets, to the children of their inventor, the late Jim Henson. Putting an end to a protracted auction that has been going on for years, EM.TV said it would sell its wholly owned subsidiary completely for $89 million. It bought Henson for $680 million at the peak of the stock market bubble in 2000.

Reuters Henson Family to Buy Back Muppets Wednesday May 7, 10:26 am ET NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and their Muppet friends are homeward bound. Ailing German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG said on Wednesday it agreed to sell Jim Henson Co., the producer of the Muppets, to the children of their creator -- the late Jim Henson -- for $89 million. The deal ends a nearly two-year hunt for a buyer. Among the suitors were Walt Disney Co., children's programming magnate Haim Saban and former TV executive Dean Valentine. EM.TV bought Henson from the...

South Africa's Sesame Street community on September 17, 2002 welcomed Kami, a fluffy five-year-old orphan living with HIV, in the government's latest effort to stem the AIDS pandemic ravaging the country and the continent. Education Minister Kader Asmal was the first outsider to hug Kami, a lively bear-like Muppet with a passion for nature, after her public debut at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital, the only one in the country offering drug therapy for children with AIDS. Kami is seen in this undated photo. (John Barrett/Reuters) Now for the "bad" news...

<p>The news that an HIV-positive Muppet is headed for Sesame Street has been greatly exaggerated.</p> <p>While it is true that the new character is being developed for a version of the PBS kids' show produced in South Africa, the introduction of a similar character on the original U.S. show was never under consideration, despite reports to the contrary, officials say.</p>

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Sesame Street to introduce HIV-positive Muppet by Bernie WoodallNew York (Reuters) - Sesame Street will soon introduce its first HIV-positive Muppet character...(snip)OMED: This approach is heterophobic in nature and is also biased with respect to other diseases. Congress should immediately pass legislation which requires Sesame Street to include in their cast puppets with diseases predominantly suffered by heterosexuals. There should be a diabetic puppet with a bad heart....(snip) For complete article, click here!

April 9 — Just like Tom Cruise, Muppet stars Ernie and Bert are threatening to sue to prove that they're not gay. Rumors have long dogged those two felt legends. They're roommates. They tend to sing a lot of silly songs. One of them has a curious obsession with his rubber ducky. But all that doesn't mean anything. Not that there's anything wrong with being a gay Muppet, but the Children's Television Workshop has threatened to take legal action against Peter Spears, the director of Ernest and Bertram, a documentary spoof of two male puppets who become heated lovers. The...