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Defunctland has created a really wonderful compilation of footage that tells the story of an 18 year old James Maury Henson, hard at work, crafting his first two characters that would later be known as Sam and Friends. The video, which is the first part of a six-part series, goes…

The crew from The Muppet Show put on the show as themselves in at the end of the first season in 1976. They sang the opening song, made the introduction and some of their most iconic recurring slapstick scenarios were done without a single muppet to be found (except for…

Oltedal, Norway musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios created a puppet-filled heavy metal cover of The Muppet Show theme song, which was originally written by Jim Henson and Sam Pottle in 1976. Moracchioli‘s cover is available to purchase from iTunes. Here is the original song.

In 1971 the brilliant Jim Henson and his stable of Muppets appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and essentially took over the production of a wonderfully amusing and informative Thanksgiving special. Throughout the show, Henson gave interviews, offered a look behind-the-costumes and demonstrated how the Muppets were brought to life.

In a skit from the 524th episode of The Muppet Show in 1980, a determined boatful of Muppet Viking pigs announces their intentions to invade a foreign land with a rousing cover of the classic Village People song “In the Navy”. The figurehead dragon sitting on the bow of the…

Over 60 Muppets joined together to recreate an acapella version of the original theme song to The Muppet Show. The version of the song also featuresa verse by Pepe and Rizzo that explains the premise of The Muppets on ABC. For comparison, here is the original version of the song from the show’s…

Adam Savage of Tested visited the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens and took a glorious tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition. The exhibit showcased Jim Henson‘s amazing work from The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Dark Crystal. A post shared by Museum of the…

In 1969, the infamous ear-worm entitled “Mah Na Mah Na” made its American television debut on the 14th episode of Sesame Street. A beatnik named Bip Bippadotta comes across two girls who wanted to sing a song. The bearded Bip could only say one word, but the girls just filled…