Cynthia Kinnunen blogs about sharing stuff from your childhood with your kids
Ah, the Muppets. They’re good people. I mean, puppets. This motley crew of characters (and I’m now referring to Jim Henson and his gang) somehow mastered the art of children’s entertainment but with another layer of almost vaudevillian adult humour that didn’t find itself rooted (too much) in lame pop culture references and crude commentary. Except maybe Statler and Waldorf.
Nope, this stuff was smart. And funny. And silly. Boy, did I think they were cool, especially with all of those brilliant guest stars like Harvey Korman, Vincent Price or Alice Cooper. Not sure I’d have even known the words to “The Banana Boat Song” without those Muppets in my life.
