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The Muppets Turn 50 This Year But They Nearly Didn’t Get Made at All: ‘It Was a Real Study in Perseverance’
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Since their series debut in 1976, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets have attained an iconic status in pop culture, as evidenced by the four Emmys this picked up last month for Disney+’s “The Muppet Show” special featuring Sabrina Carpenter. It’s an achieveme
Since their series debut in 1976, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets have attained an iconic status in pop culture, as evidenced by the four Emmys this picked up last month for Disney+’s “The Muppet Show” special featuring Sabrina Carpenter. It’s an achievement that is all the more impressive given […]
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