When did she ever say she was willing to give up on her career? She wants to marry Kermit AND be a star.

That book was written by prolific National Lampoon writer Henry Beard, and it is very funny. (If you didn't realize that Miss Piggy did not actually write the book herself, please ignore this comment.)

Is it delightful. They've showed it in some of the Jim Henson Legacy screenings at various special events and exhibitions. From what I hear, it was cut from the Disney DVD release not because of the word but because Kermit is standing in front of a giant CBS logo when he says it.

You may already know this, but that show was created by three of the big creative voices from Sesame Street: Writer Norman Stiles, writer/composer Chris Cerf, and art director Michael Frith. The Sesame vibe is not a coincidence.

Cookie Monster is one of the best television characters ever.

This is only part 1 of 4. If Yo Gabba Gabba doesn't show up in a future installment of this series, I'll eat my hat.

Reading this debate was immensely enjoyable. Thanks, guys.

And E eats everything.

I know what you mean. Because you were me before the last time you went to sleep.

They might not want a television show. Has Linnell ever expressed any interest in acting?

I like informing people, to their surprise and delight, that TMBG are behind songs they've heard on TV. Like the Mickey Mouse stuff, the recording of "Dog on Fire" used on The Daily Show, or even those Dunkin Donuts commercials a few years back.

Huh. That's amusingly not for kids, all right!

What was the original version of "Four of Two?" The kid version sounds a lot like a They Might Be Giants song to me, but I'd be curious to compare it to an earlier recording.

I've read all the Baum Oz books, but it's been a long time. Maybe I should revisit them.

It's not as whimsical as The Wizard of Oz, but Return to Oz is pretty good for what it is, and the artistry of it is impressive and the scary parts are really scary. I like that they made the well-known characters look more like the book versions. I sometimes wonder why Toto gets left behind, but maybe they wanted a…

Linda has not been on the show in several years. Bob still shows up a few times a season.

And several elephants!

If you follow Sesame Street on Facebook, you may have recently seen that Elmo had a birthday. He turned 3 1/2.

They abandoned Around the Corner when research showed it was difficult for little kids to keep track of all the additional characters and locations. And so those characters simply ceased to exist, blinked out of existence without their former neighbors ever seeming to notice.

White folks? What about the green, orange, and blue folks?