Funny box copy for the Swedish Chef’s cereal? That was me. “Dial-a-Muppet” sketches? Me. A statement to the press from Miss Piggy? Me. One of the things I certainly wasn’t focused on as a 27-year-old ...

As a scholar of popular culture, I believe that the Muppets’ reign, which began in the 1950s, has helped shape global culture ...

Although The Muppet Show was set in a New York theater, the series was actually shot in Britain since no American production companies bought into the idea. But Sir Lew Grade was willing to give Jim ...

On November 6, 1987, after a devastating stock market crash, the Muppets appeared on a special “Town Hall” edition of ABC’s “Nightline” in segments designed to explain the financial system. I wrote ...

In 1987 I had my first professional job as a writer. I was a computer programmer when I dropped out of college and moved to New York, but a series of the kind of decisions you make in your twenties ...