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Amid the hoopla over the 40th anniversary of " Sesame Street ," somewhat lost in the ceremonial shuffle of felt and ping-pong ball eyes was another, related pop cultural landmark: The 30th anniversary of "The Muppet Movie." But the Muppets' aren't fretting or gathering dust their new, hilarious video parody of Queens' "Bohemian Rhapsody" has logged ...

'The studios have basically stopped making my kind of movies altogether' a Richard Linklater.

The Muppets have done their own version of Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody - and it has become an instant internet hit with close to 5million views clocked up in just five days.

The Muppets are one of the few entities that can fail with little to no retribution.

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Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. 1969: 'Sesame Street' debuts Nov.

From November 7 through December 2 . The Gene Siskel Film Center at 164 North State Street host films by Jim Henson , legendary creator of the Muppets and other extraordinary characters.

The best way to write a song that touches someone's heart is to write from theirs.

For most people, just coming up with a cast of characters as wonderfully lovable as the Muppets - to say nothing of helping spearhead a pair of television classics as durable as The Muppet Show and Sesame Street - would be enough to justify an early and lucrative retirement.

It's hard to say where the truth really lies. September 23, 1961 Weekly TV movie program Saturday Night at the Movies debuts on NBC, starting with the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire .

Good morning. Today is the 267th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary of puppeteer and children's entertainer Jim Henson.

Jim Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 24, 1936. He created a unique brand of puppetry known as the Muppets.

When I was a girl, I remember my dad taking us to the video store on a Saturday to rent movies for family movie night.

Standing at five feet tall, with blonde hair, a constant, if endearing, smirk on his face, and a sardonic wit, composer, singer and actor Paul Williams won fame as both an actor and songwriter.

JIM HENSON TIMELINE 1936: James Maury Henson is born Sept. 24 in Greenville, Miss.

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Photo courtesy of The Jim Henson Company Today, 3:56 PM UPDATED The magic of Jim Henson comes to Marymoor Park's outdoor screening of - The Muppet Movie' King County Parks' popular Movies@Marymoor outdoor cinema series is teaming up with the Experience Music Project Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame to the Wednesday, Aug.

Numerous guest stars who make brief appearances include Orson Welles, Bob Hope, and in their last appearance, Edgar Bergen and his rascally friend Charlie McCarthy.

Kids love movies, especially ones that they find to be funny. And anyone who has kids can tell you that once they have found a movie they like, they have the ability to watch it over and over and over again, often much to the chagrin of their parents or child care providers.