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Date: Wed,  8 Apr 1992 13:17:13 -0400 
From: "Lynne D. Powell" <lp1p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: PS -- working on a faq

BTW, these are the questions that I am already working on:

1) are Ernie and Bert gay?

2) is Ernie going to die?

3) what are the lyrics to the rainbow connection?


ClusterRat
From: spugh@orlith.bates.edu (Scott Pugh)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: swedish chef
Keywords: Bork bork, und agin Bork
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:16:35 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Chickeez r us

Feerst u teka ze crossposter, und stooff e in der chickee...
Ver iss der chickee????

			B. Borklund (not a real name...)
			Bork bork bork
From: p_emond@pavo.concordia.ca (Patrick Emond)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: DINOSAURS
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:59:00 GMT

Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

 All DINOSAURS fans: there's a new board out (alt.tv.dinosaurs). It's very new,    
 so let's get the ball rolling on this one.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca (George Lindholm)
Subject: Re: Who are these people?
Organization: University of B.C. Computing Services
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 07:21:40 GMT

In article <2410@news.duke.edu> tbd@neuro.duke.edu (Tristan Davies) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.230536.19056@csun.edu> cacsc601@ma.secs.csun.edu writes:
>-->In article <1992Apr7.022146.22590@math.ucla.edu> sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu (The Ahkond of Swat) writes:
>-->>In article <1992Apr6.035356.28466@netfs.dnd.ca> bvan@ncs.dnd.ca (Bryan Van Blaricom) writes:
>-->>
>-->>Who are these people?
>-->
>-->>>SEASON 3:
>-->>>Leo Sayer
>-->
>-->70's Rock/Pop singer.  As soon as I type "send" I'll remember one of his songs,
>-->but right now I'm drawing a complete blank.
>
>Maybe you were thinking of "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"?
...
>He had another big hit too, I think.  Anyone remember it?

"When I Need You"
"No Business Like Love Business"
"Magdelena"
"How Much Love"

:-)

   George



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Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu (The Ahkond of Swat)
Subject: Re: Bert & Ernie question (thanks)
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 20:35:56 GMT

In article <rvjjmINNm1c@agate.berkeley.edu> davina@ocf.berkeley.edu (Davina 
 Tung) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.232817.20151@math.ucla.edu> sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu 
 (The Ahkond of Swat) (hi mom) writes:
>
>>Maybe this should be in the "Ernie does not have leukemia and is not
>>Bert's longtime companion" FAQ.
>>
>Where did the story about Ernie having leukemia come up?  A friend told it to
>me awhile ago (and, I must admit, strung me along on it for quite awhile) and
>I thought he'd made it up.  ? 

Well, I'm partly responsible for bringing it back by mentioning it in my
post, so i guess I'd better answer.  Apparently, after Henson died, 
somebody in CTW mentioned in an interview that they would not be hiring
anybody else to perform Ernie (and, in fact, Frank Oz has said that he
will never perform Bert with anyone else as Ernie).  As a result, they 
would necessarily have to phase out some of the Ernie sketches while 
making more Bert sketches for rotation.  "Phase out" in the sense that
they would simply run the sketches less and less, gradually.  Of course,
some classics will be on forever (we hope).

It seems that somebody somewhere misinterpreted this, and the rumor was
born that they would actually do a series wherein Ernie would slowly
die.  The leukemia part I can only guess at; it is a disease which 
predominantly affects young people, and maybe that's all the connection
there is. 

Anyway, various people have called CTW and the word is official: Ernie
is not dying, do not spread the rumor, don't panic any of the children
you may know.  Someone mentioned that some well-meaning day care centers
had heard the rumor and were preparing the kids for it.

I'm sure that anyone with more information will post it; this is a FAQ 
in the making!

In a related topic, who has the information about the scrapped "Snuffy's
parents get a divorce" scenario?

"La, la, la ... LINOLEUM!"   -Bert


--
 Bill Sherman     S^1 `--> S^(2n+1) -->> CP^n      sherman@math.ucla.edu
        "No blah blah blah!"  -James "J.T." Kirk, "Miri"
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: sjs@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Stephen Speicher)
Subject: Re: Ernie
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: world,local
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:10:53 GMT

rbe@gtech.com (Robert B. Easterbrooks) writes:

>In article <1992Apr8.211723.23243@u.washington.edu> mousktr@milton.u.washington.edu (Denise Lockner) writes:
>>       [My own post deleted here]
>>
>>     IMHO, Baby Sinclair wins as the way coolest Muppet. AGAIN!!
>>      (and yes, I own the $35 life-size talking doll!!)
>>
>>-Denise
>>********
>>"If you can't say something nice...don't say nothin' at all." -THUMPER

>I happen to think that Baby Sinclair IS a cool Muppet, however, there is now a
>place specifically for discussion of Dinosaurs (as mentioned in earlier posts)
>and, as such, I felt justified in omitting them from this discussion.

>--

>Big Bad Bob

A lot of people do not yet get alt.tv.dinosaurs, and some may never get it,
so Dinosaurs will continue to be discussed here in spite of your attempt to
censor Denise for a perfectly innocent and actually delightful remark!

Gotta love it!
Stephen
sjs@hood.hood.caltech.edu
Organization: Freshman, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 22:42:45 -0400 
From: Michael Raymond Cote <mc7g+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sesame Street Book

That might be "Big Bird Gets Lost" from CTW/Golden.  That's the only
Sesame Street scratch 'n' sniff book I've seen, and it's from the early
'80s.  I saw it at a local used book store but didn't buy it because it
was rather beat up.  I bought "Going Up?" (the elevator counting book;
which featured Grover) instead.  When I'm there again I'll check it out.

--Michael Cote

"It's the Disco Frog!"
From: bvan@ncs.dnd.ca (Bryan Van Blaricom)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: <None>
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:12:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: netfs.1992Apr7.161228.9460
Organization: DND, Ottawa, CANADA

In article <sprooney.702650086@unix1.tcd.ie> sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney) writes:
>>SEASON 4:
>
>>Star Wars		John Denver		Beverly Sills
>
>Sorry, but you're wrong. That first entry - Star Wars. The special
>guest was a Scot called the Gargling Gashcoil (sp)... the cast of
>star wars were NOT invited.
>
>Nomis.

   Okay, Okay, so "Angus McGonigal, the gargling gargoyle" was first
introduced as the guest in the opening :-).  It didn't take long after
Luke, C3P0 and R2D2 barged in for Scooter to toss Angus and try to get them
to appear.  Mark Hamill even put in an appearance (sans the Luke persona)
to gargle Gershwin with McGonigal.  The show was typical Muppet mayhem, but
I assumed it was the Star Wars cast people would remember :-).

Bryan
From: walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Bert & Ernie question (thanks)
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:51:37 GMT
Organization: Punk Walrus Enterprises, Inc.

In article <1992Apr4.164546.1@runt.appstate.edu> grs01146@runt.appstate.edu writes:
>
>
>
>I adore the idea of Bert and Ernie and I feel like their messages are important
>for the growth of children (yes, all of us!!!).  But have you ever wondered?
>
>Could Bert and Ernie possibly be Gay?
>
>It seems impossible to believe but if you notice carefully some of the ways
>that they seem to be portrayed and some of the songs that they sing could be 
>hidden messages or even *gasp* jokes?  For example...There is a record album , 
>i think its a "Sesame Street's greatest hits".  But it very strongly sways toward that message,
>i wont cite any examples because it would be in bad taste (some of you might
>think i already am in bad taste and that ill understand). If you like, though
>ill e-mail you a list of things that could be considered hints at that.
>
>let me know how you folks feel and what you think about it..
>incredibly its something that has been on my mind quite a while
>
>id really appreciate it 
>hope nobody's offended *cringe*
>
>ptSLOAN
>"sir dolittle the KNYGHTE"

I have always specualted that they were two retarted gay men who had managed
to rise from society's awful judgemental claws, and etched a cozy nitche for
themselves in a pre-war basement aprtment in a neighborhood that accepted 
fuzzy mutants, giant birds, and an awful lot of unsupervised children as 
normal. Surely, they wouldn't stand out.
 
Has the cookie monster consulted a dietitic physician for his cumpulsory
sugar attacks? Is he a borderline diabetic?
 
Oscar might well benifit from the works of Norman Vincent Peale and learn to
accept himself with self-love. No longer will he have to pretend to make
himself "awful" to cover up his true feelings of self-worth.
 
Is big bird retarted? Is he a youth of some much larger species? I shudder
at the thought of a full-grown species of him.
 
Some True Sesame Street facts:
 
I forgot the guy's name on the show <he was the black guy with buggy eyes
and a huge 'fro>, but he was fired after running nude in new York, saying
"You can't arrest me! I'm <his name> on Sesame Street!"
 
After literally 1000's of letters, Sunfflupagus <sp?>, was not made invisibe.
Apparently, some kids were really getting retentive about poor big-bird's
"imaginary friend" who just left before some human arrived, and then dis-
believed him. I remember being one of those kids...
 


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These opinions are not mine, but those of a rebellious spellchecker...
From: bvan@ncs.dnd.ca (Bryan Van Blaricom)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Muppet show Guests
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:50:29 GMT
Organization: DND, Ottawa, CANADA

In article <44393@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> nickles@sage.cc.purdue.edu (john nickles) writes:
>
>In fact, on one episode, an anniversiary (please ignore spelling) episode
>of some sort, Scooter reeled off the names of all the guest stars
>to the tune of "Modern Major General" All I can remember is the last line.
>"and then of course there's Zero"
>Zero Mostel (if you were wondering)
>
>John A. Nickles
>Standard Disclaimer: Purdue has their opinions, I have mine
>
>
>P.S. As for non-expected guest stars (like the Star Wars stars) a minor
>comedian who appeared on one show was allegedly the telegram boy who
>bore a telegram from the "real" guest star which said "NO I'M NOT AND
>YOU CAN'T MAKE ME". In desperation, the Muppets threw the "telegram boy"
>on stage and told him to do something

   Ah yes, the Christopher Langham episode.  Christopher was one of the
writers for the show :-).   "I'm a messenger.  I got a message for Kermit
the Frog from Bernie Brillstein, the Yiddish Yodeller." "Oh, he's our guest
star for tonight's show." "The message says: 'Oh no, I'm not, and you can't
make me.'"  

   (Please forgive any slight inaccuracies in the quotes :-)

Bryan
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: norm@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael A Ferraris)
Subject: Re: Disney's evil takeover
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
	<1992Apr8.222815.18836@csun.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:31:56 GMT

>>>>> On 8 Apr 92 22:28:15 GMT, cacsc601@ma.secs.csun.edu said:

cacsc601> In article <NORM.92Apr6112721@wpi.WPI.EDU> norm@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael A Ferraris) writes:
>>>>>> On 3 Apr 92 18:35:33 GMT, dhaug@willamette.edu (Dagny Haug)
>said: dhaug> Just out of curiousity - has anyone seen the new Muppets
>dhaug> exhibit at Disneyland? I'd love to hear how they've done in
>dhaug> preserving genre purity. Any comments?
>
>I was there this past summer and the best part of the Muppet exhibit
>was the three dimensional movie.  It was exactly like an episode of
>the Muppet show!!!

cacsc601> GAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

cacsc601> Repeat after me...

cacsc601> There is NO Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!  There is NO
cacsc601> Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!  There is NO Muppet exhibit
cacsc601> at Disneyland!!  There is NO Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!
cacsc601> There is NO Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!  There is NO
cacsc601> Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!  There is NO Muppet exhibit
cacsc601> at Disneyland!!  There is NO Muppet exhibit at Disneyland!!

cacsc601> However, there IS a Muppet exhibit at DISNEY WORLD!!!  ^^^^^
cacsc601> Disneyland is in California.  Disney World is in Florida.

cacsc601> While there MAY be something Muppet in the upcoming Mickey's
cacsc601> Toontown in Disneyland (opening 1993), I believe that the
cacsc601> original agreement between Disney and Henson with respect to
cacsc601> theme parks was only for the East Coast, if I remember
cacsc601> correctly.  If they want to add something Muppet at
cacsc601> Disneyland they'll have to renegotiate.

cacsc601> --Deanna Bayless (cacsc601@ms.secs.csun.edu)

cacsc601> In New Orleans Square, Disneyland:  "Excoose me, where ees Liberty Square?"
cacsc601> "Florida."



I KNOW THERE IS NO MUPPET EXHIBIT IN DISNEYLAND 
I WAS IN DISNEYWORLD AND THE EXHIBIT...IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SO PICKY...
IS IN MGM STUDIOS!!!

I HAD ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS UNDERSTOOD.

Mike "I said my piece" Ferraris
From: TW.N82@isumvs.iastate.edu (BOB.PEDERSEN)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: newer Sesame Street episodes/characters
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:58:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr15.155810.4039
Distribution: usa
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

>I like Elmo. Elmo isn't real bright, but honest. After Ernie and Bert he
>comes third of my favourate list.
>
I like Elmo, too.  He seems to me to be taking over a lot of Big
Bird's "little kid" role (although he seems to represent somewhat
younger kid than BB).  I like this, for I always found BB a little
irritating <-- THOROUGHLY PERSONAL OPINION!

I don't get to watch SS very often, but I guess I average 1/2 hour
per week.
--
Bob Pedersen
Undergraduate, Iowa State University
From: sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: <None>
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:34:46 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

>SEASON 4:

>Star Wars		John Denver		Beverly Sills
>Dizzy Gillespie	Kenny Rogers		Linda Carter
>Alan Arkin		Jonathan Winters	Lola Falana
>Crystal Gayle		Shields & Yarnell	Victor Borge
>Christopher Reeve	Liza Minnelli		Diana Ross
>Doug Henning		Dudley Moore		Anne Murray
>Phyllis George		Carol Channing		Andy Williams
>Linda Lavin		Dyan Cannon		Arlo Guthrie

Sorry, but you're wrong. That first entry - Star Wars. The special
guest was a Scot called the Gargling Gashcoil (sp)... the cast of
star wars were NOT invited.

Nomis.
From: psrought@eos.ncsu.edu (PATRICK SCOTT ROUGHTON)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: ********
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:54:04 GMT
Reply-To: psrought@eos.ncsu.edu (PATRICK SCOTT ROUGHTON)
Organization: Project EOS - North Carolina State University

Hi Gang,

Does anyone out there know who is doing Kermit's voice now that Jim cannot?
Also, is anyone filling the position for Ernie and the other characters Jim
created?

--Scott
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: mfoley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Martha JE Foley)
Subject: Re: Muppet show Guests
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 21:23:59 GMT
Expires: 5/30/92

In article <1992Apr5.201820.27961@wam.umd.edu> travgod@next03cville.wam.umd.edu (Ghetto Bastard) writes:
>>>Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
>>>Subject: <None>
>>>From: jgibbons@eagle.wesleyan.edu
>>>Date: 4 Apr 92 19:17:18 EST
>>>
>>>Some years ago some friends and I were trying to compile a list of all
>>>the people who had ever been guest hosts on the Muppet Show, and what an  
>>>impressive list it was. Any input here? I remember John Cleese, Carrie  
>>>Fisher, Mark Hamill, certainly John Denver, maybe Liza Minelli. Anyone  
>>>else?
>Yes, Liza was a guest on the program
>>
>>Other guests on the Muppet Show were Alice Cooper, Debbie Harry, Vincent
>>Price, Leo Sayer, Steppenwolf, Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, and Carol
>>Burnett.

>Phyllis George, Paul Williams, Milton Berle, Linda Lavin, Rita Moreno,  
>Gilda Radner, Buddy Rich, Dolly Parton, Joel Grey, Christopher Reeve,  
>Shields & Yarnell, Danny Kaye, Linda Carter, Rich Little, Maureen  
>Stapleton, Roger Moore, Johnathan Winters, the 'tough guy' that starred in  
>"Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint" {I remember the last sketch of the  
>show he was in where, he & Animal were playing Kabuki music and then  
>destroyed the set}, Jim Nabors, Marvin Hamlish<sic> 
>
>POSSIBLY...:
>Leonard Nimoy, Tony Randall, J.P. Morgan, Sammy Davis Jr. 

I definitely remember Tony Randall!!
I also have a pretty good recollection of 
Sylvester Stallone hosting about the time that
the first Rocky came out...

Martha
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From: larsenp@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Paul Larsen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: Re: Bert & Ernie question (thanks)
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:04:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44365
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <12363@umd5.umd.edu> walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson) writes:
>In article <1992Apr4.164546.1@runt.appstate.edu> grs01146@runt.appstate.edu writes:
>Is big bird retarted?
             ^^^^^^^^ 
Your so-called joke about Big Bird is offensive.  Obviously you have no idea
about the rights of handicapped people.  To run around calling people RETARDED
as an insult shows that you only judge people on a very shallow basis.  Grow up
in regards to dealing with people who are different than yourself.
>=========================================================================


>These opinions are not mine, but those of a rebellious spellchecker...  

By the way, get a new spellchecker!  As I said, it is retarded.  Maybe you
should look it up in the dictionary to see what it really means.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: sherman@oak.math.ucla.edu (The Ahkond of Swat)
Subject: Re: Mahna mahna guy (was re: E+B vid)
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 21:52:47 GMT

In article <UdsxR8i00WBMI_d14P@andrew.cmu.edu> mc7g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Raymond Cote) writes:
>How about the "Mahna Mahna" look alike from Sesame Street (I'll call it
>Cousin of Mahna Mahna for lack of a better name) who did the
>"Near...Far" skit and the one in which there are three bald, noseless
>Anything Muppets and Cousin of Mahna Mahna and they perform a rhyming
>song that goes (sort of) like this:  

[song deleted]

He also did a None/Some/All musical skit, with people.  He started out
alone, and then more and more people walked through.  He got more and
more excited and eventually he was bouncing around yelling "And all of
the people and all of the brothers and all of the sisters and all of
the cousins and ..."  They would slowly leave, and he would calm down.




--
 Bill Sherman     S^1 `--> S^(2n+1) -->> CP^n      sherman@math.ucla.edu
   "Society is a bunch of frowning drunkards."  -Joseph E. Borzellino
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: amymw@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Amy Wisotsky)
Subject: Re: <None>
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 14:37:18 GMT

jgibbons@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:

>Some years ago some friends and I were trying to compile a list of
>all the people who had ever been guest hosts on the Muppet Show, and
>what an impressive list it was. Any input here? I remember John
>Cleese, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, certainly John Denver, maybe Liza
>Minelli. Anyone else?

I definitely remember a Kenny Rogers episode....
						
						-Amy-
						 :)

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From: mousktr@milton.u.washington.edu (Denise Lockner)
Subject: Re: DINOSAURS
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:12:15 GMT

In article <3290@daily-planet.concordia.ca> p_emond@pavo.concordia.ca (Patrick Emond) writes:
>Message-ID: <7APR199217590832@pavo.concordia.ca>
>Organization: Concordia University
> All DINOSAURS fans: there's a new board out (alt.tv.dinosaurs). It's very new,
> so let's get the ball rolling on this one.

   This sounds great, but in Seattle, I can't seem to find it.
    Any suggestions?

-Denise
********
"If you can't say something nice...don't say nothin' at all." -THUMPER
From: mc7g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Raymond Cote)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: More Muppet Stuff
Date: 12 Apr 92 20:48:16 GMT
	<1992Apr12.070451.14926@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: Freshman, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Speaking of Muppetstuff, here's some stuff that I've found:

-Bert puppet (about 1 1/2 feet tall)
-Ernie puppet (same)

-set of 3 Muppet Show viewmaster reels

-rubber figures holding little plastic disks with numbers on them:
--Cookie Monster
--Grover
--Ernie
--Bert
--Oscar the Grouch
--Alice 
--Snuffy
--Elmo
--the Count

-Muppet babies figurines (pirate theme):
--Animal    
--Fozzie
--Kermit 
--Piggy
--Rowlf
--Gonzo

-Ernie's Rubber Duckie (does't squeak, much to my disappointment)

-Baby Kermit squeeze toy (makes a wheezing/ squeaking noise)

(The above stuff was found a while ago at a chain called Toy
Liquidators; the figurines cost me $.50 apiece, and the Bert and Ernie
puppets cost me $10 each.  They have tons of muppetstuff, mostly Sesame
Street and Muppet Babies; and it's cheap, besides!)

-Gonzo's Big Mess (a book in the Muppet Kids series)

-Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration (audiotape)

Well that's all for now.  Does anyone have a favorite Muppet/Sesame
Street book?  Mine would have to be "Grover and the Everything in the
Whole Wide World Museum."

--Michael Cote

"Mahna Mahna!"
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
From: mousktr@milton.u.washington.edu (Denise Lockner)
Subject: Re: Ernie
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: world,local
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:17:23 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.155836.9620@gtech.com> rbe@gtech.com (Robert B. Easterbrooks) writes:
>
]I agree.  Super Grover is definitely one of the top characters, although my
>absolute all-time favorites have to be Cookie Monster (for Sesame Street),
>Animal (for The Muppet Show), and the White Lion (for Special Shows).  I



     IMHO, Baby Sinclair wins as the way coolest Muppet. AGAIN!!
      (and yes, I own the $35 life-size talking doll!!)

-Denise
********
"If you can't say something nice...don't say nothin' at all." -THUMPER
From: tbd@neuro.duke.edu (Tristan Davies)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
Subject: NOT THIS AGAIN???!!! (was Re: Bert & Ernie question (thanks))
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:45:25 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Apr4.164546.1@runt.appstate.edu> grs01146@runt.appstate.edu writes:

-->Could Bert and Ernie possibly be Gay?

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Well, you must be really new to this newsgroup; the discussion of
just this question only subsided a couple of weeks ago.
As I recall, the final gist of it was that sure Bert and Ernie
might behave in some ways like they're gay, but 
does it really matter??  Their message of positive friendship and tolerance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
is valuable either way!

Tristan
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e-mail: tbd@neuro.duke.edu
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center

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