Kermit Culture: Critical Perspectives on Jim Henson's Muppets - Google Books

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By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities. Sophisticated and highly individuated, each of the Muppets embodied a conventional character type from classic…