Statistically speaking it’s easier to get a Congressional Medal of Honor than to have a muppet named after you, and I bet the muppet party is a lot more fun too.  I figure I got lucky by having a minor muppet with my first name in a few episodes – pale blue fur and a fondness for worst case scenarios; it’s not a bad fit;-) In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th birthday here are ten muppets that parody ten lucky famous people:

Juliet the Muppet

1. Barbara Streisandwich
2. David Hoggselhoff – featured in Bay of Pigswatch
3. Gingrich the Newt
4. Jean-Dodd van Clamme
5. Placido Flamingo
6. Alistair Cookie in Monsterpiece Theater
7. Bruce Stringbean – see the classic Born to Add
8. Frank Lloyd Left
9. Ethel Mermaid
10. Howie Eatswell

It’s surprisingly close to the AMC version – although they stuck to advertising and left out the sexual escapades. I particularly liked the use of the word ‘sycophants’ at the end, toddlers could stand to use that word more often…

I’ve lived enough and read enough self-help books to see the inspired wisdom in the song “You’ve Got to Put Down the Duckie (if you want to play the saxophone)”  That’s so much easier to grasp than being told to let go of the past, stop stopping yourself etc.  Which would you rather hear?

My all-time favorite life lesson in song is below – the doo wop tragic saga with the inarguable truth “stoplights and love can be cruel.” Don’t I know it.  This stuff is wasted on four-year olds! Part of Sesame Street’s concept is to include bits that adults find interesting to get the parents interacting with their kids, but what about those of us without kids? Thank God for Youtube. Now adults can get their Sesame Street fix without having to wade through the letter of the day and other extraneous material meant for the target preschool audience.