Entertainment WATCH: Muppet Guys LIVE honor Jim Henson, 30 years later — Saturday, May 16, 4pm ET Xeni Jardin

DIY Making DIY Homemade Puppets with Jim Henson in 1969 Thom Dunn

music Watch Kenny Rogers perform "The Gambler" on The Muppet Show David Pescovitz

Funny Watch the Cookie Monster's first appearance, in a 1967 IBM training film David Pescovitz

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

mashup "Start Wearing Purple" as sung by Sesame Street's Count Rusty Blazenhoff

star wars Will Star Wars 'Rise of Skywalker' finally explain what Dr. Julius Strangepork was up to? Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Cookie Monster performs Tom Waits's "Hell Broke Luce" Cory Doctorow

Funny Watch this totally inappropriate and bizarre Bert and Ernie parody in German David Pescovitz

Old school All I want (to make) for Christmas: Yip Yips stockings Rusty Blazenhoff

muppets Muppets from Space's "Brick House" Jason Weisberger

muppets Blooper reel from Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" Rusty Blazenhoff

music Prince meets The Muppets (1997) David Pescovitz

muppets Lawyer sounds a bit like Kermit the Frog Rob Beschizza

television Watch the pitch reel for Jim Henson's cyberpunk muppets TV series David Pescovitz

muppets Jim Henson teaches kids how to make puppets (1969) Rusty Blazenhoff

muppets These over-the-top Muppets shoes are downright inspired Rusty Blazenhoff

muppets Ben Vereen, and some Muppets, sing one of my favorite tunes Jason Weisberger

Funny After 20 years, 'Pigs In Space' of 'The Muppet Show' has returned Andrea James

muppets Why Disney owns muppetfucker.net Rob Beschizza