Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters


	Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
Efrain Alvarado
2-12-2009 9:07 AM
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2-12-2009 9:24 PM
tanyamm
Love the Muppets. My granddaughters favourite movie is "Muppet Treasure Island" The line in the pirate song that goes, "blood thirsty captain and his cutthroat crew," My grandson sings as, blood thirsty captain and his cockroach crew."
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