Hey, remember when Eddie Murphy stepped down as Oscar host and some clever folks suggested hiring The Muppets for the gig? And remember how pretty much everyone with a beating heart loved that idea?

Both of the great cultural comebacks of my childhood have landed in my middle-aged adulthood with mixed results. Neither had their original creators involved, but for completely different reasons.

The Muppets are back. Again. It only took one motion picture after their triumphant return to the big screen, but the bloom is definitely off the rose when it comes to what makes the Muppets special.

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 150,000 ...

There are few things in modern pop culture more magical than the moments when you can forget that the Muppets aren’t actually living creatures. Usually, it happens with a song — at least, it does for ...