Elmo, that lovable, occasionally grating Muppet and “Sesame Street” stalwart since 1984, kept Gillespie company for much of his early childhood from a TV inside his hospital room. He’d watch ...

The animated Disney movies that dominated pop culture throughout the ‘90s – Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King – borrowed heavily from the Muppets, sneaking adult-level jokes and ...

The Muppets' sprawling cast of colorful characters includes more than just Kermit, Piggy and the gang John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team in 2024. His work has ...

The purpose of Walt Disney's The Muppets was of course to reintroduce the Muppet franchise to today's young moviegoers while hopefully getting older fans back on board. Ironically the first ...

Also in Slate, Dana Stevens reviews The Muppets. With guest vocalists ranging from Joanna Newsom to Mickey Rooney, the soundtrack to The Muppets reboot leaves no demographic unserved. But the song ...

The Muppets will soon have a new home in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. To make room for the new dedicated Monsters, Inc. land announced over the summer, the park will shutter the existing Muppet ...

Now, almost 70 years after introducing the world to the Muppets, Henson’s work continues to endure. Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Big Bird and many more of his characters, from “The Muppet ...