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Possibly the coolest kids’ show ever, The Muppet Show ran on CBS and affiliate stations from 1976 to 1981 and produced a number of much-loved TV specials and movie spin-offs, not to mention a huge range of Muppets licensed products from toys to clothing to personal gear.

One great delight of The Muppet Show was its music — and its high-profile musical guests. Over the years, cultural icons from Alice Cooper to Joan Baez to Johnny Cash to Liberace sang with Jim Henson‘s wide-mouthed, floppy-armed puppets…
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Mason-Dixon Knitting Book Chicks Sing Country, Too

Mason-Dixon Knitting Book Chicks Sing Country, Too

Give a listen to Kay and Ann of Mason-Dixon Knitting, as they perform on the Nashville Bandwagon Show with a side-splitting-funny country song: “Pardon Me (I Didn’t Knit that For You).”

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Canada Day in the Wild East & I'm Not Dead Yet

Canada Day in the Wild East & I'm Not Dead Yet

Happy Canada Day! Photo: Phillie Casablanca We’ll get to the low-key-Canadian-patriotic celebrating stuff in a minute. First, I want to say thanks to all you lovely Internet People who sent emails, noticing that the Domestik Goddess was uncharacteristically quiet and wondering if I’d died… got me all misty-eyed, some of you! “Rumours of my death [...]

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Hannah Montana Singing Doll

Hannah Montana Singing Doll

Apparently, batteries actually are included, too! But don’t let that fool you — this toy has genuine potential to ruin a parent’s holiday. Because this Hannah Montana doll only knows one tune — she’ll sing “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” until every adult in the house wants to smash the doll with a case of Tylenol bottles.

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REDI or Not

REDI or Not

It just feels wrong to criticize, when someone does something nice. In this case, the folks at Best Buy sent along a little REDI mp3 player for my Aged Mother to take with her when she went into the hospital, back at the end of June. Great idea, eh? Well, it was… sort of… My [...]

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