The Muppets

The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. Individually, a Muppet is properly any one of the puppets built by the Jim Henson Workshop. Though the term is often used erroneously to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show and Sesame Street characters, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark linked to the characters created by The Jim Henson Company. The Muppets are now owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Cultural references

• The Simpsons episode 3F15: "A Fish Called Selma":
  

: Lisa: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"

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: Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet, but oh-ho man......so to answer your question, I don't know."

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• The music video for the Weezer song "Keep Fishin', is premised on the band performing on The Muppet Show and features appearances by several characters.
• On September 28, 2005, the United States Postal Service released a "Jim Henson and the Muppets" postage stamp series.{{ref|stamp}}