Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother," and for comedies like "Bad Teacher" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Now Segel, 31, stars in a big screen ...

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The Muppet Show started as two pilot episodes. The episodes didn’t get any traction in the states. However, the show was picked up by producer Lew Grade in the U.K., who agreed to co-produce the show.

Though the Muppets (among assorted other Jim Henson productions) are unmatched as a long-lived, many-portaled franchise, puppets have always occupied a significant place in the life of the culture.