History of the Muppets Quiz
How bizarre is it that a show featuring absurd puppets could become a cultural staple during the 1970s? Imagine you had to pitch The Muppet Show to studio executives. How would you convince corporate bigwigs to fund a show about felt characters putting on a fictional sketch show?
With few similar shows to compare it to, Jim Henson braved overwhelming odds pioneering some of the most beloved characters of American entertainment. The Muppets have merged into the public consciousness as fictional characters who appeared in movies and television shows. Even so, they are also treated like real celebrities in our physical world.
Muppets have appeared on multiple episodes of Saturday Night Live. Yet, they are always treated as if they themselves are stars regardless of the fact that they are made of felt. It is because of what The Muppets stand for that we accept this absurdity.
The Muppets are creativity in physical form. They are the types of characters who inspire people of all ages, and for that, they are all permanent fixtures of our media landscape.
We will take a look back during this quiz at the origins of The Muppets onward into the modern day. So timeless are the Muppets that, almost fifty years after the premiere of their namesake television show, people still love them.
As much as to test, this quiz is meant to inform. So, we hope you come out of it knowing something new.
How much do you know about these iconic symbols of imagination? Take our quiz, The History of The Muppets, to find out.
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