How The Muppet Movie Inspired My Childhood, and How It’s Saving My Endangered Imagination Today

How The Muppet Movie Inspired My Childhood, and How It’s Saving My Endangered Imagination Today 2012-10-02T15:25:56-06:00

Today is Kermit the Frog’s 56th birthday!

I just found out, and I’m surprised. Because I just finished a series of blog posts about Kermit and his extraordinary big-screen debut, The Muppet Movie.

The more I replay The Muppet Movie in my mind (I memorized the movie word for word when I was a kid), the more I realize how much it has influenced my life. It’s kind of a miraculous little movie.

I’ve just written a two-part account of what the movie means to me. It’s published at Good Letters, the blog of Image journal. Here’s…

I hope you enjoy it. And if you haven’t seen The Muppet Movie recently, you should.


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