(Hu)man or Muppet?
He’s not technically a Muppet, but this fuzzy orange chaos agent is the mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Gritty
This author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon is, to date, the only black woman to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Toni Morrison
This popular singer, who died this week at the age of 83, was “Simply The Best”
Tina Turner
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”
The Godfather
This New England city is the home to the world’s oldest annual marathon
Boston Marathon
This theme song for the 1978 masterpiece The Muppet Movie was conceptually and colorfully inspired by the song “Over The Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz.
Rainbow Connection
This popular author and YouTuber has had his book Looking For Alaska banned 11 times in school since 2021, because America can’t have nice things.
John Green
In 2022, the song “Unholy” became a number one hit, and featured this transgender women, the first openly trans artist to achieve this.
Kim Petras
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti”
The Silence of the Lambs
This 1985 Kate Bush song enjoyed an unusual resurgence in 2022 due to its appearance in the Netflix show Stranger Things.
Running Up That Hill
Not many people can, in one lifetime, be the voice of both Miss Piggy and Yoda, but, as they say, do or do not; there is no try. HIYA!
Frank Oz
This week saw the release of a trailer for a remake of a 1985 Steven Spielberg directed film, which was adapted from this colorful and popular novel by Alice Walker
The Color Purple
When this Pakistani woman won the Nobel Peace Price in 2014, she was the youngest person to ever win the award.
Malala Yousafzai
“You can’t handle the truth”
A Few Good Men
This fittingly named Jamaican sprinter is the world record holder in the 100 and 200 meters and an 8 time Olympic gold medalis
Usain Bolt
This popular, but sleepy, Georgia band had a famous appearance on Sesame Street singing a Muppetty version of one of their songs, “Furry Happy Monsters”
REM
Last week, PBS aired a filmed version of this Shakespeare play featuring Black Panther’s Danai Gurira in the winter of her discontent.
Richard III
This former New Zealand Prime Minister became, in 2018, the second elected head of government to give birth while in office
Jacinda Arden
“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
This 1982 movie directed by Ridley Scott is widely regarded as a seminal science fiction film and it received a sequel in 2017
Blade Runner
A recent popular TikTok features this Oscar winning actress (for the 1961 movie West Side Story) banging Muppet drummer Animal in the head with a pair of cymbals.
Rita Moreno
This 2019 novella recently became a New York Times bestseller, at least partly due to a viral tweet from a Twitter user named Bigolas (ahem) Wolfwood.
This Is How Your Lose The Time War
This former representative for the 12th District of New York became, in 1972, the first black presidential candidate for a major party
Shirley Chisholm
“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary”
Dead Poets Society
The cover of the album Born To Run features Bruce Springsteen leaving on the shoulder of this E. Street Band saxophonist
Clarence Clemons