Some of the most famous characters on the show include Big Bird, Cookie Monster,Oscar the Grouch, and Bert and Ernie.

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"I didn't really think about it as an educational program, I just really fell in love with the characters.

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He had a system. He would describe characters and plots, then have ghostwriters expand those ideas into a book.

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Miz Park says it was very exciting to meet him and see fans dressed up as characters on the show.

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They still are. People love these characters because they demonstrate the failings and strengths of all human beings.

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"Each of the characters has a unique characteristic that we think is not often represented by their ethnicities, broadly speaking,in the media."

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He praises the show for its writing which skillfully sets off the chemistry among the three main characters.

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One version says his friends started calling him Bingo, and later Bing, after characters in a local comic strip, the Bingville Bugle.

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In the film,their two very different characters fall in love on a riverboat in the middle of Africa.

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The newest "Star Trek" movie is about the characters in the first television series and how they met.

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The videos use computer animation. Some of the animated characters are a little funny looking -- like a farmer with a long nose.

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"It helped teach me how to count and read. And I also loved how they integrated the human characters with the Muppet characters.

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Television screens show Tim Burtons strange cartoon about a character called Stainboy. Detailed drawings show how he created the characters in his films.

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The music also had to express the rising tension in the movie as characters prepare for battle.

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