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A car also crashed into the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, in 2021, causing minor damage to its ...
Both candidates write for The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. The pair met freshman year in ...
Kermit has a long history with the school. Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. The campus garden even features a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson. Kermit previously ...
For David Bowie and Muppet fans, an event that pairs both is coming your way. “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” is an event that "transports fans to the Goblin City with an exciting ...
The university announced this week that the "international superstar" will be the one to inspire graduates in honor of the campus' long history with Muppets creator Jim Henson, a 1960 University ...
Kermit has a connection to the school ... his creator, Jim Henson, is a 1960 graduate. He built the original Kermit using one of his mother’s coats and a pingpong ball cut in half. The puppet ...
The University of Maryland says it is honoring Jim Henson, an alumnus, with its choice of commencement speaker. Some students think it is avoiding “real issues.” By Callie Holtermann Andrew ...
The lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history between UMD and Muppets creator Jim Henson,” the university's announcement reads Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.
The iconic green frog, and the rest of the Muppets, were created by Jim Henson, who graduated from UMD in 1960. According to the university, Kermit is an environmental advocate, a Peabody Award ...
This year, school officials decided to honor one of their own, Jim Henson, by asking Kermit the Frog to be the 2025 UMD commencement speaker. Henson, who created Kermit and The Muppets ...
Jim Henson, a University of Maryland alumnus and legendary puppeteer, created the Muppets, which includes an ensemble of puppet characters like Kermit and Miss Piggy, in 1955. “I just know the ...
The former Harvard Lampoon editor had spent the previous years as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons,” appearing on camera only as an occasional background extra in ...