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More Muppet Poetry: Two Poems by Rowlf

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Forget the turkey, mashed potatoes, and football. We're on a Muppet kick here in the P&PC Office. Doesn't the first clip below—of Rowlf reading "Silence"—remind you of Season 4, Episode 7 of The Brady Bunch (1972) where Mike reads Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " The Day Is Done " as part of the Westdale High School's Family Night Frolics? And might that be Walt Whitman's famous cardboard butterfly coming to life in "The Butterfly," Rowlf's second poem below? Both "Silence" and "The Butterfly" are from Season One (1976) of The Muppet Show . Happy viewing!

"Sugar is sweet and I love moo": Sesame Street's "Sons of Poetry" (2013)

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"Me Looove Poetry": Cookie Monster Breaks It Down

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P&PC at Valparaiso University

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