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Hopefully they get into the dark side of his work; especially of the problems his actors had.  Oscar ended up living in a dumpster.  Kermit developed a nasty intravenous drug habit.  And David Bowie?  He's dead now.

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Wonder if there will be any mention of the work he did on season one of SNL.  There was usually a short bit at the end of the show with his characters that was usually very "un-Muppet" like, with jokes about drunkenness, drug use, sexual innuendo, etc.  Only lasted for the first season, and I could only find this one example on Youtube.  Unfortunately, this isn't one of the really funny ones, but this is a part of SNL history that has been largely forgotten.

 

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13 hours ago, Parliament said:

Hopefully they get into the dark side of his work; especially of the problems his actors had.  Oscar ended up living in a dumpster.  Kermit developed a nasty intravenous drug habit.  And David Bowie?  He's dead now.

That one turned into an eating disorder monster.

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