Hey there, everybody. Welcome to the day after Thanksgiving edition of TVTL.

That's right. This is the show that just might be too beautiful to live. It's episode 1,481 in a collector series.

I'm Luke Burbank, your host. God, what am I doing right now when you're hearing this?

Well, if you're listening to it on Friday, I'm probably...

I'm maybe going and getting a Christmas tree by now. I don't know. I might still be in the proverbial food coma.

I might just be lying around my parents' house. Scavenging in the refrigerator, seeing if there are any choice bits of turkey leftover mashed potatoes the whole bit.

Anyway, I'm enjoying this day, relaxing, hanging out with my family. Hope you are too.

What we're going to play for you today is a show that when I went back in the TVTL archives, I found last year we played it around this time. I think anyway.

It was a gem. I had no idea how entertaining it was because I did not grow up, as you'll hear, particularly enamored with the Muppets.

My good friend, Jen Flash Andrews, boy, was she in love with the Muppets.

We decided to do a show, back when we were a radio show, about why the Muppets matter.

I thought it might be a fun little trip down memory lane on this day after Thanksgiving.

We're going to be back next week with more new shows for you. Andrew Walshki will be in tow.

We're going to talk to comedian Rob Delaney next week, and also recorded conversation with Bob Nelson.

He is the guy who wrote this new movie, Nebraska, with Will Forte and Bruce Durham that's getting all kinds of attention.

We got a big fun week of new shows for you scheduled next week.

By the way, before we jump into this tape, I want to mention that we get our sponsorship on the show from Uber.

Uber is just, well, you've heard us talk about them, incessantly on this show.

And there's a reason we talk about them incessantly, it's because they're a wonderful way to get two and from in whatever city you might be in, if they're a city that features Uber.

Make sure you go sign up for the app.

If you do so in Seattle and you use the promo code TBL, you will get a free first try to up to 50 bucks.

And Uber is going to be helping get the members of the TBL Club for Eagle soaring, that is our running club, two and from the Seattle Marathon this Sunday.

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