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TIL: Jim Henson’s Muppets were regular “cast members” on the first season of Saturday Night Live, but the human cast members and writers weren’t entirely fond of the furry folks because they took away screen time from them and seemed childish. Jim Belushi called them the “Mucking Fuppets”.

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