"I never dreamed it'd be the dust mops!...They've always been our friends!"

It occurred to me quite suddenly today that my Sesame Street tribute post has maybe one itty-bitty flaw: that a decent chunk of my readership probably doesn't know what the heck I'm talking about, beyond hazy guesses as to a sudden case of Tourettes'.

Mind you, clarifying may not help my cause much either...but it's bound to be a whole lot funnier. So here's the long-untold story of the day the Muppet Martians (Jim Henson and Jerry Hunt) made First Contact: