http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY&feature=relat... And 22.8 million people seem to agree.
Still think the banjo is one of the coolest instruments.
Do you fancy Beaker and Dr Bunsen Honeydew?
Jim Henson was a genius. This thread could go on all day: My obsession as a child:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW23YcaBHUg
You also have to appreciate the craftsmanship that went into these puppets. Like Yoda in "A New Hope". Modern CGI provides the same effect, and not that I don't appreciate the craftsmanship that is modern CGI, but with many digital crafts these days the fact that the result is not tangible makes it harder to appreciate. You'll never see a collector have the original digital copy (on a USB drive I suppose) of an album in their gallery the way that they might have the first press of a record.
The same may be true for mp3 someday. Who knows what different consumption devices we will have? It could be that someday mp3 players seem so very "tactile" compared to whatever advanced listening system is devised?! -Time will tell