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The 15 Best Band Cameos on TV

From The Ramones horrifying Mr. Burns in The Simpsons to Iggy Pop sweetly serenading his daughter in The Adventures of Pete and Pete, TV appearances can be charming, hilarious and even cringe-worthy. Here are some of our favorites.   read more

The 35 Greatest TV Duos of All Time

Friendship drives so much of the emotional core of a TV show that scores of shows have led with it in the title. Take a look and see if you have a relationship similar to any of these.  read more

Watch Elvis Costello Perform on Sesame Street

Elvis Costello was an incendiary figure in his youth, defying authorities and executives who wanted to censor his music and performances — but now the eclectic singer/musician/songwriter is showing the world it's OK to mellow with age.  read more

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Those with passion enough to go into the arts can find it hard to conform to societal norms, which often call for them to keep themselves in check. The arts allow devotees to channel their true selves (or at least certain aspects of their true selves) into a piece of music, a piece of clay or, in at least one case, a piece of felt....  read more

Sesame Street Gets Down to the Beastie Boys

We here at Paste can’t seem to get enough of these puppet/rap mash-up videos. The vague mouth movements and general cuteness of the Sesame Street characters just seem to make them perfect candidates for some crazy overdubbing....  read more

Andy Samberg Guests On Conversations with Bert

We’re big fans of Sesame Street. In fact, we even did a list of our favorite 40 Sesame Street guest spots. So you can imagine out excitement when we heard Bert, of Bert and Ernie, had his own show....  read more

Tim Schafer Developing Sesame Street Kinect Game

Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine entertainment and creator of Brutal Legend, Psychonauts, and most recently, Stacking, is developing a new title for Xbox Kinect called Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster....  read more

Cookie Monster's SNL Audition Tape

He’s already been a guest of The Colbert Report, so why not Saturday Night Live. Yesterday, Cookie Monster launched what he hopes to be a viral campaign for a slot on the long-running NBC sketch comedy. His audition tape shows the Sesame Street icon devouring (but not defusing) a bomb in “Macarooner” and singing “Cookie Face” in a parody of Lady Gaga (his dress is made of cookies)....  read more

Katy Perry Will Hang With More Puppets on The Simpsons

Despite Best Week Ever‘s attempt to cover up Katy Perry’s “offensive” cleavage with a boob apron, her Sesame Street Elmo duet still suffered cancellation thanks to viewer protest....  read more

Watch Will.i.am Perform on Sesame Street

Who knew Big Bird had moves like that?...  read more