221. The Big Bird costume has a tiny tv inside it since there is no opening where the actor inside can see out.

222. Big Bird is covered in turkey feathers.

223. Cookie Monster one day ate a VW Beetle.

224. He also likes eggplant, which he disclosed in 2006. Somehow, "Eggplant Monster" just wouldn't have the same panache.

225. In 2008, Cookie tried to eat Stephen Colbert's Peabody Award during an appearance on The Colbert Report. Colbert retaliated by accusing Cookie of not wearing a cookie lapel pin!

226. During an episode first aired on March 15, 1976, Mr. Hooper received his GED. He also let everyone know that his first name was Harold.

227. The scene in "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" when the adults explain to the Muppets that Mr. Hooper had died was done in one take and Bob McGrath refused to walk by the store for a year -- it was all too emotional.

228. Grover's birthday is October 14.

229. Foo-Foo is the name of Miss Piggy's poodle.

230. Fozzie Bear was named for Faz Fazakas, the Muppeteer who figured out how to have Fozzie wiggle his ears.