Since traditional African society, like Victorian Britain, expects children to be seen and not heard, under-sixes find the hubbub of children's voices on "Takalani Sesame" particularly attention-grabbing.A Middle Eastern version of "Sesame Street" ran into problems when the Palestinian and Jewish muppeteers could not agree on who owned the land where the muppets lived.
One of Kennedy's fans as a youngster has posted the kind letter the then MP wrote in response to a query about his favourite Muppets character.
Instead, he used the euphemism "getting the muppets" to stand up a story.
Whether or not Goldman bankers actually refer to their clients as "muppets", it's a fair bet that they still view them as a source of revenue (some of which will then make its way into their bonus checks) rather than as clients with whom they have an ongoing relationship.
Smith described his former firm as "morally bankrupt" and no longer interested in serving its clients (and referring to them behind their backs as "muppets"), and went on to pen a book outlining the reasons for these allegations.
Anyone who buys it on the strength of Get Lucky finds a deeply quixotic, personal, uncompromising, divisive piece of work that includes an extended interview with an Italian septuagenarian and a miniature pop opera written by the man whose CV includes Bugsy Malone and The Muppets Movie.
Singer Ed Sheeran's skills were put to better use when he performed the classic Muppets song The Rainbow Connection with Kermit the Frog.
Lost boys found Not intifada, this time it's war Spreading Cruelty under the microscope Muppets invade South Africa ReprintsThe cash is sorely needed.
Feted early in the year, when his firm was buying the Jim Henson Company, creator of the Muppets, and half of Formula One, Mr Haffa is now an investor's nightmare.
This sentiment was particularly evident, Mr Smith says, in the firm's London office, where greed and self-interest ran riot and clients were derisively referred to as "muppets", suggesting a childlike naivety that could be exploited.
Tex Richman, the oil baron in the latest Muppets movie, is so bad he reads The Economist.
