Week of Oct. 10: Remembering Nightline, the Stock Market and the Muppets

The current economic troubles provide a chance to recall when television news decided (on purpose) not to take itself too seriously one night back in 1987. "ABC News Nightline" host Ted Koppel decided to have a program in which the Wall Street troubles of the day were explained in clear fashion - by the Muppets.

Sadly, I can't find a clip of the program online, but here's a link to a bit of a transcript:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Nightline25/story?id=326163

Here's a link to more detail:

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_News_Special:_Wall_Street_and_the_Economy

And the entire program is available on DVD for order:

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-5969600-0037750?asin=B000IMVP18&afid=yahoosspplp_bmvd&lnm=B000IMVP18ABC_News_Nightline_Town_Meeting_on_Wall_Street_and_the_Financial_State_of_NY/Muppets_(2_DVD_set)_:_DVD&ref=tgt_adv_XSNG1060

David Letterman once said Koppel (who does a mean impression of Richard Nixon, BTW) is too funny to be a newsman. Maybe Koppel, who now works for Discovery, and the Muppets should get together for another program.

See you next week. Until then, Happy (if not profitable) Viewing!