What Kind of Fool Am I? (transcript)

Jim Henson's name and Muppet brand gained national fame and success during the first season of Sesame Street in 1969. In the wake of the show's popularity, Henson began avoiding his usual experimental, commercial work, but continued to bring the Muppets to prime time on various talk and variety shows.

Among his last appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show was on May 31, 1970, a few weeks following the season finale of Sesame Street. This appearance not only features one of the earliest appearances of the defined character of Grover, but also sets up the Kermit and Grover dynamic that would continue for the next two decades.

This appearance was omitted from the 2003 release, Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show, but has since appeared in a series of compilation screenings produced by The Jim Henson Legacy.