Bob Dylan (b. 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Like a Rolling Stone."
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- Dylan's music was used in the soundtrack of Jim Henson's experimental film Youth 68.
- One of the tracks on the "Let's Eat" album in The Jim Henson Hour episode "Food" is "Like a Rolling Scone."
- In the Dinosaurs episode "I Never Ate for My Father," a herbivore hangout called "The Salad Bar" features the vegetarian musical stylings of a folk singer mimicking Dylan.
- A series of animated Sesame Street segments portray a Dylan-esque folk singer performing a series of musical, numerical questions based on "Blowin' in the Wind."
- Stinky the Stinkweed sings "Like a Rolling Plant" in episode 3531 of Sesame Street, spoofing Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone."
- The Sesame Street video Kids' Favorite Songs opens with a radio broadcast of "Old MacDonald," as performed in the style of Dylan.
- Oscar's profile in Sesame Street Unpaved says that he shares his sign with Dylan, who "looks a little like Oscar, if you squint."
- The fourth episode of The Muppets Mayhem is titled after Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'." A Bob Dylan poster is also seen on the wall of the Shack, and is pasted to the counter of the Jerry's Tunes music shop seen in The Muppets Mayhem episode "Fortunate Son."