Today's highly anticipated blog post comes in from the blog's good friend Chase Beecher. Chase delivers a truly inspiring story that will touch the heart of every Muppet fan. This article was totally worth the wait.

I had a curious day last week. I had an experience I never planned to have as a Muppet fan. I had a family walk into my store. (we are called Simply Mac. We are an Apple Specialist. We are expanding. Expanding! But, I digress.) A mom, dad and their little son walked in and started toward the Macbook Pro laptops. Their little boy was about 8 or 9. As I approached them, he was asking a lot of questions and was very loud. This is not my favorite thing. But, I ran over to see if they needed any help anyway.

I showed her some speech programs that allows the computer read articles to you. We talked more boring things. Here is where it gets interesting and Muppety. The little boy finally started tugging on my shirt and asking “HEY! HEY! WHAT IS YOUR NAME!?” “My name is Chase. What’s your’s dude?” “My name is Tyce. I love the ABC’s. Can this computer read me the ABC’s?” I crouched down to his level, googled the Alphabet and had the computer speak it to us. I then had a better idea.
Sesame’s Youtube page has a video of all the characters singing the alphabet. Tyce was over the moon. We watched it three times. His mom and dad just sat there dumbfounded. Maybe it’s because they found a grown man on their child’s age level. Maybe they were in awe.

My cold heart may have grown two sizes that day. Jim used to say, “This is bigger than all of us.” That applies for us fans, too. Others know Kermit and Grover and Fozzie and Piggy. Even if they have never, ever seen them. There is power in that my friends. Others may not have that passion that you and I do over this group of weirdos, but we can all have these fun little special moments. Sometimes it’s easy bein’ green.
You, too, are also welcome to swing by and sing the ABC’s with me and our friend Kermit if you are ever in Utah.
Chase Beecher is a comedian and a blogger, and can be reached on Twitter (@chasebeecher) or on Facebook. Please don't call his mother's house.
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