Was anybody else at the Israel's 60th Birthday festival in Washington DC last week? Caroll Spinney appeared as Oscar the Grouch, and did a short performance with a red grouch that I think might be from Shalom Sesame. Anyway, there was a security guard blocking the stage, but eventually Caroll came out and did a Meet-and-Greet thing with the fans. He let me pet his Oscar puppet on the head. When you rub a muppet on the head, your life is complete.