Exclusive: Bernie Sanders Opens Up about his Time on the Muppets
Senator Bernie Sanders, who recently announced his bid for the 2020 presidential election, sat down to talk with us about an aspect of his life that his younger demographic of voters may not even know about.
At the beginnings of what would eventually become a long, long political career, Sanders encountered a series of setbacks. In the early to mid-1970's, after settling down in Vermont, the Senator ran multiple unsuccessful third-party campaigns as an independent.
Unsure of a future in politics, Sanders turned to a not so dissimilar career: comedy.
"I was a man in crisis," Senator Sanders revealed. "So I did what a lot of us do - I got a job with The Muppets. To be more specific, The Muppet Show. But to be honest, I wasn't even looking for it."
According to Jim Henson's son...