Funny box copy for the Swedish Chef’s cereal? That was me. “Dial-a-Muppet” sketches? Me. A statement to the press from Miss Piggy? Me. One of the things I certainly wasn’t focused on as a 27-year-old ...

”Nightline” Tuesday kept Chicago viewers up late. The hourlong session averaged a 14.5 rating, falling off in the last quarter-hour. (In Chicago, a rating point represents 30,000 TV households).

On November 6, 1987, after a devastating stock market crash, the Muppets appeared on a special “Town Hall” edition of ABC’s “Nightline” in segments designed to explain the financial system. I wrote ...