WI Big Bird was on the Challenger Shuttle?

Also, since this would be a couple of years after Will Lee (Mr. Hooper) died, so people would speculate about a "Sesame Street Curse". I wonder if Henson would step in and import some of the Muppet Show Muppets as "replacements" for BB and Oscar as a way to soften the blow.
 
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'Punky" deals with space shuttle tragedy

I never saw this one, but I remember making fun of it with my friends when it was announced. It seems to me the writers were probably overestimating how traumatized the average teenager would be by the disaster. (Big Bird would be a different case, for the reasons discussed on this thread.)
 
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