As a result, when Jim arrived back in London that May, The Muppet Show was already being watched weekly by 15 million faithful Britons. Fan mail poured into the Muppet Suite at Elstree, burying Jim’s desk until his return. The Muppet Show Album, scarcely a month old, was speeding up British music charts, and would knock The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl from the number one spot by summer (meanwhile, back in the United States, the album would never even crack the Top 100, reaching only 153). And like the Beatles whom he had displaced on the music charts, Jim suddenly found himself—and the
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