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The '''Million Puppet March''' was a political protest held on November 3, 2012 in [[Washington, DC]] opposing [[Mitt Romney]]'s proposal to cut taxpayer funding of [[Big Bird]] and the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS). PBS did not participate in the event.
The rally was created by [[Michael Bellavia]], an animation executive, and [[Chris Mecham]], and Idaho student. It drew an estimated 600 protestors.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Ruffling feathers for Big Bird and PBS|first=Maura|last=Judkis|work=Washington Post|date=November 5, 2012|page=C1}}</ref> The ''New York Daily News'' estimated the crowd size at 1,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sesame-street-takes-national-mall-article-1.1196478|title=Million Puppet March draws about 1000 on National Mall|first=Michael|last=Walsh|work=New York Daily News|date=November 4, 2012|accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref> As the crowd marked from Lincoln Park to the Capitol Reflecting Pool, it chanted:
* "Power to the pupeets! We can save the Muppets!"
* "What do we want? Cookies! When do we want them? Now!"
* "EL-MO! We won't go!"<ref name=wp/>
Prior to the start of the march, Charlie Anderson married Lisa in a real-life wedding ceremony held in Lincoln Park, with the groom dressed as Big Bird and the bride as Kermit the Frog.<ref name=wp/> A post-march rally with speeches was held on the Capitol grounds.
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://millionpuppetmarch.com/ Million Puppet March] (official website)
[[Category:Politics]]
The rally was created by [[Michael Bellavia]], an animation executive, and [[Chris Mecham]], and Idaho student. It drew an estimated 600 protestors.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Ruffling feathers for Big Bird and PBS|first=Maura|last=Judkis|work=Washington Post|date=November 5, 2012|page=C1}}</ref> The ''New York Daily News'' estimated the crowd size at 1,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sesame-street-takes-national-mall-article-1.1196478|title=Million Puppet March draws about 1000 on National Mall|first=Michael|last=Walsh|work=New York Daily News|date=November 4, 2012|accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref> As the crowd marked from Lincoln Park to the Capitol Reflecting Pool, it chanted:
* "Power to the pupeets! We can save the Muppets!"
* "What do we want? Cookies! When do we want them? Now!"
* "EL-MO! We won't go!"<ref name=wp/>
Prior to the start of the march, Charlie Anderson married Lisa in a real-life wedding ceremony held in Lincoln Park, with the groom dressed as Big Bird and the bride as Kermit the Frog.<ref name=wp/> A post-march rally with speeches was held on the Capitol grounds.
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://millionpuppetmarch.com/ Million Puppet March] (official website)
[[Category:Politics]]