Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) was an astronaut, best remembered as the first person to set foot on the moon. He has been referenced by the Muppets on several occasions. His famous line upon landing was "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

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• Grover stands in for Armstrong in The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar.

• In a Sesame Street News Flash sketch, Natalie, the cow who jumped over the moon, paraphrases Armstrong: "A small jump for cow, a giant leap for cowdom!"

• The 1992 Dog City episode "Rocketship K-9" features a canine parody, Heel Arfstrong. He's the first dog on the moon: "One small step for a mutt, one giant leap for dogkind!"

• The 1997 coloring book Great Muppets in American History features Kermit as Armstrong landing on the moon.

• A 1998 episode of Sesame Street, as part of the "Slimey to the Moon" arc, features footage of Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin preparing for their famous flight.

• In The Sesame Street Dictionary, Grover takes one giant step for Monsterkind.

• In Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet, when Danvers comes to school dressed in an astronaut costume, his best friend Pasquale states that after his previous bad day, "going to school dressed as Neil Armstrong isn't the best option."

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