My wife asked me to start writing these again, so here we go.
For as long as I can remember, I have loved The Muppets. The characters from Seasame Street and Mr. Rodgers were the only reliable things from my childhood, and I can still vividly recall the details of many episodes of each.
In 2011, I was very nervous about the new movie, _The Muppets_, as we took our kids to see it. I didn't know Jason Segel's body of work very well, but my perception of him at the time was that he was a poor man's Vince Vaughn (which…is saying something).
I couldn't possibly have been more wrong about it. What a joyous celebration it was of what made the Muppets such a major factor in the lives of SO MANY PEOPLE.
And nothing could have been done better to settle my fears than the opening number, _Life's a Happy Song_. That is why it remains to this day one of my choices for a morning alarm. Which is probably why it's a frequent repeater for the Song of the Day.
Life's a happy song…
YES. IT IS.