My absolute favorite puppet band of all time is the Riverbottom Nightmare Band from Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. They taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in the music industry: Namely, that no matter how much you sacrifice for your art, how much heart you put into your music and how scrappy a survivor you are, some jerkwads with a flashy image and a douchebag rock-star attitude can come in at the last minute and take everything you've worked so hard to get away from you at a moment's notice.

That being said, I don't think they would've won if they'd played Discordance Axis's "Castration Rite" like they do in this video.

I like Jack's Big Music Show... and not just because I have a huge crush on Prudence the Musical Genie. The show teaches music and friendship to kids in a way that even Sesame Street doesn't really accomplish. Plus, Andrew Bird drops by occasionally as Dr. Strings, and that's always worth a moment of your time. Still, every kid moves from pop music to screaming about revolution at some point. Here's System of a Down with "Storaged."

And then there's good old Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem doing White Zombie's "More Human Than Human." Before you crank it at work, be aware that they're playing the version that has the Café Flesh sample of the porn moaning in it.

It actually works pretty well with the tied-up Janis getting ready to be a human sacrifice. It's been awhile since I watched The Muppet Show, but was ritual murder usually a part of it? Also, has anyone else ever noticed how much Zombie looks like Dr. Teeth? Enjoy.