WOCKA-WOCKA-PELLA:  The Muppets explain how to sing a cappella. (HT: Sara.)

LET THE TODAY BE WITH YOU:  Dear Obi-Wan, stop being kinda-sorta-racist:

Now that Han and Chewie are up front flying the ship and the droids are in back powering up, I need to talk to you about that thing you said back there about “Sand People.” 

Yeah, not cool. They have a name: They’re called “Tusken Raiders.” “Sand People” is just — I don’t even know what that is. It’s awful, is what it is. I mean, I believe it when you say you lived in a cave the last 20 years — because you act like it. Listen to me: That is a very, VERY offensive term. You cannot go around thinking that that word is okay to say out loud. 

I mean, we’re about to visit royalty on Alderaan. We can’t have some situation where we’re at dinner and the queen asks us, “So, how was the trip?” And you pipe up, “Fine… except for the goddamn Sand People.”...

[HT: Russ. Your own Star Wars ephemera is welcome today.]

YOU MAY BE WALKING ALONE AFTER ALL:  The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day telethon is no more.  For your unending begging for money needs, might I suggest public radio pledge drives?  (Note:  I love me some public radio, and am a member of my local station.)

PICADILLY CERVIX: Welcome to the world, Royal Baby.

MEANWHILE, THE REPLACEMENTS AND SUPERCHUNK PLAY PENN'S LANDING IN NINE DAYS:  According to a new study, we stop discovering new music around age 33.

EGOT WATCH:  Stephen Schwartz will receive this year's Isabelle Stevenson award at the Tonys, with six nominations and no wins (Pippin lost to A Little Night Music, Godspell lost to Annie, Working lost to On The Twentieth Century, Rags lost to Les Mis, and Wicked lost to Avenue Q), Tony was the surprise missing leg for him.  He already has 3 Oscars (for Pocahontas and Prince of Egypt) and 4 Grammys, so keep an eye on him doing something for TV.

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE, I AM STILL JUST A RAT IN A STEEL CAGE MATCH:  Billy Corgan, not content to settle for his work in music and in cat pictures, is pursuing a new endeavor as a Senior Producer for TNA Wrestling, where he will apparently help develop storylines and characters for them.