As well as our re-evaluation of long dead heroes like Shackleton and Scott by modern standards, a different category of person is now feted.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | What makes a modern hero?

Give me my "Statler and Waldorf Are Dead" episode with the two curmudgeons as heroes, and give it to me by midseason!

CNN: Review: 'The Muppets' still finding its felting