Jesteros needs a new king, and the only way to determine who is destined for the throne is a Game of Chairs, a high-stakes version of musical chairs.
Unless Sesame Street gets picked up by HBO, it will never be quite as brutal Game of Thrones, so the process isn't gruesomely violent, just very disorganized thanks to Grover's incompetence.
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Baby dragons cry, the music won't start on cue and no one is happy with the results. But at least none of your favorite Muppets get killed off.
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