The Muppet Movie (1979)

Muppet Fact #1103

Kermit and Miss Piggy interviewed LeVar Burton, Aretha Franklin, Alex Trebek, and many others on The Tony Danza Show, reporting on the Daytime Emmy's.

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The Tony Danza Show. May 23, 2005.

Never stop creating

Be who you areeeeeeeeeeee

Ft. Bisexual Ms Paint Zoot!!!!

‘Jim Henson: Idea Man’ Traces the Remarkable Life and Work of the Visionary Puppeteer

Happy Pride month to all the gay folks who should still be with us but were lost to AIDS. So many of them had (and continue to have) huge impacts on the world, despite their lives being tragically cut short.

Since this is primarily a Muppet blog, I wanted to take a moment to talk about Richard Hunt.

Richard Hunt was a gay man and a fantastic puppeteer who started working with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, and company in 1970 at age eighteen and joined the cast of Sesame Street two years later. While working with the Muppets, he originated the characters of Scooter, Beaker, Statler, Sweetums, and Wayne, but also became the primary performer of Janice and is responsible for the flower child personality she is now known for. He was also known to be a fantastic singer.

But maybe most importantly, he made so many people happy. According the book "Of Muppets and Men" by Christopher Finch, Hunt "seems to get more unadulterated pleasure from performing than anyone else in the organization. When he is not working on camera, he is apt to have Scooter or Beaker or Janice -- anyone -- on his arm for the purpose of entertaining... He makes the crew laugh, jokes with the guest star, clowns for the shop personnel. He is one of the chief reasons for the loose atmosphere that exists around Studio D despite the pressure and the slow pace that are endemic to television production."

Hunt died at age 41 due to AIDS complications. The Muppet Workshop made a panel for the NAMES Project AIDS quilt in his honor. The Richard Hunt Spirit Award is presented every year at the Sesame Street wrap party to the cast member that best honors Hunt's generosity and dedication on set.

Rest in peace Richard. Thank you for the laughs and the smiles, and happy Pride 💛

Dave Goelz's impression of Jim Henson is exactly the same as his Jimmy Shoe voice, I actually had to pause Idea Man to cry a little bit when I heard it

Have you guys seen that clip

Go off Kermit

The Jim Henson Hour (1989)

I'm looking forward to seeing more behind the scenes Muppet footage in the new Jim Henson Idea Man documentary, which debuts today on Disney+! Who else will be watching it this weekend?

Muppet Fact #1104

Red does not like, nor does she get along with, Mokey's pet Night-Blooming Yellow-Leaved Deathwort named Lanford.

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Fraggle Rock. Episode 220, "A Cave of One's Own." May 14, 1984.

Obviously this is an adorable bit but I'm so struck by how different this is from so many little kid shows today like.......the muted colors. no background noise. no sound effects. you can literally hear Jim Henson breathing between his lines. Ernie is talking very slowly, meandering, letting the kids digest the info. it's a full minute before you get the payoff of it all. man

Family

when gerard way sings "the broken, the beaten, and the damned" and when kermit the frog sings "the lovers, the dreamers, and me" they're talking about the same people btw

chaotic muppets interview