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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 02:51 AM
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Today would have been Jim Henson's 74th birthday.
Edited on Fri Sep-24-10 02:52 AM by AllenVanAllen



I will always be grateful he visited my world. Thank you Jim.




Jim Henson and Jane Nebel on WRC-TV's Sam and Friends.
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 05:58 AM
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1. So near and dear to my heart...
Loved him and all that he gave the world.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 07:30 AM
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2. It always freaks me out to see the original Kermit with the fat frog legs
Edited on Fri Sep-24-10 07:31 AM by Bucky
Later full-body iterations of Kermit show him with skinny legs, even tho that doesn't make any sense for a frog.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 07:35 AM
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3. Here's the original Kermit by the way
:rofl:
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 02:11 PM
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6. This was before he got off the booze and night life.


Henson took him away from all that.
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KatyaR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 10:05 AM
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4. I miss Jim Henson so much.
The world is a sadder place without him. He was a true genius with a heart of gold. :loveya:
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 02:09 PM
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5. He showed me how to always nurture the child in my heart.
Edited on Fri Sep-24-10 02:14 PM by AllenVanAllen


Jim, Frank and Michael Talk about the Muppets : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPKng8j9Mnw

Big Bird at Jim Henson's Memorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC2eQ
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 08:10 PM
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7. The day Hensen died a newspaper somewhere in the USA had the headline "Kermit Croaks".
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-25-10 05:57 AM
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12. And he kinda' did. :(
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Dystopian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 09:45 PM
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8. Thank you for posting this...
You made me travel back in time...when life was simple, I was young....and my children were just learning about the world.
Many memories.....We loved and learned from him...and laughed together...joy.

My children are grown...
We will forever carry a part of him in our hearts.

I'm thankful that he visited your world also.:hug:


peace~
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 09:50 PM
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9. He was the best!
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velvet Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 10:10 PM
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10. I shook his hand once
Back when I was a puppeteer and editor of the Australian puppeteer's journal, he visited Sydney and we were introduced. He was lovely, all laid-back and affable. And of course I told him how much I admired his work.

The great Russian puppeteer Sergei Obratsov wrote "The soul of the puppet is the hand of the puppeteer." After I shook the Hand of Henson I swore I was never gonna wash my right hand again, lest I lose the manipulation mojo I had surely gained.
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-25-10 05:56 AM
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11. Cool story and puppeteer quote.


I would have loved to become a puppeteer! As a kid I wanted to work with Henson. I never realized that dream nevertheless he greatly influenced me as an artist and a person.
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