Paul
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Post by Paul on Dec 15, 2009 1:14:06 GMT -5
No, not the clip where Big Bird learns Mr. Hooper is gone.
I've found something even sadder, somehow.
Big Bird sings It's Not Easy Being Green at Jim Henson's memorial service:
If this doesn't make you at least tear up a little, you have no soul.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 15, 2009 1:18:49 GMT -5
The song at the end hits me harder
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 15, 2009 1:50:04 GMT -5
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Post by BlackHoleMark on Dec 15, 2009 10:24:26 GMT -5
The Mr. Hooper clip gets me. Watched it recently during the build up for the anniversary and just lost it.
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smokinvokoun
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Post by smokinvokoun on Dec 16, 2009 21:44:55 GMT -5
The song at the end hits me harder I challenge anyone who grew up with the Muppets as kids to not cry when watching those two videos.... pretty damn hard not to. |
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Post by Toom E. Guci on Dec 17, 2009 0:39:17 GMT -5
I remember when they did a tribute for him on tv & to introduce the new voice for Kermit.
It was a very touching episode & it was the first time the Muppets aknowledged the puppeteers.
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Post by hajimenoippo on Dec 17, 2009 3:25:33 GMT -5
i never knew elmo was black
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 17, 2009 3:30:41 GMT -5
i never knew elmo was black I had a friend who was in a band and during a time in the studio someone bought out a tape of the guy who played Elmo swearing and stuff in the Elmo voice |
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Post by Mattification on Dec 17, 2009 9:38:59 GMT -5
Man that's some sad stuff.
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Post by frankincleveland on Dec 17, 2009 12:41:00 GMT -5
i never knew elmo was black Kevin Clash, who also played Splinter in the first three Ninja Turtle movies. Which also means The Secret of the Ooze credits include both a Kevin Clash and a Kevin Nash. Sad/unusual to see the puppeteers break kayfabe in that second video. |
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Post by hajimenoippo on Dec 17, 2009 13:00:41 GMT -5
I'd love to puppeteer a muppet just once
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 17, 2009 14:22:28 GMT -5
Saddest thing about the "Just One Person" video from Jim Henson's funeral?
The guy who played Scooter would die shortly after it.
For the record...the guy playing Wembly (the blonde Fraggle) is the current Kermit.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Dec 17, 2009 14:41:14 GMT -5
That would be Richard Hunt. He did a couple of speeches at the service. As requested by Jim Henson.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 17, 2009 15:53:27 GMT -5
I remember when they did a tribute for him on tv & to introduce the new voice for Kermit. It was a very touching episode & it was the first time the Muppets aknowledged the puppeteers. Well they kind of broke Kayfabe the year before on the Jim Henson Hour |
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Post by frankincleveland on Dec 17, 2009 18:13:09 GMT -5
Nah, that was just a dream. They could see their feet and the floor and everything.  I'd love to puppeteer a muppet just once I haven't been there in years, but Sesame Place in Pennsylvania has/had an exhibit set up like a TV studio that let you try out a Muppet or two. You could stick you hand in one to control the puppet head and body and use your other hand to control the marionette arm. I'm pretty sure it was Sesame Place, at least. It may have been MGM Studios, instead, not 100% sure. |
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