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Learn how to make puppets from the Jim Henson Creature Workshop
The talented Holly Conrad and Jessica Merizan have their own show on The Nerdist channel where they usually teach cosplay tips or other DIY projects. This time around they had the opportunity to learn how to make puppets from Julie Zobel of the Jim Henson Creature Shop.
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posted 12 February, 2013
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Happy 76th birthday, Jim Henson
Today is Jim Henson’s birthday… he would’ve been 76. The man redefined generations of kids’ entertainment and changed the world. There won’t be another Jim Henson for 100 generations.
Jerry Nelson, one of the original Muppeteers, dead at 78
Nelson’s credits on Muppets were generally supporting characters like Camilla the Chicken, Sgt. Floyd Pepper of Electric Mayhem or Lew Zealand. In Fraggle Rock he played the lead Fraggle, Gobo, and in Sesame Street he was Sherlock Hemlock, Count Von Count, and Mr. Snuffleupagus. This short list of more well known characters does little to illustrate the involvement he had with Jim Henson since the very beginning of the Muppets, and his more stand out characters took advantage of his singing voice. He was last heard as an announcer in 2011’s The Muppets.
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posted 24 August, 2012
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Now do the cool thing with your balls.
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posted 24 July, 2012
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Jim Henson’s short film “Time Piece” from 1965
Above is an excerpt from Jim Henson’s 1965 experimental short Time Piece, nominated for an Academy Award. It was unique because, for one thing, it doesn’t feature any puppetry! The surreal film stars Henson and includes cameos from Henson Associates employees like Frank Oz (Yoda, etc!), Jerry Suhl, Don Sahlin, and Diana Birkenfield.
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posted 01 July, 2012
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BBC and Jim Henson team up on a new Muppets style show called ‘No Strings Attached’
Probably due to the success of The Muppets movie, The Jim Henson Company has teamed up with the BBC to bring Henson puppets back to television with ‘No Strings Attached’, in what sounds like a kind of game show with Muppets and weekly guest celebrities.
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posted 24 June, 2012
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Yes, there’s still a Fraggle Rock movie in the works and two writers have just been hired
There hasn’t been a whole lot of news about that Fraggle Rock movie, but don’t worry… it’s still on. And two writers have been hired for the project, so hopefully that’s a good sign that we’ll see some new Fraggles in the next year or two at the soonest.
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posted 31 May, 2012
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A look inside Jim Henson’s animatronics workshop
In a video simply titled Animatronics, special effects creator Adrian Parish gives us a brief look behind the scenes of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Highlights include a polar bear from The Snow Queen,a very thirsty Camel from a Volvic commercial among other wonders.
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posted 24 May, 2012
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Daily Discussion: Who’s your favorite Muppet?
I know, I know, this is a fairly difficult daily discussion, since almost all the Muppets are awesome in their own way, but if you only had to pick one or two or three of your favorite ones, who would they be? Kermit? Pepe the prawn? Animal? Dr. Teeth?
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posted 12 April, 2012
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The original video pitch for The Muppet Show from Jim Henson to CBS
From children to teens to college kids to long haired dirty hippies… everyone is going to love this new thing called “The Muppet Show”.
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posted 06 April, 2012
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Awesome toy of the day: Dark Crystal Fizzgig plush
If you’re a fan of the 1982 film The Dark Crystal, this 10″ Fizzgig Plush is for you. When the mouth isn’t held shut by its hook and loop closure, it opens, revealing a whole lot of puppet teeth.
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posted 03 February, 2012
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Behind the scenes crew videos from The Muppet Show, 1976
A little bit of fun by the crew recorded at the end of the first series/season of The Muppet Show in 1976 (I joined ATV in 1977 during Season 2) … I am not sure who was responsible for putting this together (I suspect Peter Harris had an input) but I’m sure someone will tell me. The cast includes Peter Harris, Richard Holloway, Jim O’Donnell, Brian Grant, Steve Springford, Jerry Hoare, Phil Hawkes, Gerry Elms,John Rook, Martin Baker, Sue Boyers, Francis Essex, Dennis Bassinger, David Chandler, Bryan Holgate, Peter Milic, Claude Walters and the ladies from the Canteen.
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posted 01 February, 2012
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From 1963, a Jim Henson robot explains data communications
Robot is a 1963 short film about the emerging technology of data communications that was made for the Bell System by Jim Henson.
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posted 24 January, 2012
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Saturday morning cartoons: Jim Henson’s “Alexander the Grape”
In 1965, Jim Henson made a little paper cut animation called Alexander the Grape that didn’t really survive the test of time. So in 2009, the Jim Henson Company remade the short based on the original and Henson’s originals sketches and script.
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posted 10 December, 2011
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Weekend discussion: Today would have been Jim Henson’s 75th birthday. What are your favorite Jim Henson moments?
Today would have been the 75th birthday of Jim Henson, perhaps one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. For his entire life, it seemed that everything he did, every story he told and every puppet he made was absolutely magical.
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posted 24 September, 2011
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