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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me! (Jim Henson)
I really began to appreciate puppetry [while doing Sam and Friends]. View quote
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Puppets have the same sort of graceful aging that cartoon characters have. View quote
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Jim Henson was a one-of-a-kind visionary whose works have entertained and sparked the imagination of millions of people across the globe for generations. View quote
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In actuality, Muppets was a word we just coined. It was merely to be the name of our act.... I used to say to people that it was a combination of 'marionettes' and 'puppets.'... But then I stopped telling this lie, and I'm back to the truth: It just came out of midair. View quote
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Personally, I prefer working in the background. View quote
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With 'The Muppet Show' we used to play with a lot of different styles. That's what it was: a variety thing. View quote
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I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things. View quote
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What do we want our children to get from Henson's work? The same thing we learned from it. The philosophy of a gentle dreamer. The message that was encapsulated in "The Rainbow Connection” – the one about the "The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” It's the idea that life is about making a difference, a positive change. And we've all heard it, even the Howard Roarks among us, calling our names. View quote
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With Big Bird we knew we wanted to do a large, a great big character. He should represent a child so he can make the kinds of mistakes that kids make, and talk about it and be out front about that. View quote
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What Jim wanted to do, and it was totally his vision, was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimm's fairy tales. He thought it was fine to scare children. He didn't think it was healthy for children to always feel safe. (Jim Henson)
The whole idea with the show from the start was to go international. View quote
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The people who worked for Jim felt like family and he treated them like family. View quote
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Jim giggled when he laughed. His sense of humor could be sly and wicked. View quote
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Henson gave his creations such vivid personalities, wit and expressions it was easy to believe each had a beating heart beneath the felt. View quote
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His faith in humanity began from an acknowledgement of limitation, not an illusion about perfectibility. He knew that joy flowed from honesty, rather than around it-sound familiar? In a similar way, Christians, whose identity is found apart from our ever-changing and often hopeless abilities and attributes, are free to laugh at ourselves. This is part and parcel of Christian joy. View quote
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Silliness, in fact, is where Henson shone. It kept the feel-/do-good-ism from ever succumbing to the piety of political correctness. View quote
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Henson was, by all accounts, a bit of a saint. Read any biography of the man, and you will walk away almost suspicious of his overwhelming decency and personal integration, his unfailing optimism and boundless energy. What made the biggest impression on those around him was apparently not his astounding creativity, but the passionate and compassionate way he lived his life. View quote
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It's a rather dark vision, actually. View quote
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With puppets, I don't think you should try to duplicate what humans do. It can cause problems. View quote
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No, I don't believe we've ever designed a character around a person. Usually, we start out with a kind of personality. (Jim Henson)
We started off with this fairly grand concept of, if you were to tackle it at a children's level, eliminating war. What would you do? View quote
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I think it's good to be your own person. But individuality is a mixed blessing. People who are 'different' are isolated. View quote
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When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy. View quote
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Henson was an innovator from the start: At a time when many TV puppets relied on wood and strings, he opted for softer materials like felt and foam. This enabled his creations to express a range of emotions, unlike, say, an eternally grinning Howdy Doody. View quote
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