How good are muppets. I never realised there were so many different types of muppets with different means of operation.

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Fascinating explanation of how muppets are made and operated: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/muppet.htm

Some perspective on what this looks like:




Some discussion about muppets with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

There are whole muppet docos on youtube I haven't even watched yet.

I reckon I'm gonna make a muppet, even if it turns out dodge it will be fun.

Anyone got any favourite muppet skits?

Harry Monster & Ralph the piano playing dog (as Sherlock Holmes) doing the "Eat The Evidence" skit.
Best ever

sesame street != muppet

By virtue of being created by Jim Henson's company could they still be called muppets?

last edited by scuzzy at 12:33:51 17/Sep/09

sup stinks

Henson's company didn't make sesame street, he just reluctantly contracted for it. He already had a show earlier with some of the characters, and he called them muppets regardless of what kind of production they were involved in.

Sorry I should have said the puppets created by by his company for Sesame Street.

It's time to play the music,
It's time to light the lights :)

growing up watching the muppets was awesome, such a funny show;
their movies were all awesome as well;

the follow ups to the muppets not so much (fraggle rock and the new muppets)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbXzpoH6m2c

My favorite muppet skit ever.

s'all about the dark crystaaaal! imo.

dark crystal was awesome:

should i rewatch it now, or will it destroy its awesomeness?

the follow ups to the muppets not so much (fraggle rock and the new muppets)

Muppets Tonight was great.

I saw a play called "Avenue Q" with muppet/puppet characters in it, it was weird because the controllers and voice actors just carried the puppets around on stage. I was never sure who to look at, the puppet's body/face or the voice actors body/face. Not bad but.

Avenue Q - Avenue Q

dark crystal was awesome:

should i rewatch it now, or will it destroy its awesomeness?

I have it on VHS too. I have looked at it more than once wondering whether or not to watch it. Haven't seen it since I was 7yo or so. I have the same problem with The Labyrinth - dunno if watching it again will destroy it for me. I did, however, re-watch Never Ending Story - and it still brought tears to my eyes when Atreyu died *cry*

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9356/tns031noahhathawayartax.jpg

I watched Labyrinth for the first time ever recently and I loved it. It has that same style a lot of effects stuff from the 80s had.

The Labyrinth is OK to re-watch, still just as good.

The Dark Crystal, I re-watched that and it was good, just not quite as good as I remember it.

I did, however, re-watch Never Ending Story - and it still brought tears to my eyes when Atreyu died

Artax was the horse, but I'm willing to forgive you since that is one of my favourite movies

8-)

i've rewatched all 3 and they are just as epic as I remember. It's sad that today if they were remade (god forbid) they would just use CG for everything and it wouldn't have anywhere near the feel of the originals. I still don't really get how the s*** they managed to get Buto from the labyrinth to move. He is such a huge, and no doubt heavy, creature.

EDIT - Are there any other movies like that too? I only know of the 3

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legend with tom cruise? :P bit of a kiddy movie but tim curry does the best evil devil laugh... EVAH! :D

ernies voice is the greatest!
lots of good memories, hooray

last edited by scooby at 20:55:51 17/Sep/09

man, so much muppet goodness

the only true muppet in this thread is Jim.

Last time I watched The Labyrinth, it was while doing this.

Needless to say, a good time was had by all. :)