Happy Birthday Jim Henson.

[puppetmaker]

Today would have been Jim Henson's 70th birthday.

So in honor of that, tell me your favorite moment of Muppets or Henson's work in general.

I am grateful that I got to meet Jim Henson

Comments

[imrygels-ho.livejournal.com]

i volunteered for them for a while - got a nice pin and certificate and everything for it. i'd like to again, whenever i can go back to only working one job that is. i loved getting to see mr. and mrs. fox up close too. being in that store room with just my bf and his friend and no one else - all was quiet - it was just magical, as trite as that sounds. nearly spiritual.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

That's not trite at all. I know that is so true. There is something about those puppets that is magical.

[imrygels-ho.livejournal.com]

i have this obsession with wayang puppets and i get all awestruck when i am around them, but there's some about henson's that are somehow so much more intense and powerful. it's like you can feel the love he had for humanity radiating from them... it's hard to put into words. i can't ever hope to do him and his work justice.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

All Jim ever wanted was for people to be good to each other. Do that and you are doing both him and his work justice.