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

[fufaraw]

Skred and the Grand Phabog on the first few shows of first season SNL. So out of the box it just wasn't grokkable for mainstream America. I remember the puppets fondly, though. And later that season, Skred got to duet with Lily Tomlin. I think Skred was probably the prototype for the Skeses in The Dark Crystal.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine got me most of those on tape because he knew I was a Muppet nut and was too young at the time to see when they aired. I think you are right. The audience wasn't ready yet but they are now having had a generation (almost two) that grew up with the Muppets.