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

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[wonderbink.livejournal.com]

I remember when Jim Henson (and Kermit) cut the ribbon at the newly-opened Center for Puppetry Arts.

[imrygels-ho.livejournal.com]

i feel a need to visit there... ihave been in a year or so and it's within walking distance of my work place...

i remember getting to go into the storage room on the second floor with a friend of my boyfriends who worked there - on the usual backstage tours they let you look into the room, but not go in. we got to go in and there's nothing more intense than beeing 1 inch from a mystic and emmet otter and a few of jim's other puppets - to smell them... you could feel them without touching them. it was amazing.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

More moons than I care count I did work at the Center. I working in the museum as its handyman and one of the guides. It was a lot of fun. I had the longest arms so when the Mystic (UrAc) dropped his head off his armiture I was the one who got to put her hand down the neck and pick up the head. There was a magic there when the head came up and the light caught the eyes, UrAc would come to life on my hand. I would let him look around a bit before putting his head back in place. I swear there were times he did it just to get some time to look around. Mr. and Mrs. Fox I played with when we had to shut the museum down for asbestos removal. I also got to play with Link and Dr. Strangepork.

[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.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. the first time that Jim Henson ran into me.