#muppet history

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The Muppets (November 23rd 2011.)

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I had no idea Jim Henson died so young! Or that his wife Jane was co-creator.

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Happy Hanukkah from us at Muppet History.

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Happy 30th Anniversary to The Muppet Christmas Carol.

A truly beautiful film in every way. With timeless music by Paul Williams and the incredible work of the Muppet performers and Sir Michael Caine this is a film that perfectly continues the legacy of Jim Henson. ❤️🎄

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I love people under this tweet going "I don't care about watching Fraggle Rock because it's for little kids" and that's how you know these people mean it when they say they never watched it, like

There's episodes with "Main Character Funeral" as the title, seriously

And it's far from the darkest episode.

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Back when this episode of The Muppet Show aired the Zip A Dee Doh Dah scene caused Ha! (Henson Associates) to get angry letters from fans and mothers of fans over how horrible and violent it was. Henson wrote back apology letters that read:

Dear...., Thank you for sharing with us your concern about the violence on "The Muppet Show" on which Alan Arkin was our guest. We are very sorry that you found this particular show disturbing. When we were taping the particular segment, we had to do it in one take - in other words, because Alan was going to smash the scenery - we could only do it once. As it happened, Alan got a bit carried away. Which, at the time, we all thought it was very funny. It was only later when we edited the show together, that we realized that we went a bit overboard. The Muppet's humor has always included a certain "harmless violence" - as have many of the classical forms of comedy and children's fairy tales throughout the ages. I am afraid that this show may have gotten out-of-balance. Yours is one of the number of letters we have received about this show. I am very grateful that you care enough to write. Sincerely, Jim Henson.

Personally I think the muppets have had more frightning stuff on the show (like the Alice Cooper episode or the You're Always Welcome at Our House song) and I just laughed out loud rewatching this scene now. But I do love that Jim reached out to everyone who complained. Truly an icon

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Muppet History

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Muppet History on Instagram posted this today and it made me feel things 🥲

For context, Fraggle Rock introduced a non-binary character and here they are singing a song alongside a very gay looking muppet about letting your heart fly free and high.

Let it fly, way up high

Let it climb up to the sky

Let it soar, you'll be more than before

Let your heart fly free and high

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Please go read this thread

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An old joke I still laugh at

Guy runs into da docta's office, yelling "Docta! Docta! I got five penises!"

Da docta says "Dat's incredibel! How do ya wear trousahs?!"

He says "Like a glove!"

--Henny Youngman, the "take my wife, please!" guy

And a hell of a heckler-- here he fills in for Irving Benson, Berle's usual heckler in the balcony. If you ever wondered about the prehistory of Statler & Waldorf, some things are timeless:

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Sir Michael Caine with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on the set of The Muppet Christmas Carol.

That is a smile of pure joy ❤️

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