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The history of the Muppets and Disney in 4.5 minutes! (1989 to today)
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Have you ever wondered why or how Disney acquired the Muppets? Have you wondered why the Muppets have been MIA for the past few years? Fear not! I have created this short break down just for you!
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“He died? And this is supposed to be a kid’s movie!?” -🐀
“I’m not Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim! HE’s Jim Jimmy jim jim jim jim!” -🤪
I just watched the new Jim Henson documentary…
Overall it was very good, well paced, great visuals and editing. I learned a lot about Jim Henson and the company that I didn’t before and more behind the scenes that I hadn’t seen/heard which is always a treat!
I cried three times. 🫣👌 I had to fight the primal urge to pause the documentary and point out to my family where and what movie/show/episode every clip was from. This was my “did you know Viggo Mortensen actually broke his toe” scene.
I will say, I do think they very QUICKLY went over the disney merger and didn’t even mention the fallout with Disney after Jim’s death.
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The main problem I had was that SOME puppeteers got spot lights, interviews or arrows pointing out the individuals. And while I appreciate that these individuals got some recognition (which they 100% should), I think the documentary should have been consistent and do this with every new important/fundamental puppeteer to the film.
I alreay have!!! I was able to EASILY point out Karen Prell, Louise Gold, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Kevin Clash, Steve whitmire, etc. But an average viewer wouldn’t know who is who and what they contributed to the company!
I just think it’s intriguing who they chose to highlight and who they left out.
And I’ve noticed this happen in other muppet documentaries, like “Street Gang,” where they barely glossed over Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson’s contributions to the show. (I’ve mentioned this problem here before. (Queer erasure during pride month? 🙄))
It would be such an easy problem to fix! Just a quick arrow to point out any new puppeteer or cast member to the Jim Henson Company. Maybe list their job/their characters so a main stream audience could identify them.
I can think of several founding members who are still alive today that were not interviewed. Maybe these people were asked to come in, IDK, but I would have loved to hear from more people you don’t hear from often.
I could definitely tell the documentary was really trying to avoid the “Steve Whitmire” sized elephant in the room, even though he was in SO MANY shots. I can guarantee that if he was still with the company he would have been featured heavily in the documentary.
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One last thing…
They interviewed Michael Frith, where was my girl Kathryn Mullen?? (His wife.) She hasn’t done anything in over a decade, are you okay?? Blink if you need help. 👁️👄👁️😐😑😐😑
Happy 40th anniversary to Fraggle Rock! 🎊🎉🥳
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I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope they bring Sidebottom into season 2 of back to the rock! I wanna see my boi again!
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Fraggle Rock fans pls help🥺
I saw this image when I was online looking for Fraggle Rock merch to buy when I saw this design on sweat pants (hot topic).
I think all the images represents a character, and I'm stumped on a few of them.
I wanted help trying to identify what character is represented by which image!
Here's what guess I have so far:
The two helmets are doozers (idk if anyone specific, it's not Carter Pin)
Calculator, IDK (maybe Doc?)
Axe? IDK
Wrench, there is a Doozers named Wrench, but idk.
Pencil, maybe Carter Pin because she is an architect.
Shoes, I think they are Junior Gorg's. The fraggle don't wear shoes and the Doozers have yellow boots. It's gotta be Junior. (Maaaaaayybe if you squint it could be Doc.)
Guitar, definitely Gobo.
Bongos, I think this is Wembley, because he sings a song "here to there" in one of the first episodes and he plays bongos. But other than that I'm not sure who it could be.
Glasses, 100% The Trash Heap 🗑️
Cantus' magic pipe
The Pan flute, I have no idea.
Banana tree shirt. Take a wild guess. He's green and likes to wemble.
The flowers, I'm not sure for this one. But if I had to guess, probably Mokey.
Bows, Red. 🎀🎀
Hat, Boober my beloved 😚
Finally the Maracas, I have no damn clue.
So I don't know/not sure about 1-6, 8, 11, 13, 16.
Please help! I wanna know who they are I'm sorry I'm such a fake fan 😩😔🥲😭
Forgive me Fraggle five 🙏🙇♀️
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Edit: someone pointed out the shoes might be traveling Matt!