It's unbelievable that this man has done puppetry since 1955 for 'Sam And Friends,' appeared with his puppets on shows like 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' created the children's show 'Sesame Street' which started in 1969 and is still going strong, created the Muppets, made films such as 'The Dark Crystal' [1982] and 'Labyrinth' [1987] and gave life to the likes of Kermit the Frog, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Ernie and Guy Smiley. This documentry includes a lookback over his career featuring the best bits from his films 'Sesame Street,' 'Fraggle Rock,' 'The Storyteller' and , of course, the very successful 'The Muppet Show.' Also people ranging from Harry Belafonte to Francis Ford Coppola talk about his life too. This is a great documentry for the lovers of the late Jim Henson's work!
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Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show'
(1981 TV Movie)
A behind the scenes look at the world famous 'Muppet Show'
3 September 2002
Basically this 50 minute documentary looks behind the scenes of the award winning show. It has interviews with Roger Moore [a guest star, the writers, directors and the puppeteers, including good information from Muppet creator Jim Henson. The good thing about this it shows you lots of classic clips from the show which made stars like Kermit, Miss Piggy...etc famous. Even their guest stars became more popular like Vincent Price, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Julie Andrews and Ethel Merman. Their so famous that their still around today entertaining both children and adults. The only disappointing thing is its colour is dark because it was shot 21 years.
I Love Muppets
(2002 TV Special)
very sensational and muppetational
10 August 2002
Unbelievable, you would of thought that everyone had forgotten about the world famous, multi award winning television series. Then 25 years later famous guest stars, including the likes of Alice Cooper, Julie Andrews, Debbie Harry, the directors, writers, fans of the series and yes not to mention the Muppets themselves look back at the world famous show 'The Muppet Show.'Gonzo the great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television show was made in 1976, including talks about 'Sesame Street.' Then the guest stars look back on appearing on the Muppet Show saying what a highlight it was and how they took the likes of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and others so literally they forgot they were puppets. Looking at many famous clips of the Muppet Show you cant disagree, including the Swedish Chef cooking 'chicky in da basky' and Gonzo trying to ride his motorbike into Statler and Waldorf's theatre box [the two famous old hecklers of the show}. The ending is very moving talking about the death of Jim Henson but the muppet legacy still lives on films and television after nearly 5 decades.
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