Fozzie Bear attened Carnegie conference with Lamp Chop, and Grover

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This was snatched from Danny at Tough Pigs, without permission, he's not the only one who can steal ya know?, but the credit goes to him anyways and if you want to see photo's of this go to danny's site...i can't help you other then that.

Famed puppets Lamp Chop, Grover

and Fozzie Bear attend Carnegie conference

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Jan 13, 2003

by Johanna A. Pro

reprinted entirely without permission



For nearly 50 years now, Lamp Chop has charmed audiences on and off-camera with her own self-confident spirit. Yesterday was no different.



"I am an icon," she said, while standing amid the dinosaurs and stuffed birds outside the lecture hall at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, not sounding vain at all, simply stating the obvious.



And still, for Lamb Chop, who made her first television appearance on Captain Kangaroo in 1957, it was "an honor to be working with Grover, and Fozzie Bear."



In fact, it was -- well, titillating. "They're so cute," she confided, batting her eyelashes. "Actually, I've got the hots for Fozzie Bear."



Lamb Chop, Grover of Sesame Street, Fozzie Bear of the Muppets, and the very dignified Mr. Leonard Spencer Shelby of The Magic Woods, a new puppet with an old soul, all were gathered at the lecture hall for the all-day taping of Puppet Conference.



The 30-minute video features each of them, along with cameo appearances by the Sock Puppet and Elmo. It was conceived by German artist Christian Jankowski and will be screening in the Carnegie Museum of Art's forum gallery from Jan 25 through April 27.



"The video brings these legendary puppet characters together and allows them to also speak about the history and philosophy of puppeteering," said Elizabeth Thomas, assistant curator of contemporary art.



The light-hearted script, complete with the silliness the puppets are known for, nevertheless touches on such serious topics as nature, commercialism, education, the mass media as art, and racism. Grover says at one point: "Deep down inside, no matter where we are from, and no matter if we have skin, or fur, or feathers, we are all one great big family."



Although it was shot piecemeal with each puppet giving separate interviews to the moderator, Art Cart, the museum's puppet, the finished video will make it appear as if all were attending a symposium as a group.



Lamb Chop and the other well-known puppets brought their experiences as long-standing celebrities to the discussion, while the very British and very proper Mr Shelby, star of the educational television show The Magic Woods, shot here in Pittsburgh, was invited because he is new to the industry. "I'm very young as an actor, but as a being, I'm 150 years old," said Mr Shelby, a tortoise who sees his role as giving a voice to creatures who can't speak for themselves.



Mallory Lewis, Lamb Chop's sidekick, said that for her, taking part in the video was a great opportunity to talk to others in her business because she works solo. What's more, the video was an interesting way to combine two different art forms -- media and puppetry. [ TP Note: That sentence makes absolutely no sense, even for a Pittsburgh newspaper. ]



"Art is a way of looking at things differently," said Lewis, who became the voice of Lamb Chop after the death of her mother, Shari, in 1998. "It's a special way of looking at puppetry."



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this seem's neat!....only i know i'll never see it,but i find it amazing that Henson is using fozzie bear for this!!! you would think it would be kermit and or piggy maybe even gonzo now a days.

Fozzie would be someone you would only see way back in the old days with jim and frank around! this is good news! i love that they are putting fozzie back in the game! i know we all do!especaily Kevin (FOZ)!



Zack)Rowlf the, lamb chop has the hot's for Fozzie? a bear and a lamb? that's more wierd then a frog and a pig or a chicken and a whatever...(ok fine..alien)Dog.
 

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!?! Fozzie and Grover of JHC fame were in a conference with Lambchop and other sock puppets!?!? Holy canole thatis bizarre.

http://toughpigs.com/images/extracarnegie.jpg

Man Fozzie looks good, even if he does have to be sitting next to a few F rate sock puppets:wink:

So um, raise your hand if youre not surprised MC didnt pick up this scoop.
 

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How keen is this news, huh? Wish I could have been there.

GEEZ! I wish I could have performed Fozzie during the fan thing at MFest!!

Anyhoo, glad to see Fozzie getting out instead of just Kermit and Gonzo and Rizzo and Pepe!! YIPPEE!!

(Thanks for remembering ME too, Zack!)
FOZ
 

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Originally posted by beaker
Man Fozzie looks good, even if he does have to be sitting next to a few F rate sock puppets:wink:

So um, raise your hand if youre not surprised MC didnt pick up this scoop.
Since when is Lambchop an "F" rated sock puppet. If you knew your history of TV and pop culture, you'd realize how great Lamchop and all of Sheri Lewis' creations really were. More edgy then our Muppets have ever been.

I'm ignoring your other comment compleatly.
 

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Originally posted by radionate
Since when is Lambchop an "F" rated sock puppet. If you knew your history of TV and pop culture, you'd realize how great Lamchop and all of Sheri Lewis' creations really were. More edgy then our Muppets have ever been.

I'm ignoring your other comment compleatly.
I remember seeing Lambchop and Shari on a blooper show once. They showed this clip where Lambchop was dressed up as a showgirl or something, and wearing a bikini top, and for, um, cleavage they used 2 pingpong balls. As Lambchop was delivering a line one of the pingpong balls fell out of the bikini top. Lambchop gasped, then, as someone replaced the ball, she said "I feel like such a boob!"

Great stuff. :big_grin:
 

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who is that funky cat in the picture??? did i miss out on something????

Sarah
 

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Originally posted by sarah_yzma
who is that funky cat in the picture??? did i miss out on something????

Sarah
Nope, just a bunch of unemployed and Z rate puppets surrounding the great Fozzie and Grover. The Muppets shouldnt even be called puppets...I mean they are beyond that and on a whole other playing field than these bozos.

And Lambcop, dear goodness gracious. A little grotesque sock puppet that belongs on a Southern Christian evangelist cable tv show.
 

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awww beaker, my man, you are so judgemental!:big_grin: I like lambchop! i was raised on her, too....so i may be partial!!!


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