The RHLC!

[stephenjlizard]

Hey guys, new show's up. I'll post the official thread later on, but I wanted to let the RHLC know first! New Jane Hunt interview (and, as Count said, a very touching moment with Sara). Great stuff, if I do say so myself. Enjoy!

 

[wwfpooh]

Yeah...Happy mother's day, "Mom". And thanks for the heads up, stephen.

 

[MeepBorkMeep]

Oh wow this is such a great show. Sara, your message is so absolutely wonderful. I'm listening to it now, I had to tell you. What a great show.

 

[wwfpooh]

Oh wow this is such a great show. Sara, your message is so absolutely wonderful. I'm listening to it now, I had to tell you. What a great show.

Indeed. It's very well done. ^_^

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Well done, Steve my man. And Sara...rully touching moment on the phone.

So, Richard was a Boy Scout as well as a paper boy...very interesting. And I like Jane's description of how Richard mock-fainted when he got his first royalty check as a Muppet performer.

 

[wwfpooh]

And I like Jane's description of how Richard mock-fainted when he got his first royalty check as a Muppet performer.

A lot of the performers ham it up at times.

*gets karate chopped by Miss Piggy for the pig reference*

 

[CensoredAlso]

Aw wow, really sweet interview! I truly enjoy hearing from Jane again, she's such a pleasure to listen to. And learning more about Richard is very satisfying. I probably enjoyed hearing about the Cape Cod moment most, very poignant. We all need to remember to stop sometimes and appreciate the people and places in our lives.

And I think it's very true, we get what we give. We should all keep in mind that the most important thing we will ever do in this life is make a difference to others.

Sara's contribution was a wonderful touch, very touching and moving. And Sara, I think you spoke for all of us who feel that Richard inspired a lot during hard times.

If you speak to Jane again, please let her know we appreciate her taking the time and giving us so much! And Happy Mothers Day!

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

And it looks as if Amanda's kid is due at the end of the summer, according to Jane...wonder if there's any way we can send along an e-card or something.

Sara, I know the feeling about how you learned that Richard was dead...I mean, when I was a kid, watching the Muppet movies, I'd only just learned Richard's name, and what characters he played, just before seeing the "In Loving Memory" screen at the start of MCC. And I definitely remember feeling a twinge of sadness at that.

And as I've said elsewhere, even though I didn't know too much about him at the time, I had the feeling (just from listening to Scooter, ya know) that Richard had been a fairly young man at the time of his death.

 

[wwfpooh]

A lot of the good people do die young (or at least, young at heart & in mind): Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry Juhl, Will Lee & Northern Calloway, Charles Shultz, Fred Rogers, Walt Disney, Paul Winchell, Thurl Ravenscroft, a lot of pro wrestlers ("The King of Harts" Owen Hart [aka The Blue Blazer] and "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero, most notably, as they are the only ones to truly have shows dedicated to their memory, because Owen knew when enough was enough & Eddie--when alive--may have been a cheatin', but I'd be lyin' if I said he wasn't stealin' our hearts every time he performed), etc. All we can do is remember what cherished memories people like the above have given us and keep said memories in our hearts and minds until we possibly see them again (if you believe the afterlife, which I'm happy to say that I do).

 

[CensoredAlso]

And it looks as if Amanda's kid is due at the end of the summer, according to Jane...wonder if there's any way we can send along an e-card or something.

Yeah that would be nice to find out!

Sara, I know the feeling about how you learned that Richard was dead...I mean, when I was a kid, watching the Muppet movies, I'd only just learned Richard's name, and what characters he played, just before seeing the "In Loving Memory" screen at the start of MCC. And I definitely remember feeling a twinge of sadness at that.

It's interesting, my experience was slightly different but very close. My first real exposure was through MC's tribute page, so I learned almost immediately who he was and then that he'd passed away. I hadn't really noticed until then that Scooter wasn't present in the more recent films (as you've probably noticed by now, I never really watched them). I'd always been sad at Jim's passing and his Kermit's absence. But somehow finding out that Scooter was "gone" felt even more tragic.

My friends had the same reaction when I shared it with them. Scooter's the little plucky guy everybody knows who kept things together on the Muppet Show. He was a staple of the Muppets, he can't just go away! It was a lot harder to take.

You know what it was? I knew about Jim Henson, the person. When I watched Kermit, I knew on some level there was a person behind the magic. I didn't know about Richard, so to me Scooter was purely a character (in a good way). So finding out this news, initially you think of the characterbeing "gone." I think that's why it seemed so particularly sad.

But around that time I remember listening to "Saying Goodbye" and it came to Scooter's verse and for the first time I didn't just hear a character, I realized there was a person behind him too. And I wanted to know more about him. It's funny, I haven't really remembered this until now.