Jim Henson's Red Book

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And now the websites even hit the news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQRh4v2zp0

 

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Yesterday there was a post noting a taping date for "Mad Mad World" pilot. Anybody know what this is? There's no historical information provided, and Muppet Wiki doesn't have a page for it. I wonder if maybe it was a series based on It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (though it was noted that The Wizard of Id was Henson's first attempt to make characters based on other properties, and this Mad Mad World pilot was tapped in 1962).

 

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Today's post was about the FAO Scwarz botuique that opened in 1984, long before the Whatnots invaded the scene. Here is a link with some cool pictures:

http://www.architecteminiatura.com/scale model/significant work html/Muppet/Muppet Main _A.htm

 

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Today's post was about the FAO Scwarz botuique that opened in 1984, long before the Whatnots invaded the scene. Here is a link with some cool pictures:

http://www.architecteminiatura.com/scale model/significant work html/Muppet/Muppet Main _A.htm

Oooo, gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing!

 

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Today's entry is on a "Today Show" interview regarding the pipes Henson and his crew decorated and the Muppet Stuff stores. http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/04/17/4171980/

 

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Here's a cool entry that was posted today:
http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/04/19/4191980/

It discusses an unproduced project that I never even heard of, "The Varied Adventures of Mischevious Miles", which was to be a collaboration between Jim Henson, Jon Stone, and Maurice Sendak. It also talks a bit about Henson's collaborations with Sendak on Sesame Street.

 

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This one truly takes the cake for rare unseen works. Apparently Jim and Jerry Juhl were commissioned by RCA to help demonstrate the precursor to VCR's and DVD players called Select-a-Vision. Check out the entry and watch the video.

http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/04/30/4301969/

 

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Here's a gread entry, regarding Out to Lunch and The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

 

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Here's an entry on the bicycle sequence in the Great Muppet Caper:

http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/09/04/941980/

So we finally know how they did the scene with Kermit and Miss Piggy riding in circles (which Jim Henson once said was so complicated we'd have to figure it out on our own). The photos also reveal that Brian Henson operated Scooter on a bicycle in The Muppets Take Manhattan (Brian wasn't credited in that movie, so I had no idea).

 

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Here's one about the 1984 video compilations and the Play-Along Video series.

http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/10/01/101-21984/