Recent content by Auberoun

Last night I dreamed that I met Frank Oz and performed all my muppet voices for him. He was very impressed with my Piggy, and Kermit, and he said he would help me with my Sam. Then, he said he would get me in to the "network" of Muppet performers. I got to meet Steve, who was really...

Figured out how to do an near exact Floyd :sing: and :halo: , and JH's :), :hungry:, and link. and come very close to doing cookie :insatiable: grover :super:, bert, :(, ernie :p, and :confused: Sometimes, if my voice cooperates, I can do a passable sam :attitude:. Now if I could somehow...

Actually, for the spark, it is a flash pot, loaded with some "sparkle" flash powder. I think it is called "sparkle burst" for the technical term, but it is used in productions when an electric spark is needed. For a flame type, it would be a bit of flash paper and smoke powder loaded into the...

I had heard that in an interview with Margaret Hamilton sometime in the early 90's. It's a good thing that pyrotechnics have come such a long way since then :) Having been a part of "The Phantom of the Opera" for many years, I developed some training that way.

By utilizing a flash pot. You can read about flash pots here. I had one at one time, and with the right mix of flash powder and flash paper, you can get a pretty convincing small explosion when coupled with an appropriate sound effect. Yes, they can be dangerous, if safety precautions are...

Yes, Falk's cameo in GMC is definitely one of the best. Superb writing that was... Though not really a celebrity cameo per say, Jim Henson in the end of FMC was awesome. One of my favorites was Mickey Rooney in The Muppets.

Everyone makes mistakes, no sense in beating yourself up over it. I am not even a mod, just pointing it out so you're safer. I know I have probably violated some rules on various forums before, no big deal really.

No worries, you can ask a mod to edit the post for you. Back to OP, I do give Steve a LOT of credit, I just prefer Jim...

I would avoid putting your age in your post. (Forum rules for your protection.) There are a lot of weirdos (and I don't mean the good kind) out there. I would edit it to say you were born after Jim's death and leave it at that. I absolutely agree with you that Jim's spirit has rubbed off on...

I am embarrassed to admit this, not almost :) I keep getting Mildred confused with Hilda...

The article mentioned that there were 11 different Kermits used for Seasme Street. (Only 3 of which we see here, so more must be in the drawer or someplace else.) From what I have seen the JHC doesn't discard the older versions, they put them in archives and use them for reference since they...

From the Muppet Wiki I guess it is scary to me for several reasons. 1) Kermit is more than just a puppet to me, he is a living breathing thing (Yes, I am older, and still believe!), 2.) to see multiples of him stuffed into a drawer gives me the willies... 3.) He seems so lifeless and not...

That is funny! I am not really a hardcore Zoot fan, just a big Muppet fan. Zoot I feel is under-appreciated, and not very well represented here on the forums though. And you see "Your favorite 'X' moment" threads, and I haven't seen any Zoot ones, so I thought it could be fun to include it...

So, while listening to Episode 304 (Gildna Radner) of the Muppet Show at work, I cracked up at the Rowlf and Zoot duet. (They end up glued to their respective instruments.) It is not often we here Zoot speak anyway, but when we do it is usually pretty funny. This one IMHO a bit more so, since he...

I think this sums it up nicely. I recall reading an interview with Steve about a month after he took over Kermit. He relates how a package arrived via courrier, and he had to sign for it. Upon opening it, he found it was puppet case with Kermit inside, along with a letter requesting that he...