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You're welcome and for the record I attended Mr. Clash's book signing today at Books of Wonder in NYC and he was EXTREMELY kind and generous with his time. He saw over 100 people and their children and spent time with every one of them including me. He took photos, sat on the floor playing and...

Who's Bill Barretta?? Have you been watching any Muppet projects for the past 10 years at least? Bill Barretta started off doing the walkaround/physical performing for Earl Sinclair on the T.V. series Dinosaurs and has since gone on to perform Clueless Morgan and others in the film Muppet...

Jim Henson created the Muppets as an entertainment entity yes, but I don't believe he came up with the original idea for Elmo. If you know your Sesame Street history, Elmo was on the show as a generic monster long before Kevin Clash became his primary performer and made him what he is today. I...

Mr. Nelson, Thank you so much for keeping us up to date on your current health struggles. I'm glad you were well enough to let us all know how you were doing. We have all been very concerned with how you were doing. I will keep this brief as I'm sure you don't get on here often...

According to www.deepdiscountdvd.com, the upcoming Sesame Street DVD box set is available for pre-order for $23.93. Release date is Oct. 24th No other information but that..

Tim, Your story was great. What an amazing experience. I've met many of the folks over at Henson but never the great man himself (not Frank Oz or Richard Hunt either unfortunately). I don't have any production stills, but thank you for responding to my post and for sharing your amazing...

Tim you worked on the Muppet movie? What did you do on it if you don't mind my asking. I also wonder if I've met you or not since I interned in the Henson workshop in NYC in 1999...

Hi, I first came into contact with Steve back in 1992 I believe it was on the old Prodigy internet service on their puppetry bulletin boards they had back then. That's also how I first started corresponding with the late great Jerry Juhl and Craig Shemin. I eventually met Steve for the...

I have no doubt in my mind John Lennon would've done it. He expressed in more than one interview over the years that he loved The Muppet Show, and when was a stay at home dad when Sean was born, he watched Sesame Street and loved it. In fact in two of his songs he makes Sesame references: in his...

Great story, Warrick!! Glad you got to see Mr. Whitmire. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met and even though normally don't see him for years at a time, he makes me feel like we've been in touch regularly and always makes me feel welcome and takes time to chat no matter how busy he gets...

Very good point. I always say I was born too late for many things and this is a perfect example of it. I wish I could've been old enough at the time Henson was more a "grass roots" family owned company that opened the doors to new talent. Those times are gone and it's sad. And I also hate to say...

I got to visit the set twice: once back in 1993 through a personal connection (I'd rather not divulge details here sorry) and once back in 1999 when I was interning for the Jim Henson Company. Great times both and it was a dream come true. Yes, you definitely have to know someone to get in...

Thanks for the link. I have to agree with it and the article only made me sadder to realize what's happened to our beloved Muppets, Warner Bros., Disney characters, etc. They're all shadows of what they once were which was clever, well made bits of entertainment. While I have to disagree with...

Don't know yet, Phillip. I'd like to since I missed the screenings the first time around. However, most of these are available to watch in their archives anytime so I could go at my leisure and check 'em out. On the other hand there's something special sitting in a room of Muppet fans who are...

For those who missed some of the Henson screenings they had at The Museum of T.V. and Radio in NY and L.A. last month (that would include me :)), according to their website they have extended them until April. Here's the link: http://www.mtr.org/screen/muppets2005/extended.htm

And in response to my last post, I finally bought XM's portable Pioneer unit which I LOVE!! :)

Vic, That sounds awesome. Sirius is hard to call up because my boyfriend listens to Area 33 and always tries to call request a song and it's just a bunch of recordings and automated menus. Not to drag out the XM/Sirius debate, but I've heard both through my boyfriend (he's subscribed...

Thanks for the tip OWE. I DID see the Ruby slippers but not the Seinfeld puffy shirt. When we went to the Smithsonian that day it was a COMPLETE zoo because they had just opened this 9/11 exhibit (which was very chilling and depressing by the way) and there was SO many people everywhere that we...

Sorry that should be regarding B&E: I didn't SEE them there either...

Kermit and Others at Smithsonian... Great pictures OWE!! But I was in D.C. back in 2003 and we walked around the Smithsonian branch where they had film and T.V. memorabilia and I didn't see Kermit. I also heard that Bert and Ernie was supposed to be there and I wasn't there either. I DID...