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  1. Was Once Ernie

    Who's going to the Jerry Juhl tribute? And what can MC do?

    No, unfortunately. As Bear pointed out, it's around 500 miles from here. Not exactly a weekend jaunt. :p
  2. Was Once Ernie

    Who's going to the Jerry Juhl tribute? And what can MC do?

    It's CaspAr, California and it's WAYYYY north of both San Francisco and Sacramento, but all the way on the coast. :p
  3. Was Once Ernie

    Making a puppet with Head and neck seperate from the body

    The reason I like to pin rather than sew, is that, especially on my puppet with gloved hands, it's impossible to change his clothes with his head on. It would damage his head to try and squeeze it through the neck hole of a shirt. Also, it's much easier to build spare bodies that are wearing...
  4. Was Once Ernie

    Making a puppet with Head and neck seperate from the body

    I learned this from the Muppets... Pin the neck sleeve to the BOTTOM of the body. I've never had trouble with the body moving too much. :p
  5. Was Once Ernie

    Muppets Auditions Sept 2005+

    It wouldn't have made a difference. If you got cut after the lip-sync, you could have written on the other side that you were miraculously transplanted with Jim Henson's own vocal chords and (even if that was true) they wouldn't have listened to you. :p
  6. Was Once Ernie

    Behind the Scenes of "The Muppet Movie"

    You're not crazy. Check out this picture again: Puppet Backs You can clearly see him on the left side of this picture next to the Count, exactly where you said. There are at least three fat blue Anything Muppets in the group. :p
  7. Was Once Ernie

    New Members: Please Post and Introduce Yourself

    For a long time now, I threatened... er, promised to reveal who I really am. Well, my friend and partner in one of my current projects, Jerry Beck, has written a very nice and flattering little article about me and I hereby link to it: Article About Was Once Ernie If you read this at a...
  8. Was Once Ernie

    Behind the Scenes of "The Muppet Movie"

    For a long time now, I threatened... er, promised to reveal who I really am. Well, my friend and partner in one of my current projects, Jerry Beck, has written a very nice and flattering little article about me and I hereby link to it: Article About Was Once Ernie If you read this at a...
  9. Was Once Ernie

    The Muppet Movie/ Oz??

    ¢¢ Ancient Chinese secret! ¢¢ :p
  10. Was Once Ernie

    fleece

    I actually kind of like a little bit of a pilled look. The original nylon fleece that the Muppets used to use would pill. Take a look at the first season DVD's of the Muppet Show. Kermit is pretty pilled. I'm not really fond of the shinier look of the antron fleece. Especially the newer...
  11. Was Once Ernie

    The Muppet Movie/ Oz??

    There are definite similarities in story structure as you pointed out. And certainly the opening line of "Rainbow Connection" (Why are there so many songs about rainbows / And what's on the other side?) is a direct reference to "Over the Rainbow". But I wouldn't actually say it was "based on"...
  12. Was Once Ernie

    Any Scooby-Doo fans here on the forum?

    I wrote some Scooby-Doo comic books for DC. :p P.S. Hey, if I don't brag about myself, who will? ;)
  13. Was Once Ernie

    Authentic, Fully Licensed, Muppet Replicas Coming!

    In fact, I once asked Jim about that very thing. I was going to post this in another thread about how the puppets themselves have changed over the years, but here is equally as appropriate. My feeling is that some of the personality is in the puppet itself. I still think the original Ernie...
  14. Was Once Ernie

    NEW 2005 Muppets Holiday Stuff at DisneyStore.com

    That's the way it is supposed to look. I have the logo sweatshirt and it is the same. Now, you still may not like that look, which is certainly your prerogative, but it wasn't a defective item. :p
  15. Was Once Ernie

    The Flintstones

    They may have stopped running Boomerang ON Cartoon Network, but it's its own separate channel. As they say, if your cable operator doesn't carry Boomerang, call and request it! :p
  16. Was Once Ernie

    The Flintstones

    Besides the DVD's that Kimp mentioned (Season 4 comes out in November with Yours Truly doing audio commentary), they are still run on Boomerang, the spin-off of the Cartoon Network. :p
  17. Was Once Ernie

    Authentic, Fully Licensed, Muppet Replicas Coming!

    Nothing has been set yet, but I know some of the people involved in this project are pushing for it to come with a display case. Of course, that would add to the price. :p
  18. Was Once Ernie

    Kermit in Iowa

    They seem to have definitely moved things around. Carol Burnett's outfit is now in a case with Fonzie's jacket, Sid Caesar's top hat, Ted Baxter's Channel 12 blazer and Charlie McCarthy. Howdy Doody, Oscar, the Sesame Steet sign and Mr. Roger's sweater are another case. (The two cases are...
  19. Was Once Ernie

    Authentic, Fully Licensed, Muppet Replicas Coming!

    I'm sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree with those that are down on this idea. First of all, we don't know what the number available will be. Let's say it's 1,000. That's 1,000 out of 270,000,000 people in this country. That hardly makes Kermit as common as a box of cereal...
  20. Was Once Ernie

    Kermit in Iowa

    Howdy Doody was still there. He was in the same case as Oscar. The secret to taking flash pictures of the cases is to take them at an angle so the flash bounces off in another direction and not straight back into the camera lens. Of course, that doesn't do you any good 14 years later. :p
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