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An Evening With Jim Henson And Frank Oz From the POA Directory & Handbook: "In July, 1989, the Puppeteers Of America held their National Festival on the campus of M.I.T. in Cambridge Massachusetts. When Jim Henson and Frank Oz appeared on stage at one of the festival assemblies, it was...

Nah, that sounds too painful. How 'bout on your shirt instead? :D

That is actually the same site I posted, simply a different section.

I sure do, I grew up on that show. It was on Nick in what I consider their best years for quite a long time, and probably my favorite show on there. Brilliant puppetry. Here's Marc Weiner's site: http://www.weinerville.com/who.html

My apologies, My Mom maintains she read that it in fact was true in an old interview with Jim Henson. However, she does not remember what interview it was. Therefore, I can not provide hard and fast proof of it. It may or may not be true, though I'd like to think it is. Probably is a myth...

I think people also forget that Jim Henson based Bert and Ernie on Bert and Ernie (Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver) from It's A Wonderful Life, (one of Henson's favorite films) in which they were best friends and almost always hanging out together. All the gay jokes strike me as...

Actually, quite the contrary. Yes sometimes it does not work, however usually it does. If enough people rally together, it has great influence. For example on Al Franken's controversial radio show on Air America, enough people e-mailed the companies sponsoring the show (General Motors...

Too funny, over here when you say "The Bin" it means an insane asylum. :crazy: Welcome to the forum everyone. :) Kev

It'd be neat to have it again.

Wonderful characters.

The links aren't working unfortunately, even with copying and pasting in a new window.

If it's a standard vibrating finishing sander then unfortunately, no. As for holding the foam head between your knees and sanding it, I didn't mean sanding it with a handheld belt sander, that would not be a good idea obviously. I meant that a benchtop belt sander as James had mentioned would...

Yes, a belt sander would work wonderfully as well and would be safer for people just starting out with sanding foam. Actually the way I sand is by holding the foam head between my knees and the drill with both hands. Bob Fappiano uses the rotary sanding disc method as well, the only difference...

If you're looking to sculpt/shape foam, get a 3M rotary disc sanding pad that takes stick on sheets that will fit a regular hand drill. You can find them at WAL-MART in the hardware section quite cheap. Get some 50 Grit sandpaper discs also. 50 grit seems to work the best for sanding foam...

ONLY $300? Too funny. Only $300, as if it was pocket change. Really, it's laughable considering someone in the buisiness who knows what they are doing can put together a professional quality puppet for $50 dollars at the very most. Selling a character at $300, $200, or even $100 does not...

Just don't puke on your card! ;) I hope you feel better soon.

Well, let me consult with Kevin first.

Close enough, you're in! We need uncoordinated people! :D