muppetlover123
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are there any pictures or videos of behind the scenes on this scene
I'd really like to see behind-the-scenes images or photos. Or perhaps the cast reminiscing about the making of this segment. If anybody here gets to interview any of the known performers from this, please be sure to ask about it. The only surviving performers I know of are Kevin Clash (who's no longer on the show, but hopefully that won't stop him from doing fan interviews again), Caroll Spinney (if he has behind-the-scenes home movie footage I hope it makes it to the I Am Big Bird documentary), and Martin Robinson. I wouldn't be surprised if Camille Bonora and David Rudman were in this, since they were main performers at the time despite not having main characters.
In the 40th anniversary book Bob McGrath (or maybe it was Kevin Clash... Or maybe both spoke of it, I can't remember and don't feel like checking) recalls something that happened while taping one number with lots of performers, and while it's not stated what segment it was, I would like to think it was this. He said it was a number with Jim Henson, a big set piece (which could be the bath tub), and several performers, which all add up to Do De Rubber Duck. He said that during the number a female performer (I guess he didn't want to name her) suddenly did something causing the set piece to accidently fall apart, and Jim just calmly said, "I think we can do this again". Of course, we don't know if that is or isn't this number (and Bob wasn't in this number, but that doesn't mean the cast COULDN'T have been allowed to watch Muppet inserts being taped).