Jim Henson expo in Melbourne, Australia

[Janice's mate]

Hey Aussie fans! Just wanted to let you all know that ACMI is holding an expo dedicated to all the work of Jim Henson from the 4th until the 14th of September. It's going to be awesome. Check out the details here:

http://www.acmi.net.au/media_jim_henson.htm

 

[muppetperson]

Shame there isnt going to be any puppets on display.

 

[ozshanel]

Hi all

I attended this event over the weekend and just thought I would write a quick review.

The event was called Focus on Jim Henson and was held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne. It consisted of numerous sessions showcasing different aspects of Jim's work over the period of a week.

The sessions I attended were:

Muppet Musical Moments - a montage of musical numbers from various episodes of The Muppet Show.

Commercials and Experiments - a collection of various examples of Jim's early commercials plus excerpts from The Cube, Youth 68 and Time Piece.

The Art of Puppetry and Storytelling - a full screening of the Harry Belafonte episode of The Muppet Show, The Heartless Giant episode of The Storyteller plus an excerpt from Of Muppets and Men. Each section was introduced using notes left by Craig Shermin.

The Muppet Movie - it was great to see all the kids in the audience bopping along to Moving Right Along.

A screening of Dog City from the Jim Henson Hour with The Soldier and Death from The Storyteller.

A Better World: Living in Harmony - This included a screening of The Song of the Cloud Forest (which I hadn't heard of before) plus two episodes of Fraggle Rock.

I must say that it was a very enjoyable weekend and it was very heartening to see so many people from all age groups coming together to celebrate Jim Henson's work.

It just goes to show that, even though Jim is gone, his work is timeless and is being appreciated by a whole new generation. And if the reaction of the audience when the Fraggle Rock episodes came on is anything to go by, the upcoming movie is going to be a hit.

 

[MJTaylor]

Wish I could have been there!

 

[The Shoe Fairy]

Dang, why do I not live in Melbourne?

 

[Kiki]

*Raises hand* I went!
I was gonna say earlier actually. But yeah, I went. My folks were like, "you're going to be the oldest one there, probely" but I was actually the youngest! The avarage age was 30-something, but there was alot of people in their in their 40s-60s. I only saw two of the screenings: the first one was about old Henson stuff, like commercials and the like. The second one was Muppet TV appearences (Kermit + Cher = classic moment) and some of Jim Henson's non-Muppet related stuff (Youth 69, Timepiece, The Cube... etc). The presenter-dude was Craig Sheeman, a writer for the Muppets. Of coarse I went up and talked to him.