SwinetrekCapt
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Chris, and I'm a lifelong Muppet fan. I have visited the site and browsed the forum many times over the years, but I had never created an account until recently. I apologize in advance for the length of my first post.
Jim Henson and his creations were a huge influence on my life since I was a child. Through my post-college years, I watched new Muppet productions on TV and the movies, but I had not given the Muppets the same attention as I did my other pop culture interests such as Star Wars. My fandom was fairly dormant until the release of the 2011 Muppet movie. While the Muppets have always held a special place in my heart, I had really forgotten how much these characters meant to me. When I found out that the Muppets would be performing a live event at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal in July 2012, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I think I enjoyed that show more than any live performance I have ever attended! One regret, though - while waiting for the theater to open, Steve Whitmire passed by me and I did not have the nerve to speak to him.
In March 2013, just a couple of months before my 40th birthday, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I had been collecting Muppet themed t-shirts for a while, and I decided to wear only Muppet shirts to my treatments because of several comments I received regarding the Kermit shirt I wore the first day. Everything went smoothly. My wife and I celebrated the completion of my treatments by taking my niece to “The Muppet Movie” sing-along with Heather Henson at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. We had a wonderful time!
I had a recurrence of lymphoma in 2014 and required another round of radiation treatments. I once again wore only Muppet t-shirts. I had accumulated so many shirts by this point that I was able to wear Muppet shirts daily from my first appointment until my follow-up appointment after treatments ended. This was a total of 51 shirts! I had to cheat a little bit and expand into other Jim Henson franchises: 45 Muppet Show character shirts, 3 Fraggle Rock shirts, 2 Sesame Street shirts and 1 Labyrinth shirt. This time I documented it on my Twitter account (@MasterCHarris #MuppetShirts).
My prognosis is good. I've undergone more tests recently and everything was normal. However, I can't quit collecting shirts! I'm approaching 100, and I have got to stop.....
My name is Chris, and I'm a lifelong Muppet fan. I have visited the site and browsed the forum many times over the years, but I had never created an account until recently. I apologize in advance for the length of my first post.
Jim Henson and his creations were a huge influence on my life since I was a child. Through my post-college years, I watched new Muppet productions on TV and the movies, but I had not given the Muppets the same attention as I did my other pop culture interests such as Star Wars. My fandom was fairly dormant until the release of the 2011 Muppet movie. While the Muppets have always held a special place in my heart, I had really forgotten how much these characters meant to me. When I found out that the Muppets would be performing a live event at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal in July 2012, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I think I enjoyed that show more than any live performance I have ever attended! One regret, though - while waiting for the theater to open, Steve Whitmire passed by me and I did not have the nerve to speak to him.
In March 2013, just a couple of months before my 40th birthday, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I had been collecting Muppet themed t-shirts for a while, and I decided to wear only Muppet shirts to my treatments because of several comments I received regarding the Kermit shirt I wore the first day. Everything went smoothly. My wife and I celebrated the completion of my treatments by taking my niece to “The Muppet Movie” sing-along with Heather Henson at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. We had a wonderful time!
I had a recurrence of lymphoma in 2014 and required another round of radiation treatments. I once again wore only Muppet t-shirts. I had accumulated so many shirts by this point that I was able to wear Muppet shirts daily from my first appointment until my follow-up appointment after treatments ended. This was a total of 51 shirts! I had to cheat a little bit and expand into other Jim Henson franchises: 45 Muppet Show character shirts, 3 Fraggle Rock shirts, 2 Sesame Street shirts and 1 Labyrinth shirt. This time I documented it on my Twitter account (@MasterCHarris #MuppetShirts).
My prognosis is good. I've undergone more tests recently and everything was normal. However, I can't quit collecting shirts! I'm approaching 100, and I have got to stop.....