The RHLC!

[ReneeLouvier]

*hugs Skye gently* Thank you. Hearing that response to my poem is lovely. It's a nice, insprational piece I wrote a few months back I believe. A bit of a background to me, and why I wrote it.

I was born premature, 2 months to be exact. I have bad lungs as a case of it. As I was a preemie, I had to have a blood transfusion.

It was...simply put - bad blood. I had HCV, or Heptitus C Virus. I thank God, that the treatments worked, and I am (techinally) cured of the virus now. No virii are detectable in my blood tests.

The treatments however, were heck. I always felt sick, I could barely eat most days, and 3 times, when I woke up in the morning, I felt like I was dying. I was cold to the bone most days, and...well, as most of us are women here...it severely messed up my biological processes. Which in turn messes up you yourself.

It did make sense however, because these treatments changed me on a deep level. I started my treatments around Late Febuary last year. I finished them Febuary the 14th this year.

The Muppets kept me going. They...kept me happy. The treatments had a high incidince of...how would I put this?

Basically the person on treatments would be more likely to kill themselves then the average person would.

At first it was just simply the muppets, then I started to think more about Scooter. And then Richard....my thoughts turned to him more and more often. He...I swear he spoke to me sometimes. He would tell me to not give up, to keep going.

I believe he was my Guardian Angel during my time of need.

And if that makes me a freak, an outragous fangirl, so be it. I don't care. He's helped me, I'm still alive, after a year of heck, and I'm happy, dang it!

*Hugs everyone in The RHLC.* I love all of you. You're sweet, caring...and you too share my enthustatic love of Richard Hunt. And the sweetest gofer this side of Jersey.

[Edit'd] How fitting that this post is my 1,800!!!

 

[Skye]

Wow, I am so sorry you had to go through all that. But I am so happy to hear that you are doing better now! *Big hugs to ReneeLouvier*

I don't think Richard being your Guardian Angel is you being fangirl-ish at all. I certainly believe in that kind of thing, and I believe that Richard was there with you, and for you. And with him being him, I don't doubt for a second that he'd want to look out for those who love him like we do!

Hehe. Of course, who wouldn't love the cutest and sweetest gofer in the whole world? Not to mention The Man, himself.

And, congrats on your 1,800th post! Truly perfect... Richard would be very proud!

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Physically, the man's in a cemetery somewhere in New York. But spiritually, I do believe he's with all of us, with all the people he touched while he was alive.

And that is a really nice poem, by the way.

 

[MeepBorkMeep]

I still love that poem. Really a lot.

I saw Muppets 3-D today. Twice. And I saw Sweetums, and it sounded just like Richard. I think the voice was pre-recorded, but it didn't seem like it. I tell ya, I looked twice at the guy when I saw him taking off the head backstage. Wasn't even close, but wouldn't that be neat?

 

[CensoredAlso]

I do remember reading that Sweetums' voice was pre-recorded for Muppets 3-D. Still, that must have been an awesome moment for a minute there!

 

[Skye]

I still love that poem. Really a lot.

I saw Muppets 3-D today. Twice. And I saw Sweetums, and it sounded just like Richard. I think the voice was pre-recorded, but it didn't seem like it. I tell ya, I looked twice at the guy when I saw him taking off the head backstage. Wasn't even close, but wouldn't that be neat?

That would definitely be neat.

I still need to see this sometime. I've never been to Disney World before, but I'd love to go to see this!

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

I do remember reading that Sweetums' voice was pre-recorded for Muppets 3-D. Still, that must have been an awesome moment for a minute there!

Yup, Sweetums' voice was pre-recorded, as were Statler and Waldorf's voices (and Bean's when he was up in the opposite balcony). The only puppeteering work Richard ever did for Muppets 3-D was Scooter in the queue pre-show.

I felt sorry for Scooter in that. He was playing straight-man to everyone who came through!

-Kim

 

[MeepBorkMeep]

Yup, Sweetums' voice was pre-recorded, as were Statler and Waldorf's voices (and Bean's when he was up in the opposite balcony). The only puppeteering work Richard ever did for Muppets 3-D was Scooter in the queue pre-show.

I felt sorry for Scooter in that. He was playing straight-man to everyone who came through!

-Kim

Hmm...that's odd. I thought the Scooter in the preshow didn't sound like Scooter, so I assumed they got some voice artist to do it. I guess not. After all, Scooter was wearing the same thing as in that picture on Rick Lyon's website.

The Beaker sure sounded like him though. Either way, the Sweetums was amazing. His mouth moved along perfectly and everything.

 

[Muppet Matt]

Of course, who wouldn't love the cutest and sweetest gofer in the whole world? Not to mention The Man, himself.

My bro.

 

[Skye]

My bro.

Aw, that's too bad, Matt. Is your bro a Muppet fan?

Well, guess what. I had another dream about Richard last night. It was just the two of us, and he and I were just sitting around and talking. Not really about Muppet stuff specifically, but just about life in general... different times and experiences he had. It was really nice. He did bring up Steve Whitmire, and showed me a picture that he had of Steve... but that was the only other Muppeteer-related thing in the dream. It was nice to have the dream be mainly only featuring Richard.