The RHLC!

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And actually, Scooter against a black background sounds kinda sad, and weird.

I agree, well perhaps they were trying to save money that year! It was just strange, considering the other home videos made that year had well-furnished sets. ::shrugs:: Maybe this was the first one.

Hmm, well I'm glad you didn't mind the logo, Skye! I do tend to have an overactive imagination which sometimes manifests itself in annoying ways!

Then again, Scooter must have quite an imagination too. If you look closely you can see the scrapbooks has no pictures! Hehe

 

[Skye]

Yeah, maybe... or maybe they thought it was more "his character," although I don't necessarily agree with that.

No, that's great. I think I just always loved seeing it come together the way it did, and then of course, Kermit came up at the end of it... that's always good! Hehe. Or hey, maybe I'm just weird... I've been known to be that way a time or two in my life!

 

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No, that's a good point about the logo, Skye. I'll have to check it out again.

All kidding aside, it is really is a cute beginning with Scooter looking through the scrapbook gasping and laughing at various pages.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

How lucky are you FM that you got to see B.B. King. That's awsome!

Glad that the video got there on time heralde.

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

I like the idea of Scooter keeping a scrapbook. All his favorite memories of hanging around with the stars, helping with the crew, appearing in numbers and getting decked by Miss Piggy...okay, scratch that last one. But I kinda pictured him reading the scrapbook in a more brightly colored environment...but if Richard was right below the camera frame, and wearing black, I guess that would have made sense.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

It's not like tha guys that they have in all green suits that are aginst a green screen now-a-days!

 

[Fragglemuppet]

Sorry, I didn't mean to just run off on you!

Well, the show was very exciting1! Is it my imagination, or is there an episode of Fraggle Rock where Red says: "I never knew music could be so boring!"? Well that's what I was afraid might happen, and in fact that was my exact thaught after hearing the headliners. Oddly enough though, despite my forbodings ever since Christmas, the closer Iit got to the actual time of the concert, the more excited I was! I didn't know any of the songs he sang,, but I don't think there was one I didn't like.
You know though, the real thing that made this special, was the amount of respect and admiration I felt listening to him on stage.Most of you probably know he's in his eighty's, 81 to be exact. Just that alone is a talent; nevermind anythiing else!
Also, and I'll try to explain this feeling as best I can, I was kinda in awe of how real it was. Most of us spend most of our lives listening to music of one kind or another. This however, was not a radeo, CD, or tape. This was actually a singer and band, sitting there on stage in realtime! Being a bit of a singing enthusiast myself, I could sort of appreciate it from his position too, just a little of course. Then of course, because I'm not anywhere near that talented, famous or in demand, and I don't have a band, I was of course a bit starstruck.
As if that weren't enough, he was hilarious, and talked and joked almost more than he sang! All in all, a wonderfuldown-to-earth seeming guy!
One more note, his nefue is in the band! I remarked afterward that it must be a somewhat unnerving experience, not only having such a talented uncle,
(Hey, not only a relative, but an uncle! Check out that connection!)
but to work along side of him as well!



Edit: This wasn't going through for some reason, and on about my fourth try I read the thing that said I had too many smileys! Who'd 'o thunk that would prevent it from submitting?

 

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Yeah it's amazing what we can do today with technology!

Wow, this is a pleasant surprise. The Puppetman clip on the "Your Face!" website is finally working for me! (It never has before).

http://web.archive.org/web/19980507141836/henson.com/television/video/Puppetman1a.mov

Fragglemuppet, it sounds like you had a great time. I know what you mean, it's quite an experience to see someone like B.B. King in person. Do you remember anything he said? Thanks so much for sharing! Yeah, I don't know why there is a smiley limit, lol.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Oh yeah, I remember seeing that before! That is just great!

I can only imagian how it much be to experince seeing sombody like that for real!

 

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Oooh, hoo...it's hard to tell who's the bigger prima donna, Rita or Gertha...and poor Del's caught between the two of them. And in the clip, Richard does sound an awful lot like Scooter when he's dealing with a difficult cast member.