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Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there's only one.
And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.
Andrew Terhone is a very good French puppeteer, who does some marvelous things, and I'm sure I picked up some things from him but that was, as I say, three or four years into my work at least.
At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just ... (more Jim Henson quotes)
Jim named Kermit the Frog after a childhood friend from Mississippi.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) was one of his favorite films.
Before his career in puppetry, he would experiment with 8mm and 16mm film, often making animation.
Harry Belafonte sang the much beloved song "Turn the World Around" from The Muppet Show (1976) at Jim's funeral. It was reported to be his favorite.
Created the original Kermit the Frog out of his mother's old coat and a ping-pong ball. In the beginning Kermit was not a fr... (more Jim Henson trivia)
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