Jim Henson Idea Man

[Parliament 14373]

Hopefully they get into the dark side of his work; especially of the problems his actors had.  Oscar ended up living in a dumpster.  Kermit developed a nasty intravenous drug habit.  And David Bowie?  He's dead now.

[83Horn 1656]

Wonder if there will be any mention of the work he did on season one of SNL.  There was usually a short bit at the end of the show with his characters that was usually very "un-Muppet" like, with jokes about drunkenness, drug use, sexual innuendo, etc.  Only lasted for the first season, and I could only find this one example on Youtube.  Unfortunately, this isn't one of the really funny ones, but this is a part of SNL history that has been largely forgotten.

 

[notre dame joe 198]

13 hours ago, Parliament said:

Hopefully they get into the dark side of his work; especially of the problems his actors had.  Oscar ended up living in a dumpster.  Kermit developed a nasty intravenous drug habit.  And David Bowie?  He's dead now.

That one turned into an eating disorder monster.

[mdmost 43305]

There really is no going back to the time of wonder that Jim Henson created. I'm definitely in for this but I don't know how well my emotions will hold up. 

[RPM 26430]

Jim Henson was a national treasure.