A poignant moment from Jim Henson's Muppet Show - Time In A Bottle

[@bro.that.is.adorable.2633]

If I could only watch one KZbin video for the rest of my life, I'd choose this

[@TheMKEWERBY]

Don't blame you.

[@theateradic]

This is one of those songs that really captured one of the main ideals of Jim Henson. It was often said that he had too many amazing ideas for one lifetime, too many ideas, and not enough time to do them all.

[@Stanley88845]

stop bro gonna make me cry

[@jeffwolcott7815]

That was Jim all right.

[@benjackson5411]

I can relate.

[@Rezin_8]

Jim Croce was an amazing writer and guitarist

[@jaketucker2559]

I think every artist thinks about that

[@Ruyeman]

That moment when you are crying while watching a show that is suppose to make you laugh.....

[@princeblackelf4265]

Ruyeman the Muppets were good at that

[@ryanbeckenbaugh]

Ruyeman This destroyed me. And then a bunch of chickens came out clucking and my friends and I just couldn't handle the heartless transition!!!!

[@cowtippingrocks]

jim croce was a genius. . so was jim Henson.

[@raggedyanarchist]

+Ryan Azazel Well then all you have to do is think back to that footage of Jim Henson's funeral where the Muppeteers are singing "Babyface" as chickens and you'll be crying all over again. :)

[@easyenetwork2023]

This is not a sad song though.

[@IanJones942]

As a kid I was transfixed by this segment, and the song always stuck in my head. The original is on my evening Spotify playlist, and I never get tired of it.

[@booberfraggle]

Me too! This and Old Fashioned Love Song by Paul Williams are songs/skits from here that always stuck with me.. I have them on my calm, relaxing playlist

[@AKindOfDog]

@@booberfraggle yes same here!! These exact ones for me, plus Turn The World around absolutely transfixed me growing up. And have stuck with me ever since

[@booberfraggle]

@@AKindOfDog YES!!! Turn the World Around is the one I forgot to mention- the entire show is special, but those ones specifically have a little extra magic in them. 🥰

[@momtojnbs4]

Same!!! That's why I came here!!

[@jmmcdon25]

This really made me think about life when I first saw this as a kid. Now I'm 54 & it still deeply impacts me. Greatest Muppet skit ever.

[@DaveMiller2]

It's one of my favorites, but I like Crystal Gayle singing "We must believe in magic" best.

[@WhatIfJojoSiwaWasGay]

This is an incredibly poignant piece, as its known that one of Jim's greatest fears was time. I remember a live action short film he made called Time Piece, that featured, among other things, Jim clad in a tophat and coat-tails, frantically running through a field of wheat against a clear blue sky, looking over his shoulder like the devil himself was after him. What was chasing him was time, mortality. He somehow knew that he didnt have enough time to make all the art that was in his head.

[@americanangel101010]

The clinking of glass and the bubbling of chemicals, mixed with a song of loss is like the perfect formula for one of my favorite moments.

[@scisarah3770]

I agree!

[@jeffwolcott7815]

'Perfect Formula' I see what you did there!

[@waynek7953]

The song is about his child being born.

[@gekozilla7339]

The song isn't about loss it's the opposite. It's a love song but nit about romance about Jims care for his son.

[@brianmccausland6989]

I feel the same way

[@Pattonfrodo]

I really like how Jim changed the voice as the puppet changed that was really cool

[@DaveMiller2]

I wonder how many people notice that?

[@adavis3464]

Most people probably.

[@Uzbug]

This just made me think of my late wife who died in October 2014. Really wish I could have saved the time I had with her.

[@ETH5626]

My condolences to your wife :(

[@Uzbug]

Thanks.

[@ETH5626]

Uzbug you're welcome

[@rippamcstanky4169]

Uzbug I’m sorry for your loss

[@FlickSuicide]

Instant tears... I'm sorry

[@tyme4mike]

Jim Henson was the epitome of classy puppetry. He did so much good for an entertainment industry that has gone to crap without his brilliant craftsmanship. You're missed Jim. Thanks for decades of clean and heartfelt work.

[@booberfraggle]

Those who learned from him fought hard to keep it as classy and genuine as he did- Steve Whitmire being the best example of this. It’s shameful what Disney has done with his characters.

[@thraschr]

I was 5 or 6 years old when i first saw this. Almost 50 years later and it hits even harder.

[@wowinkorporated]

I agree. I feel so lucky to have both met him once in a workshop setting and, at a separate occasion, to have him respond to an article I wrote about the muppets in a self-published newsletter I wrote as a kid. To think that he took the time and read it, and then took the time to write me - I cannot express enough what a really GREAT and KIND guy he was!

[@UncleKunkle]

I think you meant to reply to someone but you posted this into the general comments, there isn't any context to who you are agreeing with.

[@thyyu1874]

@@UncleKunkle the comment was made 12 years ago tho. I think KZbin didn’t have the feature for replying to comments yet at that time

[@maestroaxeman]

When was it you were at "The Workshop"? I see this comment is 12 years old🤔 I once tried to get a job with CTW after my entertainment & cross-promoter Maureen Davison got me the interview & meeting after my part in a local puppet show at our county's fair; through my entertainment promoter Terry McGargan😎 Mrs. Henson was great (Jim wasn't there due to business) & Frank Oz left me starstruck (being a StarWars fan & him doing Yoda, ofcourse)...but David Goelz...they can keep him🤔🙄😒 It was a cool experience anyhow😎

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

I think he means workshop setting like a puppet workshop he did many times

[@karlporst2000]

I was five years old and vividly remember this on the Muppet Show. Very sad

[@kantoking1518]

Something here speaks to me: Cherish every second of your life, every moment counts and make it worth the while

[@peterdefrankrijker]

This is a masterpiece. The first time I heard it, was the first time I, as a kid, actually *felt* music, not just heard it. I’ve been a music addict ever since.

[@babymoondancer]

So beautiful. This song and this interpretation go to a whole new level of heartbreaking when you remember what happened to BOTH Jims.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

This skit perfectly captures the beauty and magic of The Muppets! They could bring the belly laughs with their vaudeville comedy, and then just as quickly give you a genuinely beautiful quiet moment that tugs at the heartstrings! 💕 Thank you Jim (Henson and Croce), Frank, Richard, Jerry (Nelson and Juhl), Dave, Steve, Don... the entire Henson crew that brought us these wonderful characters! ❤️

[@diamondback6559]

We didn’t deserve Jim Henson. ❤️

[@iamabigfatbutt]

Very few did, but o so many more need him these days.

[@dobocop]

Absolutely. He was the brightest star of our time

[@johnrowley5833]

Probably not, but I think Mr Henson thought otherwise!

[@imjelo]

and Jim Croce.

[@rebelwithoutapplause5629]

So was Jim Croce.. He wrote this song when he found out his wife was pregnant with his first child, he then died in a plane crash..

[@bradleycotton3237]

RIP, Jim Croce.

[@MegazoneMusic23]

RIP.. James"JIM" Maury Henson A tale of 2 JIMS taken from us far too soon.. :( Im not crying watching this....but there's something in my eye you know it happens every time..

[@bartsimpson83]

Which is why Jim Henson was one of the greatest creative people who ever lived and his work will last forever as long as there is an audience to see it.

[@winnetouch]

This is my absolute favorite rendition of this song :). I've heard it as a kid before I heard the original by Jim Croce.

[@cybercat29]

winnetouch Same here :-)

[@wintonwhite7909]

+winnetouch Me too!

[@verdatum]

Puppets, in the right context, can make me ugly-cry within seconds. Good to know. I miss you, Jim.

[@samatha8255]

The Muppets have brought lots of enjoyment to many people (and continue to do so!). This is a beautiful song which was made more popular with children through this. Jim Croce wrote this song in Dec 1970, after he found out his wife, Ingrid, was pregnant (with their son Adrian). The song wasn't released as a single until after Jim's death (aged 30) in 1973 when its message became more poignant. Adrian went on to be a song writer.

[@S0namus]

By far my favourite sketch in the Muppets, it introduced me to this beautiful song that has also become my favourite song.

[@glenndallas7171]

This is just... heartbreakingly wonderful.

[@mx-umaru]

I watched my dying father and wished there was some magic potion I could give him to get him back to what he was decades before. I've listened to the Jim Croce song almost every week since my Dad died last November. The hardest part of putting together his memorial was bringing out old photo albums. I've never cried so much.

[@masonfssr9335]

This episode of the Muppet show touched a lot of adults that were watching it with their kids.

[@mickeydee23]

When I saw this as a kid, I cried. It was so sad to me

[@hopewec]

The muppet show defined 2 possibly 3 generations of people. that is so epic

[@robertwyatt4891]

I've never been able to watch this with a dry eye.

[@mikebasil4832]

I am forever grateful to The Muppet Show for introducing me to this iconic song.

[@4a8p9x]

One of my top five favorite Muppet Show moments

[@henrym4484]

Same

[@fabuchap4815]

OMG, this brought tears to my eyes then and it brings tears to my eyes even now. Wonderful Muffet Moment....

[@nikeeweston]

Best song ever. Thank you Jim Henson for helping me have a great childhood

[@batbugz]

I love this version the most because of the flute xylophone part during the chorus. love it.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Yeah, somehow I almost like this arrangement more than the original--and I love the original.

[@moonshyne777]

There never seems to be enough time to do the things you wanna do once you find them. If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never came true, the box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you. I wish I could transport back to 1985 and warn my mom and dad and bro of the horrors to come..then maybe I'd still have time still with everyone lost to me....

[@mariogreen1408]

I remember watching this years ago as a kid and i heard the song on movie sound track and it instantly made me remember this skit by Jim Henson its amazin how memories and nostalgia come back in a blink of a eye from a smell a taste a touch or song.

[@YodaBannon]

Only magic of Jim Henson could do this. Wonderful memories!

[@mtlyb]

Still moves me as much as the first time I saw it on the show. Thank you for posting it.

[@vanomso]

At least this unforgettable piece of time has been saved.

[@rosewoodfretboard]

Oh, damnit. I had not ever seen that. Made me cry.

[@daniexists6]

This has been on my mind a lot recently. I just turned 28, and reread Jim Henson's biography by Brian Jay Jones. And honestly, I came to the conclusion that this is almost autobiographical for Jim. He always feared running out of time in the wake of his brother's passing, and him performing and voicing the puppets used in this segment as the scientist gets younger and younger with each verse only to revert to old age again just tears me up now, realizing it.

[@AlexanderYellen]

This sends me sobbing out of the room now at age 26...

[@Martholomule]

How about now, at 38?

[@AlexanderYellen]

@@Martholomule Even more so with two kids watching time speed past

[@svenwolfstrom7883]

I hate what's become of the muppets today, they need to go back to stuff like this, this was pure gold and so much better

[@Natashahoneypot]

Sven Wolfstrom the writers were better then.

[@svenwolfstrom7883]

hmm, good point

[@Natashahoneypot]

Sven Wolfstrom someone asked me.to wrote something for a new puppet thing, but my mind on in the same place as yours how can I come up with something that is as rich as a must sketch. when i research what o finf o's that they picked the best comics at the time put them all in one room to write together with Henson and the actors too and when I saw them film they did it with serious care. I know that they did scenes which evolved and also characters evolved. it must be wonderful to be able to forsee the whole thing with a team. and really male ot work. the new episodes the humour seems less powerful. great shame.

[@svenwolfstrom7883]

innocence went out the window ages ago and it sucks

[@marcuscolburn4542]

6 People Could Not Keep Time In A Bottle

[@Diafiori]

I love this song, and today my SO told me that this skit existed. Now I'm bawling, and I love this song even more.

[@MyLittleFranky]

This poked my heart.

[@007Julie]

This is a masterpiece.

[@easyenetwork2023]

Beautiful song written by one of America’s great songwriters/singers.

[@seaweed555]

depressed me when I first watched it at 5 years old.

[@wowinkorporated]

@FLPman Beautifully put, FLPman... you're so right. I'll always remember that workshop I was lucky enough to "crash" - as Jim Henson operated Kermit just a couple of feet in front of me. Wire rods hanging down from Kermit's wrists, and a long green sleeve from his bottom to Jim's arm. Kermit went "Well, here I am... (looking down at his hanging legs) uhh, bearing ALL so to speak!) And the whole room erupted in laughter! It WAS magic... magic I don't think I'll ever see the likes of again...

[@trucquynh3948]

i pictured it in my head and thank you...though im probably a decade too late

[@genosmith8020]

Such a beautiful rendition of this song.leave it to Jim Henson who created the muppets and this show.timeless

[@bananamuffins582]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS HOLY CRAP

[@mistermusik]

This skit is genius.

[@MsHillbillychick]

Absolutely love the creativity in this. Thanks to my mum I love this song along with a few others.😊

[@Mote.]

A few months after my dog died and I thought of this song I tried to hold back crying.

[@treyblake1]

[@EdBoy1215]

That scientist should've quit while he was ahead.

[@tdarkhorse4]

Part of the genius of this is that there is a certain open-endedness in how it ended. Did he choose to go back or was it an accident? The answer very much changes the interpretation of everything before it.

[@legaleagle46]

+tdarkhorse4 He didn't just go back -- he actually ended up older than he was when he started, ironically because he never felt he had gotten young enough, even though he was only early 20s at the time!

[@joestevens9273]

Having watched it again, I think you're right. It's as if he's trying to say, no matter what your age, don't waste what time you have left mourning the time you wasted in the past...

[@cornishphilosopher]

​@@legaleagle46 Actually I'm pretty sure he's the same age as when he started, look at the Puppets at the beginning and the end, they're identical

[@SB-vp8yy]

Where did this kind of creativity go?😮

[@seanmoriarty2]

Pure genius. Henson was amazing.

[@salmon7794]

I love this episode

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

A beautiful song and a beautuful interpretation of it!

[@dangermousemh]

Sometimes in TV/ film & music things progress and get better and better. At the time I think most of us just enjoyed the muppets as entertainment. Looking back Henson was a true master and this was probably the pinnacle of this art form.

[@jacksofalot4317]

Amazing. What a classic.

[@cybercat29]

Jack Sofalot Indeed :-)

[@Sadestcat69]

I loved this in 2nd grade and I love to come back to it :)

[@jeroenpuijn9746]

Its amazing, moving, and it hits home. Savour every moment

[@rpsibley73]

just saw this posted on fb but my first time seeing it and I used to watched the Muppet Show faithfully! but yea time moves on

[@mspeter97]

It kinda makes me sad that I didn't have the Muppets while I was a kid, and it's even sadder to think younger kids don't know this. You guys were lucky

[@keithdean9149]

I love the attention to detail in this. The background noises and the fact that not only his body but also his voice gets younger.

[@michaeld7617]

As a child this song made me cry. It made me thing about my mortality and my father's mortality and how life was fleeting.

[@76NiGhTsHaDe67]

such a sweet song

[@lightronv]

In my universe, Walter White sings this to his reflection on the steel tank, just before dying.

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

I'm still angry that Jim Henson had to pass away from such stupid circumstances. The man changed television. He brought laughter and learning and wonder to millions. The Muppet show of this era will always be one of my favorites simply because of sketches like this. Nobody did it before and nobody has been able to duplicate it since.

[@chooseyourpoison5105]

I agree. If only he'd taken his illness seriously and gone to hospital he'd still be here. Such a damn waste of a life. RIP Jim.

[@rebeccahager5656]

Why are Muppet songs so soothing?

[@mr.cellophane4163]

Because they are very well made and well thought out

[@rebeccahager5656]

Paul Youngblood Very true.

[@FruvousVideos]

and written by Jim Croce

[@rebeccahager5656]

I know Jim Croce wrote it, I just meant that it is soothing when the Muppets sing.

[@Natashahoneypot]

maybe it is because the songs are sung in character, not in a trained " x" factor clone vocal style.

[@michaelhickland4450]

Absolutely lovely remember this

[@Jangobadass]

What's more, this song likely was likely personal to Jim because how much time he had was extremely important to him...

[@ndainio]

This is why I Love the Muppets...TV has nothing even close to this today...nothing... And, Kristina Nero...My only Love...If I could put Time in a Bottle...it would be only for you...

[@riversarcadereview385]

LOVED this clip

[@carlosrodriguezborges2990]

to the future

[@jacksofalot5420]

If only we could all save time in a bottle.

[@genosmith8020]

Such a beautiful song very well redone.so great.makes me thomk of my girl now..we r just getting together. So this songs really special fir my very special girl whom I love so much..hope we last forever. At least a long time anyhow..here's to romance..

[@lesot5907]

I’ve always loved this song

[@sheilanassetti6991]

Que adorável interpretação de Jim Henson, e uma canção gentil sobre o quanto uma vida só não basta....coleciono esses momentos onde bonecos podem ser transcendentes e tocar o seu interior, como grandes músicas e grandes livros . Jim era genial ❤

[@MP3FAN]

I remember this well from my childhood. KZbin is wonderful.

[@37Dayzzz]

I'm sure this was made around the time of his fleeting condition, and if it wasn't, it heavily mirrors so. Extremely depressing, Jim Henson was a representing, talented man who's passion were puppets. An entire new genre of television was made because of him, it's sad he left us early.

[@AMcGrath82]

I loved this show.

[@ricstormwolf]

Thank you, Jim Henson..for all you gave us. The world is that much darker that you're gone 😓😓

[@matteovillanueva9362]

One of my favorite moments from The Muppet Show!

[@tinfoiltreasurer]

This got my tiny heart when i first saw it as a child :,)) still has it

[@lindasmiling507]

This still makes me cry

[@jrichter09]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@TerryLeeForevernever]

I remember this on the show, and now, whenever i hear this song, i ALWAYS remember this on the Muppets.

[@commonman80]

They Nailed it.

[@theangelforjusticeorgoul8966]

I miss those years so much😥😥

[@janeblackie9391]

Love this had it at my dad's funeral!

[@americantadpole7162]

this just pulled at my heart strings

[@CoryWhitson-rg8xk]

Miss you Jim.

[@ReBootFan1]

Oh! I remember this one! Beautiful but sad.

[@joeypincombe8384]

Ive felt that way since toys r us ceased to exist rest in peace good times. Many of my toys came from and some still work.

[@krazyhorse448]

I cry everything I watch this