Inside the Labyrinth: Hoggle - The Jim Henson Company

[@deputyseal409]

Jim Henson made puppetry a true art form

[@shawntannehill]

I miss movies with puppets. They look so much more life like than CGI.

[@shawntannehill]

Gollum was great. One of the better full cgi characters. Mainly because it is motion capture. An actor (Andy Serkis) is Gollum.

[@lisvender]

AT Productions I think that the skill of the director has a lot to do with the believability. A lot of CGI is "over-animated," and reveals its falsehood. Similarly, poor puppetry can ruin a good practical effect. No matter what the limitations, however, a director who knows the effect he or she is going for will overcome them. I think the next "Henson" in this regard is Guillermo Del Toro. The creatures in his films always have a lasting impact, whether they're rendered in makeup, animatronics, or CGI.

[@brighteyes6585]

lisvender I bet Del Toro would've made a good Labyrinth sequel or prequel. I would've like to learn where Hoggle came from and if Sarah had been gifted power at a young age. It's really interesting...

[@Noahplaysfooty]

Hoggle is the best

[@Noahplaysfooty]

Pooooooooooooooop

[@chloemelady5976]

I think the best actor was the person in Hoggle like imagine not being able to really see and still trying to match the movements she did an amazing job

[@yosefdemby8792]

That's why Hoggle often makes a bunch of grunts and groans throughout the movie- so she can see where she's going, not bump into stuff.

[@TheJessiebbz]

"Hoggle is certainly the most complicated puppet/ creature that we've ever built" and they left him behind at an airport in alabama XD ah! i love labyrinth :)

[@FalFur101]

But sadly Hoggle now doesnt have that same Jim Henson sense and feel to him after being restored by someone else....... Poor Hoggle, left in a luggage bag to rot and decay for many years until he was finally found...

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@FalFur101 Those bastards! What gives them the right to claim treasures like Hoggle and keep them behind glass prisons‽ Aren't they showing off their own incompetence‽

[@NoemyTorrance]

​@@FalFur101 WAIT WHAT?! NOOOOOO! 😭💔

[@NoemyTorrance]

THEY DID WHAT?! NO! HOW COULD THEY LEFT SOMETHING THEY WORK SO HARD ON AT IN AIRPORT?! 😭

[@MajorZeldork]

Hoggle's puppeteers are amazing! And so are the people that actually created him. The movements are spot on and so smooth

[@bowmaj8666]

An absolutely amazing Puppet/Special Effect that still holds up to this day; the way he looks and moves is incredible! It's understandable why effects like this weren't used that much back then since they were so hard to do, but the hard work definitely paid off. And if they could manage stuff like that with animatronics and puppets back in the 80's, just imagine what they could pull off with stuff like that nowadays; film makers just need to put in the elbow grease! CGI is ok, but it's just getting so boring now.

[@michaelaclark2147]

This puppetry was amazing!

[@yosefdemby8792]

And yet, Roger Ebert still thought these were Muppets. And people today still think they're Muppets. But they're _not_ Muppets. They're _creatures_ . Created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

[@stevennorthrup5790]

Exactly, Puppets that are built by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop are known as Creatures. Puppets that are built by the used-to-be-named Muppet Workshop are known as Muppets.

[@witchingbrew3]

Brian has always been so well spoken when talking about production, film, and being on set.

[@pointerhawk]

The Dark Crystal was my favourite film as a kid and is still selling well in stores to this day. Jim Henson, like Disney, with his creation was a genius of a man!

[@djaceofpentacles]

The complete performance of Hoggle as a character in a live action film took at least 6 people with Voice, body and puppetry. Yet he still seems more real in depth of emotional range than most of Hollywood

[@MackenzieStith]

its a shame they dont make movies like this anymore. where it takes hard work and sets are built. enough with this cgi crap.

[@posysdogovych2065]

Next thing you know, you'll start staying "enough with color movies, bring back black & white." "Enough with cars, bring back horses."

[@mnmnnm586]

I mean, CGI is hard too, but I agree with your general statement.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

@@posysdogovych2065 what you are saying is completely out of context.

[@DeskDrawer]

@@posysdogovych2065 and 3 years later, godzilla minus one has a limited run in black and white. those horses are looking pretty likely right now.

[@Ylluria]

This is -fantastic.- This is one of my favorite, most iconic movies of all time (I'm an 80s baby ;)), so this was an absolute delight to find. Thank you guys (and of course, Mr. Henson too!) behind -all- the work that went into making so many, many people happy. Your artistry is part of peoples' childhoods and has been making new dreams for decades.. and that truly -is- magical. ♥♥♥

[@horaciosi]

Insert negative comment about CGI here

[@leohagan5274]

No

[@jmstephens7]

no

[@lisvender]

Maybe

[@brittanybecker170]

The moral of the story is that good CGI starts in good practical effects.

[@racritiahobson2797]

This is way better than cgi

[@marugg78]

One of the best fantasy movies ever made. Actually watched it again yesterday. Funny how Google listen to what you do and recommend related things.

[@enowhealthad5050]

This is almost a lost art or close to disappearing. Animated movies are great too but there’s just something about puppets in the movies that makes it almost magical.

[@SerpentinaSolis]

I just wanted to thank everyone at the Henson Company for sharing something like this. It could have easily be secret and guarded how some of these work but choosing to share it is wonderful. You really care about your fans.

[@kmuzikful]

honestly the best thing i've ever subscribed to... This is what youtube is for... thank you... I had no idea what went into this... as a kid, this was all just magic to me. I knew it was puppets and such... but no idea the team work it took or the dynamics between the body actor, voice actor, and puppeteers... fascinating...

[@lukenuetzmann]

Wonderful! This is the reason I subscribed!! I had no idea so much work went into Hoggle. To call it "teamwork" would be an understatement.

[@karlsnow04]

Jim Henson, I love you.

[@philipanderson2275]

Shari is so well cast as "hoggle",must be hard work not being able to see most of the time!

[@DaveNoodles]

Love the ashtray at 1:38. Those were them olden days.

[@Humblemumble7]

Thats probably the weirdest fucking observation I've ever seen made ... You Love it do you?....(Wow, wtf?)

[@racritiahobson2797]

😂 6 years later and this made me laugh

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

jim, this was your masterpiece

[@horsekateer]

Beverly Crusher at 2:26!

[@JonnysGameChannel]

Wow thx, I totally missed that the first time.

[@overdev1993]

Andy Hull oO thanks

[@dholmlund]

Yeah! It's so cool she was a part of Labyrinth!! :D

[@Xsuprio]

Oh dang! That's cool.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

"Hoggle crew" - my people

[@jonnycab27]

Still 1000% better then CGI...

[@gavingavin1049]

Our family has the collector edition DVD for The Labyrinth. Seeing these clips again brings back a lot of awe and wonder when I was a teen watching it all.

[@JonnysGameChannel]

2:10 only the head speaking was freaky.

[@zqueen1229]

One day I'll make a movie that uses a puppet like this. That would be cool 😄

[@Zamarae]

Please do! ❤

[@NoemyTorrance]

I'll be delighted to watch. ❤

[@Ladyalphawolf]

Labrynth was the best movie... I wish they would have made a sequel...

[@stevennorthrup5790]

A sequel is still possible to happen

[@NoemyTorrance]

Please no. I like how it ends, I'm not sure if I'm willing to see a sequel. Besides Jennifer Connelly is an adult now, no longer a young maiden and the international Rockstar David Bowie is gone. Will just have to see. 🧃

[@iheartkhaela]

I miss movies like this

[@Utube0939]

Wow! They must have had so much fun working on this production. I would have loved to have been apart of it!

[@NoemyTorrance]

Same just remember patience ❤

[@KatAttack10429]

Hoggle is now in Scottsboro Alabama at Unclaimed Baggage! Where I live!

[@Johnlindsey289]

Amazing works by Henson! Brian was also the voice of Jack Pumpkinhead in Return to Oz

[@AFGuidesHD]

woah she could have been cast for bart simpson lol

[@CliffSavage239]

LMAO

[@BastardOfTheNorth]

Voice is too girly

[@Iburn247]

Looks better than half the CGI nowadays

[@EmberRain666]

Hoggle is my fave character!!!

[@toasega]

2:28 DR. CRUSHER?!

[@NonSmallJohn]

Hoggle is so advanced, they did a great job with him.

[@Þunarr]

Henson's Kermit voice really comes out in his normal speech.

[@capdi9986]

When i was little i got afraid to watch this alone, till now i can't watch it all alone.

[@leohagan5274]

Thee goblins were my childhood fear.

[@cl114c0777498d]

that was amazing

[@jareththegoblinking7865]

Why is that Shari girl so cute? She's like, rly precious 💖

[@magd2579]

Brian Henson is so lovely!

[@TheRadical42]

Kewl Beanz! I'll have to watch Labyrinth again. I remember it fondly. Fun to see Jennifer so young. And Doctor Crusher too! Wow!

[@t3e4r5r6y7]

I'm fascinated by fantasy film in the 80's,they just used remote control muppets which i think is better cause its more life like .I wish Smeagol was a muppet .

[@yosefdemby8792]

These aren't Muppets.

[@nicolemarie5414]

This is so great!!!!! "People in the world of entertainment are so lazy nowadays. This will always be the best way to do things. The puppet machinery should have just been upgraded. But No. The movie industry got lazy. The whole damn entertainment world is lazy now." -Cobra of Feminine Rhyme

[@SeaScoutDan]

In Hoggles defense about the plastic bracelet . . . In the 1930s, plastic was the cool new technology . . . So cool, they had plastic hand railing in 1st class hallways on luxury cruise liners ( Specifically HMS Queen Marry ). The Labrinths seems like stuck in middle ages about 1500s. So yes, being give something from 400 years in the future is pretty cool. In context . . . It is a token of contract and mutual respect . . . Something Hoggle was wanting in his life.

[@yosefdemby8792]

Brian Henson was so adorable here!

[@kiru86]

2:28 Is that the actress who plays Beverly Crusher in Star Trek The Next Generation? I could swear that's her and her voice!

[@LittleBlackKatt]

I never knew it took that many people to do him, that must have been super hard :)

[@RigbyMarty]

amazing

[@groenfan851]

Ahoyhoy! thats neat! did y'all see the original animatronic being saved from rotting away and given a brighter futeur? I don't even have a clue who this character was, but nostalgia was urgent to reminisce so I searched rotted animatronic s and I came into knowing of hoggle . I stand firm at the old ALFer though!

[@candie-mariearcher8211]

They are like kids excited when they all did something right. 😆

[@thealterator]

85% comments: 2:27 omg thats Dr. Beverly Crusher from ST:TNG

[@candie-mariearcher8211]

Amazing and congrats to each and everyone the film could of been such a success withoutbthem all amazing

[@dissonantmoose]

Labyrinth is full of win.

[@evanf1293]

rest in peace jim henson

[@dinxize]

Wow. Just amazing

[@keyleeeeeee]

i cant be the only one who used to be terrified of the first 30 seconds of this for no reason

[@ArcturusLeng]

That is the same woman (Gates McFadden). Look up the video "Inside the Labyrinth: Ballroom Rehearsal Scene". She is interviewed there briefly.

[@torivivi8688]

people don't give Labyrinth enough credit. They had to do ALL this and more, yet people only focus on the Fire Gang scene with bad green screen

[@r0bst3rV]

tori vivi Yeah I really wish more people would pay attention to this movie, honestly it’s quite amazing, wish more movies today used practical techniques like this one!

[@torivivi8688]

@@r0bst3rV right? Like there were 52 puppets in this movie and I think like 50 puppeteers and they created them with real things instead of animating it all which made it look real at it's time. Such an underrated movie

[@BoiledKoolaid]

I can’t believe Hoggle was voiced and puppetted by Jim’s 23 year old son.🤯

[@934dragon]

I had no idea it was all motors. I thought it was all an elaborate latex mask. His head is so big I suppose it makes sense

[@birdieponce4646]

Scary 😟

[@Direness]

She wasn't rubbing her stomach - she was moving the blouse out of the way a bit so she could see it better. Not only look with your eyes, think with your brain!

[@mkriverra]

thats so flippin cool

[@ellena.8369]

Um the voice behind hoggle is an 80s babe, never would have thought!

[@mesquitegirl2013]

This is so cool

[@mikicoal]

I did a double take when Beverley Crusher turned up coaching the actress.

[@JeremyJamesChurch]

Just awesome!!!

[@krissanders987]

I keep telling my wife, I much rather watch old movies. It felt more reel and it’s lost from today’s CGI bs. I watch movies today, then once the CGI comes in, in completely loose interest. It’s a movie killer. I’m planning on showing my wife this movie later.

[@DarkWhiteCrow]

epic, best fantasy ever :)

[@UndefinedWoman]

incredible !

[@H_E_N_X]

Did anyone else notice Dr Beverly Crusher for Star Trek at 2:29?

[@tankthehedgehog105]

Whos Watching This Movie In 2020?

[@princess7strawberry]

I’ve seen this video before, but only now did I pick up the nuance of the congratulations that the assistant gave to Shari Weiser. The tone felt to me that one would give a young child, not an adult. Does anyone else feel like she was condescended to?

[@CRYP71D0g]

What does it take to make puppets for this company? As in what courses in college do I need?

[@yosefdemby8792]

1:00 Note the Fozzie Bear doll.

[@Sandlot1992]

Hoggle is now displayed in the Unclaimed Baggage in Alabama to this very day!

[@bobafettsbounty]

Hoggle looks kind if like Brooks from Shawshank Redemption lol

[@alanrubio6761]

No Kenneth the crook copeland

[@MeatballsMarlowe]

Hey, that's Gates McFadden at 2:40!

[@Invisobel]

Wow I think you're right. Gates McFadden.

[@FFxromancexKH]

We need a sequel!!! Bowie still looks young, especially with Jareth's makeup and if he lost a tiny bit of weight. Pleeaseeee??!?!!? :(:(

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

@@hamiltonlover3429 sadly DMeep passed away 6yrs ago...

[@Zamarae]

Someone found Hoggle and he deteriorated. They restored him but does not look like himself

[@kenickity]

2:50 maybe the most patronizing thing ever

[@ToaAxiomMan]

There's a reason why I have faith for the FNAF movie

[@darkeclipse420]

oh i was just skipping through the video, i didnt watch the whole thing. i heard her voice then wrote the comment!

[@greenolya7760]

Обожаю этот персонаж из к/ф Лабиринт.

[@xehilo]

Holy Crap that's freaking Gates McFadden!

[@trulybad420]

All this just to be abandoned in a lost suitcase

[@Rico_Suave_]

nice

[@briandaleske5139]

I wonder what a modern day version of (Mr. Hoggle) might look like in a (LABYRINTH) show series?

[@godscreation7542]

Dude! How did they nail Dr. Fauci so perfectly!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Brian Henson voiced Hoggle?

[@eddysandland58]

This Is An Art Form! CGI Isn't All That n it's Overly Used! Quality Film & Hoggle was A Really Good Character along with Ludo n The Dog (Who protected the Bridge). Who used a Real n Puppets Dog as A Horse lol hahaha 'Well....? Laugh!!!"

[@professormause]

You guys did your own version of a Queen song but so far nothing using a certain star of this films music, why not ?

[@bobHsampaio]

See the Hoggle I did. I expect you enjoy! facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.310450752495266.1073741845.136531686553841&type=1

[@SandersonCallum]

trying to grab the hankie is frustrating

[@thenunushow175]

The big question is how old was Hoggle?