History of the Muppets with Dr. Jerry Nelson (The Vent Event, 1978)

[@lukeeade6226]

Jerry Nelson's voice is soothing, miss this mighty man so much

[@mesquitegirl2013]

Jerry Nelson has the best announcer voice

[@yosefdemby8792]

*had*

[@skunkman9815]

Rip jerry Nelson

[@emilysantoyo918]

Jerry Nelson is one of my favorite Muppeteers😍

[@dylanw.8428]

Emily Santoyo I thought that said Jerry Nelson is one of my favorite muppets 😂😂😂

[@krystalthesquirrel4973]

He was the man who brought Count Von Count to life.

[@nicholassmith41]

RIP Jerry Nelson 1934 - 2012

[@emilypetsche1]

Jerry: Kermit is the oldest living muppet Fozzie: Can I get you your cane? 😂😂🤣🤣

[@andrebeck1444]

It looks like Jerry got "carried away".😃😄 Great muppeteer and a beautiful voice. Herry Monster is my favourite Jerry Nelson character. RIP Mr. Nelson, sir and thank you for all you've done.

[@rohailhashmi8050]

The count and biff

[@kenderoz]

@@rohailhashmi8050 "Listen while I tell you, a story yule and true, of Casey McPhee the engineer and how he got his train through!"

[@una_10bananas]

I love the way fozzie says "kermit"

[@mesquitegirl2013]

Fozzie cracks me up in this

[@theimprovedbore550]

The end is breaking the fourth wall done right.

[@PhilBagels]

It's more like breaking the floor.

[@anthonymiller2032]

1:25 Jerry Nelson

[@charleydracula8924]

1:33. Kermit, this is the most boring man on earth.

[@drtmuir]

"HE'S FUNNY LOOKING!" 😂

[@kylemorello4787]

Sweetums! That's your best friend!

[@timtaylor2001]

Fozzie: wow he's funny looking!!! LOL

[@abbyleavitt6327]

never forget that Fozzie Bear has canonly called Jim Henson funny looking.

[@aziliman1402]

1978 was the same year where The new Children's Television Workshop logo was released ❤ 🎉😊

[@drtmuir]

"Don't hurt him, just get him out of here."😂

[@phrenicgem]

He's one of my favorite muppeteers, as well as the creator of the Muppets itself, Jim Henson.

[@mgourlian]

Jerry Nelson is originally the performer for Floyd.

[@emilypetsche1]

And Count Von Count, Gobo Fraggle, Snuffleupagus, and Robin the frog

[@bradleycotton3237]

@@emilypetsche1And Mr. Johnson, AKA the guy who doesn’t like Grover, etc.

[@pecleveland]

They Sound like Bert & Ernie lol

[@pawpetassociates]

Same people.

[@BachBeethovenBerg]

Yup, Jim Henson and Frank Oz

[@bookwoman53]

In this case Jim’s Kermit plays the “straight man” to Frank’s silly bear.

[@kenderoz]

@@bookwoman53 Interestingly, Frank's Bert was the straight man to Jim's Ernie, who was in turn the straight man to Frank's Cookie Monster. :)

[@bookwoman53]

@@kenderoz Definitely. I saw a classic video of Kermit and Cookie Monster. It ended with Cookie crying.

[@mattweitman1199]

They still sounded like Ernie and Bert

[@mesquitegirl2013]

Fozzie !!!!!!

[@slapshot68]

Ok Robin, get to work! What’s this man doin here? Lol

[@ammilligan]

Jerry Nelson Is Not The Boring Man On Earth, That’s Not Nice & That’s Rude & Mean

[@gregorylewis2896]

muppeteer and Muppets

[@yosefdemby8792]

Actually, Jim Henson hated the term "Muppeteer".

[@gregorylewis2896]

@@yosefdemby8792 huh didn't know that

[@emilypetsche1]

@@yosefdemby8792 Oh yeah?

[@georgeschlaline6057]

2 1 2 Muppets

[@mesquitegirl2013]

[@mesquitegirl2013]

Lol

[@giggles7179]

Apart from the nostalgia-driven film that's already a DECADE old, Disney has really dropped the ball with the Muppets. Never did I think in my lifetime there would be American children that couldn't name Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, etc. But apparently the powers-that-be have arrived at the conclusion that if it isn't photo-realistic through the miracle of CGI or if it doesn't explode, today's kids - not even just kids - today's *audiences* aren't interested. Puppetry - and the ingenius kind of writing that kept The Muppet Show hilarious with double entendres for adults and mezmerizing for the kids whose heads those double entendres went way over - is dying way before its time.

[@yosefdemby8792]

I don't know. I liked "Muppets Most Wanted".

[@megelizabeth9492]

I mean, Muppets Haunted Mansion was super fun, and I have high hopes for Muppets Mayhem!

[@patrickmanway290]

I can tell you that isn't the case. Puppetry will always be there, because it's a real tangible art form. The Muppet live shows Disney did were widely successful.

[@patrickmanway290]

I don't buy into the whole " powers that be" mumbo jumbo. In the age of the internet, anyone can get their stuff out there.

[@giggles7179]

@@patrickmanway290 As a clarification, I was referring to the fact that years after Jim Henson relented and signed the Muppets over to Disney, they've done very little with them. And as they own the Muppets, there's not much that anyone else can do with the franchise without paying massive licensing fees - and that's only if Disney would even agree to licensing them out, which seems highly unlikely. Perhaps I should have been more specific with whom I was referring to when I referred to "the powers-that-be." That phrase can be substituted with "Disney executives."

[@lillieanag6394]

BOARING!!!!😂😂😂