Jim Henson talks about Muppets

Jim Henson explains the methods of constructing muppets

[@Thomas_of_the_forest]

Even with the smallest of movements and Jim clearly seen holding the puppet, Kermit still feels real

[@brittanymarshall5721]

I love the way he always positions his feet so it can see like he’s standing up.

[@malcolmaaron4496]

It’s because the small movements act as details and those details make it believable

[@Hans_van_der_veen]

That is the point! You MUST be able to see that it is a puppet. But that's only if the puppets, especially Kermit together with Jim Henson, are in the picture.

[@cainster]

Kermit's expression when Jim calls him a "glorified sock puppet". :-)

[@superwatcher456]

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[@maryanxaashi6142]

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[@maryanxaashi6142]

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[@theonederpygamer550]

cainster at wat tim

[@El_Scorcho_]

@1:39

[@dubbingsync]

Can we just talk about the comedic value of having a tap dancing routine and not showing the feet?

[@bartsimpson83]

I was seven when Jim Henson died and even at that age I knew exactly who he was and exactly who we had lost. I miss him.

[@kirmutsalter5770]

"My name is Kermit the Forg" lol

[@liannarivera5358]

Roses are red Violets are blue I miss Jim And so do you❤️ 😭

[@UltimateThanos]

It's true. :*(

[@Probablylani]

Lycan Seijin That and this rhyme too!

[@starlingbaez6681]

Roses are red violets are blue we know this rhyme is over used it's so do you

[@kermit9471]

😔

[@urmom777]

💔

[@nataliecurtis2812]

Just started using a puppet on our KZbin channel and quickly realized how much of an art-form it was! Great respect for those who do this professionally!!

[@3DPDK]

The amazing "unsung" talent is Frank Oz. When it comes to character voices Frank Oz actually had more to his credit than Jim Henson. He was Fozzy, Miss Piggy, Sam Eagle, Animal, he was Yoda in Star Wars and Aughra and Chamberlain in the Dark Crystal, he was Bert, Cooke Monster and Grover, plus many minor characters in the Muppet movies, the Muppet Show, and Sesame Street - the list is huge, beside the fact that Frank Oz also played several (living) character rolls in several movies like The Blues Brothers, Superman III, and a bunch of others.

[@michaelvessel4604]

Not to mention that Oz is also a really competent director as well, since he directed The Muppets Take Manhattan and co-directed The Dark Crystal with Jim Henson, as well as classics such as Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and What About Bob?, and he even has directed more overlooked comedies like Bowfinger and Death at a Funeral. He definitely is an extremely talented man, that's for sure.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

He also voices Yoda. No one seems to remember this.

[@Terygon]

@@WalkerRileyMC You may want to reread the OP.

[@lukaspatrickson4776]

He’s also an amazing voice actor, as seen in Monsters Inc. with Fungus, or cameos in Disney shows

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@WalkerRileyMC Not "voiced". Performed.

[@mydollcorner]

R.I.P Jim, u will be missed

[@OliverKH1]

TheMinecraftGirl10 this was a lot of kermits

[@Cluesvlogging12345]

TheMinecraftGirl10 I miss him to

[@liamjepsen5259]

He Will always be remembered

[@timdakis2107]

This is a Good Memory. I just can't believe Jim Henson died 2 months after this. We all really miss him alot. R.I.P Jim Henson (1936-1990). His Legacy still Continues.

[@FilmmakeroftheFuture]

Even Kermit sees "sock" as a four letter word.

[@ktc333]

FilmmakeroftheFuture Hey! What does that make me?

[@MichaelSHartman]

To refer to a star as just a hand is almost as bad.

[@charissecoal]

Bittersweet childhood memories 😥 i didnt even know what death really was but i remember feeling very sad when my mother explained to me why the muppets on the tribute show were so sad. Henson productions had the best scriptwork with the unique humor that contained adult jokes that went right over kids heads lol

[@TomSFox]

"For Internal Use Only!" Oops!

[@thespianist]

Wellll.... It IS internal..... It's inside our computers ;)

[@drunkmickeymouse]

Does that mean frog legs for dinner

[@samaraisnt]

I feel like a spy. :)

[@totallyfrozen]

I wonder if Jim Henson knows he sounds just like Kermit The Frog. Odd, huh?

[@yosefdemby8792]

I'm pretty sure he knew that. He knew that Kermit was the Muppet closest to him. He was created in a most tumultuous period of his life: the impending death of his maternal grandfather. He proclaimed that Kermit was the puppet closest to him. Kermit _was_ Jim.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Kermit is definitely more real.

[@Gemmarose9012]

I miss Jim Henson and the real muppets.

[@darrind.o.2008]

Jim Henson is a legend.,...sorly missed and never be replaced.,..love you jim

[@dylanboyle7513]

R.I.P Jim

[@jaredwhitley9329]

still hurts

[@sethhorst6158]

I really love the concept of muppets, it really lets people express their fun and creativity.

[@ktc333]

Seth Horst Right on, Seth!

[@Drawkcabi]

I love seeing Jim with Kermit! Only if I consistently think it do I see they are the same person, otherwise my mind just tells me I'm seeing two similar yet distinct personalities. Doesn't matter if Jim is no ventriloquist and his lips move, Kermit is as alive as he is - was :`( Jim Henson, still greatly loved, still greatly missed! - Just one of the millions of children Kermit and Jim helped raise.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

It's like Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse. Just like how "When You Wish Upon a Star" is the anthem to Disney what "Rainbow Connection" is to the Muppet properties (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show / Muppet Babies / Muppets Tonight / the.muppets, Fraggle Rock, &c). In the same manner, "(It's Not Easy) Bein' Green" is to The Frog what "The Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater: The Mickey Mouse Club March" is to The Mouse.

[@HolandaChiquita]

Ah, well.. you hardly see his lips move underneath that beard... Also I think nobody can even keep his/her eyes straight on Jim when Kermit starts to talk... Especially because Jim is also looking at Kermit, very intrigued. He indeed made Kermit alive and made him in the most favorite frog ever!

[@nicholasbourne]

There’s a big difference in puppeteering and ventriloquism. Due to the nature of how they filmed, all sets being on elevated platforms, it didn’t make a difference whether they knew how to perform proper ventriloquy. If you haven’t seen anything from behind the scenes of Sesame Street or the Muppet show it’s quite fascinating I would definitely check it out

[@stevenscottoddballz]

02:13 The last thing a fly sees.

[@chrisdabomb8706]

this guy is a legend

[@Wurdswurth]

1:36 Ouch, I hope God never defines me like that.

[@fionnagrant6636]

I grew I up watching the Muppets, and I think I always knew they were puppets, but even now watching this it is hard to believe it. They seem alive. Jim Henson was amazing and the people who worked with him are also amazing.

[@modaltib880]

This was a few months before his death ;_;

[@DamianWayneAnimationsTM]

nope a few probably 15 days before his tragic death

[@GameOverTFGCoDChannelxboxone]

Damian Wayne Animations™ I cried when he died 3

[@JoCox4048]

Just about to say that. :(

[@mpdalyful1]

I was devastated when Jim Henson died. I firmly believe that the Muppet movies got me interested in how films were made. especially The opening of the Muppet movie. it's one of The most beautiful, magical openings ever. it's also technically brilliant.

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@DamianWayneAnimationsTM Nope. You're wrong. He died a little over two months later.

[@matthewparker6850]

I can't help but think Jim did this because he knew how ill he was and it was a way to groom the new talent.

[@SnoopyDoofie]

One of the few happy moments of my childhood was watching the Muppets.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Kermit is my favorite puppet ever

[@bradyanderson6311]

@Seanward07 Gaming,roleplay,and more! Muppets are a special effect and Jim's new puppet generation.

[@milky1105]

Brady Anderson true

[@FreeSpiritPaulette]

Brady Anderson this is my third time seeing you on a comment today

[@BlytheWorld1972]

@@FreeSpiritPaulette what the fuck has my comments got to do with you fuck off tosser .

[@indrataylor370]

Rest in peace Mr Jim Henson Love The Muppets forever 🦋😭😢🙏🏿🌈💖💜💛💚💙🦋🌈

[@zabdielrodriguez98]

1:10 "My Name is Kermit the porg"

[@mattxplores1515]

*forg

[@utterdisaster603]

2 months before he died...

[@kermitthefrog1810]

Good to see Jim Henson

[@queenjuliavilla]

Love this man I will always love the Muppet's

[@austynjasper3450]

"For Internal Use Only!"

[@stenoch]

Just wonderful. I could watch/listen to hours of this kind of stuff.

[@stevennorthrup5790]

This clip was made on March 1, 1990. Two months before Jim Henson died.

[@missywiley3140]

"Ladies and jacklephants, welcon to ... my name is Kermit the Fork." (pauses) "Kermit the Fork?" (Fozzie walks up) "So my typing is bad"

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Kermit the Forg. (R and O in wrong place) . Still better than my typing some days.

[@UpintheAir1395]

Such a good gag :)

[@theonederpygamer550]

Missy Wiley so wrong

[@lionelcollins3511]

Kermit the Forg is a tall gray Sesame Street monster with a long green nose.

[@kermitthefrog1810]

😠

[@bstar1]

We all miss jim😭❤

[@bstar1]

Ya

[@DaMoniable]

To quote a book i read long ago on this subject. "The audience isnt the only ones that need to believe the puppet is real" One of the most important things in puppetry is to understand that your puppet isnt just a puppet. From the moment that you give them a voice and a personality, that puppet is wholely an entirely different being. This is why puppeteers generally hold their puppets to such a high regard. Because should anything happen to them, its almost like losing a friend. This is also why Kermit in this video looks, acts, and feels like a whole different person. He acts like a person, moves like on, etc, even if youre looking at Jim while hes making kermit talk, instinctively, you want to look at Kermit instead. And its entirely because he is treated like another person, even by his puppeteer.

[@andif8]

I feel the deepest gratitude and love for what Jim has given the world❣️

[@kaylaruthhall38]

Fozzie is my favorite Muppet ever 😁

[@bradyanderson6311]

You love a fool?

[@landh4691]

This is a amazing tribute to Jim Henson

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

4:42 Kermit the duck 😂😂😂

[@400KrispyKremes]

I love Kermit.

[@welty69]

31 years later and I still get misty eyed ....... Jim was sooooo important and I hope that he truly KNEW before he died how much

[@MrWhizzer22]

he will be missed

[@bradyanderson6311]

And he died 3 years before I was born.

[@heathernicol3026]

The tap dancing bit and others like it, where something is happening just below camera and the Muppets are doing something with their feet or at foot level, but you KNOW they don't have feet and you KNOW what's actually down there is a puppeteer, but you absolutely believed they were dancing or stomping or jumping or whatever... it's magical. EDIT: I also wanna mention how much I love that people always, ALWAYS reply to the muppet who's talking, not to the puppeteer.

[@JoseOrtiz-fz3xi]

I honestly wish I could have Jim Henson's Kermit. It would be fun to have a puppet/muppet to use. 😂❤

[@notsusan]

they used to sell customizable muppets at FAO Schwartz, dunno if they still do

[@carlogamino6830]

No not you someone else should have it

[@JoseOrtiz-fz3xi]

@@carlogamino6830 Awww. Why can't I have it? 😢😅

[@Fakan]

I never noticed that forward lean on the puppets before. Makes a lot of sense.

[@stupendous1068]

Being from Mississippi, I always expected Henson to talk with more of a southern accent.

[@suzmillyp]

After all these years I still have a crush on Jim Henson.

[@vilstef6988]

Fozzie's script-it sounded like Kermit was to speak in modified Swedish Chef talk. Forg!

[@anitastodolak9882]

Jim Henson was and is THE MUPPET MASTER! I SO MISS HIM! HE WAS/IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS! REST IN PEACE MASTER JIM. REST IN SWEET PEACE.💖💖💜💜💜💜💜💖

[@diannadiatz1140]

What a beautiful soul...

[@DeadMemeFrog]

R.I.P Jim Henson the television legend

[@jsloanhpi]

HOW AWESOME to see Jim’s very thoughts on these

[@tippycanoe99]

This is classic TV... and very entertaining.

[@GameOverTFGCoDChannelxboxone]

Jim

[@grammyd8361]

The Muppets were JimHenson' Genious and creative masterpieces. No one else has the same creativity or Dream that Jim, had. You cannot take someone else's talents and passion and continue the dream and future unless you have the same gifts and passion to carry it forward. Unfortunately, Disney has not. They will suck every ounce of souls and heart out of Jim Henson's dream until they move onto another project to suck it dry... R.I.P. Jim Henson and the Muppets! Thank you for your funny sense of humor and your beautiful souls of the Muppet Company. You taught us a lot!

[@qualqui]

Thank you Jim Henson for providing these Fun Muppets for not only kids to enjoy but grownups as well. As for Kermit the Frog, here in my country he's René la Rana and it has become a status symbol to have a stuffed Kermit the Frog in our homes, gave one a coupla years ago to a li'l girl, that li'l girl has recently married this July 2019 and.....she still keeps her René la Rana with her! :)

[@naomi9606]

WHERE IS THE FULL VERSION?! THIS IS AMAZING!

[@OrbitalBliss]

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[@Funni-guy99]

Happy birthday Jim

[@boneappletea3858]

I think it helps to be in on the illusion. Makes it more fun. U can really appreciate the magic more.

[@xaraxen]

Jim Henson continues to live in his creations.

[@dalekbieber3318]

kermit it my favorite muppet

[@thegreatoz435]

same

[@provokedrobin608]

Kermit is my favorite muppet

[@Emilymk97]

The curiosity in his genius to figure our how to make green felt make the child in us all felt seen.

[@Piercr917]

I know a lot of people aren’t really into Kermits new performer Matt Vogel, myself included, but when Kermit talks at the end he sounds pretty close to his new current voice.

[@FreeSpiritPaulette]

Jim was dying here. Matt’s Kermit sounds like a dying Jim Henson’s Kermit with a cold, but it’s 75% a regular Man’s voice. Steve whitmire overall still sounded closer, if you look in the right places. He too was a little off at times as well however admittedly.

[@ericpurkey7502]

Sadly this was made just before Jim henson's untimely death the muppets have never been the same since when Jim died they lost their heart and soul when Jim died Steve Witmire took over Kermit when Jim Henson died in 1990 and has been the voice of Kermit since

[@YujiUedaFan]

+Eric Purkey Kermit was changed to a down-trodden producer, who doesn't even get time to sing "It's not easy being green". I guess being hit by Miss Piggy all those years really got to him.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Until this year, when both the Henson children and the Disney company fired Steve Whitmire for problems that've exasperated over the course of several years. Not sure what this means for Steve's exclusive characters, like Rizzo, Wembley, and Sprocket whenever they're used for promotional work.

[@Soufriere84]

+TherealRNO - Was it ever confirmed that Henson's kids had anything to do with it? After all, Brian Henson chose Steve to begin with. My understanding from what I read on Steve's blog is that it was entirely a Disney thing. But we'll see -- Fraggle Rock and Sesame Street aren't owned by Disney.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

It was confirmed to official Muppet fan websites like MuppetCentral and ToughPigs that the Henson children cited that Steve had been problematic for years, so it wasn't just a Disney thing.

[@cainster]

Steve should stick to taxi driving.

[@Krystalmyth]

There was still so much more left in him to give.

[@khanpaniora5346]

I love krtmit the frog, he was the host, he was my favourite, because he can sing and play the bango

[@kermitdefrog9179]

good stuff

[@kahrhoshe]

just that they talk about kermit as a puppet but yet, kermit has feelings, and shows his pleasure or displeasure. KERMIT ET AL ARE REAL.

[@NOTORIOUSCIDvevo]

#respectforjimhenson#

[@karakamstra7653]

Your the best him henson

[@artrizal]

Jim’s a genius !

[@kaylaruthhall38]

Rip Mr . Jim Henson

[@brad349miller]

It’s really difficult to see these puppets as fabric having grown up watching them as a child of the early nineties. Kermit and the gang are real people and it’s hard to see them otherwise.

[@stevenhibbert694]

Love that frog

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

I wonder who did the tap-dancing for Kermit? JIM? Now, as I see Kermit, I wish Jim could have lived to see Darci Lynne Farmer (Winner, America's Got Talent) . I keep imagining him and Shari Lewis looking at that girl in AWE. She had the Muppet motions and the ventriloquism DOWN. They would have been so proud!

[@danieldrattell8418]

Johanna PoirotFan_FictionFan I don’t believe in reincarnation, but if I ever did, I would believe that Jim was reincarnated as Darci Lynne Farmer. Two amazing puppeteers!

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Neither do I, but I would go with either Jim or Shari Lewis. Darci has Ventriloquism down and the Muppet nuances! She could be their artistic god-daughter.

[@peanutsplayhouseventriloqu8741]

No kidding!! Never saw Kermit's body as simplistic

[@SankaJonesCreations]

The collar is a lie!! o_o Good video :D

[@Adam-zk2oh]

R.i.p jim

[@Eden-gs4kj]

R.I.IP Jim Henson ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ

[@vassa1972]

Very cool

[@Anymal104]

This video recording is now 31 years old. It's March 4, 2021 here.

[@de0h884]

I miss jim and wish he could see anthpo bring Kermit to school

[@FijneWIET]

awesome

[@roseden77]

rare person. genius

[@adrianmoore9766]

Jim Henson was a genius. Kermit the frog I heard was Jim Benson's "alter-ego". I was huge fan and avid watcher of Sesame Street and the Muppet Show when I was young and all thru my childhood. Sesame Street was my escape from problems at school and it provided joy, comfort & love these beloved Muppets gave to me as a troubled child coming from a broken loveless home. May God bless Jim Benson's beautiful soul for creating these precious Muppets.

[@maxawesome3178]

*Jim Henson

[@29zc]

Holy shit, did I just figure out how POGO came up with his name, or was that a total coincidence? I literally just finished listening to Muppet Mash by Pogo before this video came on.

[@arthurjeremypearson]

Pogo was a comic book character in the newspapers. A little muskrat or something in a swamp kind of like Kermit

[@MOVEDAWAY420]

0:06 Hello :>

[@gypsy4659]

When Kermit's talking I forget Jim's there.

[@zoren1900]

Jim and Kermit 💚

[@V0Y463R]

Goddammit..this guy passed way too soon. 😢

[@OzClawhammer]

I want more :(

[@ktc333]

OzClawhammer Me too.

[@themaxcollective]

awe, dang. magic human

[@tonycliftontheman]

Jim Henson was an ascended being.

[@ktc333]

Wally Wingert 1000%

[@lancesurgeon7614]

What about Ralph the Dog? He was first Jim Henson puppet I remember. He was on the Jimmy Dean Show.

[@johnboehmer6683]

Yeah, l thought that Rowlf was the first also.

[@malcolmaaron4496]

4:42 Kermit the duck

[@GameOverTFGCoDChannelxboxone]

When you think about it Jim doesn't really look like the person to think up and do the voice of a sensational Green frog >3 Jim and Kermit