The History of Jim Henson's "Nobody" | Some Boi Online

Jim Henson’s various creations were pretty “out there” to say the least. Some definitely fell into the “experimental” category; and with experiments, there are inevitable failures...
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[@thatebsguy4253]

Can I just quickly say congratulations with how many subs you have gained over the past year, I remember first watching you with the gromit mug vid and you had barely 300, now you have nearly 6k! Good job you deserve it. ❤️

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Thanks for sticking around, means a lot to hear that! 😊

[@lovelight9452]

Can I be honest you make no sense in the video you sound stupid he’s just a puppet who could just count to 10

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

Am I the only one who doesn't find Nobody/Limbo creepy & thinks he's actually pretty fascinating?

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Why can't he be both? 😄 I find him fascinating, but slightly unnerving at the same time!

[@Shadowwizardmoneygang..]

I would describe him as unsettling

[@nathanblevins158]

Me to. I even made a character based on him.

[@noobbutbetter]

He’s actually a bit calming

[@Killua4e]

TRUE

[@Bender-fv9fu]

He will always be remembered as a great man. Rest in peace Jim Henson

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Indeed, he's certainly left an impact!

[@Z0mbie_rbx_backup]

HUH HES DEAD WHATTT

[@melonnuggetgaming]

Huh​@@SomeBoiOnline

[@300zxss]

@@Z0mbie_rbx_backupthis muppet was created in the 50s blud

[@duckman2173]

​@@Z0mbie_rbx_backup Jim Henson died in 1990

[@mcnugget677]

I used to be genuinely terrified of this puppet when I was 9. But now that I’m older, he is still a pretty unnerving character, but he is also strangely calming in a way. Even his Sesame Street appearance is strangely calming. And knowing that it’s just a pile of strings makes it less scary for me.

[@owl6637]

I actually like Nobody! He was so strange and I got to watch bits and pieces of him growing up via the internet.

[@pugman1091]

Yes … yes u r

[@Greg4096]

The "Count Of Ten" and "Four, Yay!" sketches are a couple of the most beautifully mysterious and subtly humorous pieces on Sesame street. No one seems to be mentioning the masterful application of analog audio AND video synthesis in these numbers. I understand that many people misinterpret a psychedelic voice as "creepy". As a young child, I'd always feel supremely comforted and fascinated by Limbo's strong, dreamy voice, reassuring me that the life wasn't all boring, and protecting me from the real terror on Sesame Street: The apple tree on a hill cartoon.

[@JenXOfficialEDM]

With William "Rosko" Mercer providing the voiceover. I like avant-garde so these are my favourite Sesame counting bits.

[@Greg4096]

@@JenXOfficialEDM I didn't know about William "Rosko" Mercer. That's interesting, thank you.

[@JenXOfficialEDM]

@@Greg4096 Glad to help. He was a NYC deejay on KTU and he also did some spoken word records.

[@jonbridge8064]

I always liked the "rubber band face" when I was a kid.

[@StupidlyStupid]

So let me get this straight. The wicked witch of the west got her entire episode banned because she “scared kids”, but this sleep paralysis demon that sits in the corner of your room at 3 AM was okay to air?

[@ArmyJames]

That’s about it, yeah.

[@whateay8894]

Well that was supposed to be kinda spooky nobody was supposed to be friendly and is kind of innocent in concept especially on paper when you just say three strings for a face.

[@dezwashere8706]

lmfao.

[@livywithane]

Rightttt

[@documentmedic9385]

I remember seeing Limbo on Sesame Street. I didn't find him scary, but I can see how some kids would. (To that effect, I think I remember hearing that Jim Henson thought it was healthy for kids to be a little scared,.)

[@TopazAnimations]

Wait hold on- why-?

[@SomeBoiOnline]

I imagine if a child was completely fearless that would pose some problems... So showing them slightly scary things gives them an idea of what you should fear and avoid.

[@whateay8894]

@@TopazAnimations it’s healthy for kids to feel fear because it helps establish caution, it’s really important for kids to know what’s safe and what they should avoid.

[@transientimages]

@@TopazAnimations Its the same reason theres scary story for kids. It helps gives kids a sense of agency.

[@TopazAnimations]

@@transientimages I mean sure but they took that from 0mph to 90 in a couple of seconds I feel like they would make something a bit toned down for thatc

[@wheatt_]

The cameo of limbo in Mandela catalog was terrifying.

[@sillysepia]

came here right after I've seen him! it was super cool

[@sophie-kun]

Limbo (or Nobody)’s name was changed to Stanley

[@KyleRDent]

This probably would have scared me if I'd seen it as a kid for the same reasons the Helping Hands from Labyrinth did. There's just something about faces made from non-face things... Eep.

[@SomeBoiOnline]

That's uncanny valley for you!

[@melonnuggetgaming]

​@SomeBoiOnline its worse woth faces because your facial recognition is confused amd that causes the fight or flight reaction

[@thebamboozlerette1824]

I find puppetry fascinating, Henson was a born master of the craft. He did some truly some innovative stuff

[@DrZet1966]

[The Mandela Catalogue fans have entered the chat.]

[@m00ny72]

Bro no I’m fighting the urge to flood the comments with quotes help 💀

[@puzzleplank4333]

jim henson’s limbo is probably my favorite experimental short film and it was a big inspiration for my interests in psychology and philosophy after seeing it at a younger age

[@Patpatrick647]

Nobody is very terrifying, his voice is very unsettling, he just the outline of eyes and a mouth in front of a black background, and the face he is just called “nobody” just makes it even scarier…

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Yes there's definitely something very ominous about the name.

[@TYDABEST14]

Nah he sounds Like those school pase Grams or What ever they are called You know those pase gram exercises in school and gym

[@Happynewyears2024]

Not really

[@neemahbethea9328]

Was nobody used in don't hug me I'm scared? Serious question.

[@Patpatrick647]

@@neemahbethea9328 💀 no

[@furrowingowl5906]

I'm 48, and Nobody still sends a chill up my spine. Jim Henson touched a nerve that H.P. Lovecraft could only dream of.

[@sophiawilliams4810]

“Can you keep an even bigger secret? I think it worked. Your new friend, is somewhere in your house.”

[@Not.Soph938]

Dude - I’m alone in my dark room ;-; thanks lmao

[@brightbite]

I was one of those weird Gen X kids who was deeply entertained by Nobody's counting clips. The only problem was, when I finally got into school, numbers taught there seemed boring in comparison.

[@joeberryman3563]

This guy probably lives in a cupboard in the Count's castle.

[@gionnijohnson408]

I think this is where the inspiration of the Mandela Catalog Vol.333 episode came from.

[@PeiceofNick]

Yup

[@givcloutpls8712]

Scary theory? Limbo is actually in limbo and he died but he is stuck in his body and spends his time being insane and walking around in his own conscious-brain that’s actually dead

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I've always loved this puppet! Jim Henson could really do some interesting, abstract things in puppetry, and I really miss this kind of experimentation.

[@GiovanniCloud]

I first heard of Limbo/Nobody from BlameItOnJorge. And now, he's helping kids in Mandela county make imaginary friends!

[@BRIObvi]

Can I just say that limbo is nightmare fuel

[@cukumber_]

I feel like he was counting to 10 to murder me after he kidnapped me

[@kjc5513]

Fr

[@junnojunno1771]

To be honest art can take many forms and to transmit an idea the artist must use different ideas and atmospheres. It’s also how WE perceive things too….when we watch your video some will say “his very pale skin, piercing eyes and gloomy tone with the shadowy back ground is creepy as hell too” and others will say “what a handsome informative guy !!”….

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Brutal 😂😂

[@pinkbloodstudios8041]

I wonder how nobody/limbo would be (or look) like if they bring back the character... Probably it will never happen, but i dunno, i'm just curious.

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Probably identical, most Muppets don't really change their designs. The voice however, I could see them playing with s bit.

[@miketalksaboutstuff]

I guess nobody’s voice could be calming. But if I were locked in a room and his voice was playing through speakers I would think I was in saw.

[@PeiceofNick]

Alex Kisher knew what he was doing when he brought Nobody into the Mandela Catalog as Stanley.

[@theholymountain4414]

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...Nobody knows my sorrow...

[@afungus520]

I didn't expect that my hunt for Henson lore would lead me to this new favourite channel, but I am certainly not complaining! Thanks for making these videos, you've got a great energy going and fill a niche like no other- very happy to spread the word amongst my friends :-)

[@SomeBoiOnline]

That's made my day to hear 😊 thank you!

[@Mrcapgras2ndhandvanity]

Would you happen to have any other recommendations for a deedive on Jim Henson information?

[@CoolSoupMan]

A lot of people are/were scared or creeped out by Limbo. Honestly, I find him pretty cool, a simple face somehow made uncanny, calm voice, talks about his self conscious, it's really interesting.

[@NinjaNezumi]

I grew up with these things, and I liked nobody. He was kinda of strange but fun and cool! Like a member of the Addams Family. I always wondered why he was taken off sesame street.

[@livywithane]

It’s just creepy because this is demographic to KIDS and he talks about his evil thoughts like WHAT!?

[@paulagwhyte1720]

I loved Mr. Nobody as I called him, on Sesame St. doing, "Now then a count of ten," it was so soothing. I loved the voice and the movement of the elastics and it froze me at whatever I was doing and I had to watch it! I just loved it!!

[@annamonterroso1668]

I was watching a gameplay and Nobody showed up. I saw in the comments that he was a Muppet. Never heard of it. And then your video pops up. The timing couldn’t been more on point. Also I think there is so much potential for Nobody

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Excellent, love to hear it!

[@Not.Soph938]

His voice is oddly soothing, and it also makes me cringe in fear.

[@Mulchmite128]

Great video just watched a bunch of yours and all your vids are amazing keep it up bro

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Thanks, really appreciate it! 😀

[@paulagwhyte1720]

I LOVED Mr. Nobody on Sesame Street! I loved the voice and how the face moved with the balls; it was so soothing and mesmerizing!

[@metalflippinmell6417]

Creepy as hell. I love it.

[@FranziskaVonProdigySlays]

nobody looks like the type of guy to be created my jack stauber instead of jim henson

[@Rheinhard]

I remember actually watching the Sesame Street counting 10 segment as a kid. I don't recall ever finding it frightening -- I found it pretty intriguingly weird. But then this may just be because I've always been a weird kid, now a weird grown-up!

[@Back_door_bandit_98]

This is gonna sound weird but I’m up late doing some research on this nobody character because when I was 2-8 years old I had an imaginary friend called doogalie I could visibly see,hear,and touch him he presented himself as the nobody face but with thin straw like dark hair that was patchy this is where it gets weird I never had traumatic experiences with doogalie but just this weak I was watching wendigoons video on child trauma and the image of nobody showed up and I got an uneasy feeling and started to tear up I rarely cry I felt a lot of trauma but like I said before nothing traumatic happened during those year wild I saw doogalie at least that I can remember i was born in 1998 in a town called hutto Texas there was a fire in 1902 off east street my mom lived with my grandparents and they had a house off main street which was the next street over from east street this fire eventually spread to parts of main street since it happened in 1902 I wasn’t able to find much information on it but my mom told me I would describe doogalie as a burned child also I never saw those shows that featured limbo/nobody Sam and friends from the 1950s I’ve never seen or heard of it same with the 1974 season from Sesame Street I’ve never watched any of those episodes but somehow from 2-8 years old I saw the face daily and now that I’m 25 years old this face gives me the chills to the point I get emotional what happened that I can’t remember am I being haunted by a child that got burned in 1902 that’s using the nobody face to interact with me kinda going crazy thinking about it….

[@cherrypotion27]

I remember Nobody/Limbo from Sesame Street. I thought as a kid that his face was made up of rubber bands.

[@feiyanhuang532]

Now I know the dark truth of Sesame Street Character nobody was forgotten imagine if Kids watch Sesame Street & they see nobody counting to 10 & kids will see some scary stuff then Sesame Street have to be terminated

[@Shadowwizardmoneygang..]

I don’t think limbo is scary just unsettling.

[@matrous1274]

It actually surprised me how it was controlled xD 👁️👄👁️

[@ParkerDoezStuff]

they forgot stanley from mandela catalogue

[@AnnabelleLeeTx]

Yea ngl that would have given me nightmares as a kid

[@pastel6805]

I was watching Mandela catalogue and I found him to look like Stanley

[@chrispliego3247]

jim henson made this!?!?

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Indeed

[@mupp2407]

Funny you should devote a video to nobody as i thought the biggest missed opportunity in muppets haunted mansion was they should have just done a major easter eggy cameo of nobody instead of that horribly cheezy cgi where gonzo looks down from the staircase and sees that animated eyes/mouth in the darkness

[@SomeBoiOnline]

I was going to dedicate a video to that horrible CGI in MHM a while back, but never got round to it! Totally though, that would've been perfect for him.

[@DaFr0g]

I remember seeing a few videos of this on KZbin archive videos of sesame street and I was petrified, but now watching these clips a bit older it is less creepy

[@splatstick]

nobody is unsettling to me as an adult. it would've terrified me as a kid

[@wariopercy1896]

You should Rank all of the Wallace and Gromit Shorts and + the movie if you want to because I want to hear your thoughts on Them and the stuff that you liked and didn’t like just a suggestion

[@apg7054]

KZbin kids be like

[@gavrilandgiansadventures]

Ur right it is kinda relaxing!

[@jimmyrcg4966]

Glad I didn't know about nobody as a kid I'm sure I wouldn't have slept

[@stephenhad8555]

Hey! Did you ever think on reviewing all the Muppet Films? (Including the TV and Straight to video movies)

[@SomeBoiOnline]

I'd like to at some point, it'd just be a big undertaking to watch them all chronologically etc.

[@stephenhad8555]

@@SomeBoiOnline I mean since it’s summertime you have plenty of time to watch them, and it would make up for awesome content! Just saying

[@gavrilandgiansadventures]

The fact that Limbo's head is literally camman18

[@melonnuggetgaming]

*Canman

[@willfomes406]

Maybe Nobody was meant to be one of those characters that could be what you make it. It just looked a little unsettling.

[@lilaroselyn4257]

Who nobody is but I am only seven

[@dalspin7761]

5:45 Jim Henson predicted Chica from fnaf

[@SomeBoiOnline]

I actually do see it 🤣

[@imdumb721]

1:30

[@gavrilandgiansadventures]

i kinda feel bad for Nobody in the song when hes crying

[@TreyPlayzYT]

the character was called nobody the floating face that counted to 10 in chilling voice also even creeper is if you search limbo face you can see a body and a old short film created by Jim Henson and let’s say is pretty creepy

[@TreyPlayzYT]

Btw is called segement

[@melonnuggetgaming]

Copied from a short and that short made me so scaredwhen it showed the head part with "Limbo" staring blankly

[@melonnuggetgaming]

The thing on the thumbnail

[@heyitsryry54]

CONGRATULATIONS To anyone who actually made it to the end of the video! Hearing the history of this creepy creature was very interesting but also very unnerving. So props to anyone who made it to the end!

[@sleepysteev2735]

I think, in a way, Nobody is who Jim Henson felt he was.

[@melonnuggetgaming]

Most likely

[@tinkywinky9087]

What was Sesame Street thinking allowing this thing on the show?

[@Rip_QRDD]

Whas it a little sad for nobody 👇 👇

[@2dsdaalt]

Why u point at dislike

[@jkplays7485]

How did they come up with this?!

[@SomeBoiOnline]

That's Jim Henson for you!

[@DaReaper36]

Limbo is a place for people who were condemned to hell which would explain why he is only a face and a dark background. Which brings me to this question how would you draw a demon in a child’s television show and make it non-scary

[@spock_elvis]

Henson's Nobody character was directly responsible for a wave of school shootings.

[@gabejurewicz713]

I remember "a count of 10" from when I was a kid, and I honestly don't remember being scared. I actually thought Mr. Nobody was kinda neet looking and I've always wondered how it worked. Thanks for posting this!

[@marcomacias3960]

i always though he was made by early computer generated imagery. it looks like those things i see in every video featuring early computer animation. now i know it is just another puppet being controlled by strings.

[@phineasfacingforward3460]

I found this very interesting thank you for sharing

[@SomeBoiOnline]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed!

[@Thedumestyoutubechannel.2024]

5:37 scared me so much i died 💀

[@Onez_Zeroz-ws1nf]

Thankyou Handsome Man, no I don't think it's strange about Nobody's Voice!! In my opinion Nobody's voice was very soothing to me Be safe & warm 😘💞❤️💘✨❄️💕🫠💨😉💋🌹❤️‍🔥😛🥰💯🙏😺🍀

[@gavrilandgiansadventures]

Jim Henson-1st person to discover ASMR

[@ooomailydargaatai8846]

Ok Mr nobody must have a backstory you know he tells his origin when you search "limbo face" he appears and tells his story? I don't know but I think he has lore behind him

[@aqacefan]

6:41 If you think this is creepy, how about Darth Vader reciting the alphabet? I mean James Earl Jones, of course. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuZiKp5Zpxnj8Usi=h8TzOma99fj7aEkS

[@SusanClark-sc6kl]

I remember him from Sesame Street. I didn't find him disturbing....

[@lolman9339]

Interesting Just... Interesting 🤔

[@Sweetnopalito]

I’m more creeped out from the random slides behind the face lol that was unnecessary

[@maestromecanico597]

Mix children’s programming with primeval tech and acid and what do you get? Now you know how Gen X turned out the way we did.

[@eldefinitivo909]

What is the name of the episode of Sam and Friends where Limbo appears?

[@mississipiansupplier]

I remember when I first showed my dad a count of 10. He said that that was the governments way of brainwashing us.

[@JoseHernandez-vv3cg]

It's chica from five nights at Freddy's show me on sesame Street

[@mainimehta]

(Do not search Limbo face if you wanna see the creepy version go search it

[@napalmnacey]

Not heard of him? I grew up watching him, LOL.

[@napalmnacey]

I was never scared of Limbo counting. I thought he was hilarious, LOL.

[@fractiouslemon]

@@napalmnacey Same. Modern audiences are such wieners.

[@luz-608]

Nobody is my favorite character when I was 3

[@ghoste_girll]

I love it but i just wonder who thought it was a good idea to put that in sesame street, with that wierd unsettling music and in a dark background

[@Furwolfgamer101]

imagine if nobody was quandale dingle’s brother

[@doodlebob9943]

Quand

[@melonnuggetgaming]

Right now

[@faatjeflsh7554]

Nobody the man who called nobody a man with no life a sad man in the darkness

[@hospital_food6426]

Am I the only one who remembers that I watched this as a little kid

[@randyalvarez638]

Creepy nobody

[@9cross]

I woke up in the middle of the night and this video was playing on my computer. Spooky.

[@SomeBoiOnline]

👀

[@kjc5513]

Bro I would have been traumatized

[@freakywhistle]

now it's in Mandela catalogue

[@kendn01]

Some Boi deserves more subscribers.

[@SomeBoiOnline]

Thank you! 😄

[@CatdogRockos8]

Nobody’s voice is so calm

[@Party-imp]

Limbo is such a cool character idea