fig96 said:

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Dusty in here…

To this day he's one of the few celebrities where I felt genuine sadness when he passed away. Just an incredible human with a huge impact, can't wait to watch this.

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This. If you love Jim Henson find the special Muppet show they did after he died where Fozzie is trying to figure out who this Jim Henson guy is and why he's so i.portant. And his whole funeral is on YouTube. It's pretty heartwrenching and soul affirming at the same time.

Looking forward to watch it with my kids who are 18 and 20. I don't think they have any idea who he is and that one man is responsible for so many of their early memories.

The Muppet Movie is still one of my favorites and the Muppet Show was a family watch growing up. From my daughters' earliest days, i would sing them the Rainbow Connection to get them to fall asleep, ,and still do every once in a while when they're having trouble winding down.

I was at my house eating dinner with my mom watching Tom Brokaw on NBC's Nightly News in 1990 when he led off the telecast with the shocking news that two legendary entertainers - Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. - had both died on the same day.

And because this is the Internet, here is the actual broadcast that I last watched 34 years ago.

Wrong emoji on OP?

$240 Worth of Pudding said:

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Wrong emoji on OP?

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I dont think so. It breaks my heart that he's gone.

I had no marketable skills for the jobs available, but I applied to (and was rejected by) the Jim Henson Company out of college.

An amazing man and studio and one of the most impactful people on an entire generation.

I'm another one whose entire childhood is defined by Jim Henson - mostly The Muppets and Fraggle Rock.

If you ever have the chance, go see the exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria Queens, NY. In addition to having a huge collection of puppets, they have letters written by Jim Henson, many of them in reply to fan letters that kids wrote to various Muppet characters. It is a beautiful exhibit that nearly moved me to tears.

https://instagr.am/p/CeUMvQ2pyQq

There's also The National Puppet Museum in Atlanta - a lot of very similar exhibits (including a big Jim Henson one). I could have spent hours in there, as it was basically my childhood.

DP

It's on my list to visit that one, too.

Just watched this, thought it was pretty good, although I think they ran through the 80s stuff too quickly. Teared up when they got to his death. Still sad after all these years. No telling what all he could have done with more time.

Felt the same - ran through the last part of his career way too quickly.

Really great doc. Both my kids watched the while thing. Not sure either has watched a non-nature doc before. I think the lack of 80s depth might have been for a couple of reasons. One was his relationship got strained with the kids. I remember some public stuff from that time. Second he got smeared by the press for a while because he spent a year in communist Soviet Union making a film with some guy. This was in 84 - height of US - Russia tension when they boycotted the Olympics in LA