Chuck

Which is something that I – now that I know a little more about Jim Henson, I think maybe he might have even been going for. Right. But one of the things that Sesame Street allowed him to do was to really kind of – explore something that he'd long been obsessed with, which was television and where it converged with puppets, which was all new territory.

Which is something that I – now that I know a little more about Jim Henson, I think maybe he might have even been going for. Right. But one of the things that Sesame Street allowed him to do was to really kind of – explore something that he'd long been obsessed with, which was television and where it converged with puppets, which was all new territory.

Which is something that I – now that I know a little more about Jim Henson, I think maybe he might have even been going for. Right. But one of the things that Sesame Street allowed him to do was to really kind of – explore something that he'd long been obsessed with, which was television and where it converged with puppets, which was all new territory.

And Jim Hansen was at the bleeding edge of it.

And Jim Hansen was at the bleeding edge of it.

And Jim Hansen was at the bleeding edge of it.

Because if you think about it, when you go to a puppet show live, you're looking at what's essentially a mechanism for hiding the human. And there's just a little area that the puppet can move around in. A little tiny fake stage.

Because if you think about it, when you go to a puppet show live, you're looking at what's essentially a mechanism for hiding the human. And there's just a little area that the puppet can move around in. A little tiny fake stage.

Because if you think about it, when you go to a puppet show live, you're looking at what's essentially a mechanism for hiding the human. And there's just a little area that the puppet can move around in. A little tiny fake stage.

So Jim Henson stepped back and said, okay, the television is that little tiny area that the puppet can move around in. Yeah. But it also opens up the whole world for a puppet because you're using camera angles and there's editing and it's not in person. Yeah, just frame out the people. And again, we talked about this in the Muppet episode.

So Jim Henson stepped back and said, okay, the television is that little tiny area that the puppet can move around in. Yeah. But it also opens up the whole world for a puppet because you're using camera angles and there's editing and it's not in person. Yeah, just frame out the people. And again, we talked about this in the Muppet episode.

So Jim Henson stepped back and said, okay, the television is that little tiny area that the puppet can move around in. Yeah. But it also opens up the whole world for a puppet because you're using camera angles and there's editing and it's not in person. Yeah, just frame out the people. And again, we talked about this in the Muppet episode.

He created something called platforming up to where the puppeteers no longer had to crouch down to maneuver the puppets.

He created something called platforming up to where the puppeteers no longer had to crouch down to maneuver the puppets.

He created something called platforming up to where the puppeteers no longer had to crouch down to maneuver the puppets.

So yeah, the performers could stand up Which was a huge weight off.

So yeah, the performers could stand up Which was a huge weight off.

So yeah, the performers could stand up Which was a huge weight off.

But at the same time, because you're working with cameras and stuff like that, and they have the whole universe to move around in, and Jim Henson wanted them to move around as much as possible, it also put them in some weird positions.

But at the same time, because you're working with cameras and stuff like that, and they have the whole universe to move around in, and Jim Henson wanted them to move around as much as possible, it also put them in some weird positions.