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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.

And we gave that warning in the Muppets episode, too. Did we? Yeah.

And we gave that warning in the Muppets episode, too. Did we? Yeah.

And we gave that warning in the Muppets episode, too. Did we? Yeah.

Yeah, the Center for Puppetry Arts is, I think, the nation's largest puppeteer organization.

Yeah, the Center for Puppetry Arts is, I think, the nation's largest puppeteer organization.

Yeah, the Center for Puppetry Arts is, I think, the nation's largest puppeteer organization.

Yeah, because they have a museum with, like you said, Emmett Otter. Oh, man, all sorts of cool stuff. Like a full-size, life-size Skeksy behind glass. Scary as you can imagine.

Yeah, because they have a museum with, like you said, Emmett Otter. Oh, man, all sorts of cool stuff. Like a full-size, life-size Skeksy behind glass. Scary as you can imagine.

Yeah, because they have a museum with, like you said, Emmett Otter. Oh, man, all sorts of cool stuff. Like a full-size, life-size Skeksy behind glass. Scary as you can imagine.

That's awesome.

That's awesome.

That's awesome.

Oh, yeah. I think anybody who works even remotely in puppets has got to be inspired by Jim Henson. He's the man. One of the other things that he came up with that was based on putting Muppets or puppets on TV was using softer materials. Yeah. Everything else was, like, up to that point, stiff wood, marionettes, marionettes. ventriloquist dummies, that kind of stuff. Right.

Oh, yeah. I think anybody who works even remotely in puppets has got to be inspired by Jim Henson. He's the man. One of the other things that he came up with that was based on putting Muppets or puppets on TV was using softer materials. Yeah. Everything else was, like, up to that point, stiff wood, marionettes, marionettes. ventriloquist dummies, that kind of stuff. Right.

Oh, yeah. I think anybody who works even remotely in puppets has got to be inspired by Jim Henson. He's the man. One of the other things that he came up with that was based on putting Muppets or puppets on TV was using softer materials. Yeah. Everything else was, like, up to that point, stiff wood, marionettes, marionettes. ventriloquist dummies, that kind of stuff. Right.

He used, like, foam, and it allowed the puppets themselves to have more expressive faces, which is great for a close-up on TV.

He used, like, foam, and it allowed the puppets themselves to have more expressive faces, which is great for a close-up on TV.

He used, like, foam, and it allowed the puppets themselves to have more expressive faces, which is great for a close-up on TV.

And it also, I mean, now looking back, you just are like, well, yeah, of course it's what puppets do. I know. But that was Jim Henson that came up with that, and it changed everything because it took something like I mean, imagine Howdy Doody. It was like, yeah, it's cool. You know, it's Howdy Doody or whatever. But whether close up or far away, he looked exactly the same.