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As I understood it, the part they most specifically feared would be imitated was that the character would watch TV with his face pressed right against the screen.
As for the last third, I was looking for what obsession took the place of the television obsession.
Bonus Question: In addition to belonging to the organization devoted to his new obsession, Telly once created a group of "keteers" (ala Grouchketeers, Birdketeers) devoted to someone else on Sesame Street. Who was it?
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Answer: Gonzo and Camilla the chicken had a musical number called "Love in the Laundromat" that involved Gonzo and his chicken girlfriend getting -very- affectionate with each other...but done in such an innocent manner that it was allowed to pass.
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Today's question: Back in the 60s Jim Henson planned to produce a Muppet TV special guest starring Johnny Carson. The special was never produced, but sketches of it (and a basic plotline) remain. What was the title of the special, and what would have been the plot?
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Answer: "Johnny Carson and the Muppet Machine"...Mr. Carson would have gone to a atudio in order to film a TV special and instead have found a mysterious machine, filled with bizarre Muppets.
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Since work's been walloping me, lately...I'm gonna take a break from posting new trivia questions. Anyone else wish to contribute?
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Here's a link to a Muppet clip over at Mark Evanier's website, letsee, hope I get the link right... I haven't actually watched it myself (trying not to exceed our daily bandwidth), but it sounds neat: link
quote:What we have here is a clip from The Tonight Show for January 23, 1974. Johnny Carson's guests that night included Jack Benny, Mel Blanc, Maria Muldaur, Dr. Irwin Maxwell Stillman and Jim Henson...and this is Henson's spot with Kermit the Frog. You can see a bit of Benny at the end.
It's really world-class puppeteering. Henson was not a ventriloquist but he manipulated Kermit so well and gave him so much personality that you never really notice that Jim's lips are moving. (Although I always suspected that he grew the beard and mustache, which he did not have when he first began appearing on television, because they helped hide his mouth.) It's also quite charming that Kermit forgets the lyrics to his signature song...
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How effortless Mr. Henson makes it appear to give such life and nuance to Kermit. Just amazing.
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Elmo and Clifford have the same voice actor as a sage from a 1990 hit film from a Hong Kong production company. The sage and actor both returned for the sequel, which was dedicated to the memory of Jim Henson, but in the third film the sage was voiced by a differrent actor.
What was the trilogy and who was the sage?
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I think there might have been a Clifford on Sessame Street, the big red dog is not a Jim Henson creation, and I believe it was voiced by John Ritter.
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The "Clifford" they're referring to is a Muppet performed by Kevin Clash. He was a member of the band Solid Foam on the MuppeTelevision segement of The Jim Henson Hour.
He was also the host of Muppets Tonight.
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quote: Harvey disappeared from Sesame Street, because of mixed public response to the character, and his laughing was too hard on Muppeteer Frank Oz's throat.
Andi's got it. There was also some ambivalance on the part of the writers. He was kind of a one-joke character, and they'd done the joke.
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Nader asked that the last line be changed to "The people whom you meet each day." He felt it was more grammatically correct.
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Although Big Bird was originally envisioned as a giant canary, if you ran a DNA test on the costume's feathers, what kind of bird would you find him to be?
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Why are you running DNA tests on big bird? Is your pet canary raising a 7 foot tall youngling without its father?
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OK, new question, and (should be) an easy one: how did Kermit and Miss Piggy's wedding on The Muppet Show get interrupted?
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Instead of saying "I do" Kermit introduces Lew Zeland and his amazing boomerang fish. Lew runs onstage and starts throwing his fish around. Angry, Piggy karate chops Kermit. (It won't be the last time.)
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