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Puppets have been around for thousands of years, but the proto-Muppets that began to appear on Sam and Friends were different. Kermit was there, looking and sounding much as he would later (until his death Henson always animated Kermit and provided his voice). Typical hand puppets have solid heads, but Kermit's face was soft and mobile, and he could move his mouth in synchronization with his speech; he could also gesticulate more facilely than a marionette, with rods moving his arms. For television, Henson realized, it was necessary to invent puppets that had "life and sensitivity." (Henson sometimes...
...years and has been shown in scores of countries, Henson's Muppets have entranced hundreds of millions of children. And the audience for the Muppets has not only been huge; it has also been passionate. In fact, given the number of his fans and the intensity of their devotion, Kermit may possibly be the leading children's character of the century, more significant than even Peter Pan or Winnie-the-Pooh...
...quality begin to decline. At its peak it was watched each week by 235 million viewers around the world. Stars from Steve Martin to Rudolf Nureyev appeared as guest hosts, and the show launched the career of Miss Piggy, the vain, tres sophistiquee female who was besotted with Kermit...
...Kermit the frog began life as muppet creatorJim Henson's aunt's coat. Grover did not start outas a blue monster and Oscar the Grouch wasoriginally orange. In fact, many "star" muppetsbegan as AMs (Any Muppet), new muppets created forbit parts that may later rise in popularity...
Here, the funky part of one's soul wants to stand up for Black Grape in the name of aesthetics and the sublime. After all, the album's title came from the words Kermit once had to substitute on television for the line "talking bullshit...bullshit...bullshit" from Black Grape's first album: "talking stupid... stupid...stupid" seems apt. Children listening to Black Grape can count on getting some very wrong ideas, and all good people everywhere whose sympathy is not limited to liberal white drug-using men can count on being insulted by some part of the album...