And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis jim henson, creator of kermit the frog, ms. Agee and so many of the muppets is no doubt a beloved american icon. More complex than his followers made have imagined. Book written by brian jay jones, lets take a look first at a clip at how jim henson action created kermit the frog. He is one of the supposed puppets. Inside of his head, theres nothing in there but my hand. So its just a little cloth pattern here. The eyes were half spheres. But hes very simple as puppets go. Some have gone a lot more completed. But he is truly a glorified sock puppet. Tavis you were telling me during the clip of that for you he was what you referred to as creatively restless during yeah, a guy restless. But yeah, guy who is constantly pitching. Even a guy with the most famous always the world was creating stuff. That creative restlessness was born of what . From the very early age, his dearmother, who he called , always encou
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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We hear a great deal about weapons of mass destruction. It seems we have come close to accidentally detonating one. Awardwinning journalist Eric Schlosser has pulled back the curtain on what has been capped hidden. Kept hidden. Good to have you on this program. Thanks for the research that went into making this possible. Referenced this before you went on camera. I grew up in a place called bunker hill. My dad served in the air force for 37 years. In 1964,d i know that the year i was born, there was a major accident in indiana. A be 58, was taxiing, and the plane in front of it hit it with exhaust. The runway was icy. The bomber caught on fire. Two of the three crewmen got out safely. One was killed, but there were five Hydrogen Bombs on the plane. Two of them were unharmed. One was scorched. One caught on fire, and one melted completely into the runway. These were weapons that didnt devices. Rate safety in this
Feed, and the contents of garbage bins. Signs on progovernment checkpoints read hunger or neil kneel. In alberta, canada, train during crude oil and liquefied Petroleum Gas ran off the tracks on saturday, sparking a massive fire in forcing roughly 100 people to evacuate. 13 cars derailed, one exploded and a lease to others also caught fire. Is the third time a Canadian National always train carrying Hazardous Materials has to reald within the past month. According for greenpeace canada d reuters the commander of the u. S. Apache pilots who were caught on tape firing on civilians in iraq in the infamous collateral murder video has spoken out about the incident for the first time. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Chris Wallach spoke to the army times ahead of the release this past friday of the fifth estate, a feature film about wikileaks. While it defended the walach defended the behavior of the pilots which was seen around the world after wikileaks posted the video, provided by whistleblower
In her fathers instance, he wasnt treated all that well and ended up dying without much in the way of dignity at all. In her mothers case, she had a more clear cut choice. And so i really feel its both an indictment of the health care system, but it also offers a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and even, perhaps, a little bit maybe not inspiring, but certainly encouraging that people dont have to fall into despair. In addition, im also looking forward to a number of different biographies. Its really strong, interestingly enough, with respect to biographies of entertainers. So, for example, brian jay jones, he has a biography coming out on jim henson who is best known for being the founder and creator of the muppets. Theres also henry bushkin, hes got a biography coming out on johnny carson, sam wassen, stanley crouchs Charlie Parker biography which has been in the works for a very long time, that volume has is just about to come out. Victoria allson who is an wilson w