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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Now, the only journalists covering somalia are local journalists and they are incredibly brave. I am in touch with a number of somali journalists. If we didnt have any journalists and that, we would know whats happening. We would be able to respond or get behind her advocate for policies that might actually improve things. I am in all of the journalists who actually take upon themselves to cover conflict zones or places where their lives are at risk. Tavis you did a special for cnn at one and talking about this very issue. Yes, called dying to tell the story. My. Remy we went to seven Different Countries to understand why rimless do what they do and what that dog does to them. One could really interesting incident in my book, when we visited kris jenner among poor, one of the bravest people i have ever met. But she is doing her job , oneed Christian Amanpour of the bravest people i have ever met. But shes doing her job so that people understand what is going on in the world. Threats of
There is nothing ever mean spirited about the muppets. They were funny and they were poking at each other and, at the end of the day, they came together as a family. Tavis there is a good picture on the back of henson with all of these muppets. Hemeans sensome sense on how can up with all of these ideas. He was a great collaborator. He always gave his performers the room he needed to find a character. Sometimes a came up with a scrap an idea in drying. Ernie and bert was a contrast. Jim had drawn a horizontal character and a vertical character. That was re funny. Puppetsy put on these once they were built. Iny would play with them front of the mirror and figure out who is going to do what. And people would say that it made sense because frank was ernie and jim was bert. But then you take a ms. Piggy that they had elves as a background character in one of the two muppet posted did not catch fire. In the first season of the muppet show, that actors past that and for. Her voice is early s
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