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(4.33) | None | These imaginative musings, the work of a man who made an impossible world seem completely plausible, show history in the making., Booklist Bert and Ernie were once just scribbles on notebook paper, and the original Oscar the Grouch was purple, not green. Before there were Muppets, there were Jim Henson's designs and doodles. This delightful collection of Henson's early drawings serves as a map to the imagination of an artist whose characters have enraptured generations of children and adults. Almost none of these drawings had been published before the original Abrams edition. From the most cursory of doodles to finished drawings, this whimsical volume of sketchbooks, posters, album covers, story boards, and set and puppet designs celebrates Henson's unique genius and his wild sense of humor.… (more) |
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"As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood." --Jim Henson "I came to puppetry more through the art side of it. Usually I would start with drawings and then turn them into puppets." --Jim Henson "Each of us expressing our own originality is the essence of art and professionalism." --Jim Henson "One of the things that I like to do most is to break new ground." --Jim Henson "Puppets are fortunate -- they can do and say things a live performer wouldn't touch with a stick." --From a 1969 Proposal for The Muppet Show "Whenever [characters] become self-important or sentimental in the Muppets, then there's always another character there to blow them up immediately." --Frank Oz "Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness!" --The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz "What Jim really wanted to do was to sing songs and tell stories, teach children, promote peace, save the planet, celebrate man, praise God and be silly." --Jerry Juhl "Sesame Street is an extraordinary story about how an experiment just took off and became part of the very fabric of our culture." --Michael Frith, former director of creative services, Jim Henson Productions, Inc. "When you can't think of an ending, go out with a bang!" --The Wizard from The Wizard of Id as performed by Jim Henson "Cool it, you twig heads!" --Charlie the Reindeer as performed by Jim Henson | |
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For Kermit the Frog, aka Jim. | |
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Before Kermit became "the frog", he was an amphibious creature prone to donning a blonde wig and lip-synching to Rosemary Clooney's "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face". | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions These imaginative musings, the work of a man who made an impossible world seem completely plausible, show history in the making., Booklist Bert and Ernie were once just scribbles on notebook paper, and the original Oscar the Grouch was purple, not green. Before there were Muppets, there were Jim Henson's designs and doodles. This delightful collection of Henson's early drawings serves as a map to the imagination of an artist whose characters have enraptured generations of children and adults. Almost none of these drawings had been published before the original Abrams edition. From the most cursory of doodles to finished drawings, this whimsical volume of sketchbooks, posters, album covers, story boards, and set and puppet designs celebrates Henson's unique genius and his wild sense of humor. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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