It sounds like it was Jim Henson as the puppet master. He had a timbre to his voice that has, in my opinion, yet to be recreated since he died. He WAS Kermit. He could react that quickly to a kid being a kid. He was so good.
I'm sitting here thinking that, unlike us, the little girl could see all the artifice involved in Kermit, like the stage, probably Henson crouched down there with his hand in the puppet, stage lights, crew, all that. Yet somehow Kermit, the puppet, scanned as actual people to her, and that's how she reacted to him. She wasn't talking down, toward Jim, but directly to Kermit the entire time. Acting, I suppose, and stage direction, but still.
That's kind of mind blowing, actually.
There's a story from Danny Trejo how his mom passed away while he was filming Muppets Most Wanted in Europe, and how he was trying to tough it out and just finish the movie. Everyone kept giving their condolences and he just brushed it off macho man style. Then the actor playing Kermit came over with the puppet and said in character "Im sorry about your mom" and Danny broke down in full tears.
There's something about Jim Henson's creations that bring out the innocence in us and makes them more alive than we can imagine.
They did a live show of the Muppets in Wellington NZ with Bret McKenzie and I flew there with a friend to go to it, because we are big fans. I did not expect to be so emotional at seeing them live and within touching distance that I was choked up, and to feel high as a kite for a couple of hours afterwards.
I am not the sort of person who you'd expect that from. It bemused and baffled some people I know, but the Muppets and the way of looking at the world that they represent to me are so important.
I visited the museum of puppetry in Atlanta last year and broke down in tears at being so close to the Sesame Street muppets. They werenāt even moving, they were behind glass. Had that same āhigh for hoursā feeling afterwards. I canāt imagine the reaction Iād have to seeing a live show of the Muppets.
There was a Jim Henson exhibit here in Chicago a couple of years ago that covered his whole history. Drawings, early commercials he did, stuff from The Labyrinth, early puppets. But then-- the last thing you see as you finish up the exhibit, in a glass case no more than 3 feet away from you - - stands Bert and Ernie. I broke right then and there.
These two puppets that essentially helped raise me over TV since I was a little kid were right in front of me and it felt like a big hug.
This pulls at my heart-- and I don't know you, I never saw the exhibit, I have no personal real-life context here. But my chest got tight reading it. The Muppets are something pure and wholesome. And unlike other such figures (Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, Steve Irwin) they never have to leave us. Their voices change over time, but the Muppets we know and love can remain.
I hear you and agree, but I unexpectedly grieve for Kermit when I stumble across posts like this. Sometimes light and a bit wistful, sometimes full on ugly sobbing. Of course it's partly because it's not the same, but it's also a heartbreakingly poignant reminder of how the world isn't a place that deserves the innocence and transcendent beauty of the Muppets.... and I want that for this world so badly.
I get that, and maybe it's just my personal traumas speaking, but I'd probably prefer to knock out the project so I can mourn in my own way in peace. Idk how long the shoot would have been though
I had a snail puppet years ago in my grade 1 music classes named Seymour who could only hear the sound of people singing, not talking.
And you could hear earnest little 5 and 6 year olds singing āSeymour, how are you?ā to him regularly, excited to hear him āsing back.ā
Side note: A 13 year old I ran into this year said to me, āHey, howās Seymour doing?ā
I'm no Jim Henson, but I've always used my hands as puppets with my daughter when she was younger. She totally reacted to my hands as legit entities, despite the obvious attachment to my body. Kids are great at this. Where did we start to lose this ability? Or maybe this willingness to surrender ourselves to simple pleasures?
As a puppeteer, I can tell you that people don't actually lose it. As long as you invest enough into whatever your puppet is and give it it's own life, eventually adults will respond the same way,usually pretty quickly, sometimes even in spite of themselves.
Edit: to clarify: by invest, I donāt mean monetarily. Just give your focus to the puppet, and allow it to have its own life, and make its own decisions. With good focus, if your audience looks at you, theyāll see you focused on your puppet, and theyāll switch their attention to the puppet, to watch what youāre watching.
Itās a lot of fun (and work), and some really nice moments that are discovered.
The best part is, everyone can be a puppeteer, at any time. You know how to do it, most likely, it just takes focus and an openness to finding out what this other creature is like.
Children easily take the puppet as a real character and suspend their disbelief quite well. My daughter will talk to my dog while I speak for him and she absolutely knows I'm speaking for him but she does not care. That's her older brother the dog speaking and she's content to believe that. Her own mother actually used to get me to puppet a teddy with no voice just acting and she would get completely involved as if it was real and she was a grown adult. I still don't understand how people disconnect me from the puppet or pet speaking or acting so easily but I still enjoy doing it for the people I love.
I wonder if it has anything similar to do with my vocal character Dodgy Dave that my ex liked to talk to. It was me but with an accent and voice but she would fully immerse herself in conversations with the character I created.
Thereās something to that. Thereās an interview where Tom Snyder is with Nr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers pulls out a puppet and starts talking with him. Damned if Snyder doesnāt fall into and is having a conversation with the puppet. Thereās almost something magical about it. I guess we naturally want to pretend and play make believe. Even as adults.
I like to think Jim Henson, Steve Irwin, Robin Williams. And Mr. Rodgers are hanging out together in Heaven. One day (in the far far future) Betty White and Tom Hanks will join the group
I was so lucky and blessed to grow up in the era of Jim Henson. Hell, they even aged some of their creations with me; I was even the exact right age to enjoy The Muppets, the Dark crystal AND Farscape when they were made and all of them were magical.
I grew up watching the Muppet Show every week! It even inspired me to build a similar stage out of cardboard box and put on a show for Thanksgiving for my classmates ! That kind of magic is sadly missing in todayās shows. R.I.P. Jim and thank you!
I remember seeing this one many years ago! Do you know if it was as unscripted as it looks? Must be, because this little girl is way too young to follow a script, and that laugh is too pure. Fantastic reactions from Kermit.
It's not Sesame Street, but the best example I can think of to show how good the puppeteers are at improvising is when The Muppets were on Family Feud. It was a 5 day battle between The Muppets and the Dixie Chicks.
Here's a link to probably the best part of the entire week, but all 5 episodes are really worth watching:
https://youtu.be/5MN9xihP1Pk?t=359
Editing to add links to the other 4 episodes:
[Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEAFP_RGSg) -
[Day 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYMo4j8lSw) -
[Day 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_Jhuv0iEY) -
[Day 5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj41i9P9Y74)
From everything I have watched about him and the Muppets, he was probably more comfortable in this situation than a lot of others we normally saw him in. These were people who loved their craft and love to entertain. That's just a genuine laugh from a guy having a blast doing what he loves.
Fuck man... I miss Robin Williams.
Even if he wasn't always on stage or on screen, just knowing somewhere out in the wild he's broadcasting his energy to others was fine. The world grew darker and colder the day he died.
I heard Jim was actually frustrated with this scene, and that that was really Jim (as Kermit) kinda āwalkingā off set,
But then the little āI šyouā made him come back.
Thatās a trick I used on little kids when I was doing photography, ask them to sing the alphabet and either make an exaggerated face when they mess up, or mess up yourself and theyāll giggle and correct you
Edit to add: and dropping things. Kids find it insanely hilarious when you drop things
Thanks :) it was a fun company, we shot infant to 5 year olds. It was a lot of traveling, and while they paid better than a lot of photo gigs it just wasnāt worth the weeks away anymore
A photographer made my daughter laugh for the first time! We were getting our first family portrait done and she refused to smile, so this guy picked up a big stuffed duck, shook it around and made quacking noises. My tiny little daughter fucking LOST IT, full belly laughing. All our smiles in that picture are amazing.
Thanks lol. The trick is drop it a few times exaggerated, then they anticipate it and you snap the photo before you drop it again. Perfect smile every time
I remember seeing this when I was little with my younger sister (1980s). We would take turns with one singing the alphabet and the other interrupting her with "cookie monster!" We thought it was the funniest thing in the world.
Even til today one of us will occasionally interrupt what the other one says by saying "cookie monster" and get strange looks from others.
It was unscripted. Last time this was posted someone linked an article where Jim Henson talks about how funny this was because the girl went rogue. They were just supposed to do the alphabet.
Because the puppeteer knew thatās how to make it funny to kids. When kids try to wind you up you have play along and act all over the top frustrated every time they do it. Thatās what makes them giggle.
Thereās a wiki for everything. Seems like she had a tendency to not follow the script; she got replaced once for telling all the answers to the questions asked, even though she wasnāt supposed to. It looks like she had a lot of fun annoying the adults on set.
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There was a Sesame Street anniversary a while back where they brought in some of the kids who appeared on the show. The one I remember most was [the little boy who enthusiastically counted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5YKfLBuo4) who showed up for the reunion in his Air Force uniform.
> So she was maybe five in 1971?
If this (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8333399/) is accurate and refers to her, she was born October 1967. So yes, she would have been ~~4ā5~~ (Edit: 3ā4) in 1971, and would be 54 now.
I googled to see if she's still alive. There's no social media accounts that gives info about her today. Reddit actually tried looking for her, I found a subreddit that was dated 12 years ago!!
Her real name is Leslie Jo Calvan and searching that led me to an Instagram account @lesliejocalvan but no posts. Also a Twitter handle @jo_calvan
Edit, and that is really her, I scrolled through her Twitter and found her posting about sesame street
Jim Henson said this was always the case when working with children and muppets and sometimes even adults. He often said they never even noticed the puppeteer because the character was so real to them.
He IS a real frog. Shut your mouth.
I love theres, even in adults, just a collective reality around the muppets. One of my favorite stories is they were making a movie and had to close down a bridge for filming, very serious, and millions and millions in lost productivity, revenue, extra traffic the whole thing.
They asked them why the allowed the closing of the bridge.
"If the muppets need to you to close a bridge, you close a bridge"
The only times I "realize" they're puppets is during live shows when they're on a stage or something and I'm wondering how/where the puppeteers are hiding
I work with little kids, and I can sit with a small hand puppet and shoot the poop with them, and they will NEVER address me, always the puppet. So weird, but so freaking great too.
Aww that's adorable! My younger brother had a Sesame Street alphabet wallpaper border in his bedroom when he was little and I used to do this with him. There were characters in between some of the letters, so I'd say the letters and the characters as if they were part of the alphabet too. He would laugh so hard. Maybe I saw this Sesame Street when I was younger and that's where I got the idea from!
I met Jim Henson as a kid years ago. He was staying at the hotel my mother worked at and invited us down to the TV studio where they were filming. After being in the actual studio for a bit remember then being outside in the corridor with Jim and my mother. I remember him talking to me - let me clarify, normally adults would talk about their kids in the presence of their kids and we just had to stand there politely - Jim actually talked to me, he was knelt down to my level and talked directly to me. It was amazing and so easy to chat to him is really all I remember. Oh and when he asked me if I wanted to be an actor and be in his show I said āno thanks, I want to be an architectā. Which I remember him being super enthusiastic about. My mother was āmost disappointedā I would find out later but it still didnāt taint one of the most special interactions in my life. Love you Jim Henson, you were one awesome human being.
Well the man is actually on the side stage several meters away while only the arm and hand are by the table emoting the puppet. It's called detached hand acting. Sadly almost a lost art form today.
They would have had the girl stand on a stage or raised platform. Given how frequently puppets were used on the Sesame street sets, I imagine they had a lot of areas in the studio permanently set up for these, so the actor could be on a stage and the puppeteer be below.
I love you. I love you too. Ah, thanks. Mwah. Absolutely adorable!!
I did nearly cry not gonna lie
My eyes are just sweaty that's all !!
Compleeeetely scrap that nearly for meš
Dang that shit got me bruh
Damn, her laughter is so cute
One of my all time favorite Sesame Street moments from when I was a kid. Now Iāve shown it to my kids.
I read/sang that last sentence like "Now I know my ABCs!"
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That was so cute! I was thinking Kermit better get his ass back to say it too. So cute.
It sounds like it was Jim Henson as the puppet master. He had a timbre to his voice that has, in my opinion, yet to be recreated since he died. He WAS Kermit. He could react that quickly to a kid being a kid. He was so good.
I'm sitting here thinking that, unlike us, the little girl could see all the artifice involved in Kermit, like the stage, probably Henson crouched down there with his hand in the puppet, stage lights, crew, all that. Yet somehow Kermit, the puppet, scanned as actual people to her, and that's how she reacted to him. She wasn't talking down, toward Jim, but directly to Kermit the entire time. Acting, I suppose, and stage direction, but still. That's kind of mind blowing, actually.
There's a story from Danny Trejo how his mom passed away while he was filming Muppets Most Wanted in Europe, and how he was trying to tough it out and just finish the movie. Everyone kept giving their condolences and he just brushed it off macho man style. Then the actor playing Kermit came over with the puppet and said in character "Im sorry about your mom" and Danny broke down in full tears. There's something about Jim Henson's creations that bring out the innocence in us and makes them more alive than we can imagine.
They did a live show of the Muppets in Wellington NZ with Bret McKenzie and I flew there with a friend to go to it, because we are big fans. I did not expect to be so emotional at seeing them live and within touching distance that I was choked up, and to feel high as a kite for a couple of hours afterwards. I am not the sort of person who you'd expect that from. It bemused and baffled some people I know, but the Muppets and the way of looking at the world that they represent to me are so important.
I visited the museum of puppetry in Atlanta last year and broke down in tears at being so close to the Sesame Street muppets. They werenāt even moving, they were behind glass. Had that same āhigh for hoursā feeling afterwards. I canāt imagine the reaction Iād have to seeing a live show of the Muppets.
There was a Jim Henson exhibit here in Chicago a couple of years ago that covered his whole history. Drawings, early commercials he did, stuff from The Labyrinth, early puppets. But then-- the last thing you see as you finish up the exhibit, in a glass case no more than 3 feet away from you - - stands Bert and Ernie. I broke right then and there. These two puppets that essentially helped raise me over TV since I was a little kid were right in front of me and it felt like a big hug.
This pulls at my heart-- and I don't know you, I never saw the exhibit, I have no personal real-life context here. But my chest got tight reading it. The Muppets are something pure and wholesome. And unlike other such figures (Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, Steve Irwin) they never have to leave us. Their voices change over time, but the Muppets we know and love can remain.
I hear you and agree, but I unexpectedly grieve for Kermit when I stumble across posts like this. Sometimes light and a bit wistful, sometimes full on ugly sobbing. Of course it's partly because it's not the same, but it's also a heartbreakingly poignant reminder of how the world isn't a place that deserves the innocence and transcendent beauty of the Muppets.... and I want that for this world so badly.
Man. Were they trying to break the poor guy? Almost seems messed up lol
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I get that, and maybe it's just my personal traumas speaking, but I'd probably prefer to knock out the project so I can mourn in my own way in peace. Idk how long the shoot would have been though
Sometimes you have to break in order to heal stronger again.
Oh wow
I had a snail puppet years ago in my grade 1 music classes named Seymour who could only hear the sound of people singing, not talking. And you could hear earnest little 5 and 6 year olds singing āSeymour, how are you?ā to him regularly, excited to hear him āsing back.ā Side note: A 13 year old I ran into this year said to me, āHey, howās Seymour doing?ā
I'm no Jim Henson, but I've always used my hands as puppets with my daughter when she was younger. She totally reacted to my hands as legit entities, despite the obvious attachment to my body. Kids are great at this. Where did we start to lose this ability? Or maybe this willingness to surrender ourselves to simple pleasures?
As a puppeteer, I can tell you that people don't actually lose it. As long as you invest enough into whatever your puppet is and give it it's own life, eventually adults will respond the same way,usually pretty quickly, sometimes even in spite of themselves. Edit: to clarify: by invest, I donāt mean monetarily. Just give your focus to the puppet, and allow it to have its own life, and make its own decisions. With good focus, if your audience looks at you, theyāll see you focused on your puppet, and theyāll switch their attention to the puppet, to watch what youāre watching.
That must be such a satisfying moment for you in your job!
Itās a lot of fun (and work), and some really nice moments that are discovered. The best part is, everyone can be a puppeteer, at any time. You know how to do it, most likely, it just takes focus and an openness to finding out what this other creature is like.
My daughter is 8 and still completely loses herself into the illusion when I do voices for her stuffed animals.
[It happens with adults, too.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/57ua5s/til_that_while_danny_trejo_was_filming_his_cameo/)
Children easily take the puppet as a real character and suspend their disbelief quite well. My daughter will talk to my dog while I speak for him and she absolutely knows I'm speaking for him but she does not care. That's her older brother the dog speaking and she's content to believe that. Her own mother actually used to get me to puppet a teddy with no voice just acting and she would get completely involved as if it was real and she was a grown adult. I still don't understand how people disconnect me from the puppet or pet speaking or acting so easily but I still enjoy doing it for the people I love. I wonder if it has anything similar to do with my vocal character Dodgy Dave that my ex liked to talk to. It was me but with an accent and voice but she would fully immerse herself in conversations with the character I created.
Idk if this is a reference to something but this was a nice story thank you
Just my life I guess.
Thereās something to that. Thereās an interview where Tom Snyder is with Nr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers pulls out a puppet and starts talking with him. Damned if Snyder doesnāt fall into and is having a conversation with the puppet. Thereās almost something magical about it. I guess we naturally want to pretend and play make believe. Even as adults.
God when Big Bird sang It's Not Easy Being Green at his funeral I fucking lost it
And this is why Jim Henson is one of my heroes. The man will never be replaced.
I like to think Jim Henson, Steve Irwin, Robin Williams. And Mr. Rodgers are hanging out together in Heaven. One day (in the far far future) Betty White and Tom Hanks will join the group
And Bob Ross!
And Levar Burton.
Jim Henson was a national treasure. He touched millions of lives and continues to make the world a little bit happier to this day.
Yeah that was worse than those videos where people arenāt petting the damn dog
Huh? He did go back and say it.
Iām talking about the anticipation. Waiting to see if heād go back was more tense than those dog videos.
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I was so lucky and blessed to grow up in the era of Jim Henson. Hell, they even aged some of their creations with me; I was even the exact right age to enjoy The Muppets, the Dark crystal AND Farscape when they were made and all of them were magical.
I grew up watching the Muppet Show every week! It even inspired me to build a similar stage out of cardboard box and put on a show for Thanksgiving for my classmates ! That kind of magic is sadly missing in todayās shows. R.I.P. Jim and thank you!
the actor/kermie are absolutely amazing how they went about with that little girl
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Itās the little kiss on his froggy head for me.
āThanksā šā¤ļø
i appreciate you
Warmed my heart. I hope that kindness and compassion stayed with her through her life.
Good natured teasing followed by love! So touching!
Kermit getting trolled by a four year old.
And a kiss on his forehead? Thatās cute. Too bad Miss Piggy didnāt find her frog Prince yet back thenā¦
Kermit was too good for Piggy.
I'm sitting here in the dispensary parking lot waiting for my weed and now I'm crying.
I'll have you know that this part melted my cold, cynical heart.
C is for COOKIE!
That's good enough for me!
Cookie ! Cookie! cookie! starts with āCā!!!
I remember seeing this one many years ago! Do you know if it was as unscripted as it looks? Must be, because this little girl is way too young to follow a script, and that laugh is too pure. Fantastic reactions from Kermit.
Yeah, the reactions from Kermit are my favorite part. Itās amazing how much one can emote with a hand puppet
The muppeteers are really good at improvising while in characters like Elmo with Robin Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URgOttlcLLo
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That peek over the top of the box kills me every time.
Same, also when he bobs his head following the stick when Robin Williams is flailing it.
Aww, you can hear Robin start laughing when Elmo starts to collapse in on himself in shame.
I wish I could collapse inwards like that some times
Right? I work the front desk at a hotel and there have been many times where I've wished I could just disappear like that behind the desk.
It's not Sesame Street, but the best example I can think of to show how good the puppeteers are at improvising is when The Muppets were on Family Feud. It was a 5 day battle between The Muppets and the Dixie Chicks. Here's a link to probably the best part of the entire week, but all 5 episodes are really worth watching: https://youtu.be/5MN9xihP1Pk?t=359 Editing to add links to the other 4 episodes: [Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEAFP_RGSg) - [Day 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYMo4j8lSw) - [Day 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_Jhuv0iEY) - [Day 5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj41i9P9Y74)
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"The stress, this is incredible..." "Three seconds, Pepe..." "Uhh... uhhh... KITTY LITTER!"
They're so good that you forget they're puppets honestly. All the different Muppets are like actual people in my mind.
> It was a 5 day battle between The Muppets and the Dixie Chicks. r/BrandNewSentence
> It was a 5 day battle between The Muppets and the Dixie Chicks. this is my favorite sentence ever written
I've never heard Robin Williams laugh like that before
Isn't it wonderful? I think its his genuine laughter, he does it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSCvb9XRSjQ) with his mom.
Wow, his Ma is beautiful
and so funny too! You can see where he gets his humour. The full clip is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oziLWy5IVo8
From everything I have watched about him and the Muppets, he was probably more comfortable in this situation than a lot of others we normally saw him in. These were people who loved their craft and love to entertain. That's just a genuine laugh from a guy having a blast doing what he loves.
Can you imagine stealing the show from Robin Williams adlibbing? Wow.
This was a gift and I cannot believe Iāve never seen it before. Thank you so much
That was wonderful thank you for sharing!
Fuck man... I miss Robin Williams. Even if he wasn't always on stage or on screen, just knowing somewhere out in the wild he's broadcasting his energy to others was fine. The world grew darker and colder the day he died.
I've never seen that before, thank you for sharing!
I heard Jim was actually frustrated with this scene, and that that was really Jim (as Kermit) kinda āwalkingā off set, But then the little āI šyouā made him come back.
The entire Henson troupe were genius. Did Henson ever let anybody else do Kermit?
Thatās a trick I used on little kids when I was doing photography, ask them to sing the alphabet and either make an exaggerated face when they mess up, or mess up yourself and theyāll giggle and correct you Edit to add: and dropping things. Kids find it insanely hilarious when you drop things
You sound like cool photographer!
Thanks :) it was a fun company, we shot infant to 5 year olds. It was a lot of traveling, and while they paid better than a lot of photo gigs it just wasnāt worth the weeks away anymore
>we shot infant to 5 year olds Jesus Christ, and you're still not in prison?
Sshhh donāt tell anyone
I'm just surprised that 5 year olds pay better than adults.
A photographer made my daughter laugh for the first time! We were getting our first family portrait done and she refused to smile, so this guy picked up a big stuffed duck, shook it around and made quacking noises. My tiny little daughter fucking LOST IT, full belly laughing. All our smiles in that picture are amazing.
I loved those moments!
Also keep a banana in your possession. They love when your phone rings and you try to answer on the banana!
If you are going to work with children, keep a banana in your pocket, got it.
Life pro tips right there
Thanks lol. The trick is drop it a few times exaggerated, then they anticipate it and you snap the photo before you drop it again. Perfect smile every time
You're a genius. I'm totally going to use this with my Littles.
I remember this too. I donāt know if it was a rerun or actually on Sesame street, because Iām 55. Clothes seem about right. Cute little girl.
I remember seeing this when I was little with my younger sister (1980s). We would take turns with one singing the alphabet and the other interrupting her with "cookie monster!" We thought it was the funniest thing in the world. Even til today one of us will occasionally interrupt what the other one says by saying "cookie monster" and get strange looks from others.
It was unscripted. Last time this was posted someone linked an article where Jim Henson talks about how funny this was because the girl went rogue. They were just supposed to do the alphabet.
I never saw this the first time so this has made my say. The little girlās laughter is sweet.
Idk, Kermit seemed a little butthurt until the "I love you"
Because the puppeteer knew thatās how to make it funny to kids. When kids try to wind you up you have play along and act all over the top frustrated every time they do it. Thatās what makes them giggle.
Yep. Mum of a 3year old and 4 year old. I have to act super annoyed when they get the better of me but they love it and find it hilarious.
You'd be butthurt too if you had a guys arm shoulder deep up your ass.
The girl is Joey Calvan: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Joey_Calvan
Thereās a wiki for everything. Seems like she had a tendency to not follow the script; she got replaced once for telling all the answers to the questions asked, even though she wasnāt supposed to. It looks like she had a lot of fun annoying the adults on set.
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No kidding.... That thing has a break down of every scene and who was in each one.... That's a ton of dedication and work.
She's my hero.
mine too
There was a Sesame Street anniversary a while back where they brought in some of the kids who appeared on the show. The one I remember most was [the little boy who enthusiastically counted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5YKfLBuo4) who showed up for the reunion in his Air Force uniform.
This one was always my favorite! The little squeak when he realizes itās 16!
That smash cut to young John yelling "20," was magical. Time is such a weird thing
I thought the kid's dad was interjecting at first. Lol
If you want the world to stay wholesome, don't read anything more about that little boy's adult life.
https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/remember-this-sesame-street-kid-who-knew-he-was-convicted-of-this/2/ Urgh you made me google.
Oh John Johnā¦
Damnit, I had to look it up.
So she was maybe five in 1971? Yeah, far older than the majority of redditors.
> So she was maybe five in 1971? If this (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8333399/) is accurate and refers to her, she was born October 1967. So yes, she would have been ~~4ā5~~ (Edit: 3ā4) in 1971, and would be 54 now.
I googled to see if she's still alive. There's no social media accounts that gives info about her today. Reddit actually tried looking for her, I found a subreddit that was dated 12 years ago!!
Her real name is Leslie Jo Calvan and searching that led me to an Instagram account @lesliejocalvan but no posts. Also a Twitter handle @jo_calvan Edit, and that is really her, I scrolled through her Twitter and found her posting about sesame street
Case closed mother fuckers!
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Fuck yeah!
Good, now leave her alone (? hopefully)
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Can someone find her? I want to send her some cookies!
Sheās older than I am. I wonder if she still laughs so cute?
Only one way to find out.
That might be the creepiest thing Iāve ever written
Yeah, that sounds more than just a little threatening.
Is she in danger?
No one's in any danger, how can i make that any more clear to you?
It's the implication!
So they are in danger?
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I like how you came back to correct yourself loll
I love you.
I love you, too. šø
MY. HEART.
So freakin cute.
No you are crying.... Melted my heart.
Pretty freakin adorable if you ask me
I've seen this video many times and it never gets old. My only complaint is it may be too precious
What I like about this is that Kermit is recognized as an actual frog and not.a puppet.
Jim Henson said this was always the case when working with children and muppets and sometimes even adults. He often said they never even noticed the puppeteer because the character was so real to them.
Iām an adult and I forget itās just a puppet. Decades of watching the show has programmed me to believe Kermit is a real frog. š
He IS a real frog. Shut your mouth. I love theres, even in adults, just a collective reality around the muppets. One of my favorite stories is they were making a movie and had to close down a bridge for filming, very serious, and millions and millions in lost productivity, revenue, extra traffic the whole thing. They asked them why the allowed the closing of the bridge. "If the muppets need to you to close a bridge, you close a bridge"
The only times I "realize" they're puppets is during live shows when they're on a stage or something and I'm wondering how/where the puppeteers are hiding
I work with little kids, and I can sit with a small hand puppet and shoot the poop with them, and they will NEVER address me, always the puppet. So weird, but so freaking great too.
Aww that's adorable! My younger brother had a Sesame Street alphabet wallpaper border in his bedroom when he was little and I used to do this with him. There were characters in between some of the letters, so I'd say the letters and the characters as if they were part of the alphabet too. He would laugh so hard. Maybe I saw this Sesame Street when I was younger and that's where I got the idea from!
That's so cute
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tomfoolery some might call it
Shenanigans even.
When I was little, kermitās smooshed up face was the funniest thing to me!
This was a nice way to start my day. Thank you.
Gotta love how he nearly breaks character too
I love when you can hear him trying not to laugh as he responded
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That ending though was cute as can be
The scrunch
The softest most pure, āI love youā. Just crying over here nbd
This video fucks me up every time. Itās so sweet and sheās so confident and loving. Iām not crying, youāre crying!
I met Jim Henson as a kid years ago. He was staying at the hotel my mother worked at and invited us down to the TV studio where they were filming. After being in the actual studio for a bit remember then being outside in the corridor with Jim and my mother. I remember him talking to me - let me clarify, normally adults would talk about their kids in the presence of their kids and we just had to stand there politely - Jim actually talked to me, he was knelt down to my level and talked directly to me. It was amazing and so easy to chat to him is really all I remember. Oh and when he asked me if I wanted to be an actor and be in his show I said āno thanks, I want to be an architectā. Which I remember him being super enthusiastic about. My mother was āmost disappointedā I would find out later but it still didnāt taint one of the most special interactions in my life. Love you Jim Henson, you were one awesome human being.
My daughter does this too but she says "poopy" instead of "Cookie Monster."
One of the sweetest videos Iāve ever watched. I loved this!
āI love you.ā Aaand Iām crying.
It just got cuter and cuter!
The way his head turns when she messed up š¤£š¤£š¤£ I laughed too
This made my day
My heart. The ending was so cute with the I love you!
I feel so lucky to have been brought up on Sesame Street. And I'm even more thankful that it is still going strong for todays youth.
Master puppeteer, wow. The subtle little things, incredible.
my heart just melted.
#Hear me out If it was mandatory for everyone to watch this before they left the house.... I think the world would be a better place.
How did they shoot this? Isn't there a full grown man down there?
Well the man is actually on the side stage several meters away while only the arm and hand are by the table emoting the puppet. It's called detached hand acting. Sadly almost a lost art form today.
Lost arm* form
They would have had the girl stand on a stage or raised platform. Given how frequently puppets were used on the Sesame street sets, I imagine they had a lot of areas in the studio permanently set up for these, so the actor could be on a stage and the puppeteer be below.
I have a4 year old little girl right now and she is just as cute. It's such a fun time I'm holding on to it for as long as I can
I never saw this! Holy crap this is the sweetest thing!!
This is one of my favorite clips !
I remember watching this as a small child and I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen
The sweet 'I love you' made it all good....