So I found this really old clip of Jim Henson (and a few friends!) appearing on Arsenio Hall after wandering away from listening to previews of The Green Album* earlier today, and the whole clip is just a lot of fun! This would’ve been circa 1990, so it’s literally one of the last appearances he did before passing away that spring.
I thought it was kind of neat to see that although the camera man did a very good job of keeping the camera zoomed in on Kermit when he was speaking, every once in a while he would pan in and you’d catch a glimpse of Jim talking under his breath, and up until now I’m not sure I can remember ever seeing the two on camera at the same time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-PwZltH8E&feature=player_embedded
*P.S. As for The Green Album, I listened to a few previews and so far … not really impressed. Mind you, this is mainly based on Ok Go’s weird version of the theme song, Amy Lee’s Halfway Down the Stairs, Sondre Lerche’s Mr. Bassman, and Rachael Yamagata’s rendition of I’m Going to Go Back There Some Day (one of my favorite Muppet songs of all-time) – all in all, there are a dozen tracks on the album, so maybe I need to check out the others still, but so far I just didn’t like where it was heading – too much adaptation on what are truly classic songs in my eyes.
Maybe if I get a chance, I’ll download the full album and do a better review next week, but in the meantime I’m just hoping that this isn’t an early warning of what to expect out of the new movie itself…