Jim Henson: Idea Man Is the Perfect Muppet Documentary | Some Boi Online 

Hopefully people watch for the Muppets and stay for the rest of Jim's work, as it's all really fascinating. So glad it's going down well with critics and audiences alike!

Definitely, the Jim Henson archives must've been incredible to go through!

Absolutely, I believe it's at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes!

​@SomeBoiOnline I think that really says something about just how much people want to see good, heartfelt, sometimes chaotic entertainment again. There's real magic in making something out of an old coat and ping pong balls or felt and feathers, and performing with it can't be replicated with computers.

Yep, there's definitely something about the heart of Henson's work that's just absent in entertainment today.

That must've been a great experience, glad you had a good time!

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Absolutely, a comprehensive breakdown with loads of rare archival material and most importantly, a great story.

I think Ron Howard said he would've liked to have done a series, as there's that much to cover. That I agree with, but don't think it could've been much longer as a standalone thing. More focus on Fraggle etc. would've been nice, though I think I have an idea why they glossed over the stress caused by the Disney deal...

Steve was featured in the documentary and received a special thanks in the credits. Is there a link to him saying this?

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I sent the link. I hope it came through.

Whilst I'm not surprised Steve wasn't interviewed considering this is a Disney documentary, I can only hope that his lending of personal footage shows that he's willing to build bridges.

It is the best one I've seen in recent memory.

Agreed, a wonderfully crafted tribute to Jim and his work.

Thanks so much, definitely plan to!

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Thanks, means a lot!

Thanks so much, hope you enjoy the full documentary!

Yep, if was the most enjoyable thing they've done in recent memory.

Thanks!

You'd think so! It's certainly been recieved very well.

Steve's firing is just sad whichever way you look at it. "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson" was a beautiful tribute, but likely not featured in the doc simply because it was Steve's Kermit. That part of the story is just omitted now, which is a massive shame.

@SomeBoiOnline I do think Steve is also apart of Jim's story as a way Jim is apart of Steve's but it was a fantastic interview proper researched

I'd say the advantage it has over Defunctland is pretty sizeable given all the material used, despite not being quite as long overall. I'll have to check these out too!

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I think it certainly does!

It's definitely much higher quality than other recent Disney stuff, a welcome change!

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Does this portion from an interview conducted by hardcore Muppet fans change your mind? Frank Oz: Jim was such an amazing person that he was always supportive of me even though he was loosing me to directing. But there was a time there where I was both directing and performing. And then as I did more movies, I didn't screw up, and they kept on asking me cause I didn't screw up, I did more. And that's the reason why I couldn't do Sesame Street as much, partly because, I had 4 kids growing up, but also, I was directing, and I had no choice but to give up my characters. It wasn't fair to say, "Nope, I'm holding onto them, that's it." It wasn't right. I haven't quit, I haven't retired from performing, I just haven't been asked. But Eric and those guys have been doing a brilliant job, and I always say that Eric is so talented, he really should have characters of his own, it's not fair to him. But nevertheless, I would not have had as much time, because you commit to a movie for a long time, and you pretty much work incessantly. Jarrod Fairclough: You obviously haven't performed for awhile, you said you haven't been asked, if you got a phone call from Sesame tomorrow saying "Hey, are you free for a week?" Would you jump back in or would you have to think about it? Frank: No, I would like that very much. As I stopped I was doing 2 days a year on SS, and I couldn't do a lot more than that, 4 days tops, because I was doing many other things. But the reason I'd go back is to let people know what I learned from Jim, which was this sense of controlled lunacy, which I don't sense anymore. The reason I'd like to go back is just to show people "Hey, this is how Jim did it, this is how we did it, and it's okay to do it for yourself, cause you're an adult, and just to have fun and screw around." That's the reason I'd love to go back, is to bring back a bit of that lunacy that Jim taught us. Jarrod: There seems to be some false narrative out there, occasionally you'll see a headline that says "Frank Oz thinks the Muppets suck now" or something like that. And you go "No, that's not what he said." And if you read through what you actually said in the article, it's just a quick quote or something taken out of context. So let's set the record straight, you don't think the Muppets suck. Frank: No. Now that was years ago, now the Muppets Studio these days is much better, and they're much more supportive. I talked to Billy Barretta and the guys and they had a great time doing the Dr. Teeth Mayhem thing. So I'm looking forward to seeing that. What I was talking about was before the current iteration of Muppets Studio, at that time, the guys I felt were not treated properly, with respect, and I felt, as they did, the writing for the 2015 series was trying to be adult and hip, when all they had to do was be pure. And it's very difficult for people to write pure when supposedly they have to be funny and adult. And people don't understand that the best way for the Muppets to be adult and hip is to be pure. So that was then, I felt it was very bad. But the Muppets themselves, no, and the performers, no, it was always the orders given that they had to do it this way, that's what bothered me. Jarrod: Yeah, I think Leigh Slaughter who runs the Muppets now, she really has an idea of what should be done. Frank: Leigh is terrific, and I forgot the other fellow's name, I met him. Jarrod: Michael. Frank: Yeah, they're people who actually care. In the beginning, earlier on, they didn't care. It was just a franchise. That upset me, because the Muppets are in my heart and these guys are such amazing performers and they're so ****ing brilliant, and they were not treated with that respect. Now it's different. Jarrod: Is there something that you didn't work on in the last 20 years or so that you feel got close to what they should have been doing? Frank: I remember, early on, there were some videos that they did. I remember there was a very popular video on RU-vid. Jarrod: Bohemian Rhapsody? Frank: Yeah, that was fun.