Ol’ George #68: Bein’ Blue
Notes on #68:
1. There are four men who have been my greatest inspirations in terms of their artistic output since my earliest youth: Charles M. Schulz, Walt Kelly, Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, and Jim Henson. If I had to choose a fifth, Chuck Jones.
Sure, I watched the newest Muppet Show, and it got me re-watching old episodes. And thinking about how the show ended because Jim wanted to do movies, and he couldn’t do it all. Well, what if he farmed it out earlier and let others take over his roles on the show? Maybe then, we wouldn’t be discussing and debating Kermit performers 35 years after his death. We’d be used to it by now.
No, that’s crazy! Jim was Kermit, he would never have given the role up. And I don’t think a Henson-less Muppet Show would have worked at all. Every time, on the Show or the Street or elsewhere, that I see one of his scenes, I imagine the man down below, having the time of his life.
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