Statler: The content of this video was a medium. Waldorf: Why is it a medium? Statler: Well it wasn't rare and certainly wasn't well done. OH HO HO HO HO!
@@timm1139 Robin Williams was a master at comedy during his life. Adam Savage is the kinda the master of REALITY. Whatever chemistry of the two views are/were it would have been some kind of 'epic' encounter.
To be clear, both these heads are cast foam latex, then flocked, just like Miss Piggy. They are later than the era when the heads were hand-sculpted polyurethane - that was only a couple of years, when they first debuted on The Muppet Show. When the show became massively popular, and Muppets also started making movies, the heads had to be endlessly repeatable because they were getting a lot of use. Hand carving polyurethane is incredibly time consuming and impossible to duplicate precisely absolutely every time, so sculpts were made in clay and molds produced so they could be cast in foam latex and be consistent. I don't know how the heck anybody got hold of these in any legitimate way - when Muppets are retired from active use, they either get refurbed for museum display, or destroyed so no one can copy them. It's hard to imagine how someone got their hands on these without actually stealing them...
When Adam said there must be like hundreds of these muppet replicas I laughed cause they only make like a few they have some for back up but not a lot. They do mostly repairs
Henson's family donated these and more to this museum. This is a clip from the Jim Henson exhibition in New York. There are more clips from the same exhibit with Adam Savage.
Waldorf: "That was great! Yaaay!" Statler: "Yeah, that was pretty good!" Waldorf: "I know it was good." Statler: "Yeah, wasn't bad." Waldorf : "It was bad, wasn't it?" Statler : "It was horrible!" Both: "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
I can still here the intro in my head. I was too young to know who many of the celebrity guests were as a young child, but I have so many fond memories of the show and just the Muppets in general.
Yes the one with the grey hair is Statler and the other Waldorf. Fun fact: Canonically, Waldorf has a wife that looks suspiciously like Statler, whose name is Astoria.
So the first Statler and Waldorf puppets built for the muppet show were hand carved foam. The first miss Piggy was also carved foam. But as the seasons progressed Statler and Waldorf and Piggy were made from cast foam latex and flocked. It was easier to reproduce multiples of the same puppet this way.
Adam dont stop doing what you're doing. You and Jamie sparked my interest in science and I'm currently working toward a medicinal plant chemistry degree. To see your enthusiasm all these years brings me the most comforting feelings and memories. Thank you sir
Statler: The internet is a completly different culture isn't it Waldorf: You said it. Everything here is immeadiatly followed by sarcastic comments and nasty responses. Statler: Yup, we're finally where we belong.
By the transitive property, if Jim Henson did indeed have his hand in there, and now Adam has done the same, if you shake Adam's hand, you've had your hand near Him Henson's hand
Find these iconic Muppets and the rest of the amazing props on auction at: usm.propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/287/ Watch Adam's tour of the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image here: ua-cam.com/video/IdaX96pvI1E/v-deo.html
It's easy to criticize and tear down because mentally that puts you "above" whatever it is you're talking about. It's harder to talk about something you admire because that means you're putting something above yourself. I love how Adam has absolutely no hesitation when it comes to works of art by truly incredible makers. The world is in such desperate need of that kind of humility. And yeah, the Muppets are absolutely above all of us in every way.
A: "Imagine that this is 40 years old, it is looking so good!" S: "I'll still be looking this good in another 40, unlike some people here -- hahahahahaha"
I met Jim Henson in the most amazing way. My wife and I were visiting Disneyland and had just boarded the train at the main street station. In the distance, I saw Jim Henson walking into the front gates with a guide. We immediately got off the train and followed them at a respectful distance into Fantasyland. We all got in line for the Peter Pan ride. (At that time, he was just signing the Muppets over to the Disney company and they were considering a ride based on the Muppets.) We had a chance to talk with him briefly. What a wonder man! Sadly, this was just a month before he passed. So glad we had the opportunity to meet him.
The DREAM, wearing a real Muppet! One of the high points of my life was getting to see a Muppet exhibit at the Indianapolis Children's Museum in the early 80s. Kermit and Piggy on bicycles, Sweetums opened up so you could see the interior...it was great!
wow this opened up a string of memories I hadn't thought of in years. a complete tangent of thought unstringing from grade 3 music class singing Rainbow Connection. but it shows how iconic Muppets are as a touchstone for so many people.
This is the first video I've seen in ages where Adam got to leave his cave, what an amazingly excellent way to reintroduce yourself to the world. Marvellous.
I was the recording engineer for the pilot for the muppet show. It was called "sex & violence with the muppets" I would venture into the studio during breaks & spoke with Jim, Frank and the rest of the puppeteers. The puppet handlers would take the puppetts out of locked cases, fluff the feathers and hair then hand them to the puppeteers.. One set was that of Mt. Rushmore. Even getting super close to it, they seemed to be so real looking. Jim was super nice to tall with.
I was only a kid when I watched the Muppet Show but I remember that Miss Piggy varied drastically from episode to episode, especially her eyes. One new Miss Piggy per show, wow!
I was almost offended on behalf of Statler and Waldorf as you talked about them like they were pieces of meat. I half expected them to say "Excuse me! We're RIGHT here!"
Back in the late 80s, a friend of mine in NYC worked for Henson. He made a lot of Miss Piggy heads and they were cast (definitely not carved) foam latex with flocking.
Don’t worry there are extensive Henson museum collections at the center for puppetry arts and museum of the moving image, to my knowledge I don’t think there is really a lot of his work in private hands, the family kept most of everything and has donated or lent the items to museums.
@@TribalGuitars that’s also very true, for example the Kermit that’s in the beginning of Adam’s video on the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image is very clearly a very early Kermit, the eyes are still half ping pong balls, Kermit as we have known him for most of his history and still today has proprietary eyes that are a little smaller, I believe they’re 35mm as opposed to a ping pong ball’s 40mm but I could be wrong.
Adam learned a good lesson: DON'T DISS PUPPETRY! It takes real talent! Jim Henson left us much too soon. And how cool is it to see the "I Dream of Genie" bottle in the background, there?
Loved this! Of course Muppets are going to land well! "The Muppet Show" wanted to do "Bohemian Rhapsody" but producers were a bit hesitant to ask Queen for permission because they were well known for being very guarded about letting their music be used (like certain other bands we all know are also) and saying, "No," a lot. When a late-night host asked Brian May why they let them use it, Brian May didn't hesitate in his answer: "It's the Muppets." End of explanation. If memory serves me, after another question, he said there was no hesitation by the band and no reservations. They trusted Jim Henson and the Muppets. How many things can we say that about these days? IMO, I would consider "Mythbusters" one of those things.
This is awesome to see. As someone who is interested in all things Muppets & replica building I believe the Statler & Waldorf puppets were foam latex especially from the later seasons of The Muppet Show & onwards. In fact there is pictures of the moulds for them & Miss Piggy online which shows the amount of details in the original sculpts before they are cast & flocked.
Me, seeing thumbnail: OH MY GOD! *Proceeds to hyperventilate* I legitimately had to pause the video several times so I could geek out. One of my favorite people got to handle two of my favorite Muppets. And he's a bigger Muppet nerd than I am.
I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but Henson are very protective of their puppets - i.e. they never sell them. A Kermit puppet was famously stolen from the set of Treasure Island, and has never appeared again, and a non-screen used Rizzo has been on eBay some years back, but never have any main Muppet Show characters been for sale officially like this. Also that they are from separate decades (looks like it to me as well) makes me wonder if they were originally obtained as a pair or not. Some of the B-list characters could and would be used for years, so these to may very likely have had screen time together. Awesome clip, Mr. Savage - happy to see that you were quick to react so that you could go see them 🙂
5:00 I'm thinking a lot as well. In the late 2000s I worked at a studio who did a series of Pennsylvania Lottery commercials with Gus the groundhog, who was a puppet back then, these days he's CG. My coworker told me they had to remake Gus every couple of commercials because he would just fall apart. And that was just commercials, imagine a whole show!
I just wanna say how much i loved The Mask and how cool it was to see it in the background. Also how weird it was just to see the severed heads of two characters i loved and adored as a real little kid
Half a million years ago I was in an "Animal crossing" commercial shot At north shore studios North Vancouver. In the sound stage next to us was the sets for a muppet Christmas special no work was going on but you could see the sets they where fantastic. While we where on lunch someone was moving one of the Kermet puppets next to us. A few of us said "Hi Kermet" then after that they where all covered. the other cool thing was the person that made the heads we where using for animal crossing also worked of JR Puff-N-stuff. The heads where finished the night before still the smell of glue in them. It was a fun day.
I can't take my eyes off the background of these videos. This one has Batman Returns Penguin Banner, Chest and cape, The Mask, Who Framed Roger Rabbit cartoon gun, Ghostbusters dog, Ghostbusters 2 painting, Troy disc. I would geek the hell out.
Statler: The content of this video was a medium.
Waldorf: Why is it a medium?
Statler: Well it wasn't rare and certainly wasn't well done.
OH HO HO HO HO!
Glad u posted this S&W original joke. This clip begs to be muppet heckled. The universe is right again.
how that
I immediately heard this in their voices 😂
W. "You know? That Adam Savage kid ain't half bad!"
S. "You're right! He's ALL bad! Hahahaha!"
W: This video was awful!
S: It was terrible!
W: It was... short...
W&S: WE LOVED IT!!! Hahahahaha!
W: So this show's called Tested?
S: Yeah...tested positive for tetanus! OH HO HO HO HO
Not hahaha it’s DOHOHOHOHOHO
@@RyanKlapperich Funny!!!
W: “You know, Statler, that Adam Savage is something else!”
S: “You mean, he’s good?”
W: “Nope! He’s something else!”
BOTH: (“Doh, ho, ho, ho!”)
it is WILD seeing these guys *not* move, it feels like theyre about to pop to life and heckle adam any second now
A missed opportunity.
I'll never forget when they got stuck into Milton Berle.
Makes you wonder whether Adam could hear them heckling him in his imagination 😁
(I know I probably would have!)
1:55 - That is pure, child-like emotion right there. I truly believe that Adam will never fully grow up, and I admire him greatly for that.
The men that do become the cranky old men no one wants around
Adam Savage is proof that Children DON"T have to grow up. (Peter Pan reference) Tinker Bell and the lost boys would joyously welcome Adam.
Can you imagine Adam savage & Robin Williams (as Peter Pan) in the same room? Lol!
@@timm1139 the universe would have exploded from joy
@@timm1139 Robin Williams was a master at comedy during his life. Adam Savage is the kinda the master of REALITY. Whatever chemistry of the two views are/were it would have been some kind of 'epic' encounter.
To be clear, both these heads are cast foam latex, then flocked, just like Miss Piggy. They are later than the era when the heads were hand-sculpted polyurethane - that was only a couple of years, when they first debuted on The Muppet Show. When the show became massively popular, and Muppets also started making movies, the heads had to be endlessly repeatable because they were getting a lot of use. Hand carving polyurethane is incredibly time consuming and impossible to duplicate precisely absolutely every time, so sculpts were made in clay and molds produced so they could be cast in foam latex and be consistent. I don't know how the heck anybody got hold of these in any legitimate way - when Muppets are retired from active use, they either get refurbed for museum display, or destroyed so no one can copy them. It's hard to imagine how someone got their hands on these without actually stealing them...
When Adam said there must be like hundreds of these muppet replicas I laughed cause they only make like a few they have some for back up but not a lot. They do mostly repairs
Henson's family donated these and more to this museum. This is a clip from the Jim Henson exhibition in New York. There are more clips from the same exhibit with Adam Savage.
@@XX-pl3tm No, this video is from an auction, not a museum. These puppets are for sale to the highest bidder.
leave it to Rick to come set us straight lolllll
Very happy to see you here, Rick. I was really wondering how this auction was even possible.
It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to meet the Muppets on Adam Savage's Tested tonight.
Statler: "Hey look, they brought in another dummy, he's even uglier than you"
Both: "heh heh heh heh heh"
Waldorf: "....Wait a minute"
Savage. 😂
I swear I've heard their voices reading this in my head
Bwaaaaaaaaaaahahahahhahh!!!! That's funny!!!
Waldorf: "That was great! Yaaay!"
Statler: "Yeah, that was pretty good!"
Waldorf: "I know it was good."
Statler: "Yeah, wasn't bad."
Waldorf : "It was bad, wasn't it?"
Statler : "It was horrible!"
Both: "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
I can still here the intro in my head. I was too young to know who many of the celebrity guests were as a young child, but I have so many fond memories of the show and just the Muppets in general.
For anyone wondering I believe the painting in the background is a fettuccini.
Its made of pasta?!
Excuse me, but there's capital F in Fettuccini. You're welcome.
His brother Alfredo is more famous though
That is great 👍 👏🙌
Really? I thought it was The Penguin. Eh, shows what I know about art.
Yes the one with the grey hair is Statler and the other Waldorf.
Fun fact: Canonically, Waldorf has a wife that looks suspiciously like Statler, whose name is Astoria.
Yep, Astoria looks like Statler in a dress! ☺️
Soooo funny, u r! WALDORF/ASTORIA-- guess that dates me but it’s still clever. This smile made day ! Thankyou, hilarious friend. 🙏🤣👍
Omg I love that
Those muppets were incredibly entertaining. I love these two guys. ❤ ❤
So the first Statler and Waldorf puppets built for the muppet show were hand carved foam. The first miss Piggy was also carved foam. But as the seasons progressed Statler and Waldorf and Piggy were made from cast foam latex and flocked. It was easier to reproduce multiples of the same puppet this way.
Adam dont stop doing what you're doing. You and Jamie sparked my interest in science and I'm currently working toward a medicinal plant chemistry degree. To see your enthusiasm all these years brings me the most comforting feelings and memories. Thank you sir
The Muppet Show was just the best. I was a show I looked forward to every week. And these two characters were one of my favourites.
Statler: The internet is a completly different culture isn't it
Waldorf: You said it. Everything here is immeadiatly followed by sarcastic comments and nasty responses.
Statler: Yup, we're finally where we belong.
That's a new way to spell immediately.
@@Richard_Nickerson AND THAT"S WHAT WE LIKED ABOUT IT! HA HA HA HA HA HA
Imagine being in the presence of literally everybody's childhood.
Some of our early adulthood, too. Can I get a "wokka, sokka, wokka"?
@@joshlindgren9072 Wocka wocka to that!
And literally putting your hand into everybody's childhood!
@@DoctorX17 knowing this show makes me feel old hahaha
The helmet from the Blackhole has caught my eye, also the painting from ghostbusters of course.
Yeah, not finding it in the catalog...Found it Lot 41
I remember those. They were a**holes to those other little droids. Especially the busted up one 😆. Maxillian was quite bad as back in the day.
Is this a Tron disc on the shelves ?
All hail Maximillian.
Jeannie's bottle is there as well.
You should be able to hear a good character when you see it. You can hear these guys clear as hell.
I can hear the laugh just seeing these too
The Mask! Put it on Adam! Masked Adam would be a trip!
No don’t can you imagine the chaos Adam will cause if he puts on the mask
It's COVID-friendly _and_ chaotic.
Most Manic Maker.
STOP IT
ADAM STOP
THE COPS SURRENDERED ALREADY
STOP BUILDING DEATHSTARS
@@TediI47 uh that was Jamie
I still love watching The Muppets!!! And Statler and Waldorf are some of my favourites!
Waldorf was performed by Jim Henson, so there's a possibility that Henson himself had his own hand inside the puppet that Adam put his hand into.
That's hot.
I saw Jim Henson and the muppets live when I was in preschool in Los Angeles on a field trip. I'm not sure if they were talking or not
By the transitive property, if Jim Henson did indeed have his hand in there, and now Adam has done the same, if you shake Adam's hand, you've had your hand near Him Henson's hand
That's cool!!!!
@@DoctorX17 But he still had the latex glove on in the puppet.
Those guys aren't half bad. I know they're all bad.
"DOHOHOHOHO!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Half? They're not even half a person!
"Do ho ho ho ho ho ho"!
Dohohoho!
It is surreal to see those two as "things". I am weirded out. But this is sooooo cool.
Love Statler and Waldorf, but I’m geeking out about the sentry robot head from the Black Hole.
Find these iconic Muppets and the rest of the amazing props on auction at: usm.propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/287/
Watch Adam's tour of the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image here: ua-cam.com/video/IdaX96pvI1E/v-deo.html
Thank you Adam. 👍👍~Marz
Hi Adam, Jim Henson oh yeah not Seasame Street what show?!
It's easy to criticize and tear down because mentally that puts you "above" whatever it is you're talking about. It's harder to talk about something you admire because that means you're putting something above yourself. I love how Adam has absolutely no hesitation when it comes to works of art by truly incredible makers. The world is in such desperate need of that kind of humility.
And yeah, the Muppets are absolutely above all of us in every way.
These two old guys made me crack up many times over the years. The muppet show had so much to offer in terms of wholesome family entertainment.
These were my fav Muppets of all the Muppets!!
The fact that Adam understands the builds in such a way he truly appreciates the art behind them.
Statler: Do we really look like that?
Waldorf: Meh, after watching the Muppet Show so many times I'm surprised we don't look worse.
The day finally came when Fozzie had taken enough of their crap and took matters into his own hands
Waka waka waka
Lol I remember that episode! Also found it funny when Fozzie found out his mom was good friends with them!
A: "Imagine that this is 40 years old, it is looking so good!"
S: "I'll still be looking this good in another 40, unlike some people here -- hahahahahaha"
Oswald Cobblepot for Mayor!
The cross of adoration is hard to bear. His charisma is off the charts!
that's what caught my eye! i'd love to have that giant poster and maybe a few of the campaign buttons.
Waldorf: 'This interview goes back a long ways'
Statler: 'Well,...it didn't go back far enough,...i could still see it!'
Honestly the Original Muppets Show really pushed a lot of boundaries for being a kids show.
The Muppet Show wasn't a kids show.
Jim never intended it to be for kids. That's what Sesamestreet was for.
As the others said, it was not a kids show. I'd say teens on up. But sure, kids can watch it too.
The Muppets aren't inherently for children.
The pilot show for the muppets was called “sex and violence” - don’t think that was meant for children, even back in the 1970s.
I met Jim Henson in the most amazing way. My wife and I were visiting Disneyland and had just boarded the train at the main street station. In the distance, I saw Jim Henson walking into the front gates with a guide. We immediately got off the train and followed them at a respectful distance into Fantasyland. We all got in line for the Peter Pan ride. (At that time, he was just signing the Muppets over to the Disney company and they were considering a ride based on the Muppets.) We had a chance to talk with him briefly. What a wonder man! Sadly, this was just a month before he passed. So glad we had the opportunity to meet him.
The DREAM, wearing a real Muppet! One of the high points of my life was getting to see a Muppet exhibit at the Indianapolis Children's Museum in the early 80s. Kermit and Piggy on bicycles, Sweetums opened up so you could see the interior...it was great!
I saw the thumb nail and thought, Fozzie finally had enough of those two.
The entire video, I keep expecting Statler and Waldorf to start heckling Adam. Man watching this makes me want to pull out some Muppet shows.
wow this opened up a string of memories I hadn't thought of in years. a complete tangent of thought unstringing from grade 3 music class singing Rainbow Connection. but it shows how iconic Muppets are as a touchstone for so many people.
So absolutely brilliant. Great to see these guys after all these years.
This is the first video I've seen in ages where Adam got to leave his cave, what an amazingly excellent way to reintroduce yourself to the world. Marvellous.
Adam what a wonderful ... incredible ... honer to be in the presence of these two Muppets. WOW
Wow how lucky you are I remember watching with my Dad and Mom when I was little. Thank you for sharing
I was the recording engineer for the pilot for the muppet show. It was called "sex & violence with the muppets"
I would venture into the studio during breaks & spoke with Jim, Frank and the rest of the puppeteers. The puppet handlers would take the puppetts out of locked cases, fluff the feathers and hair then hand them to the puppeteers..
One set was that of Mt. Rushmore. Even getting super close to it, they seemed to be so real looking.
Jim was super nice to tall with.
I was only a kid when I watched the Muppet Show but I remember that Miss Piggy varied drastically from episode to episode, especially her eyes. One new Miss Piggy per show, wow!
The two original trolls!!!! I always love watching these two heckled the show!
Very cool... Also cool is Jeanie's Bottle on the top shelf!
I think they are estimating that bottle will sell for 35k
I was almost offended on behalf of Statler and Waldorf as you talked about them like they were pieces of meat. I half expected them to say "Excuse me! We're RIGHT here!"
@Freerefill I heard that in their voices.
It’s crazy we’re so used to seeing these characters come to life they look taxidermied
Back in the late 80s, a friend of mine in NYC worked for Henson.
He made a lot of Miss Piggy heads and they were cast (definitely not carved) foam latex with flocking.
As soon as Adam put his hand into the head and the puppet starts moving Waldorf becomes alive. Just magic!
I love Kermit, but these two were the real stars of the show imho. Zany, crazy, demented maybe, but that's why we love em!
its sad that these are being sold and arent in some amazing muppet museum somewhere
Don’t worry there are extensive Henson museum collections at the center for puppetry arts and museum of the moving image, to my knowledge I don’t think there is really a lot of his work in private hands, the family kept most of everything and has donated or lent the items to museums.
@@ydoIhavetohaveachann Thats good to know! Dont want them ending up like the poor hoggle puppet from labyrinth!
They aren't the only ones. Muppets wore out regularly and were always being replaced.
@@TribalGuitars that’s also very true, for example the Kermit that’s in the beginning of Adam’s video on the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image is very clearly a very early Kermit, the eyes are still half ping pong balls, Kermit as we have known him for most of his history and still today has proprietary eyes that are a little smaller, I believe they’re 35mm as opposed to a ping pong ball’s 40mm but I could be wrong.
Eddie Valiant's Toon Pistol (A gift from Yosemite Sam), makes me want to do some prop-making.
I knew that looked familiar but I couldn't place it, thanks.
Yelled when I saw this. No WAY! OH MY GOSH SO COOL!
😂 I love those two knuckleheads! They where funny! And I mean the two dummy heads! Lol 😂
Statler: I always said the show was a pain in the neck.
Waldorf: Too bad we kept ours when we paid the head tax.
had I the money, I would buy everything in this shot.
#Truth
@@tested You realise you're in the shot, right?
Adam learned a good lesson: DON'T DISS PUPPETRY! It takes real talent! Jim Henson left us much too soon.
And how cool is it to see the "I Dream of Genie" bottle in the background, there?
Love the Muppets, I just watched my favourite episode yesterday, the Star Wars special
It's like seeing two famous actors from my childhood.
wow that is amazing my childhood and a lot of others coming back watching that
I went to the Henson exhibit when it toured near here a few years ago. I nearly wept.
That gasp of glee when offered to try one on... I would have done the same.
I learned my life skills watching these two muppets as a child!
I learned sarcasm
The likeness with you and Jamie is uncanny!!! 😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴
Loved this! Of course Muppets are going to land well!
"The Muppet Show" wanted to do "Bohemian Rhapsody" but producers were a bit hesitant to ask Queen for permission because they were well known for being very guarded about letting their music be used (like certain other bands we all know are also) and saying, "No," a lot.
When a late-night host asked Brian May why they let them use it, Brian May didn't hesitate in his answer: "It's the Muppets." End of explanation. If memory serves me, after another question, he said there was no hesitation by the band and no reservations. They trusted Jim Henson and the Muppets. How many things can we say that about these days?
IMO, I would consider "Mythbusters" one of those things.
Thank you Adam! I do so enjoy your channel.
The OG of hecklers!!! My faves 🤣🤣🤣
watching this , now you-tube algorithm is recommending lots of Muppet clips .. life is good
More puppets
Ok they were cool but the painting 🖼 from ghostbusters 2 is what I want
The Vigo one would be way cooler though
This is awesome to see. As someone who is interested in all things Muppets & replica building I believe the Statler & Waldorf puppets were foam latex especially from the later seasons of The Muppet Show & onwards. In fact there is pictures of the moulds for them & Miss Piggy online which shows the amount of details in the original sculpts before they are cast & flocked.
Waldorf: Well, Adam, you should have quit while we were still ahead. HA HA HA HA HA HA! 😆
Best S&W burn: This is what we call the medium sketch, because it wasn't rare - and it certainly wasn't well done!
Me, seeing thumbnail: OH MY GOD! *Proceeds to hyperventilate*
I legitimately had to pause the video several times so I could geek out. One of my favorite people got to handle two of my favorite Muppets. And he's a bigger Muppet nerd than I am.
3:40 OH MY GOSH!!! The Loki mask out of The Mask @1 o'clock! Thats SICK!! I want it!
Adam Savage: 'I've been a special effects builder for half of my life'
Waldorf: 'So how come we got this half?'
Omg that was good
Fact: Jim Henson was the voice of Waldorf and Richard Hunt was Statler originally.
Huh. I thought Frank Oz did Waldorf...
I was looking through the auction catalog. Oh, if I only had the money.
and adam walks out with the muppet still on hand "hey, no, no, you dont get to take him. come back adam"
I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but Henson are very protective of their puppets - i.e. they never sell them. A Kermit puppet was famously stolen from the set of Treasure Island, and has never appeared again, and a non-screen used Rizzo has been on eBay some years back, but never have any main Muppet Show characters been for sale officially like this. Also that they are from separate decades (looks like it to me as well) makes me wonder if they were originally obtained as a pair or not. Some of the B-list characters could and would be used for years, so these to may very likely have had screen time together. Awesome clip, Mr. Savage - happy to see that you were quick to react so that you could go see them 🙂
Jim henson had a lot of talent. I loved the muppet show
5:00 I'm thinking a lot as well. In the late 2000s I worked at a studio who did a series of Pennsylvania Lottery commercials with Gus the groundhog, who was a puppet back then, these days he's CG. My coworker told me they had to remake Gus every couple of commercials because he would just fall apart. And that was just commercials, imagine a whole show!
This makes me happy. Thank you.
Now, Jim couldn't get an apprenticeship at the company that bears his name.
I just wanna say how much i loved The Mask and how cool it was to see it in the background. Also how weird it was just to see the severed heads of two characters i loved and adored as a real little kid
My absolute favorites.
They must have made absolutely dozens of these.
These guys: everybody knows these world famous muppets, lets google their names.
Half a million years ago I was in an "Animal crossing" commercial shot At north shore studios North Vancouver. In the sound stage next to us was the sets for a muppet Christmas special no work was going on but you could see the sets they where fantastic. While we where on lunch someone was moving one of the Kermet puppets next to us. A few of us said "Hi Kermet" then after that they where all covered. the other cool thing was the person that made the heads we where using for animal crossing also worked of JR Puff-N-stuff. The heads where finished the night before still the smell of glue in them. It was a fun day.
Miss Piggy had custom designer outfits. The trivia gods praise you!
Staler: 'Do you think this interview constitutes cruelty to animals?'
Waldorf: 'Not unless they're watching it."
There's my boys !!!! And V on the shelf ! Heaven I'm in heaven.....
I can't take my eyes off the background of these videos. This one has Batman Returns Penguin Banner, Chest and cape, The Mask, Who Framed Roger Rabbit cartoon gun, Ghostbusters dog, Ghostbusters 2 painting, Troy disc. I would geek the hell out.
I hope we continue to see items from the auction. There are so many wonders we only glimpse at the edges of the shots.
when Adam lifted the muppet head off the table I expected to see a hand underneath :-D
My boys! Thanks Adam.
Oscar and the Ghostbusters painting too!