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Image:HensonandKermonEdSullivan.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1967)|Jim Henson performing [[Kermit the Frog]]}}
  
Image:HensonandKermonEdSullivan.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1967)|Jim Henson performing [[Kermit the Frog]]}}
 
Image:ed.sullivan-jim.2.png|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1968)|Jim Henson and [[Bob Payne]] performing the [[reindeer|Christmas reindeer]]}}
  
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Image:ed.sullivan-jim.1.png|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1969)|Jim Henson performing [[The Southern Colonel]]}}
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Image:ed.sullivan-jim.1.png|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1969)|Jim Henson performing [[The Southern Colonel|the Southern Colonel]]}}
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Image:ed.sullivan-jim.3.png|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1971)|Jim Henson and [[Frank Oz]] performing [[The Glutton]]}}
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Image:ed.sullivan-jim.3.png|{{GNH|''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1971)|Jim Henson and [[Frank Oz]] performing [[The Glutton|the Glutton]]}}
 
Image:Hensonkerm ttswjc.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Tonight Show]]''<br>(1974)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
  
Image:Hensonkerm ttswjc.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Tonight Show]]''<br>(1974)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
 
Image:Whatsmyline.JPG|{{GNH|''[[What's My Line?]]''<br>(1974)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
  
Image:Whatsmyline.JPG|{{GNH|''[[What's My Line?]]''<br>(1974)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
 
Image:SandV_Puppeteers.JPG|{{GNH|''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''<br>(1975)|As the credits roll, the camera pulls back to reveal the puppeteers: [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Jim Henson]], Frank Oz, and others}}
  
Image:SandV_Puppeteers.JPG|{{GNH|''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''<br>(1975)|As the credits roll, the camera pulls back to reveal the puppeteers: [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Jim Henson]], Frank Oz, and others}}
 
Image:Appearance.cher.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Cher (show)|Cher]]''<br>(1975)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
  
Image:Appearance.cher.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Cher (show)|Cher]]''<br>(1975)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
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Image:Rusell_Harty_77.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Russell Harty]]''<br>(1977)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing Fozzie Bear & Miss Piggy}}
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Image:Rusell_Harty_77.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Russell Harty]]''<br>(1977)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing [[Fozzie Bear]] & [[Miss Piggy]]}}
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Image:Appearance.parkinson.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Parkinson]]''<br>(1978, aired 1979)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing Fozzie Bear}}
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Image:Appearance.parkinson.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Parkinson]]''<br>(1978, aired 1979)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing Fozzie Bear & Miss Piggy}}
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Image:OrsonWellesmup.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Orson Welles Show]]''<br>(1979)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing [[Fozzie Bear]]}}
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Image:OrsonWellesmup.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Orson Welles Show]]''<br>(1979)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, Frank Oz performing Fozzie Bear}}
 
Image:Terrywogan.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Wogan]]''<br>(1985)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
  
Image:Terrywogan.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Wogan]]''<br>(1985)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
 
Image:Jh ktf bluepeter.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Blue Peter]]''<br>(1986)|Jim Henson performing Kermit}}
  
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Image:Arseniohall01.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''<br>(1990)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, [[Kevin Clash]] performing [[Clifford]]}}
  
Image:Arseniohall01.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''<br>(1990)|Jim Henson performing Kermit, [[Kevin Clash]] performing [[Clifford]]}}
 
Image:SNL_Muppeteers2004.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<br>(2004)|Steve Whitmire performing Kermit, [[Eric Jacobson]] performing Fozzie, Dave Goelz performing [[Gonzo]], [[David Rudman]] performing [[Animal]]}}
  
Image:SNL_Muppeteers2004.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<br>(2004)|Steve Whitmire performing Kermit, [[Eric Jacobson]] performing Fozzie, Dave Goelz performing [[Gonzo]], [[David Rudman]] performing [[Animal]]}}
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Image:Oprah-Clash.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''<br>(2006)|Kevin Clash performing Elmo}}
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Image:Oprah-Clash.jpg|{{GNH|''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''<br>(2006)|Kevin Clash performing [[Elmo]]}}
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Image:Rovelive.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Rove Live]]''<br>(2006)|Kevin Clash performing [[Elmo]]}}
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Image:TodaySept62006.jpg|{{GNH|''[[Today]]''<br>(2006)|Kevin Clash performing Elmo}}
 
Image:noimage.png|{{GNH|''[[CBS News Philadelphia]]''<br>(2009)|[[Fran Brill]] performing [[Zoe]]}}
  
Image:noimage.png|{{GNH|''[[CBS News Philadelphia]]''<br>(2009)|[[Fran Brill]] performing [[Zoe]]}}
 
Image:snl-puppeteers.png|{{GNH|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<br>(2010)|David Rudman and [[Matt Vogel]] performing [[Cookie Monster]]}}
  
Image:snl-puppeteers.png|{{GNH|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<br>(2010)|David Rudman and [[Matt Vogel]] performing [[Cookie Monster]]}}

Revision as of 15:40, 29 January 2011

Secrets

Puppeteers exposed in The Jim Henson Hour "Secrets of the Muppets" (1989)

Occasionally Muppeteers will appear on an entertainment program alongside the puppet being performed. While some feel that such an appearance ruins the illusion of the Muppets, Jim Henson was not shy about appearing on camera with the characters he literally had a hand in:

“A lot of people worry if they see the performer in the same shot as the puppet character. It's been my experience that the character itself is really what's interesting and if I am sitting here working Kermit - which I've done on the Carson show or stuff like that - people don't pay attention to me. I'm not a ventriloquist, and I don't try to hide the fact that my lips move, but [slipping into Kermit's voice] the truth of the matter is that the frog is a great deal more interesting to look at, and who notices what the bearded man is doing?
- Jim Henson[1]”

The page lists instances where the puppeteers of the Muppets were publicly shown operating their characters. This list does not include instances in documentaries and behind the scenes specials where puppeteers are shown performing, live events where puppeteers are visible along side their Muppets, or goofs where puppeteers are accidentally exposed.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Jim Henson Interview
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