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THE MUPPETS: FAMILIAR MUPPET CHARACTERS SEEN ON TELEVISION SCREEN DOING THEIR THING. CU PHOTOS OF BIG BIRD, COOKIE MONSTER, OSCAR THE GROUCH, OTHER CHARACTERS CHILDREN HAVE KNOWN AND LOVE ON SESAME STREET. 01:07:13 JIM HENSON, FATHER OF ALL THESE ZANY CHARACTERS, ONE OF FOREMOST PUPPETEERS IN WORLD, AND ASSOCIATE HOLD CHARACTERS ABOVE THEIR HEADS IN FRONT OF MIRROR DURING REHEARSAL. CU FACE SHOT OD HENSON AS HE DOES DIALOG FOR HIS PUPPET. HE SMILES BROADLY AS HE AND ASSOCIATE ENJOYS THEIR OWN JOKES. 01:08:36 HENSON SITS AT DESK IN OFFICE IN MANHATTAN AS HE DISCUSSES SHOW WITH MALE, FEMALE ASSOCIATES. 01:08:54 PAN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WITH SESAME STREET CHARACTERS, IMAGES OF HENSON AND ASSOCIATE, IN HENSON'S OFFICE. CU TROPHY HEAD ON WALL, OF CARTOON-LIKE REINDEER, WITH SIGN UNDERNEATH, "COOKIE MONSTER FOR PRESIDENT". 01:09:15 PERMANENT STAFF OF EIGHT IN WORKSHOP BRING PUPPET CHARACTERS TO LIFE. CU WOMAN SEWS DRESS ON PUPPET. CU WORKER PUTS FINGERS UNDER HEAD OF NEW PUPPET, MAKES HEAD MOVE AROUND. HENSON TRIES NEW MUPPET. MAKES IT TALK TO FEMALE WORKER, WHO LAUGHS WITH EMBARRASSMENT. 01:09:59 YOUNGER CRAFTSMAN WORKS ON REMOTE CONTROL DEVISE TO FURTHER ANIMATE PUPPETS. CU MUPPET SITS AT FUNCTIONING SEWING MACHINE. MUPPET SITS, ROWS A ROW BOAT, WHILE CRAFTSMAN WORKS REMOTE CONTROL UNIT. CU HEAD MOVES MECHANICALLY. CU FACE SHOT OF WORKER MAKING SAME HEAD MOTIONS 01:10:37 CU PUPPETEER ANIMATES FISH MUPPET. WORKER DRESSES MUPPET. CU HENSON, OTHER PUPPETEERS SIT IN CIRCLE, DO SCRIPT RUN. ZOOM IN ON HENSON READING HIS PART. HENSON, OTHERS HOLD MUPPETS OVERHEAD, PRACTICE IN FRONT OF MIRROR.