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+ | [[File:Visual Thinking|thumb|300px|right|The original "Visual Thinking" routine from ''Sam and Friends'', featuring Kermit and Harry.]] |
| + | [[Image:Visualthinkingnotes.jpg|300px|thumb|Jim Henson's outline of the original sketch.]] |
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| + | '''Visual Thinking''' is one of the surviving episodes of ''[[Sam and Friends]]''. |
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| + | ==''Sam and Friends''== |
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'''Muppets:''' [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Harry the Hipster]]. |
'''Muppets:''' [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Harry the Hipster]]. |
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| − | '''Description:''' In this classic mix of puppetry and animation, Harry demonstrates the art of Visual Thinking to Kermit; and what it does to you once it gets out of control. |
+ | '''Description:''' In this classic mix of puppetry and animation, Harry demonstrates the art of Visual Thinking to Kermit; and what it does to you once it gets out of control. |
| − | This is one of the most well known ''Sam and Friends'' scenes that shows up in most documentaries. A clip was shown on [[The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]], revealing it to have been from 1959. |
+ | This is one of the most well known ''Sam and Friends'' scenes that shows up in most documentaries. A clip was shown on ''[[The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]]'', revealing it to have been from 1959. The entire sketch was uploaded on [[The Jim Henson Company|The Jim Henson Company's]] [[YouTube#The Jim Henson Company|YouTube Channel]]. It's one of the few videos on their channel to feature Kermit, since his rights are owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. |
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| + | Kermit and Harry would re-enact the skit as a part of the unsold 1962 pilot for ''[[Mad Mad World]]''. |
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| − | A later version of this skit was performed in 1966 on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', with Kermit as the hipster and [[Grump]] as the straight man. Finally, a 1971 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch featured [http://www.toughpigs.com/anthhipster01.htm a similar scene about shapes.] |
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==Variations== |
==Variations== |
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| + | The skit was remade for an ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Ed Sullivan Show]]'' appearance on October 2, 1966, with Kermit as the hipster and [[Grump]] as the straight man. The sketch was performed on ''Ed Sullivan'' again on June 4, 1967,<ref>"[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/06/04/641967/ Jim Henson's Red Book]" entry, 6/4/1967 – Sullivan “Visual Thinking”</ref> and on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'' (with an updated Kermit the Frog) in 1971. |
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| + | A ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch from the same year featured an [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] [[The Hipster|hipster]] and [[The Square|his square foil]], demonstrating a similar lesson about shapes. {{eka|0448}} According to the book ''[[Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street]]'', "Visual Thinking" was also the inspiration for ''Sesame Street'''s "[[Speech Balloon]]" letter segments. |
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| + | Visual thinking mike douglas 1966.jpg|''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', 1966 |
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| + | Image:Visualthinking(tdcs).jpg|''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'', 1971 |
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| + | ==Sources== |
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| + | ==External links== |
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| + | *[http://www.toughpigs.com/hipsters-1/ Tough Pigs Anthology] -- Hipsters and Squares (Sesame Street "Visual Thinking" transcript) |
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Revision as of 13:59, 28 February 2016
Visual Thinking
The original "Visual Thinking" routine from Sam and Friends, featuring Kermit and Harry.
Jim Henson's outline of the original sketch.
Visual Thinking is one of the surviving episodes of Sam and Friends.
Sam and Friends
Muppets: Kermit, Harry the Hipster.
Description: In this classic mix of puppetry and animation, Harry demonstrates the art of Visual Thinking to Kermit; and what it does to you once it gets out of control.
This is one of the most well known Sam and Friends scenes that shows up in most documentaries. A clip was shown on The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, revealing it to have been from 1959. The entire sketch was uploaded on The Jim Henson Company's YouTube Channel. It's one of the few videos on their channel to feature Kermit, since his rights are owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Kermit and Harry would re-enact the skit as a part of the unsold 1962 pilot for Mad Mad World.
Variations
The skit was remade for an Ed Sullivan Show appearance on October 2, 1966, with Kermit as the hipster and Grump as the straight man. The sketch was performed on Ed Sullivan again on June 4, 1967,[1] and on The Dick Cavett Show (with an updated Kermit the Frog) in 1971.
A Sesame Street sketch from the same year featured an Anything Muppet hipster and his square foil, demonstrating a similar lesson about shapes. (EKA: Episode 0448) According to the book Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street, "Visual Thinking" was also the inspiration for Sesame Street's "Speech Balloon" letter segments.
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Sources
- ↑ "Jim Henson's Red Book" entry, 6/4/1967 – Sullivan “Visual Thinking”
External links
- Tough Pigs Anthology -- Hipsters and Squares (Sesame Street "Visual Thinking" transcript)