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Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters

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Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« on: February 10, 2009, 10:48:09 PM »
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Many of Jim Henson's puppets are based on real people

Some puppets were originally made from household items

Count von Count lost his ability to hypnotize people for fear he would scare children

Oscar the Grouch's voice is based on that of an New York cab driver

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/10/mf.muppet.favorites.stories/index.html

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Re: Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 09:36:09 PM »
Yeah that makes sence theres many bits in the original seaseme street where oscar acts like a taxi driver and in the movie he drives a car like one too!

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Re: Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2009, 09:38:08 PM »
so many memories with the muppets

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Re: Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2009, 09:44:45 PM »
lol what are your memories with miss piggy WHAT DID you do yo her!?

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Re: Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2009, 09:25:31 AM »
hey don't involve me into your weird fantasies!

i remember singing along to alot of the songs though

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Re: Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2009, 12:15:05 PM »
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