The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (Part 4 of 5)

[pika23]

Mmm...Frank Oz was Yoda! Know this I did not!

[pika23]

If i were Frank Oz...I would totally prank call people as Muppets....or at least offer to record ringtones and voicemails for my friends and family...

[pika23]

Can you imagine how bad ass a Jim Henson Peter Jackson LOTR series would have been? I would have loved to have seen a Henson creature shop created Gollum

[MollyKoenigStarGleek]

If I had to thank one person for their contributions to this world, it'd have to be Jim Henson. Is it just me, or was everything he shared with us meant to spread happiness. He's just like Kermit in "The Muppet Movie." You can't thank someone enough for magic like that.

[rofflemows2]

1:03, those #*&(*@! never drop the Reins of the Raven Lord >.<

[ChipmunksAndBulldogs]

Fozzie: please don't watch us it's 2 embarrassing lol

[actressnsinger322]

KNOCK IT OOOOOOFFF!!!!!!!! lmao

[diegoradoblasio]

im going to eat cookies in your bed bert XD

[Buckethead004]

Does anyone know the name of the music that's playing from 0:49 to 1:23

I love it. It sends a shiver down my spine to this very day.

[golddemona]

Jim Henson is still one of my biggest heroes. ^_^

[cavalierfan1995]

henson and oz as bert and ernie was muppet gold

to this day im still a huge fan of the muppets

[Madams1977]

Am I right that Fraggle Rock was the only one of his programs to not air on "free" TV? I remember watching it on HBO when it first came out at my aunt's house.

[NickInfante92]

fraggle rock is back on tv on a channel called the hub check your local listing!

[psychowench]

@florgeysteve two of those times you pointed out are from Dark Crystal (0:33) and Labyrinth (0:50). If you have not yet fixed this gross absence of knowledge of the very best of 80s fantasy please do so immediately. You need to see them. the first and lest on your list are both from The Soldier and Death, the first episode of Jim Henson's The Storyteller. and the second to last one is from Perseus and the Gorgon from The Storyteller: Greek Myths.

[Reya70]

Jim Henson was a rare, special gift.

[jsusax03]

I'm gonna eat cookies in your bed bert!

[inuyashaluvskag]

o.m.g its big bird goes to chin (4:00) my brother was obsessed w/that movie when we were little. ;)

[florgeysteve]

What are those film clips from from 0:06, 0:33, 0:50, 1:09, 1:16 and the rest in that sequence?

[miniwidge]

@florgeysteve the first clip (0:06) was The Soldier and Death from The Storyteller series

[miniwidge]

@florgeysteve the first clip (0:06) was The Soldier and Death from The Storyteller series. Was a part of the Jim Henson Hour, but can be bought as a DVD as "The Storyteller"

[AmethystTB]

I sang Turn the World Around in 8th grade, in my first school chorus concert.

[antsamthompson9]

Frank Oz sounds just like Bert.

[Roosiesplace]

@antsamthompson9 he is bert's voice

[antsamthompson9]

@Roosiesplace I know. That's why I noticed.

[CAMAKAZELOC]

only 25737 views man this world going to shit

[animationeer]

lol Jim Henson puppet at 9:33...I couldn't believe it when I saw that, i had to go back to make sure.

[Angie2343]

No, Gonzo, that means that he was your boss and that he wanted to pay ya.

[Patim107]

The Solider and Death may Just be my favorite episode of a tv show ever!

[FLPman]

@Patim107

one of the most unnderated of his works by far IMO

[83phatman]

@Patim107 >>> Definitely one of the Best Jim Henson shows.

[lotten16]

what's the name of the movies at 0:00-1:42?

[rockprodchannel]

@lotten16 most of the clips are from "The Storyteller" it was a show on HBO. some are from "Labyrinth" & "Dark Crystal"

[TheHachmom]

"He's a rare boy,my friend the soldier, he's somewhere about his business" gets me every time....

[TheSoulMan8]

Hungadunga and Mccormic, nice Marx brothers reference

[cutelittlegrox]

omg two of my favorite all time films The Dark Crystal and Labryinth

[HazerD]

i love the instrumental music which runs from 35 to like 1:20. is it from the dark crystal or sumthing else?

Anyone know?

Hazer.D

[JoelandtheBots]

@HazerD It's the love theme from the Dark Crystal, one of the best soundtracks ever.

[lollerfly724]

The dark crystal :) one of my favorite movies to this day

[26doubt]

I LOVE Labyrinth. Absolutely adore it.

"This must mean he was..."

"AN ACCOUNTANT!!!"

[miscic]

i never now that sesame street is so importont. Henson wil live forever!

[TheHachmom]

I wish they had more of Jim doing Cantus on Fraggle Rock...that was a great charecter

[TheHachmom]

"oh he's a rare boy, my friend the soldier, he's somewhere about his business" every time i hear John Hurt read that line it breaks my heart,,,and Harry Belafonte and the muppets doing "Turn the world around"...dang

[Webkinzrocks400]

rizzo; i know who this jim henson REALLY WAS!!! an accountent!!!!! Gonzo; no! really!!!

[hgwilt1]

I subscribed to the muppets tirbue also parts 1 - 5. I love Jim Henson he will be missed.

[trashleyrx]

That Chinese Sesame Street thing was AWESOME. That was like my favorite...

[Deanmo23]

@trashleyrx That's "Big Bird in China".

[trashleyrx]

@Deanmo23 Yessssssss! I must find it immediately.

[terrificjoker]

Jim Henson Will live Forever

[iSkitbros]

@terrificjoker amen

[PeaceOut2U07]

"That must mean he was..."

"AN ACCOUNTANT!" XD

He must've been the best accountant ever... RIP.

[drsdino]

I call foul because the Swedish Cheif didn't use a proper ball.

[terrificjoker]

i don't know why

[BlackPrardeLover]

i saw the these stories when i was little!!!! it gave me nightmares for years but i still loved them!!!!!! ^^

the one that scared me the most was the one with the devils!!! i didn't sleep 4 weeks!!!! 0:01

[MsGirlPower101]

Who said accountants can't be funny? X3

[WhoGroupie1973]

haha, is the first accountant muppet supposed to look like bill gates? lmao

[MrMattGallo]

Hah, Rizzo briefly made a Marx Brothers reference, in the name of the accountants (Hungadunga-McCormick). Why do I feel like I am one of very few 20 somethings year olds who would realize this? Oh well I love Muppets and the Marx Brothers, so this little nothing reference just helped make my day.

Also, I still cry at many of the various JIm Henson tribute(s) moments... I'm a big sap.

[drsdino]

the point of the joke was that they mistuke Jim for an accountent, and the accountents were singing a song related to there work.

[MrMattGallo]

I was fully aware of the joke, my point was that the accountants name of Hungadunga-McCormick was taken from the Marx Brothers, which I was entertained by, even if I doubted many people myage would know the name was taken from there.

[ElectricShark]

What are the vikings singing at 5:30?

[CelineK18]

Made up words to mimick the song Harry Belafonte was singing

[TheHachmom]

"cute little afro-norweigen number" i love that lin

[Metool2]

Jim Henson... He makes me proud to have been born in Mississippi. He was a great man, more than just a pupeteer he was a true entertainer. I loved his muppets as a child, and now that i'm grown up I look at his other works and realized... It took someone as skilled as him, who could make wonderful and compelling characters and movies to make characters as loveable and childlike as the muppets.

RIP Jim.... The world misses you.

[CandyMomof227]

wow Jim henson was a big part of my life and still is....Labrynth is one of my fave movies and the Storyteller stories, as well as the muppets ...sesame street....so many things...

[Vinya]

oh Labyrinth ♥ I remember watching it as a little kid and thinking it was the most wonderful movie ever made. Just one more of his many masterpieces

[SomethingLennon]

5:53 Gonzo's eyes! hahaha!!

[DistortIncorporated]

The Dark Crystal was the best movie he ever made.

[essentialeugene]

Yes they do have a new puppeteer for Kermit.

[Roncace]

I sure wish they will do another muppet movie.

[MoonPhantom]

Rejoy! it is a fact. A new muppet movie is in the work. and it have been pronounced it will get a theatrical realese. which will make the first since muppets in Space. and be The first theatrical Muppet movie without the talents of people as Frank Oz, Richard hunt and Dave Goelz. because the people has retired

[ZeppoThePuppetMan]

That's only partially right, Frank Oz HAS retired but Dave Golez hasen't and Richard Hunt passed away in 1992.

[doctorwhoobawooba]

ya thats right

[TheBritishGothic]

REALLY!? OMG!!! I could just burst. I have to go n see it!!!

[MrsWilliamTheBloody]

yeah. Jason Segel is supposed to be writing it. He's an actor, musician and the guy who wrote/starred in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'. He's been a muppet fan his whole life.

[doctorwhoobawooba]

actually frank and dave were in the 2008 special "Letters to Santa" but richard died i think before that but dave and frank might pop bak

[ilikepie84]

Dave Goelz is in fact the only one of the original 5 main muppeteers still performing his classic characters. Henson and Hunt are of course both deceased; Frank Oz moved on to other things a long time ago, and was NOT a part of "letters to santa" (although Eric Jacobson does such a great job as a replacement I can see why you'd think that he was); and Jerry Nelson only recently retired from regular muppeteering due to health reasons. All ex-performers will be missed. Jim, we'll never forget you.

[doctorwhoobawooba]

oh, thats sorta cool, but again still something to mourne that the others arent there, they's better have good replacements, i have to admit tho steve whitmire, (whos been with them since the muppet show) is a really good replacement for doing kermit.

[collgoff]

A guy named Steve Essentialeugen but I don't renamber his last name but I know it start with the letter W.

[TomCollinsgirl]

I was four when Jim passed away and even then, i knew we lost someone really special and that it wouldnt really be the same. And I was right.

[FLPman]

must've been real hard for frank to do this.. i can't imagine.

i didn't even know jim more then what i could see on tv, and i still miss him

[animagusurreal]

I think "Huungadunga McCormick" is a reference to a routine from the Marx Bros. film, "Animal Crackers".

[bostonscholar]

Memories- those were the days. RIP Jim

[hairsprayman111]

It's so sad, they say Kermit's on a trip, but they really haven't found anyone to replace puppeteer him yet. :(

[caitd1183]

dude he shows up later...

[hairsprayman111]

I know I wrote that before I saw the last part

[PiaHawk]

i remember that bert and ernie skit like it was yesterday! i probably don't eat in bed today b/c of it. sesame street was the best children's show ever.

[drsdino]

nice timeing with that last number

[MissGreenDay7]

I'm glad I never seen those other Jim Henson movies when I was a kid. They would've scared me to death!

[galaxyhigh73]

Sounds like "Sing A Song" behind Belafonte.

[PieFights]

you're right good ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FLPman]

it's must've taken incredible strenght for Frank to do his segment... i'm just one of many people who grew up with the muppets and it pains me still that jim has passed.. imagine what Frank Oz goes through

[Darkknight7853]

word to the wise. the sean in labyrinth when those cretures starting then their heads off and singing. Don't do LSD they will jump out of the screen at you

[JuniorGenius123]

I've never seen labrynth or dark crystal, but the Muppet show and sesame street are easily the best works of television genius of the

20th century. Jim Henson will never be gone from the Earth, so long as those who believe in him remain. RIP Jim Henson.

[FLPman]

i strongly suggest checking out some of the "non muppet" stuff.. a new great side of jim

[simsgirlgem]

i loved jims movies especially the labrynth and the dark crystal

[Sylvi3D]

I think that Gonzo's line "Cute little Afro-Norweigen number" says so much about Jim Henson's outlook... not to mention the whole point of that song.

[footballstud19654]

this is so sad it makes me want to cry

[daiu1ro]

yeah, me too...

RIP u.u