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Jim Henson Tribute 1990

19th April 2010

Posted By Dozer

The Henson family, Kermit, and Piggy appear at Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade, New York City, 11/22/1990. As this was the first such parade after Jim’s passing, a touching montage of rare footage was played.

May 16, 2009 – My Tribute to Jim Henson

13th March 2010

Posted By Dozer

Categorized Under: Watch Fraggle Rock

READ THIS LONG DESCRIPTION!!!!! (IT’S WORTH READING): 19 years ago today, May 16th, we lost an extraordinary legend, an American icon, and a dear friend. The man who gave us Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Ernie & Bert, Cookie Monster, and other whimsical characters that we’ll always remember; The man who enchanted millions into television and film with his worlds of fantasy and imagination; A man who, among other words, could solely be described as a genius. With such an impact he made on our world and the tremendous legacy he left us, it’s pretty hard to imagine a world without Jim Henson. This tribute was made way back in August (there’s a long story why I didn’t get this on youtube by his 72nd birthday on September 24th), and it took me about a week to finish it. I tried to get every aspect of his career on this tribute through existing videos on youtube at the time (You will see some clips of several videos that were taken down some time ago, most notably the Fraggle Rock videos posted by regulator867, as was the users who posted those videos either closed their accounts or were suspended). When I made it, it originally featured the song “Daydream” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. But since this whole WMG/youtube raid happened back in December, I slightly re-worked the video and instead used “Follow Me” from Fraggle Rock. If you want to see the original version of my tribute featuring the song Daydream, you can see it here: www.livevideo.com So to the lovers, the dreamers, and of …