Hey, thanks for the promote!

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*promote

The list contains following clips:
1. Speech by Frank Oz.
2. When The River Meets The Sea (song), sung by Jerry Nelson and Louise Gold.
3. Bein’ Green (song), sung by Big Bird.
4. Speech by Bernie Brillstein.
5. Fearless Leader (a poem) read by Jerry Nelson (as Floyd Pepper).
6. Bring Him Home (song from "Les Miserables") sung by Louise Gold.
7. Introductory speech and Jim Henson’s letters read, by His wife Jane Henson and children Cheryl and Brian respectively.
8. Speech by Richard Hunt.
9. Muppet Songs pt. 1
10. Muppet Songs pt. 2
11. Just One Person (song), sung by sixteen puppeteers (each with one of their famous characters).
12. When The Saints Go Marching In (song), played by "The Dirty Dozen Brass Band".


For further clips concerning this, have a look at:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Jim-Hensons-death-on-Entertainment-Tonight-ET-May-1990

Also, one part of this playlist contains the singing of Big Bird which Arvana sifted a while ago, so make sure to look it up at:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Big-Bird-singing-at-Jim-Hensons-funeral

Thanks.

In reply to this comment by Kreegath:
Will keep looking for it. Been trying to get ahold of Rowlf and Fozzie playing and singing "I've got rythm", but should the Henson announcement come up you'll be the first to find out.

EDIT:
Here's some things from his memorial service:
Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zzfdlxjx4Y&feature=related
This guy has a ton of 'em - http://www.youtube.com/user/elvissf422

In reply to this comment by ant:
Thanks. I meant clips showing it.

In reply to this comment by Kreegath:
This might be the episode you're looking for:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppets_Celebrate_Jim_Henson

I'm not sure if this is the same episode, but it might be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDcCIrq7G4

In reply to this comment by ant:
Does anyone have the Muppet episode that announced Jim's death? I heard it exists, but I cannot find it.

Thanks. I meant clips showing it.

In reply to this comment by Kreegath:
This might be the episode you're looking for:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppets_Celebrate_Jim_Henson

I'm not sure if this is the same episode, but it might be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDcCIrq7G4

In reply to this comment by ant:
Does anyone have the Muppet episode that announced Jim's death? I heard it exists, but I cannot find it.

Ground control to Major Tom: Word up.

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>> ^poolcleaner:
I really hope they avoid all the trappings of CGI. Henson had it right all along, but people nowadays fail to understand we want the puppets -- at least I want the puppets. It worked in Labyrinth and The Never Ending Story and The Dark Crystal.


I've had this conversation with friends. I totally agree.

>> ^poolcleaner:
I really hope they avoid all the trappings of CGI. Henson had it right all along, but people nowadays fail to understand we want the puppets -- at least I want the puppets. It worked in Labyrinth and The Never Ending Story and The Dark Crystal.


I've had this conversation with friends. I totally agree.

>> ^dag:
Hmm, maybe. But I'm afraid it will be another case of Hollywood taking something sweet and simple and blowing up into a 2 hour CGI Crapapalooza. Looking forward to the Happy Meal toys.


I really hope they avoid all the trappings of CGI. Henson had it right all along, but people nowadays fail to understand we want the puppets -- at least I want the puppets. It worked in Labyrinth and The Never Ending Story and The Dark Crystal.

I will buy all the happy meal toys regardless. Decorating my desk at work is the priority.

Sixteen pages, thank you very much!

(I think?)


What I'm saying is, no matter how terrible it is to try to follow as a story, those creatures are just too great to watch all fully Henson-ed out

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Hey ant, I've just been trying to figure out how to do this.
(burdturgler has given me some instructions... )
I have gone to Youtube and have created the Playlist and have updated the embed code on my post but now all I get is a blank/black video. I am going to put back the single video until I can get this playlist to work for me.
Thanks for your input!
(frustrated!)

In reply to this comment by ant:
You should include ALL parts!

Parts: #1 (starts at 4:07), #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

The series is set in the year 2517, after humans have arrived at a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".

The show explores the lives of people who fought on the losing side of a civil war and now make a living on the outskirts of the society, as well as the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system. In addition, it is a future where the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures as well. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today.

Mal - Latin, for bad.

I found this while searching for the reason firefly was canceled.

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Memorandum

To: Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy Television Incorporated
From: Shillton Skankowski, FOX Television Entertainment Network Group
Date: February 19th, 2002

Dear Joss,

After that power brunch we had yesterday I just thought I'd send you a memo and let you know that I've talked with the other executives here at FOX and we've decided to give your little space western idea another chance. However, and I'm sure you'll understand why, we ask for a few simple adjustments to your marvelous show idea before we can continue.

1. We need to have things blow up more often. Something should blow up at least once in between every commercial break. Two or three things blowing up in between each commercial break would be even better.
2. The women on the show should kiss the men on the show more often, and each other just a little less (as in, not at all).
3. The name "Firefly" doesn't seem to properly convey the idea of a space western. We recommend you rename the show "Space Western" so that the viewers don't confuse your show with a PBS documentary about fluorescent beetles.
4. The focus groups who reported to my assistant after viewing one of your episodes said they didn't really understand who the bad guys were. We recommend you have all the good guys on the show wear white hats and all the bad guys wear black hats, so the viewers are better able to keep track at a glance just who they're supposed to be rooting for.
5. We recommend you add a new character to the show. A cute little girl. Focus groups respond best to dark haired girls who are about nine or ten years old. We know this is a science fiction program so we recommend you make her a robot who speaks in a monotone manner and takes anything other characters say very literally, to comical effect.
6. The women on the show are wearing too many clothes.
7. You put the show in outer space but I don't recall there ever being any actual aliens showing up. So we recommend you get some of your makeup guys from the Buffy tv show and have them doctor up some extras to make them look like Little Green Men or something. Also make sure they're wearing black hats.
8. Drop that Ron Glass guy. He's a bore.
9. Focus groups reported that the rooms inside the spaceship looked too much like a poorly furnished studio apartment. We recommend you repaint all the sets to make them look more like those cool sets on that old Star Trek show. Make sure there's a lot of bright flashing lights and "beep beep" noises in the background.
10. The women on the show need to be prettier. Go wherever you got that cute Gellar chick and hire some more who look like that.
11. Get in touch with the Jim Henson Company and add some aliens that are actually muppets. Kids like muppets. You can't go wrong with muppets. Or maybe get that guy who does ALF. He's been doing some phone commercials recently, but I'm sure he's available. Make ALF a guest star every few episodes and maybe we can get the 1-800-COLLECT guys to put a commercial on your show.
12. Make the 'future' of the Earth a little brighter. People wanna believe we're gonna do better. Right now the show's outlook is just a little depressing.

Of course you'll understand that we will not be offering any more money for these changes. In fact in order to broadcast your fine television show on our network, we ask for a simple retainer of $250,000.00 per episode, to defray the costs regarding a lack of interest among advertisers.

We look forward to working with you again.

Sincerely,
S. Skankowski

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Memorandum

From: Joss Whedon
To: Shillton Skankowski
Date: February 20th, 2002

Dear Skanky,

Get Bent.

As always,
Joss

Fixed.

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*dead

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That's actually a very nice compliment. Thank you.



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Jim Henson

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Nebrie

(We're going to run out of creatures. Maybe we can start using names from the Gremlins)
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Gelfling

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troll

Skeksis!