This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy. — Brian Henson Adults Copy Share Image
But initially when I was working with my dad, it was in special effects puppets with radio control and motors and puppet… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end… — Brian Henson Business Copy Share Image
So while you're trying to improvise, you're also trying to puppeteer, you're doing everything that you need to do to perform a… — Brian Henson Cameras Copy Share Image
But if everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising. — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
Oh, well, I can't tell you; it would be telling you the end. It's a one-character lip-syncing because in the early days,… — Brian Henson Character Copy Share Image
And it should be something that only that group of people could've made with everybody invested. — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called "Puppet Up" at that point, and in Aspen we just did three… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
In the show, we have recreated two sketches that my dad had, or pieces that my dad had developed. One that he… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
And then after the success at Melbourne Comedy Festival, then we regrouped back in LA and we went back into workshopping and… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
The challenge is, well, there's a huge challenge, which is when you're improvising, you're meant to sort of clear your mind completely,… — Brian Henson Attention Copy Share Image
I thought, well, if we're inviting an audience, let's do it right. So I put in a proper studio audience at our… — Brian Henson Audience Copy Share Image
I guess I learned a couple of good lessons from my dad. One was when you're creating something, what you want when… — Brian Henson Art Copy Share Image
Patrick thought we should try to put an audience in front of one of the workshops, basically in front of the class… — Brian Henson Audience Copy Share Image
And my dad's answer would be usually something to the affect of, A, it came out better than he imagined, but also,… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
To anyone who's trying to be an artist, in any medium, it's a very odd and lonely and nerve-wracking and scary process… — Brian Henson Advice Copy Share Image
I'd say that that is a challenge, but it also is, again, it's helpful. It's helpful to have the discipline of, okay,… — Brian Henson Brain Copy Share Image
So it's Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," which… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
People would say to him, "When you finish a movie, did it come out as good as you thought it was going… — Brian Henson Film Copy Share Image
I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv. — Brian Henson Improvisation Copy Share Image
It's actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline… — Brian Henson Adrenaline Copy Share Image
And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical… — Brian Henson Business Copy Share Image
So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise. — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
Probably though, by the time I was 17, I already knew that I was probably going to go into film — Brian Henson Cinema Copy Share Image
But the fact that most of the show you can't be prepared for, you have no idea really what's coming is initially… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it's great fun to do improve comedy with puppets. — Brian Henson Comedy Copy Share Image
You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out. — Brian Henson Adrenaline Copy Share Image
I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry. — Brian Henson Entertainment Copy Share Image
It was actually what my dad did and with the Muppets, the years with the Muppets, it was really all targeted to… — Brian Henson Adults Copy Share Image
We try to keep it a classy show, but it certainly is blue at times. And it all depends on the audience,… — Brian Henson Audience Copy Share Image
"Sesame Street" was really the first kid's show that my dad did. He did a couple of TV specials that were targeted… — Brian Henson Adults Copy Share Image
We're also irreverent, we have an irreverent attitude towards puppets, as well. So a lot of what we do is we're kind… — Brian Henson Absurdity Copy Share Image
We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and… — Brian Henson Company Copy Share Image
we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went… — Brian Henson Comedy Copy Share Image
There was a producer from the Aspen Comedy Festival who happened to be there, as a friend of a friend, and she… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
But curriculum-wise, I was drawn to the sciences and specifically to physics, and I really enjoyed it and I think for a… — Brian Henson Curriculum Copy Share Image
And one of the funnest things was watching what they did before the director called action and after the director called cut.… — Brian Henson Action Copy Share Image
