The first big thing that I did with my dad was the bicycle sequence in "The Great Muppet Caper," where Kermit and… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
And it was a whole lot of fun, and in many ways, what we've done with the show is just taken that… — 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 Copy Share Image
I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as… — Brian Henson 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 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
Really, initially what I very quickly realized that I was loving about the show was, because it reminded me of when I… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
And that was always my father's favorite part about shooting as well. Often my dad would shoot very, very late, he was… — Brian Henson 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
It's really great to do one piece, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," my dad developed in 1956, when he was 20… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
At that point, I thought probably special effects, something like that, and indeed, the early days when I was working with my… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went… — Brian Henson 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
I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry. — 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 shows, and… — Brian Henson 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 puppet in… — Brian Henson 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 is, you… — Brian Henson 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. And they'd… — Brian Henson 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 said, "I'd… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought everything needed to get a lot… — Brian Henson 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 of making… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
"Stuffed and Unstrung" started as a workshop, actually, classes within our company. We found that our puppeteers were not ad libbing as well as… — 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 people to… — Brian Henson 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, I'm doing,… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
