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 think initially it's terrifying because going into a show where, you know, "Oh, I'm going to be on stage for two… — 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
The show is probably 60 percent improvising and 40 percent not. So there's quite a bit of it that we do have… — 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
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
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
I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
A puppet that starts to improvise badly is almost funnier than the puppet that's improvising well. So the show gets better when… — 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
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
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
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 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
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
we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went… — Brian Henson 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 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
