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An.Evening.With.Jim.Henson.And.Frank.Oz.1993.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

+ Release Notes +

+ Title [ An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

+ Release Date [ 2010-12-19     + Source [ Retail VHS
+ Retail Date [ 1993-??-??     + iMDB [ n/a
+ Runtime [ 85 mins        + Size Main [ 702MB / 50x15MB
+ Genre [ Interview/Q&A       Extra [  88MB /  7x15MB
/Documentary

muppet.wikia.com/wiki/An_Evening_with_Jim_Henson_and_Frank_Oz

+ Encoding Info +-

+ Audio [ 94kb/s VBR Mono -V2
+ Video [ 512 x 384 @ 1048kb/s 29.97fps

PLOT

In July 1989, the Puppeteers of America held their
National Festival on the campus of MIT in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The celebration of the art of puppetry
brings together hopeful students and master puppeteers
to share techniques and foster new ideas. It is a
celebration of the art and the artists who give it
life. When Jim Henson and Frank Oz appeared on stage
at one of the festival assemblies, it was an opportunity
for everyone to talk with them about their long
performing careers. Rowlf the Dog, Cookie Monster,
Fozzie Bear and Kermit the frog fielded questions too.

This puppeteer's evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
was a memorable event that has been enriched with
additional histories by Frank Oz.

RIP NOTES

Puppeteers of America was never just an ordinary
interest group to Jim. As old as Jim himself, it was
at their annual festivals Jim would go to meet and be
inspired by great puppeteers who came before him, such
as Burr Tillstrom (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), Bill Baird
(Lonely Goatherd scene in The Sound of Music) and Edgar
Bergen (Charlie McCarthy, father of Candice Bergen).
It was among these senior puppeteers, at the 1961
festival, that Jim would first be introduced to what
we have previously described as Muppets 1.0: Frank Oz,
Jerry Juhl and Don Sahlin. Frank was the principal
performer together with Jim, Jerry wrote everything
Muppet for nearly 40 years, and Don created what became
the quintessential Muppet look from that moment on
until  his early death. Jim in many ways owed the rest
of his remarkable career to this organization, and the
great talent it had helped him find.

When PoA then asked Jim and Frank if they could host
a one-hour discussion at the 1989 festival, they were
more than happy to oblige. Nobody could have known that
this would be their last chance to do so, as within a
year, Jim would have died. This made the appearance
all the more remarkable, and no puppeteer or aspiring
puppeteer in the audience will ever forget that very
special evening.

Clearly an amateur production, with nothing but a few
person crew, the appearance was filmed for use in the
organization's library. Following an introduction by
Frank Oz, filmed in 1993, they printed some VHS copies
for exclusive sale to their members. Hard to get even
when it was available, this title has been out of print
for many years, and was by far their most popular video
production ever. One of those tapes is our source, and
even if it's a decently taken care of retail copy,
original poor production values made for a rather low
quality rip. We've spent countless hours trying to
clean this up with the best of our abilities, using
several different professional grade players for
capturing different parts and assembling it all back
together, cleaning up noise, adjusting colors and so
on, but unfortunately it still doesn't look very good,
and the sound mixing makes it easy to miss a question
or two no matter what.

Looking beyond these technical flaws, this is a
truly inspiring insight into the minds of two of the
most talented puppeteers of the last century. Anyone
who can pull a piece of fleece out of a bag, stick his
hand up it, and make it immediately come alive in the
manner demonstrated here deserves to be called a master
of his craft.

As an added homage to the organization that made this
all possible, we've included the promo for PoA as seen
on the original tape as an extra.
Enjoy!


For the month of December we've decided to
do something special. The FLAiR 2010 advent
calendar will be celebrating the life and
career of Jim Henson, from humble beginnings
until his untimely death 20 years ago.

Every day until Christmas we will be bringing
you new titles from the archives, including
specials, interviews, documentaries, clips
and behind the scenes footage, from every
type of source available to us. Our goal
is to provide real insight into the vast
output of one of the greatest story-
tellers of the 20th century, and the
many talented performers and enablers
that allowed true Muppet magic to grow.

Sit back and join us as we go looking
for the rainbow connection, and remember
to check back daily. We'll be listing them
here as we go!

FLAiR's Christmas Countdown 2010

01. Tales.Of.The.Tinkerdee.1968.READNFO.XviD-FLAiR

02. The.Muppets.On.Puppets.1968.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

03. Hey.Cinderella.1969.TV.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

04. The.Great.Santa.Claus.Switch.1970.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

05. Tales.From.Muppetland.The.Frog.Prince.1971.TV.PROPER.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

06. Tales.From.Muppetland.The.Muppet.Musicians.Of.Bremen.1972.TV.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

07. Emmet.Otters.Jug-Band.Christmas.1977.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Behind.The.Scenes.In.Frogtown.Hollow.2005.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

08. The.Muppets.Go.Hollywood.1979.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

09. John.Denver.And.The.Muppets.A.Christmas.Together.1979.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

10. Of.Muppets.And.Men.The.Making.Of.The.Muppet.Show.1981.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

11. The.Muppets.Go.To.The.Movies.1981.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

12. The.Fantastic.Miss.Piggy.Show.1982.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Miss.Piggys.Hollywood.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

13. Rocky.Mountain.Holiday.With.John.Denver.And.The.Muppets.1983.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

14. Fraggle.Songs.Volume.One.1983.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Doozer.Music.1984.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

Down.At.Fraggle.Rock.Behind.The.Scenes.1987.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Fraggles.Look.For.Jobs.1987.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

15. The.Muppets.A.Celebration.Of.30.Years.1986.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

16. The.Christmas.Toy.1986.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XViD-FLAiR

A.Muppet.Family.Christmas.1987.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XViD-FLAiR

17. The.Tale.Of.The.Bunny.Picnic.1986.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

18. Dog.City.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

The.Song.Of.The.Cloud.Forest.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

19. An.Evening.With.Jim.Henson.And.Frank.Oz.1993.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

Happy Henson Days!

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