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Puppet-Making at Jim Henson's Creature Shop!

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At Jim Henson's Creature Shop in New York, Adam Savage learns how talented fabricators transform the characters from two of Jim Henson's earliest sketches -- the Glow Worm and Business Business -- into two sets of puppets that will appear live on stage in Brian Henson's Puppet Up improv show. It's a balance between recreating some of the mechanisms developed by Jim and his team in the 1960s, and using modern techniques like 3D printing to make the performance pop for a live audience. And we'd say they pulled it off quite beautifully. Do you agree?

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@tested Creator 2 years ago Pinned

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@thequackateers 2 years ago

I’m glad they’re rebuilding many classic characters for new audiences to enjoy! Even if it’s specifically for Puppet Up, it’s still nice to see these characters again that had an impact on Jim Henson’s legacy.

@PerdixDesignLtd 2 years ago

I could spend a lifetime inside the Creature Shop

@CaptainBrawnson 2 years ago

Jason is a delight, and the Henson videos are always an absolute joy.

@StephP1453 2 years ago

God I love these puppet segments! The way they move, look, etc, just is nostalgia all around.

@superultimatexlrfire462 2 years ago

So glad these guys are the ones behind the FNaF movie's animatronics.

@jmgriffee 2 years ago

The sheer glee in "I got to touch a worm!" kinda made my day.

@ryan_j_peck 2 years ago

I know a certain someone at tested is having the time of their life with all this!!!

@Merennulli 2 years ago

I am often amazed at how accessible the Muppet mechs seem. Anyone COULD make a lot of the individual pieces, but it takes imaginative genius to come up with them in the first place. It's truly the sort of imagination you only strengthen through play, which I suspect is why everyone seems so joyful when describing their work in the creature shop. I doubt you can do that kind of work without that kind of attitude towards what you do.

@MarceloRBottaro 2 years ago

That’s so cool they brought this sketch back, and even rebuilt them with a fresh new look

@extraterrestrialelliot 2 years ago

The Jim Henson series had got to be a favourite for me

@ThatChadWithTheAnchorArms 2 years ago

Oooooh, the old Glow worm bit.
CLASSIC

@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384 2 years ago

Another great Creature shop / Henson video. Unusual to see Adam having to look up to talk to someone.

@beetlejuicesgraveyardrevue 2 years ago (edited)

So glad that you’re doing this series. As a lifelong Henson fan who had childhood dreams of working in the Creature Shop these videos make my heart so happy.

@tj_enju 2 years ago

muppetstonight... that show sold me on the idea of storytelling with puppets

@DWINC 2 years ago (edited)

Oh boy…..working at a company like this must be a dream for us stuck in cubicles ❤ Thanks so much for showing this.

@BigBlueDog8 2 years ago

I loved the Muppet show when I was a kid. Jim Henson was a Genius!

@MitchellTF 1 year ago

I love how Not-Kermit has no consistent design, but the MONSTER does.

@MadHax-wt5tl 2 years ago

1:27 Every single time it shows that monster, and it opens its eyes and glares at the little green guy. It cracks me up in that way only Jim Henson's work can.

@misery13666 2 years ago

There are many time I'm jealos of Adam savage, but never so much as when he gets to go to a muppet workshop. This was a childhood dream of mine, and still is.