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  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.” Download This Image
  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”
  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”
  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”
  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”
  • Brian Henson Quote - We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”
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We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called “Puppet Up” at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and in Aspen, there was a producer from the Edinborough Fringe Festival, who said, “Please come to Edinborough.”

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - So it’s Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing. “ Download This Image

    So it’s Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing. “

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it’s a real technical skill.

    And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it’s a real technical skill.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

    You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - 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 our style, for a camera.

    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 our style, for a camera.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I think it’s a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it’s very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

    I think it’s a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it’s very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - It’s actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline is good. Initially it’s really tough.

    It’s actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline is good. Initially it’s really tough.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing people to make mistakes. Download This 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 make mistakes.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - And if the audience is in a kind of naughty, raunchy mood, then they’re going to make naughty, raunchy suggestions and then we take them and we do the scene anyway, and that’s part of the fun.

    And if the audience is in a kind of naughty, raunchy mood, then they’re going to make naughty, raunchy suggestions and then we take them and we do the scene anyway, and that’s part of the fun.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - In the show, we have recreated two sketches that my dad had, or pieces that my dad had developed. One that he had developed with my mother, one that Frank Oz had developed with my dad. And these are old pieces from the ’50’s and ’60’s, and we’re going to develop more, too.

    In the show, we have recreated two sketches that my dad had, or pieces that my dad had developed. One that he had developed with my mother, one that Frank Oz had developed with my dad. And these are old pieces from the ’50’s and ’60’s, and we’re going to develop more, too.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - 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, that’s what my dad was doing. Download This 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, that’s what my dad was doing.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - But the fact that most of the show you can’t be prepared for, you have no idea really what’s coming is initially very nerve wracking, by now, it’s kind of fun. Download This 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 very nerve wracking, by now, it’s kind of fun.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I’m doing something that’s quite precise over here, working the puppet, and I’m doing something that’s very imprecise and creative and unleashed over here, which is the comedy side. And it’s kind of nice to allow your brain to be doing those two things at once.

    I’m doing something that’s quite precise over here, working the puppet, and I’m doing something that’s very imprecise and creative and unleashed over here, which is the comedy side. And it’s kind of nice to allow your brain to be doing those two things at once.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and it’s sort of the tone and flavor, always, of the puppet work that we’ve done traditionally. And that’s what brought us here and now we’re here. Download This Image

    We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and it’s sort of the tone and flavor, always, of the puppet work that we’ve done traditionally. And that’s what brought us here and now we’re here.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - But curriculum-wise, I was drawn to the sciences and specifically to physics, and I really enjoyed it and I think for a little while there, I was really thinking my schooling would be in physics, that that was something I loved.

    But curriculum-wise, I was drawn to the sciences and specifically to physics, and I really enjoyed it and I think for a little while there, I was really thinking my schooling would be in physics, that that was something I loved.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - 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, just be open and funny, and paying, you know, paying attention.

    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, just be open and funny, and paying, you know, paying attention.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it’s great fun to do improve comedy with puppets.

    he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it’s great fun to do improve comedy with puppets.

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