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    Why I think Floyd and Janice are more than friends

    Yes Vic, video always has extra picture off the screen. This is because different TVs cut off different amounts of the edge, so a margin of about 10 percent more width and height is usually "cut off" around the main "safe area". Depending on the TV set, this cut off area can either be visible or...
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    Was Jim in Ernest Goes to Camp?

    Very obscure muppet-related fact. In "Into The Night" Jim makes a short appearance. He's just a guy who is making a phone call when somebody grabs the phone away from him. John Landis loves to use famous people in cameo roles. In the same movie there is an announcement on an airport loudspeaker...
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    Any Little Shop of Horrors fans?

    Yes, "The Meek Shall Inherit" is a great number - one of my favourites. All you get in the movie is the beginning of the intro and the end of the outro, slapped together in a sort of frankenstein cut-and-shut. I was like: "What happened there? weren't we getting a song?" - Then it's the next...
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    Any Little Shop of Horrors fans?

    They're the best movies I did - at the Creature Shop I also worked on The Witches, The Ghost of Faffner Hall and The Storyteller. That's all, I think. Little Shop wasn't a Henson production, but Frank used a **** of a lot of regulars from the Henson shows. We were all freelancers. Amazing to...
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    Ever dream of meeting a performer?

    Thanks, christyb. I'll do that.
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    New Members: Please Post and Introduce Yourself

    Old Creature Shop mechanic says hello Hi everyone! I first heard of this forum when BethAnn found me on AllExperts.com. What a find! About me: I was an Animatronics Technician at The Henson Creature Shop in London (making the mechanical parts inside puppets that allow greater movement and...
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    Ever dream of meeting a performer?

    I did meet Jim a few times when I worked in the London Creature Shop in the 80s. He seemed a very nice guy, quiet, shy and generous - quite like Kermit! When he was working on a movie set, however, he sounded more like Rowlf the Dog, barking his commands with enthusiasm and energy. Only two...
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    Labyrinth Premeire

    As I worked on the puppets for the film, I was invited to a closed preview, but as a non-celeb I didn't go to the premiere. It was an amazing experience, but I remember thinking - "Wait a minute, that owl is computer generated (nobody said CGI then), not a puppet! It looks bloody good! We could...
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    Ludo's height

    I was working in the creature shop when Ludo was made, and even had to wear the costume just once in it's very early stages, because I'm 6 feet tall, about the same size as the main puppeteers who played the part. The wearer stands almost upright, but the "spine" of the suit passes over his head...
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    Gluing Technique Help!

    The sheet foam and glue method is usually used only for puppets where the seams can be incorporated into the design, or when fleece covering will be used. Lyle Conway told me he hand-carved the original Miss Piggy head from solid foam - finishing off with tiny curved nail scissors! When a...
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    Prosthetic Paint

    PAX Paint PAX paint was developed by Dick Smith for foam latex prosthetics, to replace castor-oil based rubber mask greasepaints and dangerous toluene or xylene-based rubber solvent paints. It's a blend of Pros-aide (a milky prosthetic glue), and Liquitex acrylic paint. I'm not sure of the...
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    Any Little Shop of Horrors fans?

    Thanks for that link! I'm waiting for it to download now! 54 percent completed... I worked in Lyle Conway's animatronics shop in Pinewood Studios, London, building Audrey II for the musical film. We were all horrified when they asked to come back and do the reshoot. Frank Oz hated doing it as...
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