Jim Henson Company Gets Rude

Beebers

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e-mailing Henson Company

I'm sorry your experience was less than fun. Bear in mind that companies and corporations have people whose sole job, or at the least a substantial part of their day, is dealing with, sorting through and directing to its proper destinations the enormous volume of e-mails they receive from all over the world, not just from here. Before e-mail, it was physical letters through snailmail that they had to deal with, stacks and stacks of it every day.
In broadcast, in cable, and in entertainment, it often falls to young interns to do this and to answer FAQs and fanmail. Sometimes the entire system is automated and responds only to questions and word content that it can identify. Too, you may have gotten an intern who was having a horrible day, a first day, or a horrible first day.
It is widely felt that with the absence of Jim Henson has come a gradual, creeping loss of humanity within the company. I'd guess that most of us probably want in our hearts of hearts for it ALL to be Muppety, not corporate. Unfortunately, entertainment is a business. We can look forward, and hope the Henson kids bring some of the old friendly magic back over time. This forum is the best place you can be for support and information. Don't be discouraged. Keep on keepin' on. (Something we used to say in the late 1960s, early '70s. Hippie Encouragement.) :sympathy: :sympathy: :sympathy:
 

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Many of those answers can be answered here by 90% of the members. Post on MC first before mailing them. Although your questions are a little obvious, I have to admit those answers are very short.
 

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my bet is your e-mail had been replied by a person who wasn't it the happiest of moods, or was feeling sarcastic....but that might just be me....
 

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sarah_yzma said:
my bet is your e-mail had been replied by a person who wasn't it the happiest of moods, or was feeling sarcastic....but that might just be me....
Yes, Sarah's been intercepting all emails to the Jim Henson Company and answering them. That
s why there were so many mistakes, and the rude comments.
 

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Yes, I actually thought about this last night. If the email had been signed by Miss Piggy, then the way the sarcasm was taken would have been in a totally different context.
 

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i've never emailed them, but i think i'd be tickled if i got a reply at all.
of course it would only be cool if i knew for sure it was a reply from one of the performers.
i bet they're probably swamped with emails...besides i couldn't think of anything to ask them...
 

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I don't think Jim Henson would have been very happy about the response which was given to a person showing genuine interest in his company's work.
 

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jediX said:
Go ahead and post em in this thread if you want, Brian -- I can try and answer them. :smile:
I do this and it helps.. but when I for instance need information or othetr specific questions I mail them... but I never got any responce.
So Brain get lucky by getting a responce.
Or do they only mail people in USA? :smirk:
 

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Pino said:
I do this and it helps.. but when I for instance need information or othetr specific questions I mail them... but I never got any responce.
So Brain get lucky by getting a responce.
Or do they only mail people in USA? :smirk:

Pino, try snailmail, not e-mails.
Also, read the above posts. Henson is a huge, overwhelmed company. The volume of mail is unreal for them. They don't only respond to U.S. people. It's just too much, they can't respond to every letter, unfortunately. Good luck. :sympathy: :sympathy: :sympathy:
 

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I will try and not let the person who answered not to ruin my loyalty to the Muppets but I do agree that whoever is answering the e-mails is representing the JHC.

I did not know whether or not to start a new thread or not. But what are all the "official" Muppets/Jim Henson websites?

Here is what all I have:

Animal Jam @ http://www.animaljamtv.com/

Bear In The Big Blue House @ http://www.bearinthebigbluehouse.com/

Farscape @ http://www.farscape.com/

Henson.com @ http://www.henson.com/

Jim Henson's Creature Shop @ http://www.creatureshop.com/

Muppet World @ http://www.muppetworld.com/

Muppets.com @ http://www.muppets.com/

The Hoobs @ http://www.hoobnet.com/

Is this all or are there any others that are not listed? I wonder if there are any official sites in other countries?

Brian
 
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