kimberley.d.t.

me too, love it! But I had no idea that it took 2 puppeteers to run Ernie.

halinanewberrygrant:

this makes me beyond happy. beyond beyond…sesame street single handedly made me want to move here when i grew up…

shortmikeshort:

Look at my man Louie schooling Binu on Muppeteering.

And really, even if a Muppeteer only did just Ernie’s right arm that is still a million-times-more-cooler job than the one you have.

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binu:

everythinginthesky:

“So what do you do?”
“I’m, uh, a puppeteer. For the Muppets.”
“Wow. Which ones do you do?”
“I do… I do Ernie’s arm.”
“You do Ernie’s arms?”
“No, no… just… just the one. Just the right one.”
“Just the right one?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. I, uh… great. That’s… great.” 
“Yeah.”
“…Yeah. Listen, I’m gonna go get, uh…”
“Yeah.”

via riotclitshave

Actually, that’s Richard Hunt right handing for Henson.  He was a very accomplished and trusted puppeteer in his own right and is known for being the puppeteer behind Scooter, Janice and Sesame Street’s Glady’s the cow.  Apparently right arming for a muppet is a very difficult position and the two performers have to have a lot of trust in each other and be very well coordinated. Don’t fuck with my man Hunt.