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[–]NovaDeez 45 points46 points ago

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I had no idea that Bert was controlled by Tobias Funke.

[–]plainOldFool 14 points15 points ago

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THAT'S FRANK OZ YOU BASTARD. You show that man some gosh darn respect. That's Yoda, mother fucker... Yoda.

[–]Seagull66 0 points1 point ago

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YODA!!! And there are literally dozens of us!!!!!!

[–]iliketodrinksoup 3 points4 points ago

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GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[–]LocalMadman 2 points3 points ago

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HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE GREAT FRANK OZ!!!!! KNEEL BEFORE HIM AND TREMBLE!!!! BECOME SLAVES TO HIS INHUMAN WHIMS!!! FOR HE IS BOTH FOZZY BEAR AND YODA, AND HE SHALL SLAY US ALL AT THE TIME OF HIS CHOOSING.

[–]yeah_juggs 5 points6 points ago

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Puts new meaning to his analrapist job

[–]twosixtyone 0 points1 point ago

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He looks like he just blue himself.

[–]kevtastic 0 points1 point ago

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I clicked comments with this exact thought.

[–]walktothestation 0 points1 point ago

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"Hard to sit when you got someone's hand up your ass."- Franklin Delano Bluth

[–]Philosophyforever 0 points1 point ago

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youy know i though of the same thing... but i understand whypeople are upset... i never really knew what frank oz looked like O-o

[–]rcinsf 0 points1 point ago

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Left to right: Dweezil Zappa, Jim Henson, Frank Oz (best known as the cop in Trading Places when Aycroyd is arrested, didn't do much else ;)

[–]ronintetsuro 0 points1 point ago

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So much makes sense now.

[–]crackanape 8 points9 points ago

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A couple years ago at the Smithsonian there was a great exhibit about Jim Henson. They had many of the original muppets and a vast collection of documents including stories from many of his collaborators.

Apparently for the Swedish Chef there was one person controlling the body and another one controlling the hands. The person who did the hands was a bit manic and would always veer off the script, throwing things around and causing everyone else to ad-lib through the sketches, which is why the Swedish Chef bits were particularly zany much of the time.

[–]muttleee 11 points12 points ago

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I had no idea Ernie had an 'a' in it.

[–]GerniePain 1 point2 points ago

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That being my real name, I came in to say that. TY

[–]Zero_Talent -3 points-2 points ago

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I wouldn't be so proud of the name if I was you.

[–]GerniePain 2 points3 points ago

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I am proud that I am not you.

[–]The_Doctor_00[S] 1 point2 points ago

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d'oh!

[–]Rhendal 5 points6 points ago*

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Jim Henson controlled the mouth and body of the Swedish Chef while Frank Oz controlled the arms. I read somewhere that a lot of it was ad lib and Henson would have to comment in mock Swedish as to what Frank Oz was doing, and Frank had to react according to what Jim was doing as well.

You should also check out how Big Bird works. His unused hand had a fishing line which attached to the other hand through the suit, so if he had to raise his hand, the other would lower.

[–]AlsoSprach 1 point2 points ago

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I used to work with someone who had worked on the Sesame Street set years before. She said that the guy in the Big Bird suit could never remember his lines, so there was a teleprompter inside the suit for him to read.

[–]littlehobbit 5 points6 points ago

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The real talent is in long-haired Robbie: Controlling Ernie's right hand and Jim Henson with his left hand. Puppeteering the puppeteer.

[–]videonerd 0 points1 point ago*

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  • Craig Schwartz: [as Maxine Puppet] Tell me, Craig, why do you like puppetering?
  • [as Craig Puppet] Well Maxine, I'm not sure exactly. Perhaps the idea of becoming someone else for a little while. Being inside another skin - thinking differently, moving differently, feeling differently.
  • [as Maxine Puppet] Interesting, Craig...

[–]videonerd 0 points1 point ago

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  • John Malkovich: It's my head, Schwartz, and I'll see you in court!
  • Craig Schwartz: [calling after him] And who's to say I won't be seeing what you're seeing... in court?

[–]TheCannon 3 points4 points ago

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I had no idea Jim Hensen wore his pants up to his chest.

[–]ajmanx 2 points3 points ago

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With your arms up constantly, pants might just fall uncomfortably low otherwise.

[–]plainOldFool 4 points5 points ago

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That, and it was, like, the 70's, man.

[–]ajmanx 2 points3 points ago

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If it was the 50's it would be up to his neck. Remember Fred Mertz.

[–]Gorlith -1 points0 points ago

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Pants were meant to be worn at the waist. You know, before the world got fat and people started wearing them at the hips.

[–]WreckerCrew 2 points3 points ago

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Two hands and one mouth....how the hell did you think one person was going to handle that?

[–]Gom555 2 points3 points ago

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That seems pretty awkward and uncomfortable. I'd be terrified my pits were smelly.

[–]rcinsf 1 point2 points ago

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Everyone smelled back then. Dirty hippies.

[–]BiggyDiggs 1 point2 points ago

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I had no idea they were required to wear ridiculous clothing.

[–]oneir0naut0 1 point2 points ago

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Holy crap. Face pressed into Jim Henson's Hippie underarm. That could not have been a pleasant experience.

Dude must have said Kermit looked stupid or something at the office meeting.

[–]level5Caterpie 1 point2 points ago

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It takes one person to control him... and another to hold him back...

[–]Bayoublaster 0 points1 point ago

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The illusion is shattered!!!! My childhood!!!

[–]DangerousDetlef 0 points1 point ago

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If the torso-guy does not use deodorant, the arm-guy is really fucked..

[–]4nonymo 0 points1 point ago

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He didn't, Jim was just a masterful troll.

[–]StaticSabre 0 points1 point ago

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The guy on the left is in a rather uncomfortable position. Let's hope that Jim wears deodorant.

[–]pnpbios 0 points1 point ago

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Bert and Ernie might not be gay, but the people handling them might be.

[–]Cryptan 0 points1 point ago

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Let's see here. Two hands and a working mouth... that's three human hands... You just assumed Goro was controlling Ernie?

[–]santeeass 0 points1 point ago

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TIL Jim Henson was a goofy lookin' mofo.

[–]M0j0_J0j0 0 points1 point ago

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hopefully the middle man uses excellent deodorant

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I just bought the exact same adidas "originals" that the guy on the left has on.

[–]LocalMadman 0 points1 point ago

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Any muppet who uses both their hands takes at least two muppeteers to contract. I think after seeing this picture you can tell why.

[–]Professor226 0 points1 point ago

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You should have seen him when he was drunk. It took 5 guys to hold him back. He nearly killed Elmo.

[–]porkfatty 0 points1 point ago

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I never realized that Ernie's hands were articulate while Bert's were just on sticks. Was it always like this?

[–]otakuman 0 points1 point ago

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Ernie always moves boths of his hands, AND his mouth. So you need three hands to animate him correctly. It's one of those "doh! Of course! Why didn't I think of that!" moments.

[–]den215 0 points1 point ago

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sucks the one dude has to smell the hippies armpit

[–]cynicalnonamerican 0 points1 point ago

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it's that way because Bert had a stroke a few years back and doesn't have full use of his right arm...

[–]Mister_Snrub -1 points0 points ago

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Are you serious? Ernie has two working arms and a mouth. Unless Jim Henson had an extra arm hidden in his magnificent beard, this doesn't take a whole lot of mental grappling to figure out.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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cords and bellbottoms for the mofackin' win!