If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so…

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It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something...

It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something...

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit...

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And...

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And...

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made...

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made...

NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to...

NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to...

I think my own strengths are in television production.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so...

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so...

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all...

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all...

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television...

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television...

But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense...

But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense...

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in...

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in...

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got...

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got...

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just...

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just...

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with...

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with...