No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

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Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college...

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

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...

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 think my own strengths are in television production.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

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, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a...

Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a...

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...

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...

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

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...