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

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Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in...

Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in...

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

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...

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.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...