We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.

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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...

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

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

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, 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...

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...

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...

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 anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in...

If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in...

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.

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...

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...

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...

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in...

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in...

I think my own strengths are in television production.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...