binu: everythinginthesky: “So what do you do?”“I’m, uh, a puppeteer. For the Muppets.”“Wow. Which ones do you do?”“I do… I do Ernie’s arm.”“You do Ernie’s arms?”“No, no… just… just the one. Just the right one.”“Just the right one?”“Yeah.”“Wow. I, uh… great. That’s… great.” “Yeah.”“…Yeah. Listen, I’m gonna go get, uh…”“Yeah.” via riotclitshave Actually, that’s Richard Hunt right handing for Henson.  He was a very accomplished and trusted puppeteer in his own right and is known for being the puppeteer behind Scooter, Janice and Sesame Street’s Glady’s the cow.  Apparently right arming for a muppet is a very difficult position and the two performers have to have a lot of trust in each other and be very well coordinated. Don’t fuck with my man Hunt.

binu:

everythinginthesky:

“So what do you do?”
“I’m, uh, a puppeteer. For the Muppets.”
“Wow. Which ones do you do?”
“I do… I do Ernie’s arm.”
“You do Ernie’s arms?”
“No, no… just… just the one. Just the right one.”
“Just the right one?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. I, uh… great. That’s… great.” 
“Yeah.”
“…Yeah. Listen, I’m gonna go get, uh…”
“Yeah.”

via riotclitshave

Actually, that’s Richard Hunt right handing for Henson.  He was a very accomplished and trusted puppeteer in his own right and is known for being the puppeteer behind Scooter, Janice and Sesame Street’s Glady’s the cow.  Apparently right arming for a muppet is a very difficult position and the two performers have to have a lot of trust in each other and be very well coordinated. Don’t fuck with my man Hunt.

Source: riotclitshave.livejournal.com
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