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Director of a dozen feature films. Theater director. Yoda performer. Years ago was with The Muppets.

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@TheFrankOzJam
Frank Oz
4 years
So odd. I’m 76. I don’t feel like I’m 76. I feel like I’m 18 - but have lived a life. A fortunate life. I think of those 18 year olds in all the wars who stayed forever 18 and never had a life. Thank you all for your birthday wishes from this 18 year old who got to have a life.
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After being a member for 30 years I’m embarrassed to be associated with the Oscars telecast.Not because of “The Slap” but because of the phoniness of the show. All I sense is a desperate attempt to get more viewers by any means possible, not a show about the love of making movies
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@TheFrankOzJam
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In my opinion we need to realize that Trump is now legitimately mentally ill. His behavior this week has crossed the line into Dr Strangelove-land. I’m not trying to be funny or political. I truly think he needs help.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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My daddy you are???
@MarkHamill
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4 years
For all those wondering, this is my son Yoda. We share no blood but he is my life. He came from Dagobah (legally, of course) six years ago and lives with me in Malibu. I am so proud of him and raising him has been the best, most rewarding thing I’ve done in my life.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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6 years
Yes I identified most with Grover and Fozzie, but there are bits of me in all of my characters. Me being boring is Bert, me pure is Grover, me obsessed-Cookie, me neurotic-Piggy, me insecure-Fozzie, me uptight-Sam, me crazed-Animal. I'm a bit like each of them. And so are you.
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Some people think The Muppets are for children. Nope. I never once had the kids in mind when I performed. I mean, what’s the difference between performing for kids and performing for adults, anyway? We were adults and we had fun performing as adults. And the kids got it.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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I’m very disappointed that Nick Sandmann has no intention of apologizing because he says he had every right to stand there. I hope, as he grows older, that he will understand it’s not about having the right. It’s about doing the right thing.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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6 years
It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It's fine that he feels they are. They're not, of course. But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There's much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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A last thought: If Jim and I had created B & E as gay characters they would be inauthentic coming from two straight men. However, I have now learned that many view them as representative of a loving gay relationship. And that’s pretty wonderful. Thanks for helping me understand.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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I’ve received so many Happy Birthday greetings. Thank you all. You know, it’s weird to be 77. You know what’s more weird? In the blink of an eye you’ll be 77 too. Oh yes you will. And it’s okay. I don’t even think about age. We’re all much more than numbers.
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CONFESSION: In my 20’s I joked about “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” being so bland and “kidsy” and “unhip”. Then years later when life became more complicated and I was battling my inner demons, I would watch him because he would always make me feel better about myself.
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Almost 50 years ago Carrol was working with Jim on Oscar’s voice in the small Muppets Studio on 53rd Street and 2nd ave in NYC. But it was Big Bird who grew into being the character most emblematic of Sesame Street. And Carrol’s spirit made that happen. What an amazing legacy.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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Sesame Street. Early '70’s. We're rehearsing a “Rapunzel” sketch. Jon Stone directing. We're screwing around. Tears in our eyes from laughing. I shout to Jon, “What are we teaching?” Jon shouts back,”Who cares!” And he was right. Sometimes just having fun has value all it’s own.
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Years ago some parents were concerned about Cookie Monster’s vocabulary and syntax. An interviewer asked if I thought Cookie's way of speaking could be corrupting the kids. I said didn’t foresee a child growing up, becoming a lawyer, and saying, “Me want to represent you”.
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@TheFrankOzJam
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First of all there’s no “boy stuff” or “girl stuff”. It’s all just “stuff”. You can wear whatever stuff that you and your mom want. I mean, Yoda wears a necklace. I’ve never heard anyone make fun of him for wearing “Girl Stuff”. You just be who you are.
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Natali Simmonds / N J Simmonds
6 years
My 7 year old daughter's crying in bed right now because she wants to wear her Star Wars t-shirt to school but is scared her classmates will laugh because she likes 'boy stuff'. I'm so sad/angry for her. Please RT and comment so I can show her how awesome girl #StarWars fans are.
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I just tested positive for Covid. First time. Always wear masks indoors. Let my guard down and agreed to two meals with friends inside a restaurant. Minor symptoms but quarantining. I’ll be fine in a few days. All the more reason to vaccinate. Be careful. It’s not gone.
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I just do not get it. Someone does something so daring & funny & needed as #DontLookUp from Netflix and it's being given mixed & negative reviews! What???!!! It's our Dr Strangelove for today! "We really did have it all, didn't we?" Those words need to be imbedded in our souls!
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After years of work Jim and I flew from London to LA to show our final cut of DARK CRYSTAL to the studio. We sat a few rows behind the two execs in an empty screening room. The film ended. The execs stood up. And they walked out. Not saying a word to us. It was not a good day.
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Not original thinking but...I often think about what the world would be like now if women and people of color had not been suppressed in centuries past. What would the world be like now if they had been given the opportunity to contribute their talent and intellect and empathy?
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Emilio Delgaudo. I had no idea you were so sick. Seeing you a few months ago I told you how cool you looked. And you did. I never thought for a moment you were sick. So sorry for your loved ones. So glad I was able to experience your talent and warm smile.
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6 years
One thing people don’t understand about the Muppets. It’s not really about the Muppet characters. It’s about the performers underneath. The characters have affection for each other because we have affection for each other. The characters are rebellious because we’re rebellious.
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May 16, Saturday is the 30th anniversary of Jim Henson’s passing. We can’t let this day go by without remembering him. At 4 pm ET the Muppet Guys will be talking about Jim and his work . Go to . It’ll be live-stream. I think it’ll be worth your time.
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There are hidden artists among us. A really good short order cook is one. Bacon's on the griddle, bread in toaster, slice bagel, orders shouted, crack eggs, flip bacon, grab toast, hands moving, body in motion. All rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. A beautiful thing to watch. An artist.
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Absolutely true Elsa. It’s also all the amazing shop people who made YODA come alive. Plus the writing and the editing. I’m the guy who puts it all together and creates a soul. But without Mark believing in that soul, nothing works. You can take that to the bank.
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Elsa Cristina
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Everyone says Yoda looks so real. Yes it is true, but is it @MarkHamill acting that makes all Yoda scenes amazing. What an amazing actor he is. @AlliCastner @MariamSkywalker @ComCodyCC2224 @realmallard1 @sammiehobbit @MoodyK95548511 @LukeJedi123 @OldBen2000 @Plokool811 @jimmyogs
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Jim Henson was both our leader and very often the instigator of play. He taught us that even when you’re doing something you don’t want to do you can still have fun doing it.
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1979-The Muppet Movie. After shooting day was over, with Orson Welles as a cameo, Orson invited me and Jim to dinner with his wife. Orson spoke beautifully that night. Memorably he said, "Some people create out of experience, I create out of innocence." That has become my mantra.
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@MarkHamill I always miss you. But now I long for you.
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5 years
Wait. You mean some of you out there seriously believe that Grover on Sesame Street would say the word “fuck” — on camera or off-camera? Really????
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Audio Illusion: It works both ways. First: Listen to it knowing he actually says "That sounds like an excellent idea"- It's pure Sesame Street. Next: Listen to it & you're sure he dropped the F-bomb. It's #GangstaGrover on The Sopranos. #Fuggeddaboutit
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You have the right to say anything you’d like about my performance of Yoda, but you are not allowed to use the word “retard’ to describe a fellow human being with mental disabilities. There is the “n” word we never use. It’s time for us now to completely stop using the “r” word.
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@naitch76 @Arenillas78 @TheFrankOzJam He's dead and thus immortal. I think he's allowed to crack wise.
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So I’m going to do a @Reddit_AMA on January 4 at 6 PM ET. I’m told AMA stands for ASK ME ANYTHING. I wasn’t sure about the whole thing at first, but now I’m thinking that it might be fun to touch base with you all. So, OK. AMA. I’ll be curious what kinds of questions you’ll ask.
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RIAN!!!!! YOU WON!!! SOOOOOOOOOO PLEASED. AN AMAZING SCRIPT!!! GLAD IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!! AND THANKS FOR GIVING MARK AND ME THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS TO SAY!!
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This question brings me to something I've been thinking of. I have a FRANKOZ website. This site will go through each of my dozen films in detail and talk about the craft and process of each one. Before I start I want to make sure it's something people want. If so, let me know.
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¡𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀!
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@TheFrankOzJam Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is such a well-made picture. The camera always highlights the joke. Did you storyboard or figure the exact shots after rehearsals?
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Harry Belafonte. The Muppet Show. Jim loved working with him. We all did. That show took on such a different texture from our other shows because of Harry's contributions. We all wanted to make it right for him. It was an honor and a privilege to work with such a rare human.
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@blazejowski19 @iamjacob182 @rianjohnson @HamillHimself I kind of have pretty intimate knowledge of who Yoda is, and I don’t feel it was out of character at all.
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@SpillmanThom I created Bert. I know what and who he is.
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I've always believed the world is lopsided. I get attention & money while others do far more important things to keep our world going: Yes, those who work with their hands, as my father did, but also from teachers to mental health workers. Thank you all for keeping us afloat.
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I LOVED Jar Jar Binks. I know I’ll get raked over the coals for saying that but I just will never understand the harshness of people’s dislike of him. I do character work. He is a GREAT character! Okay. Go ahead. Shoot. Gimme all ya got—but you’ll never make me change my mind.
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un-cancelled Distal
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@rlshafferwrites @thatweirdghost @rianjohnson @HamillHimself @TheFrankOzJam People can hate on George Lucas’ TPM all they want. They can never take away how special this scene is between Jar Jar Binks ( @Ahmedbest ) & Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson)
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Jon Stewart doesn’t want applause. He wants the job done. We do too. This is the richest nation in the world. Of course there’s money for these heroes. It’s disgusting that these men and women have to beg for what we owe them.
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Really? Really? Really? Not raising money for helping refugees, wounded soldiers, mental health, disabled police & firefighters, Lupus research, battered women, finding missing children, hunger, and on and on and on? You're instead raising money to remake a movie? Really? Really?
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please please please please pleeeeeeeaaaase please actually happen please please please please please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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I'm better as a performer and director when I have other people with whom I can collaborate. Some call that weakness. That's B.S. I don't collaborate out of weakness. I collaborate out of strength. Why wouldn't I want to hear the opinions of talented people around me?
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@davetheslave @rianjohnson It’s sad to me that you’ve harbored this internal darkness for so long about a movie. Rian is a great director, writer, & human being. Please try to understand that writers & directors are not there to fulfill the audience’s expectations. Good work breaks expectations.
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@HamillHimself @realbdw Ohh! I always wondered why you did that. I just thought you were checking out her shoes.
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Saw WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR. So touching and powerful with a simple searing message. I never met Fred Rogers, but Jim did and liked him. They both had that strong, silent will. They had similar messages, but expressed them in different ways. Be nice to have them both around now
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On TV in the ‘50’s & 60’s the Muppets sold bread, coffee, toilet paper, fabric finish, dog food, cheese snacks, gasoline, and more to pay the bills. Once Sesame Street began in 1969 we stopped making commercials. Jim did not want to take advantage of his new audience.
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I don't believe there is such a thing as a self-made man or woman. None of us do it alone. No one lives in a vacuum. I get all the credit for what I do. Not the writers, crew, staff, and other performers who all contribute to my work. I'm not being modest here, just honest.
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1975. Sam the Eagle,The Electric Mayhem,Statler & Waldorf,Dr. Strangepork, Swedish Chef (with Chinese subtitles) all first appeared on the TV pilot SEX AND VIOLENCE. It didn't sell. But a year later those characters were on The Muppet Show. Sometimes losing now is winning later.
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Every day I see the very elderly on the streets. Wrinkled, bent, shuffling. With cane, with walker. Alone. A couple. Invisible. No one sees the soft skinned model, the Olympics athlete, the WW2 ace, the steel worker, the activist, the child they once were. We just pass on by.
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Just saw Jordan Peele's "US" last night which premiered here at SXSW. A really scary movie with an underbelly of profundity. A movie that shines a dark spotlight on our duality and strikes at our souls. A significant movie--especially for these times in which we live.
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Exactly. If Mark hadn't spoken and reacted to Yoda with the simple belief he had, Yoda absolutely would not have worked.
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In my twenties, (mid 1960's) I bought a video camera with a VERY heavy battery case and huge camera. Before they became too old, I recorded hours of footage of my mom and my dad telling me their life's stories. They are gone now. But I have their stories. Don't wait too long,
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I’m 76, Biden is 77. I have 20 years of vitality ahead of me & so does he. But I don’t care if Biden, as Prez were to be in a wheelchair and drooling. He will hire talented staff like every Prez does. What he will give us is an empathetic leader with a righteous moral compass
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Mark, congratulations on your Star in Hollywood. MORE than deserved! I promise I will walk around it gingerly and not step on it.
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This sounds self-serving, but the hell with it. Go see KNIVES OUT. I attended the premiere last week and loved it! I don’t know of any other movie like it. A very funny legitimate Who-Done-It with a timely significance underneath. Rian nailed a unique tone. Great work.
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@MeCookieMonster I'm shocked to see a news article on Cookie Monster talking about "shrinkflation". Jim would NEVER have allowed this. The SS Muppets need to live in their own pure world. Not our world. What has happened to the integrity of the character and the integrity of Sesame Workshop?
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The first review for The Dark Crystal was positive. All others were negative. I’m glad Jim’s vision and artistry have stood the test of time.
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Unlike Ernie, Bert has an annoying laugh: “A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a“. Jerry Juhl, Muppets head writer, was visiting beautiful Yorkshire countryside. Trying to sleep, Jerry had dreams of Bert laughing. He awoke, looked out his window and saw sheep outside going “Baa-baa-baa-baa-baa”
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I learned much from Irvin Kershner, director of “Empire.” Kersh said when filming a story logic often takes 2nd place. When the Millennium Falcon was in trouble and steam was bursting into the damaged ship, he said no one questioned steam in a space ship. Logic: 2nd place.
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TED LASSO & ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING. Great shows!
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I don't know how I got here. I was this kid with low self esteem and a bit of talent. But a lot of people have talent and haven't "made it." Why did the planets line up for me? Why didn't other talented people get their Jim Henson as a mentor? I don't think I'll ever know why.
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People ask me who my favorite character is that i do. I really like all of them for different reasons. But there are two I do identify with more. I suppose because the core of me is inside them. Maybe this is REEEEAL egocentric of me and you may not care, but you want to guess?
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This one hurts—losing Alan.  After appearing on The Muppet Show we became affectionate pen-pals. An extraordinary, undefinable talent & unique human-being-mensch. Alan would hate maudlin things being said about him.Okay, Alan. I'll stop. But if you don't hear from me, I blame you
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Jim Henson began as an experimental film maker (actually an experimental everything-maker). He took many detours in his life finally coming back years later to projects he would not have been able to do had he not taken those detours.
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@MarkHamill I not only miss you, I miss working with you.❤️
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5 years
For all of you who responded to my last Tweet by wishing me a belated Happy Birthday, it’s too late for me to accept your wishes. However, I will keep your wishes until next May 25 at which point I will accept them so you won’t have to go through this again.
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At last! Something real at The Oscars!
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3 years
Regarding my last tweet, I wasn’t trying to be funny. I was deadly serious. This is real. Whether it’s NPD or something else, he is sick. We may not be able to do anything about it, but we need to at least recognize that the President of the United States is now profoundly sick.
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I realize now what happened.  My head and heart are still in the Sesame Street that existed when Joan Cooney was active in it and when Jim and Jon Stone were alive, and when I was still performing on it.  But I have not kept up with it for years. I guess it's changed.
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I saw a little girl in the security line today. Her Hello Kitty case was put in a bin to be X-rayed. She walked through the metal detector to be scanned. She sat and put her shoes back on. All normal. But it’s not. That little girl will never experience what’s really normal.
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A friend of mine ended an email to me with, “Stay positive while remaining negative”. I like that. Of course I’ll steal it and use it as my own. Stay positive while remaining negative.
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@HamillHimself The reason I asked you to stop was because you were doing it better than me.
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Today our highest elected official has chosen to betray our country’s values. He’s chosen money over morality He’s given a green light for the autocrats in the world to do what they want to journalists who disagree with them. How do we go forward now knowing we allowed this?
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@TokyoTrash Agreed. When a character is created to be queer it is indeed important that the character be known as such. It is also important when a character who was not created queer, be accepted as such.
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In 1964 Muppets Inc.was housed in a one flight walk up on East 53rd street/NYC in two small rooms of a railroad flat on top of a restaurant/bar. Jim and Jerry Juhl worked in one room and Don Sahlin made the Muppets in the other small workshop/room. That's The Muppets inside me.
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Yes. It’s so weird to me. Not that people have negative reactions about a movie-everyone has a right to their opinions. What is weird to me, is the intensity of the opinions. I just don’t get it. But I’ll just stay out of it now and go back to my Twitter cave.
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@TheFrankOzJam I loved The Last Jedi. I don't get the snarky hate. everything had to happen that way. well done @rianjohnson and co.
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The biggest struggle I have as a dad is to know when it's best to support my grown kids and when it's best to leave them the hell alone. I wish newborns came out of the womb carrying a book for the husband on how to be a great father. But if we knew I guess we wouldn't be human.
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I don’t get it. I mean I really don’t. I���m not at the border in the thick of it all, so I have no first-hand knowledge. And I’m sure the situation is complicated. But if even half, or if even a quarter of what I read is true, be they legal or illegal, why treat people this way?
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Holy cow! I gotta go!! Been tweeting waaaaaaaaay too long. But it was good. And I learned something profound. Thanks for those who tweeted with me. Next time I would be very interested to know: If Bert and Ernie were indeed gay, would they be different than they are now?
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It is really fantastic how well received #TheLastJedi is. Deservedly so. @rianjohnson really did an amazing job. And I know this is late but, Happy Birthday, Rian! I’ll smoke a cigar in your honor.
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@thatdangdingus @SpillmanThom How odd you see my feelings as disgust
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I just saw a preview of Pete Docter's finest work, SOUL. I'm told Quest Love said that it's a movie for adults that kids will enjoy too. He's so right. Usually it's the other way around. I'll need to see it 2 or 3 more times to grasp all that is there. SOUL is stunning.
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Well. I’m really heartened by the response from people who would like to know how I’ve made my films. Please be aware though, this would not be about Yoda or The Muppets. It would instead zero in on the process and craft of directing movies using my movies as examples.
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@HamillHimself I have said it before and I'll keep saying it until my mouth gets duct-taped shut, Yoda is believed because Mark engages the character with authenticity . Without that, there would be no Yoda as we know him. Okay "nuff said.
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Our attention shifts so rapidly. What happened to the kids who need to know where their parents are? What's happened to those parents who don't know where there kid are? What happens when parents are deported and the kids stay here? Are parents truly losing their kids forever?
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Frank Oz
4 years
All these terrible statistics of Covid 19 deaths become only mathematical to me. I feel detached from them. I have to wake myself up every day to realize that those 150,000 deaths include doctors, nurses, paramedics,non-medical hospital workers, teachers, children, families
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Frank Oz
5 years
FAIR WARNING: to those attending my interview tomorrow, 3/11, at the SXSW convention center, be aware that this will be about my directing process only. No Yoda or Muppets talk. If that sounds excruciatingly boring, I’ll understand if you go catch a flick instead.
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Frank Oz
6 years
Okay. I’m going to do this. Your tweets have been so positive I think I’m going to enjoy it.The annoying news is I won’t be ready to do it for a while. I mean I haven’t planned this or anything. I just blurted it out a week ago. So to do this right I’ll need to prep.
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Frank Oz
4 years
TIMEPIECE, Jim’s short film, was nominated for an Academy award in 1965. Four other films were in the same category. One was a French short called “Le Poulet”. Jim and I both loved it. Instead of voting for his own film he voted for it. That was Jim. (It won the Oscar).
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Frank Oz
6 years
In the beginning the kids saw me. Then they sat on the stool and I brought Grover up and they would forget me.
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Frank Oz
2 months
To clear something up, the real world does indeed need to come to Sesame Street. But that doesn't mean that The Muppet characters need to react in the same real-world way.  The Muppet characters' reactions need to rise from their own naive and pure world.
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Frank Oz
5 years
Hey, thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday. Too many to write back to each of you. I appreciate each good wish. Thank you, Frank
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Frank Oz
5 years
I know I haven’t tweeted for a while. There are three reasons for that. #1 -Pretty busy editing the movie version of IN & OF ITSELF with Derek D, #2 -I’m not going to get sucked in again and find myself tweeting until 2 a.m.——- #3 -I have nothing intelligent or entertaining to say
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Frank Oz
6 years
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans guest-starred on The Muppet Show. (I know most of you don't know who they were, nevertheless...) I asked them how their marriage had thrived for so long. Roy answered, "Give 90, take 10". Still the best advice I've ever heard to make any marriage last.
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Frank Oz
6 years
When someone tells me they know comedy, I run for the hills. I don't know comedy. I don't want to know comedy. If I KNEW comedy I wouldn't be open to not-knowing and then I would lose the joy of discovery.
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Frank Oz
6 years
There have really been wonderful guesses. Thanks! Okay. So. I most identify with Grover and Fozzie. Grover because he’s pure, Fozzie because as a kid I really wanted to be in show biz too. I shouldn’t have put Yoda in the mix. He is way deep inside me, but I’m not that wise.
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Frank Oz
6 years
@Notnameddan Yes it does. When it's honest representation
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Frank Oz
6 years
1965. Jim, Don,Jerry, me. Work all night. Morning. Jim’s station wagon. Load in Muppets & scenery. Share driving to D.C. (Less expensive than NY).Arrive Hotel. Who bunks with who? Flip coin. Sleep. Wake up. Shoot commercials. Load in Drive back. It was just another day for us.
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Frank Oz
6 years
As an introvert there are times, for instance with friends, that I’m quite gregarious and outwardly directed. Does that mean that extroverts have times when they direct their thoughts and feelings inward? Seems to me that’s the problem with labels. They’re absolute.
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Frank Oz
6 years
What has happened to us?
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Frank Oz
6 years
PROTECTING CHILDREN IS ABOVE THE LAW
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Frank Oz
6 years
It just doesn't make sense to me that Congressmen/women and Senators who sit in safety in the capital have better health care opportunities than deserving vets who have spent two years in war zones. Can anyone explain to me the sense of that?
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