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yellojktTresspassers William did a great cover of “Rainbow Connection”:
“Mah Na Mah Na”, made famous by the Muppets (and Benny Hill) was originally a song featured in the 1968 softcore film, Sweden Heaven and Hell.
In 1981, I experienced nirvana, as the pop star I was in love with at age 12 (Deborah Harry of Blondie) showed up on The Muppet Show and did a duet version of “Rainbow Connection” with Kermit. Still gives me goosebumps.
As Christmas approaches, it reminds me of a classic Christmas special I loved as a child: Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas.
Emmet Otter was voiced by Jerry Nelson, who also provided the voices for Gobo on Fraggle Rock, Kermit’s nephew Robin, Count von Count on Sesame Street, among many others. Although he no longer performs his characters, he still provides the voices for them on Sesame Street.
With the passing of Jim Henson, Richard Hunt (one of the original performers of Elmo, before Kevin clash, who provided the original voice for Scooter and Janice and Beaker), and the retirement of Frank Oz from Muppet work, Jerry became one of the few original Muppeteers still working. The others include David Goelz, Carroll Spinney—Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch—and Steve Whitmire, who began working with Henson productions in 1978, doing mostly minor characters. However, with the passing of Jim Henson, Steve took over Kermit and some of Henson’s other characters, then took over Beaker with the passing of Richard Hunt.
Still haven’t seen the new Muppet movie. Word of mouth and reviews are great, although box office has been modest (especially given the promotion). Word of mouth and steady business may pump it up, thought.
Adjusted for inflation, the first Muppet movie made $207 million. By comparison, their last outing—Muppets from Space—only made $26 million in adjusted gross ($16m unadjusted). By that yardstick, the opening weekend for The Muppets was pretty darned good.
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Kev, can you close the CPA Sex Post? It is clearly past its expiration date.
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"Kev, can you close the CPA Sex Post? It is clearly past its expiration date. "And ended up not having much to do with CPA Sex.
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aah, what may be Morley Safer's best '60 Minutes' interview: 1979 backstage with Kermit, et. al.http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389261n
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Anyone can close it for comments. I can't right now, on iPhone.
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Gonna hit that Kermit piece sooner rather than later. Thanks, MsJS!
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I don't see how to close comments. . . must be missing something obvious.
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I think only the original editor can close comments.
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Any admin can close comments. Edit the post, go to options (on the right hand side, same place you schedule), select "no comments, show existing" or whatever it says like that. I did it, as proof of concept. Any further comments can just move forward to Mark's next post. 😉
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That's odd. I only get the option to edit posts I wrote. All the others only offer 'View' as an choice. You must have higher rights than I do.
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Thank you, Kevin. I am far from being able to take the pebble from your hand. . . 😉
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One way or another, one has to appreciate the rapture between Kermit and Harry on that duet…
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yellojkt: you're probably set as being an author. Earlier folks (goose, lmsinca, Mark, Scott, etc.) are all admins.
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Dave!Couldn't you have worked in "Heart of Glass" and "Dreaming" in there somewhere? 😉
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Just catching up on turning off comments on Mark's post. I turned them back on in order to respond to a couple of things this morning. I hadn't realized there was a discussion here about it.Perhaps we should agree to some standard for turning off comments. My own view is that they shouldn't be turned off at all. Even if only two people remain interested in a particular thread after a day or two (or more), why should they be shut down from engaging in it? And I would argue that, even if most people are sick of the thread, it is better to keep them on an old thread where it can more easily be ignored than enticing them to bring it forward to a more current post. And certainly, given the number of people who were engaging in that particular thread yesterday, it still seemed to be garnering at least moderate interest. (Largest number of comments yet.)I suppose, if we must have a standard for shutting down comments, we could leave it to the author of the post to do so. But I would vote against even that. I think if you are sick of seeing a particular thread being discussed, just ignore it.
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Agree with Scott. If I'm here, I usually have the comments open on the dashboard plus multiple tabs, so I have no problem with it.
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Scott: I agree with you about turning off comments. It was Mark who initially asked Kevin to turn them off.From my point of view, the problem with people going back to older posts and continuing to comment is that they tend to stick back there and not come up to current posts, so I think that sometimes the plug does need to be pulled. If it comes down to fewer than four commenters keeping something open, I'd say shut it down and let the commenters continue via e-mail–we all have each others' addresses, after all.
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I'll respect mark's request that comments end on that topic. If someone wants to start a new topic perhaps the conversation will continue.
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I should clarify my first bit: Mark, the author of the post, asked to have the comments shut down. I think that's absolutely appropriate.
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Mark earned a lot more comments on his post than mine on jury nullification. so he has to either redistribute some my way or pay more of the ATiM tax. I probably qualified for the refundable "earned commenter tax credit."
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NoVA, we're still waiting for you to get us some primo "budget dust". :->
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right — GOP obstruction is holding it back.
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Mark earned a lot more comments on his post than mine on jury nullification. so he has to either redistribute some my way or pay more of the ATiM tax. I probably qualified for the refundable "earned commenter tax credit."True except Mark didn't actually earn them. Those comments were off topic and so a windfall. As a POTUS candidate once said, his wealth was just from winning the lottery of life.So it is a perfect case for redistribution. Mark is an undeserving comments oligarch.
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Wow–Mark as an Oligarch! Somehow I hadn't pictured him that way. . . but if the crown fits. . .:-)
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If we were electing a benevolent dictator, mark would get my vote.
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Mark, I believe this is the second time you've been nominated for office!
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QB:So it is a perfect case for redistribution.Does that mean I have to write a post to receive the redistributed comments or do I get them just for being part of ATiM? 🙂
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Personally, I think we should all revisit that post one more time and get it over the 200 mark. What say ye?"Benevolent Dictator Mark", lol. He'd get my vote and besides I don't personally know anyone else who paid $400K in taxes in one year. We don't even know anyone who makes that much money in two years, the $400K, that is.
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lms:"Benevolent Dictator Mark", lol. He'd get my voteThis reminds me of one of my all time favorite movie scenes:ARTHUR: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!WOMAN: Order, eh — who does he think he is?ARTHUR: I am your king!WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you.ARTHUR: You don't vote for kings.WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become king then?ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!DENNIS: Listen — strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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@ Scott — that scene and this from the Simpsons:Marge: Lisa, you got a letter.Lisa: It's from my pen-pal Anya! [reads]Anya: [voice over] Dear Lisa, as I write this, I am very sad. Our president has been overthrown and[voice changes to that of a man]replaced by the benevolent general Krull. All hail Krull and his glorious new regime! Sincerely, Little Girl.
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Heh.
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kevinwillis.net said… Dave!Couldn't you have worked in "Heart of Glass" and "Dreaming" in there somewhere? 😉 I'd tell you to call me and discuss it but you'd be hanging on the telephone…because (of course) the tide is high and I'm moving on…
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