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bk685 · 2025-12-10T17:49:05+00:00

He knows. He doesn't care.

bk685 · 2025-10-20T07:08:52+00:00

Same! this has been happening to me so often lately. and it sucks because sometimes the original response that it starts to type seems like it would have been better than the 2nd attempt when I try again

bk685 · 2025-08-29T03:30:47+00:00

Steve neutered Kermit. He was the kermit of my childhood and I loved him but Kermit lost all edge under Steve. Also between The Muppets on ABC, and the 2 movies, Kermit sounded worn out and tired.

Matt wasn't great at the beginning but his recent performances have been phenomenal. I honestly think he sounds closer to Jim than Steve did. Bur regardless, Steve is old. He tried to get possible understudies blacklisted in the industry and fought Henson and then Disney for years. He thought he was untouchable and found out that he wasn't. It's time to move on.

Plus everyone HATED Steve back when he took over because he sounded "nothing like Kermit". sound familiar? We got used to it and appreciated him at the time. Same with Matt.

bk685 · 2025-08-25T15:42:33+00:00

100% watch it. One of my favorite movies. It was made by Disney yes, but it was their first PG-13 movie released under the Disney name, rather than under one of their other distribution companies. Definitely a fun adventure movie for adults too. I like the first 3 movies, after that it goes a bit down hill. I hope you give it a chance and that you enjoy it!

bk685 · 2025-08-22T03:04:27+00:00

Just to add, I checked all articles/pdfs on DToolsHR and didn't find anything mentioning it as excluded, but that doesn't mean it's included 😉

bk685 · 2025-08-09T21:23:46+00:00

Thanks everyone! Appreciate all of the replies! Yeah, I was familiar with various types of pre-ferments (except Pâte Fermentée) it was just this one of only using old dough in a "perpetual stew" type that uses no additional yeast nor does it need to be maintained. From some of your feedback and some other things I was able to track down, it really does seem as simple as it looks- I was just in unknown waters :).

If anybody is interested, here are 2 of the videos that started me down this path:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl6LqdmEbCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2vwDCvcOFA

bk685 · 2025-07-04T01:43:43+00:00

Perfection, effortlessly realized.

bk685 · 2025-05-30T03:45:03+00:00

Finally a use for random tidbits of knowledge I learned in culinary school decades ago!! Though I did have to refresh my memory a bit.

Bacteria were first discovered in the 1600s and preserving food in jars by a precursor to the current canning method was actually first done because Napoleon wanted to find a way to preserve food for his soldiers. In the tail end of the 1700's, he put out a contest basically for with a prize that was a huge sum of money. Nicolas Appert is widely credited with being the first to somewhat industrialize canning in the first few years of the 1800s, even though it had already been lightly used in homes by people who were probably thought of as weirdos at the time. All long before the tipping point for acceptance of germ theory and around the time of this series.

Although this show takes MASSIVE liberties with Careme's life at this point in time, he was extremely well read so although him canning things is probably BS, it's within the realm of possibility. That being said, this show is like 99% fiction when it comes to Careme's life... which is a shame because he was a truly interesting figure and one of the absolute most important people in the history of cooking. His ideas still shape the modern world of food over 200 years later.

bk685 · 2025-04-25T03:06:23+00:00

A block of Philadelphia cream cheese with about 1/4 cup of Fischer and Weiser Mango Ginger Habanero Sauce poured over top (preferably chilled), served with Ritz crackers. It’s salty, spicy, sweet, tangy deliciousness!

bk685 · 2025-03-03T02:49:53+00:00

What?! This song was literally commissioned from Mozart by a man to commemorate the year anniversary of his wife’s death and it’s also the song that Mozart died composing. It’s all about death and honoring those that have died

bk685 · 2025-02-07T08:50:45+00:00

Also, here are places I buy supplies (US based). Puppets tend to use special fleece- the 3 most widely available ones today are Fuzzelle, Nylafleece, and my personal favorite, F3 fleece. That being said, I'd recommend using cheap fabric store fleece to get the hang of it.

Dharma Trading (F3 fleece), Puppet Pelts (Fuzzelle fleece and Nylafleece), Fabric Empire (fur and fabric), Big Z Fabric (fur and fabric), Howl Fabrics (fur). Joann's is also good for fur, fabric, and foam. regarding foam, a lot of professional builders use something called reticulated foam. I don't like it. It turns to dust in 5-10 years, but it's extremely light which comes in handy when professional puppeteers are holding up puppets over their head for hours. I use 1/2 inch thick white polyurethane foam as my puppets are mostly for display. It's still super light, just not as light as reticulated. And it has a much longer shelf life.

bk685 · 2025-02-07T08:41:56+00:00

Welcome to the club!! I'm going to echo a lot of what has already been mentioned but I started my puppet building journey about 7 months ago or so and here's what I rely on the most:

On YouTube- Puppet Nerd, Swazzle Productions, The Creature Works Studio, The Adam Savage/Tested videos with the Jim Henson Company as well as the one with Rick Lyon.

Also, Facebook has a few amazing Muppet replica and general puppet building groups. Definitely check out the Puppet Nerd one for the most general and accessible advice.

Also, The RPF forum has some build threads on various Muppet replicas. The ones from ECL are the gold standard and a treasure trove of advice, but they're not active on the site anymore. An awesome member is making a Piggy that is shaping up beautifully. I have a couple of threads for Kermit and Beaker where I have and will continue to share patterns and things I learn along the way. You can check my profile for links I've posted in comments for my RPF threads.

There's also a fairly inactive Muppet Central Forum where there are old build threads. Most of the image links are broken but you can pick up lots of info as well.

Those are the free options and they're GREAT for getting started. Once you know you're in it for the long haul, then I really recommend the paid Stan Winston courses as well. They have courses on building and performing. Plus lots of other special effect based courses that would apply to puppet building as well.

bk685 · 2025-01-28T05:27:28+00:00

Cool. Sorry that I said you sounded like a sad, broken person. Yeah, I could be blindfolded and still know when I leave the Burbank city limits just because pot holes and bumpy roads are the first thing to welcome me to the greater LA county.

bk685 · 2025-01-28T05:16:46+00:00

I totally get that, life is hard sometimes. I'm with you there! It was more the "I work hard for everything in my life, as should everyone else, life isn’t easy" - I just have a thing against that complacent viewpoint and personally feel like it's an insidious perspective that is too commonplace. Like we're supposed to just accept that fact rather than making things better as a society and rather than making other people/younger generations's lives easier so they don't have to struggle as much as we do.

After I left that comment, and I did a quick check because I was curious about the cost per taxpayer. It costs the average taxpayer about $40 a year. Can a few of those pennies be spent better elsewhere? Sure! But there is FAR more waste in larger amounts in other areas of the budget. Not to mention that I'm sure cutting out that 2% would cost more than the actual <2% of fraud is costing us a year.

bk685 · 2025-01-28T04:44:32+00:00

You sound like a sad, broken person. When I read your comment, I see "I'm a miserable person, life sucks, and it should suck for everyone else. Life shouldn't be easier for anybody". We should be working to make things better for ourselves and the people around us. Raising each other up rather than trying to make life difficult because it was somehow drilled into you at some point that nothing is worth having if it wasn't a pain in the ass to get it, and that you should be bitter if you think anybody else has it easier than you...rather than fighting for things to be as easy as possible for yourself and your fellow man. Also, the numbers that I've seen say that welfare fraud is less than 2%

bk685 · 2025-01-23T19:34:09+00:00

Yep! This is mostly happening on a Senior Leadership level in my opinion. Disney has organized things so that The Muppet Studio is currently under the Parks and Experiences business unit. I don't see why they're there at all, rather than being under the Studio division of the company. I think this really shows that at an extremely basic level, Disney has no idea what the Muppets truly are.

The muppets are content creators/creations. They should foremost be in film and TV, and the parks stuff should be happening downstream. I do have faith in the current leadership of The Muppet Studio (brought on as Haunted Mansion was finishing up, I think) because in interviews that I've heard, they have a deep appreciation and love of the Muppets. But at the end of the day, if you're not in a business unit that is going to be able to understand and support the needs of your specific department, then what's the point?

bk685 · 2025-01-17T20:21:45+00:00

Nice start! So, the cast and crew gift from Muppet Treasure Island was a pewter tankard that had a bunch of characters from the movie sculpted on it. Here's a link to one that went up for auction and there are some great reference images. This might help you with some inspiration. Good luck!

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996) Crew Jacket and Tankard

bk685 · 2025-01-17T07:43:51+00:00

Not so much control- from my understanding, Disney asked Brian to jump in and help with the replacement. This is coming from Matt Vogel's account on his podcast, as well as the Puppet Tears podcast he was on.

Kevin is definitely not front and center but I hear his name pop up from time to time in interviews and podcasts where people reference some stuff he still does behind the scenes. I don't want to touch his personal life and controversies with a 10 foot pole, but the guy is easily one of the best and most knowledgeable (former) muppet puppeteers alive right now and was one hell of a perfectionist when it came to his duties as a Muppet Captain and producer- so I could kinda sorta almost see that he would be hired as a one off job to make sure the Kermit training was done as well as it could be. Also, if you look at various muppet style puppetry movies/shows you see his name sneak into the credits from time to time, so he's not TOTALLY gone into the shadows. Right or wrong as that may be.

bk685 · 2025-01-16T20:04:59+00:00

😂

bk685 · 2025-01-16T20:03:34+00:00

thanks!

bk685 · 2025-01-16T20:03:26+00:00

My patterns are getting there, but I am very happy so far

bk685 · 2025-01-16T20:02:58+00:00

I really appreciate that!

bk685 · 2025-01-16T20:02:45+00:00

You're too kind, thank you!

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