okay way back, when jim henson joined "sesame street" in 1969 and long before that, jim henson had an idea for a variety show, starting puppets. and had sketches of it in his sketch book and he talked to a lot of people about it and, in fact, on the day that carol spinney interviewed for big bird and oscar jim told him about the idea for a network show involving a cast of "muppets" and the show was in development in his head for a very, very long time and it became sort of like english dance hall comedy, came as a result of all of the tv networks in the united states turning down the muppet show. and do you remember that all gave it the thumbs down, and you know, it went into syndication, and became the world's most successful syndicated tell vicious program. and he created another universe of muppet characters, kermit is the only one that has a froggy foot in both worlds, right, he was part of sesame street and of course the host and the grand master of the muppet show, and, the star of many of the films. the only thing i can tell you is that to know the men and women who worked for