Jerry Juhl
Birthday: 27 June 1938, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Birth Name: Jerome Ravn Juhl
Jerry Juhl became the first full-time employee of Jim Henson Co. in 1961 after meeting Henson at a puppeteer's convention. The company coined the term "Muppet," a combination of the wor ...Show More
Puppets are wonderfully magical things, but one of the most fiendishly difficult art forms we've cre Show more
Puppets are wonderfully magical things, but one of the most fiendishly difficult art forms we've created for ourselves. Good puppetry is amazing, but it's so difficult. Hide
Jim was a dreamer... but he was pragmatic enough to make the dream happen. He was just absolutely de Show more
Jim was a dreamer... but he was pragmatic enough to make the dream happen. He was just absolutely determined to do that. There were certainly elements of both. But a dreamer was what he really was. Hide
What Jim (Henson) really wanted to do was to sing songs and tell stories, teach children, promote pe Show more
What Jim (Henson) really wanted to do was to sing songs and tell stories, teach children, promote peace, save the planet, celebrate man, praise God, and be silly. Hide
I did it for self-protection, I never rated much [as a puppeteer], so I figured I'd better save my j Show more
I did it for self-protection, I never rated much [as a puppeteer], so I figured I'd better save my job by doing something else.-Commenting on why he stopped puppeteering and started writing for the Muppets Hide
I've worked with genius performers. Sometimes they created great work with a bad script... but not o Show more
I've worked with genius performers. Sometimes they created great work with a bad script... but not often. Play it safe: write well. Hide
Kermit is the eye in the middle of the hurricane. And, you know, he's always in control. Sometimes j Show more
Kermit is the eye in the middle of the hurricane. And, you know, he's always in control. Sometimes just barely, but he's always in control. And the interesting thing about it, of course, is that he created the hurricane. Hide
I don't know if it's different writing for Muppets than humans because I spent my whole career writi Show more
I don't know if it's different writing for Muppets than humans because I spent my whole career writing for Muppet characters. But I always say that with Muppets, you can't write feet. Hide
We always used to kid Jim that after telling everybody 'simple is good,' he would turn around and tr Show more
We always used to kid Jim that after telling everybody 'simple is good,' he would turn around and try to produce the most complicated work in the world and just about wipe out all of us - him most of all - in the process. Hide
Underneath the zaniness, or perhaps standing next to it, there was a sense of decency that the chara Show more
Underneath the zaniness, or perhaps standing next to it, there was a sense of decency that the characters had, about the world and to each other. And I think that's one of the really legacies that Jim left. And I think it's one of the reasons he's so loved today, because he could be a pop culture figure doing mass entertainment, and he could explore the edges of crazy, goofy comedy. But at the core, there was always a sense of social values and decency. Hide
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