Jim Henson would have been 77 today

[Recursion]

Some cool, weird early stuff of his:

http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/watch-the-surreal-1960s-films-and-commercials-of-jim-henson.html

[Auggie]

1. Cutting-edge for the time

thanks for posting

[NightWatcher]

2. in honor of his birthday, Huff Po posts the dumbest article in the world

Celebrities who look like Muppets. I for one, welcome our alien overlords. This article shows that we have business ruling ourselves. As Perry Ferrel said, "we'll make great pets".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/celebrity-muppets-counterparts_n_3976748.html

[bluesbassman]

4. That had to be the result of nepotism or an idiot editor, or both.

[Phentex]

5. I tend to see people as Muppets...

but those were horrible!

[oberliner]

3. Definitely got better later on

That stuff is just plain weird.