Brian Henson is an inspiration, it is easy to put Jim on the pedestal that he deserves for inventing that universe, but people forget that Brian stepped up to direct Christmas Carol straight after his father's death. The fact the Jim Henson company still exists today and employs hundreds of talented artists is something of a miracle. You can see how skilled and passionate he is, it takes an amazing person to fill shoes like Jim's
Brian is truly the best, even when it looks like I'm passed at him in the video.😂 I'm actually processing what he's telling me about how to make my performance better!
Trying to imagine what a skit like that would have been like if there was also a puppet operated by Robin Williams in the mix. What a wild ride that would have been.
The bit where Brian Henson says, “What are you lookin’ at?” Always kills 😂 Mid way through the show the company asks for a volunteer to be part of a scene. In this case Adam was that volunteer. So funny seeing non-puppeteers trying to navigate the stage.
Can we have a Henson film that's NOTHING but puppet improv? Like it has a cast of characters and entire skeleton of a narrative, story beats etc. but ALL the dialogue and action is improvised? Adult comedy obviously. I would love to see that.
The willingness that this man has to do something that is totally outside his wheelhouse and most likely scares him never ceases to amaze me. We should all be so open to new experiences.
Upstaging was something Jim Henson encouraged, I remember someone telling the story, on one of the shows, there were penguins in the background of a shot, and one penguin was jumping around and flailing about, and the director asked who it was, and they all turned around to see it was Jim Henson, and he was chuckling to himself.
Every time I see Brian speaking, showcasing new tech, passionately discussing the art, My heart just feels so warm and happy. I KNOW Jim is crying tears of joy and pride in the great beyond. His wonderful son honors his spirit, compassion and legacy every day.
My parents were puppeteers back in the 70s and 80s. I have so many amazing memories of watching them practice and perform. I really need to get out and see this show, it just brings back so many memories.
There are a ton of unofficial Puppet Up shows on RUclips from when we were performing a shorter version at Knotts Berry Farm during Halloween in the past. Thanks for posting!!
The amount I laughed at that scene at the end is crazy If they ever decided to record/release these as a show or movie or even just youtube id totally watch! I can only imagine how funny it is live!
This was so great. It’s awesome to see that Brian is keeping the legacy going and is obviously passionate about what he does. And you definitely need to have the puppets come to Tested and make something in your shop!
Part of my visual arts cohort in university were the 4 puppetry majors for my year. I got so caught up in words & images of this video & the one behind the scenes at the archives that I need to rewatch & see if I see any of them in the background. I know one dropped out & of the 3 remaining, 2 dreamed of working for the creation lab & the other had big dreams of being an on-stage puppeteer.
Love it. My favorite RUclips channel was Glove and Boots. Extremely funny puppet show. Mario and Fafa. And Johnny T and Gorilla. And Uncle Joe. I'll always remember the Lightning Bugs.
Jim Henson amazing puppeteering company meets Whose Line is it Anyways? This is brilliant. Improve is amazing training. This was so good on every level.
This ability of a puppet character to surprise the puppeteer is VERY much like roleplay and writing, especially if you're a pantser. My characters surprise me all the time. It's great.
Greatest puppets (and puppeteers) in the world, grew up watching them in Sesame Street* as a kid in the 70's, and have loved them ever since. (*one of the greatest kid's programs to come out of the US imho)
Seeing Adam and the Muppets, got me thinking back to the TV show, and it struck me that Adam in his I'm gonna make a thing zone, shares a lot of mannerisms with, I think he was the stage hand, Scooter
Yeah, I kinda see it. Scooter,if I recall, was actually the stage manager. He was in charge of getting the acts ready, on and off stage, and generally keeping the show running whileckermits mental heath slowly crumbled onscreen.
@@hobbes4011 It was a a long time ago I watched them, and I almost said Stage manager, what stopped me was the memory of, He got the job because a relative, his father I think, owned the theatre, so I opted stage hand instead
My church group used to do a puppet production, and I still have one of the puppets we don't do it now because of COVID and new pasture course but I am totally down with what Brian Hansen has said cuz I was totally one of those able to get into the character whenever somebody commanded me too do a certain character I'd be on top of it. I kind of had the performance job of being a piano player that would try to channel both animal and Ralph the dog together. Right now I'm trying to do a ventriloquist act with my puppet and I'm trying to branch out and being that wacky zany kind of personality which I'm not most of the time so yeah this is a very big leap for myself.
The talk about engaging the technical side of the brain and releasthe creative side. I do this with lectures. I will run math problems while listening and be able to engage in the discussion.
I remember watching the very first broadcast of Sesame Street, as a teen. It was on network TV, I think NBC, to promote the show's coming premiere on NET (National Educational Television, just before PBS began operations). Kept watching Sesame Street, and with my whole family, watched the Muppet Show for years after. This is essential latter-20th-Century Americana, for native-born and immigrant alike.
Big Bird (performer in costume) sang "Being Green" while fighting back tears during Jim Henson funeral. Also, mourners were forbidden to wear black. It was really quite shocking when Jim Henson died. As you say, Henson, the Muppets, and Sesame Street really had become entwined with popular culture during the late 70s and 80s that he was a household name. Amazing for a puppeteer! And yes, Sesame Street is a fantastic show
Here's a crazy idea: if you take a Chat AI that understands how word equals emotion and pair it with gesture, the puppeteer can control stage position and body aim, then the AI listens to voice acting and matches it to pre-programmed body response? This means complex mechanical face gestures and limb movements, surpassing felt face to emotional muscle.
We do have something called HDPS which is a Henson real-time animated puppet system that we perform with. It's rad stuff and we are still puppeteering it like we would a traditional puppet!
That; both classic and hysterical! Certainly by no means in Improv easy in of itself, but when brought on stage with a 20 second crash course...... priceless!
13:35 This is how I trick my ADHD brain into getting work done, by distracting half of it so the other half can get on with it. It doesn't work all the time, but when it does I emerge astounded that I actually accomplished something.
this would work at children’s hospitals even if kids can’t get out of. their rooms but use the window hide on the floor do your thing. definitely big bird, disney should bring their cast since they can’t make it Disney. Hospitals modify a room with a speaker 🔈 so they can hear the actors performing put masks 😷 on the puppets
Half the fun of improv is doing it on the fly and seeing where it goes organically. It's fun for everyone, and the more simpatico you have another person who is equally skilled, every scene can be solid gold to the point where you get sad afterward that it wasn't recorded. This whole idea sounds genius to me, and I'd love to see it go on tour. 👍
Fascinating! Brian is absolutely wonderful! A real chip off the old block. I would love to see a live performance. Alaas, I live in Vancouver, Canada and am unable to travel. As always, my hat's off to you, Adam. Is there anything you're not a dab hand at?
When the Muppets were on the Jimmy Dean show (in the 60's) they did some of the best improv ever. I'm gonna check if any of those old shows are on the youtubes.
OMG I shouldn't have had that stiff drink before I watched this proformance, ROTFLMAO Funniest Tested ever. Would like to see one episode of Adam answering online questions as his puppet.
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Brian Henson is an inspiration, it is easy to put Jim on the pedestal that he deserves for inventing that universe, but people forget that Brian stepped up to direct Christmas Carol straight after his father's death. The fact the Jim Henson company still exists today and employs hundreds of talented artists is something of a miracle. You can see how skilled and passionate he is, it takes an amazing person to fill shoes like Jim's
We have such enormous respect for Brian too.
Brian is truly the best, even when it looks like I'm passed at him in the video.😂 I'm actually processing what he's telling me about how to make my performance better!
@@rdanielgarza1972You’re in the video?
@@HolobrineAbsolutely! I'm so happy to be a part of the madness!!
@@rdanielgarza1972Can you give me a time stamp? I’m trying to find you in it lol
He walks with his face is one of the funniest things I've ever heard 😂
Trying to imagine what a skit like that would have been like if there was also a puppet operated by Robin Williams in the mix. What a wild ride that would have been.
Oh LA LA - that would be such a wild ride
Probably a lot of puppet cocaine in the green room.
@@jayhitek Puppets call it "fluff"
@@RetroFett 🤣
Robin's hand would have been so sore after that performance 😂 He would have to move the puppet's mouth so much because of how fast he talks
The bit where Brian Henson says, “What are you lookin’ at?” Always kills 😂
Mid way through the show the company asks for a volunteer to be part of a scene. In this case Adam was that volunteer. So funny seeing non-puppeteers trying to navigate the stage.
Puppeteers talking to each other is a never-ending joy.
Much love to Adam amd his cohorts.
Would love to see this one day.
Can we have a Henson film that's NOTHING but puppet improv? Like it has a cast of characters and entire skeleton of a narrative, story beats etc. but ALL the dialogue and action is improvised? Adult comedy obviously. I would love to see that.
Come by the lot when we're doing Puppet Up! It's a truly wild time!!
Thanks for the puppet love❤
@@rdanielgarza1972 It's on my list for sure!~
Like a puppet Spinal Tap? That could be hilarious.
@@Nozoki Exactly XD
I would definitely watch movie with puppets and Adam being the only human in it :D
I think he'd get along well with puppets.
Adam Savage in a muppets movie? Yes please!
The willingness that this man has to do something that is totally outside his wheelhouse and most likely scares him never ceases to amaze me. We should all be so open to new experiences.
The monitor is essential. Though watching Heath McIvor do crowd work with Randy Feltface. While completely blind to the audience is hysterical.
Heath’s a freak though, that dude is a different level of talented, love Randy
Had no idea they were doing improv comedy with puppets. Such a great idea, and the clips here were hilarious
The show is so great. Seriously.
Upstaging was something Jim Henson encouraged, I remember someone telling the story, on one of the shows, there were penguins in the background of a shot, and one penguin was jumping around and flailing about, and the director asked who it was, and they all turned around to see it was Jim Henson, and he was chuckling to himself.
this looks wonderfull i think jim whould be proud of this show
Every time I see Brian speaking, showcasing new tech, passionately discussing the art, My heart just feels so warm and happy. I KNOW Jim is crying tears of joy and pride in the great beyond. His wonderful son honors his spirit, compassion and legacy every day.
I haven`t laughed that hard in a very long time,thak you Adam for making a rubbish day so much better.
My parents were puppeteers back in the 70s and 80s. I have so many amazing memories of watching them practice and perform. I really need to get out and see this show, it just brings back so many memories.
I CANT STOP LAUGHING WITH ADAM FALLING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You’re not alone.
I just laughed so hard that I had tears on my face and couldn't catch my breath. The green Muppet's responses to Adam is pure gold.
Same I just got there and the whole "stand up, stand up!" Part had me absolutely losing it lol
What a fun surprise!
I build and puppeteer for a living. These guys make it look easy. The key is to perform every day and have fun.
When you find a job you enjoy, you never have to work a day in your life. The puppeteering in let go of the future is amazing.
That is such an interesting origin story. Like its so funny it never occurred to jim that adlib is not innate and is in many ways a learned skill.
Wasnt sure about the whole improv with puppets thing... The show started and I was inmediately crying with laughter, AMAZING!
There are a ton of unofficial Puppet Up shows on RUclips from when we were performing a shorter version at Knotts Berry Farm during Halloween in the past. Thanks for posting!!
Adam over here living my dream!!! This is awesome and I didn't even know about Puppet Up until this
This is really neat
Imagine Colin Mochrie and Ryan Styles (from Whos Line is it Anyway) doing this! 😆
The amount I laughed at that scene at the end is crazy
If they ever decided to record/release these as a show or movie or even just youtube id totally watch! I can only imagine how funny it is live!
Listening to Brian explain how to inhabit a muppet character sounds exactly like writing for fictional characters.They surprise me all the time!
Okay, now I need to see this show!
You so do.
I was just thinking about The Muppets and thinking of Kermits rainbow song. Nice timing
Awwww, good job Adam! Congratulations on what was probably a dream come true for you! Now take your hands back.
The end scene is the funniest thing that I have seen in a long time.
Same!
You´re HIRED !
What an amazing experience that must have been. A chance to Improv with Henson Muppeteers.
It is!! I still pinch myself!😂😂😂
The audience seems really engaged. And "fight club referee" is a good prompt
This was so great. It’s awesome to see that Brian is keeping the legacy going and is obviously passionate about what he does. And you definitely need to have the puppets come to Tested and make something in your shop!
Part of my visual arts cohort in university were the 4 puppetry majors for my year. I got so caught up in words & images of this video & the one behind the scenes at the archives that I need to rewatch & see if I see any of them in the background. I know one dropped out & of the 3 remaining, 2 dreamed of working for the creation lab & the other had big dreams of being an on-stage puppeteer.
The performance WIZARDS at the Jim Henson Company are the absolute creme de la creme.
Love it. My favorite RUclips channel was Glove and Boots. Extremely funny puppet show. Mario and Fafa. And Johnny T and Gorilla. And Uncle Joe. I'll always remember the Lightning Bugs.
Haha that was brilliant 🤩 👌🏼 great work Adam!!
Jim Henson amazing puppeteering company meets Whose Line is it Anyways? This is brilliant. Improve is amazing training. This was so good on every level.
The lady doing the puppet on the left is hilarious! 😂😂
This ability of a puppet character to surprise the puppeteer is VERY much like roleplay and writing, especially if you're a pantser. My characters surprise me all the time. It's great.
That was hilarious, I gotta see more!
That was hysterical! Loved all of it.
Brian Henson is a cool dude.
6:03, I was at that show in 2007 in the Princess Theatre…
Greatest puppets (and puppeteers) in the world, grew up watching them in Sesame Street* as a kid in the 70's, and have loved them ever since. (*one of the greatest kid's programs to come out of the US imho)
I watched recorded videos of them during the pandemic and it really got me through it. So funny!
Adam, look at my goddam boss! Jesus Christ, Adam - STAND UP!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Years ago the touring company came to the Orpheum Theater San Francisco. Saw it twice 👍👍
Come Back to San Francisco PLEASE!!!
We agree!
I just learned where the word upstage comes from. Thank you Brian and Adam.
Right?????? What Brian Henson achieves with a crab puppet is unbelievable.
Glad to see Adam finally found his true calling instead of making RUclips videos. 😂
😂 Like he said, even when you're bad, you're good.
Seeing Adam and the Muppets, got me thinking back to the TV show, and it struck me that Adam in his I'm gonna make a thing zone, shares a lot of mannerisms with, I think he was the stage hand, Scooter
Yeah, I kinda see it. Scooter,if I recall, was actually the stage manager. He was in charge of getting the acts ready, on and off stage, and generally keeping the show running whileckermits mental heath slowly crumbled onscreen.
@@hobbes4011 It was a a long time ago I watched them, and I almost said Stage manager, what stopped me was the memory of, He got the job because a relative, his father I think, owned the theatre, so I opted stage hand instead
Just a joy.
Wept with laughter … 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💕💕💕💕💕
Lots of things that make me nervous but doing this with a 5 minute crash course in puppeting would be terrifying!😂
It’s a great segment that’s in every show, and so different each time, depending on the audience member.
Wow !
Oh my god Brain looks so much like his dad now.
The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
My church group used to do a puppet production, and I still have one of the puppets we don't do it now because of COVID and new pasture course but I am totally down with what Brian Hansen has said cuz I was totally one of those able to get into the character whenever somebody commanded me too do a certain character I'd be on top of it. I kind of had the performance job of being a piano player that would try to channel both animal and Ralph the dog together.
Right now I'm trying to do a ventriloquist act with my puppet and I'm trying to branch out and being that wacky zany kind of personality which I'm not most of the time so yeah this is a very big leap for myself.
Whose Line with Puppets? Yes please.
Great video
4:00 is colin during hollywood director
I've gone to Puppet Up three times at the Henson studio and I just love it. I really enjoy bringing friends from outside LA into the show.
Absolutely fascinating! (And also taught me the origin of the term “upstaged)
HOLY SHIT I havent laugh that hard in ages!
Right?!
Wow I never knew this existed until now 😊😎
The talk about engaging the technical side of the brain and releasthe creative side. I do this with lectures. I will run math problems while listening and be able to engage in the discussion.
This bought me so much joy at the end of a hard week. Thank you :)
Damn, I can hear my childhood in Brian's voice 😂
I thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks 😂.
The orange monkey on the right side of the thumbnail looks really familiar, is it Waffle from Animal Jam on Ready Set Learn?! 👀😯
"he's got nothing to do all day but make dumb videos on RUclips"....OK I spat my coffee out at that 😂
She's not wrong ...
I remember watching the very first broadcast of Sesame Street, as a teen. It was on network TV, I think NBC, to promote the show's coming premiere on NET (National Educational Television, just before PBS began operations). Kept watching Sesame Street, and with my whole family, watched the Muppet Show for years after. This is essential latter-20th-Century Americana, for native-born and immigrant alike.
Big Bird (performer in costume) sang "Being Green" while fighting back tears during Jim Henson funeral. Also, mourners were forbidden to wear black. It was really quite shocking when Jim Henson died. As you say, Henson, the Muppets, and Sesame Street really had become entwined with popular culture during the late 70s and 80s that he was a household name. Amazing for a puppeteer! And yes, Sesame Street is a fantastic show
Yep it was on nbc it was called “this way to Sesame Street”. It’s on RUclips now
Puppetry is an art form - I am totally NOT biased 😸
Here's a crazy idea: if you take a Chat AI that understands how word equals emotion and pair it with gesture, the puppeteer can control stage position and body aim, then the AI listens to voice acting and matches it to pre-programmed body response? This means complex mechanical face gestures and limb movements, surpassing felt face to emotional muscle.
We do have something called HDPS which is a Henson real-time animated puppet system that we perform with. It's rad stuff and we are still puppeteering it like we would a traditional puppet!
I laughed like a flipping nut job LOLOLOLO. What a great show. I’m so happy Adam got to experience that!
I got to see Pupet Up! when it was touring. Most hilarious show I've ever seen. It's enough to make me wish I was in LA so I could see it again
Right?! We were doubled over laughing.
Thanks, Adam. This was so fun. As a big fan of both improv and Muppets, this explains so much. I love to hear about the process.
That; both classic and hysterical! Certainly by no means in Improv easy in of itself, but when brought on stage with a 20 second crash course...... priceless!
13:35 This is how I trick my ADHD brain into getting work done, by distracting half of it so the other half can get on with it. It doesn't work all the time, but when it does I emerge astounded that I actually accomplished something.
What I'd love for PU to come to the UK, please o please
That's so cool that this whole thing was basically Mia Sara's idea.
Ladirs and Gentlemen, Adam Savage playing Gomer Pyle... 😂
Might be the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
this would work at children’s hospitals even if kids can’t get out of. their rooms but use the window hide on the floor do your thing. definitely big bird, disney should bring their cast since they can’t make it Disney. Hospitals modify a room with a speaker 🔈 so they can hear the actors performing put masks 😷 on the puppets
Just give them puppets!
Loved this! ❤really enjoy everything about this content! Made my day!
Half the fun of improv is doing it on the fly and seeing where it goes organically. It's fun for everyone, and the more simpatico you have another person who is equally skilled, every scene can be solid gold to the point where you get sad afterward that it wasn't recorded. This whole idea sounds genius to me, and I'd love to see it go on tour. 👍
Love when Adam visits the puppets! I love me some puppet talk.
Fascinating! Brian is absolutely wonderful! A real chip off the old block.
I would love to see a live performance.
Alaas, I live in Vancouver, Canada and am unable to travel.
As always, my hat's off to you, Adam.
Is there anything you're not a dab hand at?
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
4:00 I'm immediately reminded of "Who's Line Is It Anyway?".
Are you kidding me I was just talking about a movie starred by puppets
The puppet god heard your thoughts.
It's called the happytime murders, and coincidentally. Alot of the backround puppets used in that film are used in the puppet up shows
That bit was genuinely really funny!
When the Muppets were on the Jimmy Dean show (in the 60's) they did some of the best improv ever. I'm gonna check if any of those old shows are on the youtubes.
My first experience with the Muppets was Rolf the Dog on the Jimmy Dean show!
OMG I shouldn't have had that stiff drink before I watched this proformance, ROTFLMAO Funniest Tested ever. Would like to see one episode of Adam answering online questions as his puppet.
Dood this is so sick! Thanks Adam!
always adored Labyrinth and Brian's Hoggle! Phwoarrr.. Plasstiiic!
Literally crying laughing!😂
If I have a spirit animal, surely it's Tristin.
Oh, my goddess. I had no idea this was a thing. And now I want to do it so bad!! 💜