Monday, June 14, 2010

Possibly (perhaps even Probably) Sad News

Most of the comic news sites are reporting the death of the great comic artist (and one hell of a great guy), Al Williamson. This would not be surprising as we've been hearing for some time now that Al was in failing health. However, we have our own little standards about sourcing on this kind of thing and so far, I haven't heard the news from a firm enough source that I'm going to presume it's so and post an obit. You understand.

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Today's Video Link

In December of 1964, Jim Henson and his crew of Muppeteers got an important booking on The Jack Paar Show, which was a weekly prime-time series Mr. Paar did after stepping down from The Tonight Show. After dress rehearsal, the puppet squad had plenty of time to kill so they decided to create a little something. In this clip from Dave Letterman's old NBC show, Paar tells the story and takes Dave to see what the Muppets left him...

Actually, Paar was wrong. The creation hadn't been hidden quite that long. Many folks at NBC knew about it and it had actually been shown on TV before...but it's still quite a wonderful thing. More recently, it was decided that it should be shared with the world — or at least the part of the world that takes the NBC Tour. Here's a segment from The Today Show for last Tuesday...

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