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		Jim Henson's partner in life, marriage and the Muppets, Jane Henson dead at 78 (m.usatoday.com)		40
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MrHappyRotter		2013-04-02 10:06:21 PM

I'm especially fond of her primatology work.

TheDumbBlonde		2013-04-02 10:25:01 PM

Why not call her his "wife"?

borg		2013-04-03 12:57:32 AM

TheDumbBlonde: Why not call her his "wife"?

Because Equal Equals Equal or something...

Darth_Lukecash		2013-04-03 01:14:52 AM

TheDumbBlonde: Why not call her his "wife"?

They got divorced.

ds_4815		2013-04-03 01:25:01 AM

Might as well get 'er going...

Valiente		2013-04-03 01:26:32 AM

Fist pump?

farkingismybusiness		2013-04-03 01:34:32 AM

A tribute for each.

HaywoodJablonski		2013-04-03 01:38:36 AM

She'll soon find out how easy it is being green

Rising_Zan_Samurai_Gunman		2013-04-03 01:44:49 AM

Darth_Lukecash: TheDumbBlonde: Why not call her his "wife"?

They got divorced.

From the info I can find they were legally separated, but not actually divorced.

Dwight_Yeast		2013-04-03 01:48:40 AM

Rising_Zan_Samurai_Gunman: Darth_Lukecash: TheDumbBlonde: Why not call her his "wife"?

They got divorced.

From the info I can find they were legally separated, but not actually divorced.

She also was his literal partner in puppeteer in the early years.

Strongbeerrules		2013-04-03 01:56:46 AM

It was a good idea.

They left the world a better place.

The Snow Dog		2013-04-03 03:42:09 AM

RIP

Alphax		2013-04-03 04:11:55 AM

I never saw her name before, but I must have experienced a lot of her work in my youth.

RIP

robohobo		2013-04-03 04:22:55 AM

As a dedicated pothead, I watch Sesame Street every day. Old school, though. Nothing after 85 or so. Current Sesame Street should be ashamed of itself.

RIP, Muppet-Woman.

Badafuco		2013-04-03 04:31:58 AM

I actually can do a spot-on Kermit the frog voice.

Imagine this sentence in Kermit's voice. See? I sounded just like him.

RIP

Dwight_Yeast		2013-04-03 05:33:17 AM

It was her coat that became Kermit.

drewsclues		2013-04-03 07:22:39 AM

The Snow Dog: RIP

That girl from Hansen was a cutie.

Spanky McStupid		2013-04-03 07:31:39 AM

She's dead, Jim.

Onkel Buck		2013-04-03 07:42:53 AM

I just moved into a new place and didn't have the cable hooked up yet so I watched The Muppet Movie. Im getting kicks out of these replies.

Felgraf		2013-04-03 07:45:34 AM

Swear to god, if I ever get time travel powers but am only allowed to make *minor* changes to the timeline (can't stop or warn people in advance of World Trade Tower, etc), I'm going back in time, befriending Jim Henson, then later grabbing him by his lapel pins and dragging him to the farking hospital.

CarnySaur		2013-04-03 08:07:45 AM

It's time to put on makeup...

t2.gstatic.com

eggrolls		2013-04-03 08:13:21 AM

UNC_Samurai		2013-04-03 08:21:37 AM

Oh, oh, so is life
A ba tee wah ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is life
A ba tee wah ha, so is life

varmitydog		2013-04-03 08:45:21 AM

Jim and Jane on Jim Henson's first puppet show, "Sam and Friends" in the mid 50's.
4.bp.blogspot.com

mahna mahna

Yes please		2013-04-03 08:50:56 AM

That headline is begging for an Oxford comma or dashes or both.

theurge14		2013-04-03 08:51:45 AM

Ernie sings I Don't Want To Live On The Moon, just because it's sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIntrayvOlc&feature=player_embedded

ryant123		2013-04-03 09:19:19 AM

theurge14: Ernie sings I Don't Want To Live On The Moon, just because it's sad

A Boy and his Frog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na-xvlYMGck

Gunderson		2013-04-03 09:31:35 AM

Sad Kermit is Sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU

link not safe for employed puppets

existentist		2013-04-03 09:37:00 AM

Felgraf: Swear to god, if I ever get time travel powers but am only allowed to make *minor* changes to the timeline (can't stop or warn people in advance of World Trade Tower, etc), I'm going back in time, befriending Jim Henson, then later grabbing him by his lapel pins and dragging him to the farking hospital.

For the love of god, don't!

I do have time travel powers and told him it was 'just a cold'.

In the original timeline, a mad Jim Henson became president in '08 and started a nuclear war.

sexorcisst		2013-04-03 09:47:37 AM

UNC_Samurai		2013-04-03 09:57:20 AM

existentist: Felgraf: Swear to god, if I ever get time travel powers but am only allowed to make *minor* changes to the timeline (can't stop or warn people in advance of World Trade Tower, etc), I'm going back in time, befriending Jim Henson, then later grabbing him by his lapel pins and dragging him to the farking hospital.

For the love of god, don't!

I do have time travel powers and told him it was 'just a cold'.

In the original timeline, a mad Jim Henson became president in '08 and started a nuclear war.

Point of order: Discussions on President Henson and the Fozziecaust should go in the appropriate forum.

Lord Binky		2013-04-03 09:57:29 AM

So soon after that Farscape thread. Oy...

SteelDraco		2013-04-03 10:28:54 AM

Felgraf: Swear to god, if I ever get time travel powers but am only allowed to make *minor* changes to the timeline (can't stop or warn people in advance of World Trade Tower, etc), I'm going back in time, befriending Jim Henson, then later grabbing him by his lapel pins and dragging him to the farking hospital.

What makes you think that'd be a minor change? Jim Henson affected a lot of people over the years. More than the vast majority of people, I'm sure, even politicians.

Tanukis_Parachute		2013-04-03 10:30:28 AM

do you think...he ever used her like a muppet? maybe it was the other way around and that is why he ended up with a blockage.

existentist		2013-04-03 10:48:02 AM

UNC_Samurai: existentist: Felgraf: Swear to god, if I ever get time travel powers but am only allowed to make *minor* changes to the timeline (can't stop or warn people in advance of World Trade Tower, etc), I'm going back in time, befriending Jim Henson, then later grabbing him by his lapel pins and dragging him to the farking hospital.

For the love of god, don't!

I do have time travel powers and told him it was 'just a cold'.

In the original timeline, a mad Jim Henson became president in '08 and started a nuclear war.

Point of order: Discussions on President Henson and the Fozziecaust should go in the appropriate forum.

*That. Was. Awesome.* Thank you.

INeedAName		2013-04-03 11:16:51 AM

I dont know much about her, but Jim was one of the best humanity had to offer. I imagine Jim, Jesus, and George Carlin hanging out in Heaven and making wildly inappropriate jokes about the show 'Touched by an Angel.'

Zasteva		2013-04-03 11:35:52 AM

In other news, USA Today apparently doesn't know how to avoid JPEG compression artifacts.

intotheabyss81		2013-04-03 12:06:15 PM

Goodnight Mother of Muppets.

Superjoe		2013-04-04 02:23:03 AM

Dwight_Yeast: It was her coat that became Kermit.

That was Henson's mom's coat.

Valiente		2013-04-04 10:41:27 AM

Zasteva: In other news, USA Today apparently doesn't know how to avoid JPEG compression artifacts.

Makes sense as they stopped mattering in the late '90s.

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