I went and saw the Muppet exhibit at the Smithsonian today. It points out one of the joys of living in Washington and the is the access you have to all the museums and the fantastic exhibits that are there. This was one of them.
The exhibit starts with his early career of local television in the Washington area and the hysterical commercials he made for Wilkins Coffee. Here are a couple of examples.
Then there was this funny commercial for La Choy which I have to say I remember.
It was interesting to see the actual story boards for the commercials and then see the actually commercial. There was almost no difference at all.
Henson's early work is probably not as well know as his later. But it is very cutting edge. The Wilkins Coffee commercials are great. They are also very short so a great deal was packed into a short amount of time.
Then of course you come to Sesame Street and the Muppet Show. I loved the Muppet Show. It used to come on on Saturday nights. It was early enough in the evening that we usually watched it while eating dinner. My brother and father really didn't like it very much but my mom and me loved it. Here are a couple of funny clips from the show.
There was also props from the Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. It was a really great exhibit. It was also interesting to see a whole range of people there from the very young to the very old. All of them were laughing. Here's a story about it from the Post.
To close here's Kermit:
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