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Sam,
Jim, Kermit, Yorick, and Jane.
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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All
images courtesy of The Jim Henson Legacy & the Henson Family, TM
& ©2008 The Jim Henson Company
All
Muppets, photos, and likenesses ©2008 The Jim Henson Company.
Muppet,
Muppets, characters & elements TM The Jim Henson Company.
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Jane
and Jim Henson, and co-writer Jerry Juhl
pose
with Yorick, Kermit, and Wontkins.
1963
TV Guide photo.
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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Layne
Mandell Bergin (and her brother Lee) loved the show,
but
laments, "It was so short that it was over
as soon as it began!".
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Kermina
meets Yorick, who's under wraps.
(Photo
from a 1963 TV Guide Article)
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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Dave
Statter notes that the show. sponsored by Esskay, also aired on
Baltimore's
WBAL-TV
11 at some point. (The
book "Baltimore Broadcasting
from
A-Z" confirms that fact, but with no dates.) Dave remembers the Muppets
having fun with the name of WBAL staff announcer, Rolf Hertsgaard.
(Learn
more about the many Baltimore-based kid shows of the 1950s,
'60s
and beyond at CrabCityKidsTV.Com
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Kermit
and the Inchworm Bit
(Photo
From "Jim Henson - The Works")
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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(Photos
of Actual Record Labels Donated by Warrick)
According
to Karen Falk, Archivist for The Jim Henson Company: "A
45RPM record was recorded under the Signature label ('A product of Hanover-Signature
Record Corp.'). The main song was called 'Tick-Tock Sick" and the
flip side had a song called 'The Countryside'.
Both
were written by Jim, and we have his typed lyrics for 'Tick-Tock Sick'
in the archives. At the time Jim made the recording, he was living in Washington,
DC and performing Sam
and Friends on local television as well as making appearances on
variety shows and making commercials for various products. It is not clear
that 'Tick-Tock Sick' was used for anything in particular, but it sounds
like it may have accompanied puppet performances on Sam
and Friends or a variety show.
The theme
of the song, the relentlessness of time, was later explored by Jim
in his 1964 short film, TimePiece, and touched on again with
the thirteen hour clock in Labyrinth.
Jim Henson
accomplished an amazing amount in his life, but given the large number
of files on unrealized projects that are in the archives, he clearly didn't
have enough time to do all that he wanted to do. And 'Tick-Tock Sick' tells
us that he was already feeling the crunch just six years into his career."
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"Tick-Tock
Sick", but NOT "The Countryside", was found on a compilation CD album
entitled
"Beat Jazz" on the Pesky Serpent label.
(The
sound klip and the letter from Ms. Falk were donated by Jack Maier.)
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Hear
"Tick-Tock Sick"; a beat jazz tune composed and performed
by
Jim Henson in 1960 at Kidshow
Klips.
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Around
1962, the Hensons left DC to seek their fortune in the Big Apple, as evidenced
by this advertisement that appeared in the 1963 AFTRA Directory.
(Donated
by Skip McCloskey)
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All
images courtesy of The Jim Henson Legacy & the Henson Family, TM
& ©2008 The Jim Henson Company
All
Muppets, photos, and likenesses ©2008 The Jim Henson Company.
Muppet,
Muppets, characters & elements TM The Jim Henson Company.
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Sources:
Trisha Katson's "Whatever Happened To Those Kiddie Show Hosts?" 1977, George
Mason Univ. Phoebe Magazine, (provided by John Ahmad & Jack Maier).
Some photos from Sunday Star TV Magazine & Wilkins Coffee items from
1989 ad campaign, donated by Jack Maier. Other photos from "Jim Henson:
The Works:The Art, the Magic, the Imagination" by Christopher Finch, Charles
S. Finch, October 1993, Random House; "What is a Muppet?" TV Guide, 7/27
-8/2/63; 1994 PBS Great Performances program "The World of
Jim Henson". Directed by Judy Kinburg; & donated by Jack Maier. and
from the web site "Jim
Henson at University of Maryland". 45 RPM Phono record labels provided
by Warrick.
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