342 - Frank Oz: How to Create Something Original: Lessons from The Maker of Our Most Beloved Characters

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Frank Oz is the puppeteer. He played Miss Piggy. Bert of "Bert and Ernie," The Cookie Monster, and even Yoda on Star Wars. He just released a new documentary called "Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched." It's about the creation of the Muppets and the man behind it all, Jim Henson. He was a unique leader, with a "nothing is impossible" attitude. This is the untold story of the Muppet creators and the team that made it all possible. Links and Resources Watch Frank's documentary: "Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched" only available on muppetguystalking.com for $10 Frank directs the off broadway production In & Of Itself playing at the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC Sesame Street Star Wars The Muppets The Muppets Movie Trading Places (the 1983 movie) The Great Muppet Caper Touch of Evil Little Shop of Horrors Downton Abbey Steve Martin Orson Welles Jim Henson I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.4	You were the Cookie Monster, you were Grover, you were Miss Piggy, you were a bunch of characters on the Muppets,
0:21.6	and then of course you were Yoda on Star Wars and each character had so many relatable characteristics.
0:29.8	For me as a child watching this, the Burton Ernie relationship or the Cookie Monster.
0:35.6	These characters, they could be beyond human.
0:40.2	They could be really kind of these platonic ideals of certain personality traits.
0:45.2	And I think that's what happened in many cases.
0:47.0	There's also, there's a certain aspect of the society that is not accepting of people that aren't considered equal to what's normal.
0:53.8	And none of the Muppets are normal.
0:56.6	None of them are straight down the middle.
0:59.0	They all have their own flaws, their own insecurities, their own weirdnesses.
1:04.4	And I think people respond to that.
1:06.6	I asked you before the podcast, if it was okay, if I had asked you to do a voice.
1:12.2	And I said it was fine to ask me.
1:14.0	So I asked you, can you do a voice?
1:15.4	No.
1:16.8	Frank Oz, I grew up on you.
1:27.8	Like I grew up listening to your voice.
1:30.6	My parents from the age of two or three on would put me in front of Sesame Street,
1:36.2	or they would put me in front of the Muppets.
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