Why The Muppets Fight Hate | TMT #127

Too Many Tabs with Pearlmania500

Alex Pearlman

Comedy, History

5 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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In this episode the Pearlmans look at the life and Legacy of Jim Henson. From growing up as a christian scientist to pioneering television in a way that taught children and adults powerful lessons about accepting those different than you.

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0:00 Intro - Mr. Pearlman the Muppet
0:27 The Origins of Jim Henson
7:23 Show-running as a Child in 1959
19:27 Zocdoc
20:27 Sesame Street
24:11 Big Bird
29:26 Oscar the Grouch is Orange
32:40 Kermit the Frog
42:05 Jim Henson's Work with SNL
46:38 The Muppet Show
1:00:00 Star Wars
1:03:49 Jim Henson's Death
1:08:12 How Jim Henon's Taught Emotions
1:12:13 Jim Henson's Battle with Intolerance

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0:00.0	war, violence, famine. These are the things we see every day on our dumb little phones. But now we need to go back to a time where when you could watch TV, it was nice. It was a nice time. And that's what we're going to explore today on this episode that I did research on about Jim Henson and his Muppets.
0:30.9	Typically, when you do a deep dive episode, I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
0:32.1	But Jim Henson is saying that. It's actually one of the reasons we actually became a closer couple because you're like, I really like the Muppets.
0:36.3	I was like, I really like the Muppets. I really like the Muppetsets and I feel like once you meet somebody else who's an adult who admits that they like
0:41.3	the Muppets instantly you're like oh this is this person this is going to be a better person than I
0:46.3	expected yeah they're going to be a good person wait not all though because remember that one guy with
0:49.7	the Muppets this we're not going to go to the Muppet History Instagram account. That guy doesn't count. No, no, listen, I'm saying, that's why I didn't say is a good person.
0:57.4	I said, might be a better person.
0:58.9	Might be a better person.
0:59.9	Okay, I see what I'm saying.
1:00.9	Okay, there's a line.
1:01.7	Caviar.
1:02.3	Caviote.
1:02.4	There's a caveat.
1:03.0	Big old asterix.
1:04.5	All right, let's see. born James Morey Henson in 1936 in Greenville, Mississippi.
1:11.8	Okay.
1:12.5	Okay.
1:13.1	He was the second son of Paul and Betty Henson, and Paul and Betty were Christian scientists.
1:19.1	Oh.
1:19.6	Yeah.
1:19.9	And he was a Christian scientist growing up for a while.
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