There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.
At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.
I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.
Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.
If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.
When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.
Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
