#found something weirder than the mice in the workshop which ok wasnt just him

[anissapierce]

"Dave Goelz (the puppeteer for Zoot) came to me one day and said, “I have this idea that Zoot has this little character with him.” I was like, “Dave, that might be hard to do, all the time. Is there something else that maybe he has on him?” And he came back with this idea of doing a shoe named Jimmy, and Jimmy is Jim Henson. Dave found photos of Jim’s teeth because he wanted the shoe to be able to smile. Those are Jim’s teeth and he carved them himself. He went home and made this character because he was so dedicated to the surreal aspect of what he wanted to do with Zoot. And everybody brought great ideas and things, but he just went like far and above what we expected"

Every piece of information i learn about Goelz endears me to him but also makes me raise my eyebrows.

#found something weirder than the mice in the workshop which ok wasnt just him #but he was involved ... #muppets mayhem #david goelz #dave goelz #mind you its very sweet #like that dedication to carving teeth so theyd b the same