i just read the absolutely saddest twelve-word short story

“The Church of Scientology has reportedly purchased the Jim Henson Studios Lot”

Jim Henson Company Lot On La Brea Not Being Sold To Scientology, Owners Say; “Not In Any Business Dealings With The Church,” Family Declares

The family of the Muppets kingpin say their famed lot on Le Brea is not being purchased by the David Miscavige Led Church

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@cabel in any case, still worth rushing to get VIP your tickets to see a tour there before Puppet Up. https://www.puppetup.com/
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@cabel don’t scare me like that, man!
@Drwave i’m very sorry!!! also traumatized over here
@cabel I forwarded your last post to my daughter who was not happy. Hopefully this will help
@cabel oh man I hope that's not true. Chaplin, A&M, Henson…
@cabel the evil oil baron would have been better 🤬
@matt @cabel Indeed. Somehow, I’d feel slightly better if Charles Koch owned the Jim Henson lot.
@matt @cabel The story came from WDW News Today fyi.
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@cabel @SailorDisco @matt Ooh, the *InSneider*! Why the very name just drips of “reputable”.
@SailorDisco @cabel appreciate the heads up on that; appears this is a false alarm https://deadline.com/2024/10/scientology-jim-henson-lot-purchase-1236108303/
Jim Henson Company Lot On La Brea Not Being Sold To Scientology, Owners Say; “Not In Any Business Dealings With The Church,” Family Declares

The family of the Muppets kingpin say their famed lot on Le Brea is not being purchased by the David Miscavige Led Church

Deadline
@matt @SailorDisco THANK THE MAKER
@cabel @SailorDisco really think we should be starting a gofundme or something anyway haha
@matt @cabel That or at least the they should reconsider selling the property and maybe turn it into a Jim Henson museum.
@SailorDisco @cabel Not a terrible idea, although they purchased it a while after Jim was gone so it was never "his”
@matt @cabel I’m heaving a massive sigh of relief right now.
@cabel Kermit the fraud here
@cabel YIKES!!! Can we say CREEPY
@cabel I know…maybe they can *put on a show!* and save the old girl!

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That’s the old Charlie Chaplin studio lot!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson_Company_Lot

Jim Henson Company Lot - Wikipedia

@cabel oh no! I drive by there a lot.
@cabel I’m going to file that under misinformation for now. The only source I could find is from WDW News Today and they’re not exactly trustworthy. Hopefully not true 🤞🏻
@cabel wasn’t this the plot of The Muppets (2011)?
@cabel DOES THE E METER WORK ON FROGS
@cabel that sucks so incredibly hard it might turn into a black hole and mercifully destroy the planet
@cabel They still have money to buy anything?