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I’m not sure I’d ever heard The Carpenter’s version of this song, and it’s fascinating how much better I like the Kermit version. The Carpenter’s version is super ethereal. Kermit’s sounds more real to me, more grounded, a faith that things will go well in spite of the pains that he knows from experience often come with reality.

How strange that a felt puppet feels more real to me than people. But of course, that’s Jim Henson in there that I’m connecting with. ❤️

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Which is the better version of Rainbow Connection - Kermit's or Carpenters'? Carpenters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYuE2roIkH0 Kermit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk [ ] Kermit [ ] Carpenters

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Charles Castleberry Jun 4

It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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StarkRG

@MythingPerson I've heard that people interacting with them in person almost immediately fall into interacting with the puppet as a person rather than interacting in character with the person doing the puppeting. Like, you can see them lying there and holding the sticks or whatever and speaking the words, but your brain just ignores that and says, yeah, that bunch of felt is a real person.

I think my favourite muppets are the ones designed after their puppeteers: https://youtu.be/XlAAzbLk8Ns

Muppet Songs: Country Trio - In the Summertime

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