Series, THE LONESOME DOLL by photographer, Aline Smithson.
Hospital de Bonecas, a doll hospital/store in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come.
THE MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL; A CHRISTMAS CAROL by the Northern Ballet; illustration from a 1938 edition of the story by Everett Shinn; the 1984 TV special, which impressed me so as a kid; and lastly, MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1983).
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1985).
Vintage publicity stills from THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979). Forty years old. So many memorable scenes, lines, bits, characters (but that goes for pretty much everything Jim Henson did).
French/Polish animated series, THE ADVENTURES OF COLARGOL. 1968-1975.
Colargol was a little bear who desperately wanted to become a singer, but simply lacked the talent. That’s pretty much what the show was about. Tragic really. It was very popular in Holland in the 70s and 80s: I had all the records and quite a few books.
“Ik ben Beertje Colargol, beertje dat kan zingen...”
Before there was a Cookie Monster, prototypes of him appeared in various Jim Henson commercials and films in the 1960s.
I like how he looks in the IBM training film (last image). Jim Henson’s early Muppets always were wilder, rougher, like they had yet to be domesticated.
Yikes…
One more—faces of Jack.
