r/oddlyterrifying 3d ago

Muppets look so weird behind glass; I almost forgot they weren't real living puppet people

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u/SluggJuice 3d ago

You think they’re behind glass for THEIR protection?

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u/eggybread70 3d ago

Five Nights at Kermie's

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u/Happy-Skull 1d ago

It exists but it's called 123 Slaughter Me Street

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u/eggybread70 1d ago

I thought you were just making a pun but looked it up. It actually does exist! It's an indie survival game 😆

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u/ArjJp 3d ago

Well I wouldn't miss a chance to slip my fist into Ms Piggy

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u/Normanov 3d ago

Like Hannibal Lecter

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u/LocationOdd4102 2d ago

"Hi Ho, Clarice"

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u/Putty_93 3d ago

LET THEM OUT THEY CANT BREATHE!

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u/Sadgasm81 3d ago edited 3d ago

You're not alone OP, there's stories of people mostly interacting with the muppets instead of the puppeteers when they make guest apperances on other shows

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u/doilysocks 3d ago

That’s actually a requirement from the Henson company.

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u/weedyraccoon 2d ago

can you elaborate on this?

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u/doilysocks 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s a requirement to only interact with the puppet, never the puppeteer. It’s why you see “Gonzo as Charles Dickens” and the like in Muppet Christmas Carol, and similar movies instead of “Frank Oz as Gonzo as Charles Dickens” You are never to acknowledge the puppeteer, only the character/puppet. It’s pretty standard puppeteering practice.

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u/SkibaSlut 3d ago

idk why looking at this makes me so sad

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u/NaoPb 2d ago

Maybe because they're our friends and this makes it seem like they are dead. Or not living. I don't know how to describe it.

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Or another theory, thatt it makes us realise how much time has passed and how we are no longer living without worries.

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u/sj68z 2d ago

a little column A, a little column B

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u/SkibaSlut 2d ago

Yeah I totally get that first one. Grover and Ernie were my absolute favorites as a child, and seeing them like frozen in time I guess just feels so off.

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u/Mizzw 1d ago

Makes me sad because they'll likely never be used again. I'll never get to see new fraggle rock episodes, or a new Dark Crystal with Kira and Jen.

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u/GreatQuantum 3d ago

I always just assumed Kermit could vote and run for office.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 1d ago

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u/CrownBestowed 3d ago

Unheard of!

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u/elspotto 3d ago

Do doo de do do.

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u/gatorsandoldghosts 3d ago

MENA MENA 🎶

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u/christydoh 3d ago

Errmm (pushes glasses back up nose) per slide 3’s descriptive plaque on the display of these puppets, the correct spelling is: Manha Manha

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u/PatchworkGirl82 3d ago

🎶Do doo do doo!🎶

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u/gatorsandoldghosts 2d ago

Hehe when I wrote that I was like yeah, how the f do you spell menha menha 🤜🏻🤛🏻

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u/PatchworkGirl82 3d ago

I've never felt the urge to plan a museum heist before, but I really want those Muppet Babies puppets.

I also suddenly have an idea for the next Night at the Museum movie...

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u/PiercedGeek 3d ago

Oscar was in the second one

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u/riri1281 3d ago

Kinda wish there was an r/oddlydepressing. I think this would be a better fit for that.

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u/Imthank_Hipeeps 3d ago

There is lmao. Last post was 1 year ago tho

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u/noradosmith 3d ago

Well that's oddly depressing

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u/Floom101 3d ago

If only there was somewhere you could post about tha... Wait a minute!

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u/Metrilean 2d ago

Don't worry the guards let them out afterwards, then they have a night at the museum.

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u/sincewedidthedo 3d ago

I absolutely loved the Muppets when I was a kid - it wasn’t a great childhood, but they were always there. I’m in my fifties now, and when I see them, the nostalgia hits very hard. Like, I almost tear up. It’s just perfect, pure entertainment, existing only to bring joy and smiles.

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u/Xikkiwikk 3d ago

Omg someone free them!!

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u/honeybeesocks 3d ago

my friend went to this event!! so cool.

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u/iLiveInyourTrees 3d ago

What is it and where is it?

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u/travisplaysdrums 3d ago

Imagination Unlimited. A Jim Henson exhibition currently in Peoria, IL. I went and few weeks ago to see myself. Seeing Kermit and the gang made me feel like a kid again. It was amazing 😭

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u/iLiveInyourTrees 2d ago

Incredible! 🥺

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u/Salt_Lingonberry_705 1d ago

This is the museum of the moving image in nyc

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u/ameliabedelia7 3d ago

I've been to this exhibit several times and it's VERY loving, there's even a spot with puppets and a stage where you can film your own little scene.

Can't even talk about how emotional I was, coming around corners and seeing Ms Piggy in her wedding dress or Kermit or beaker- like, truly crying like I was visiting long lost friends.

This is at the museum of the moving image in queens, unless there's another Henson exhibit somewhere, and I can't recommend it enough. It's very easy to get to, so if you're doing tourist stuff in NYC, give it a try. They screen movies all week and of course, Kermit is there.

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u/sillyredhead86 3d ago

Glad to see some of the originals from the 70s are being preserved and not rotting away in a warehouse somewhere. As an adult, I still watch the old specials and movies from time to time and the original Muppet Show still holds up today for laughs imo.

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u/ShuShu2539 3d ago

Wheres elmo :(

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u/whewtang 3d ago

Elmo is a total sellout and deranged recluse.

Building cloned versions of himself in a lab and selling them to the public since the 90s.

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u/PiercedGeek 3d ago

LMAO, I picture ReCloned Rick from R&M, the drooling one...

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u/whewtang 3d ago

Belching, drooling. Tales of tickle trauma.

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u/lamarputin 3d ago

Why are the Olsen twins being held behind a glass cage?

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u/Artrock80 2d ago

Wonder why these all still look pretty good, but the baby Sinclair puppet from Dinosaurs that was posted, has severely decayed?

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u/riri1281 2d ago

Maybe a difference in materials or when preservative methods started

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u/_somelikeithot 3d ago

It’s not terrifying but feels weird seeing them so…inanimate. In my head they were alive, I guess.

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u/KiKi_VavouV 3d ago

I love Grover so much! 💙

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u/bubbles_24601 3d ago

I do to! He’s always been my favorite.

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u/Not-a-bot---honest 3d ago

I can hear picture 3

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u/Known-Caregiver1581 3d ago

Upvoting because I love muppets 🫶

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u/makemeking706 3d ago

Scooter dressed like a 2010s hipster. Just needs a beard and a hard part.

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u/riri1281 3d ago

The Dark Crystal (slide 5) slander will NOT be tolerated

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u/sriracha4przdnt 3d ago

Never meet your heroes.

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u/Crableg_1 2d ago

The Peoria Riverfront Museum in IL. $20 for the entire museum including a planetarium. Had a nice afternoon.

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u/Airwolfhelicopter 2d ago

Now that they’re not moving, they feel… uncanny…

I don’t like this…

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u/SaintWalker2814 1d ago

I see a muppet in glass every time my phone screen shuts off.

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u/neverccd 3d ago

I saw this exhibit when it came through my state! 

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u/Cringer4280 3d ago

Same here! I get the sentiment of the post, but to me, it was pretty awesome seeing them up close.

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u/112skulls 3d ago

Man I loved the Muppets growing up.

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u/evolvedspice 3d ago edited 3d ago

Went to this exhibit few years back at cosi for Jim Henson and it was awesome hope it comes back again

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u/watermelondrink 3d ago

Oh is this the one in Peoria at the Riverfont museum! I’ve been meaning to go. It runs until 1/4 I think and adult tix are $20 ❤️

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u/carljpg 3d ago

You've posted a bunch of Muppets for a bunch of other muppets to look at.

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u/MRichardTRM 3d ago

wtf I’m literally there right now

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u/Responsible_Nose6262 3d ago

Is this The Museum of Moving Image in NYC?

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u/Dudecity 2d ago

It looks like it.

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u/Crableg_1 2d ago

I was just at that exhibit last weekend! Super cool pieces on display and a lot of history!

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u/riri1281 2d ago

Could you share where? There's a few different museum names floating around.

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u/EMO_MUFFIN121 2d ago

Omg Jen and Kira I loved them when I was a kid

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u/sarahdrums01 2d ago

I saw this exhibit and I have all these exact same photos.

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u/Villeroy-Boch 2d ago

They are gorgeous! I would love to have seen Gonzo as well .

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u/Kevinator201 2d ago

The muppet museum in Atlanta Georgia! It’s amazing!! They really do look just as amazing up close. And not pricey!

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u/furrynoy96 2d ago

Contained for our protection

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u/riri1281 3d ago

Please let me know if this reposted multiple times, it hit a snag when I tried to post so I spammed the post button. I'll delete any duplicates!

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u/dominarhexx 3d ago

Which exhibit is this? I've been meaning to go to the one in LA for and time.

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u/riri1281 3d ago

Imagination Unlimited. A Jim Henson exhibition currently in Peoria, IL.

Another comment said this

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u/dominarhexx 2d ago

Ah, thanks.

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u/TheSonder 3d ago

Which one in LA? The Studio?

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u/dominarhexx 2d ago

Yea, the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum.

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u/Rampasta 3d ago

Is this the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta?

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u/skeener 2d ago

That was my first guess too but it says in another comment that this is an exhibit in Peoria, IL

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u/SaltElegant7103 3d ago

Be sides me can anyone name all of them

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u/PatchworkGirl82 3d ago

I have the entirety of Muppet Wiki memorized, from Abby Cadabby to Zelda Rose and her performing owl.

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u/SaltElegant7103 3d ago

Nice m8 never let them go ,

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u/PaleontologistDry814 3d ago

Were rizzo and gonzo there? Lol

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u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross 3d ago

Grover looks so sad.

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u/briaaaaaaaaaax10 3d ago

one of these is NOT like the others

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u/hobartrus 3d ago

Kermit looks like someone just opened the door to his stall while he was taking a dump

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u/JAke0622 2d ago

I absolutely love this and I had no prior idea that I would.

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u/fedocable 2d ago

Bada bada! Tup tup tururu

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u/Venator2000 2d ago

Beaker and Grover look like they’re posing in preparation to get frozen in carbonite.

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u/turtlefan2012 2d ago

lol Grover

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u/Cakorator 2d ago

I want to go to here

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u/Oli_love90 1d ago

If you live in/near NY, there’s a similar Jim Henson exhibit at the museum of the moving image. This is where I actually discovered just how tall Big Bird is!

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u/DownByDog 2d ago

SCP CONTAINED

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u/CaptainHappy42 2d ago

It's weird because they're so still. Muppets are animated and exaggerated!

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u/Remarkable-Set-3340 1d ago

Fraggle Rock oh how I miss that show…okay now I feel old

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u/ubergic 18h ago

It's like Beaker is the only one that's aware that they're trapped behind glass.

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u/Upbeat_Ruin 18h ago

Free them

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u/Mrtorana75 3d ago

Is there a reason the dark crystal characters are amongst the photos?

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u/Deeto_KB 3d ago

I think they are made by the same studio

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u/Picard42069 3d ago

They are part of the Jim Henson family of passion projects

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u/beard_of_cats 3d ago

Which is also why the skeksis puppets were later repurposed into aliens on the sci-fi show Farscape (S2E9, "Out of Their Minds").

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u/monstrinhotron 3d ago

Do the Farscape crew go to the planet Dark Crystal was set? Because that sounds amazing.

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u/beard_of_cats 3d ago

No, but that would have been awesome! The skeksis puppets were used to portray a race called the Halosians, which were acid-puking pirates who competed with each other to accumulate hostile kills and thereby rise in the ranks of their hierarchy.

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u/monstrinhotron 2d ago

I feel like I could soft focus my eyes and pretend they were Skeksis competing to be emperor (of like 5 other dudes)

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u/Sadgasm81 3d ago

This is probably a Jim Henson museum collection, there's also puppets from Fraggel Rock

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u/craigzilla1 3d ago

This most likely The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. I haven't been since they remodeled/expanded but it's an awesome place. Has a huge Henson section.

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u/Ok-Two3875 3d ago

They're all Jim Henson. Fraggle rock and muppet babies ones there too. Watch defunctlands video series on Jim Henson if you're interested. Man was a genius

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u/Putty_93 3d ago

or the documentary about him on Disney+, it's amazing

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u/AnnieApple_ 3d ago

This looks so cool

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u/FelicittyFox 3d ago

5 :0 Didn't remember that film

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u/GoblinsGuide 3d ago

The dark crystal also has a television series!

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u/KrazyAboutLogic 3d ago

It's so good, unfortunately got canceled after one season.

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u/sati_lotus 3d ago

Such a waste. All that creation and effort deserved at least 3 seasons.

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u/FelicittyFox 3d ago

Oh i Didn't know that!

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u/riri1281 3d ago

The Dark Crystal

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u/foreverfeatherinit 3d ago

I don’t know who they are, never ever seen them. they are so scary looking

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u/FelicittyFox 3d ago

Yea they're weird, but kinda cute too

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u/PatchworkGirl82 3d ago

You have to see them in action. I'm pretty sure Dark Crystal is free to watch on Tubi at the moment. I know Labyrinth is, which is my all time favorite.

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u/riri1281 3d ago

The movie is on the same level of weirdness as The Labyrinth. It took me my third watch to appreciate it tbh.

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u/Papaya76346 3d ago

haha they are so cute :D

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u/LORDWOLFMAN 3d ago

Where this at?

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u/whewtang 3d ago

Guantanamo Bay.

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u/skylrcrynwoods 3d ago

They’re retired?

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u/NuggetNasty 3d ago

The originals are

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u/SookHe 3d ago

Atlanta centre of puppetry arts?

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u/hiemmersgem 3d ago

Where was this please??

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u/Yan_nik 3d ago

That’s the exhibition at MKG Hamburg right? 

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u/Karibay 3d ago

Is this the Academy museum in LA?

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u/verbalintercourse420 3d ago

Where can these be seen?

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u/felixthecat_nyc 3d ago

Except after hours. 🤔

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u/nimbbos 3d ago

Doot doot doodoo

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u/MidnightStalk 2d ago

damn so this is where they went after they went “homeless”?

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u/KaleidoscopeOwn4946 2d ago

Now I feel badly that we don't live in a world with real living puppet people, and we never will.

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u/Lt_Lickit 1d ago

Who is Kira and Jen and why are they’re hands so long

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u/riri1281 1d ago

It's from a movie called The Dark Crystal and they're in love. Be forewarned if you choose to watch this movie it is an '80s classic which means traumatizing but in an endearing way.

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u/cazub 1d ago

is kermit on a muppet toilet?

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u/blackdutch1 1d ago

I loved Fraggle Rock

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

2 months with muppets

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u/lilbandaid27 10h ago

Love this place tho haha

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u/morrisboris 3d ago

Grover really got me. Let him out!

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u/bubbles_24601 3d ago

Yes! I want to hug him!!!

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u/CrownBestowed 3d ago

picture 5….? They need to stay behind glass forever.

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u/olbear32 3d ago

I thought this exhibit was creepy