The great Caroll Spinney i.e. Big Bird at 'What's my line?' (1972)

Caroll Spinney (Big Bird) is about to retire from playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. This here is a little look back to his appearance at 'What's my line?':

"Now is time for the special feature of What's My Line. The appearance of our mystery guest. Are your blindfolds all in place, panel?"

Alright, here we go:

Good Times With The Muppets

Fozzie, Frank Oz and friends. (via Muppet Wiki/Thanks, Laura)

Jim Henson and/is Kermit

Photograph via Muppet Wiki, courtesy of The Jim Henson Company. (Thanks, Laura)

Bert And Ernie: Original Sketches

Via Muppet Wiki

Images courtesy of The Jim Henson Company. All rights reserved.

Apropos Muppets

These here are original 1950s concept sketches of Kermit the Frog as featured in Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal. ©2012 The Jim Henson Company. (via)

Saturday Morning Delight: Visual Thinking With The Muppets

"Jim Henson and Jane Henson performing Visual Thinking on Sam and Friends from the early 1960s."

Another Great One

It's so full of this very particular muppetish anarchic energy I so much love with everything Jim Henson.

So Good

Three old 1960s commercials featuring Jim Henson's La Choy Dragon. Commercials representing La Choy Chow Mein that is "Quick cooked in dragon fire!"

Monday Morning Torture

A bookstore's clerk found this while tidying up the children's department. (via)

The Muppets On The Set Of 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Yoda and Luke Skywalker. (via)

Behind The Scenes: Today, With The Muppets

Check out a huge collection of pretty rare behind the scenes photos, right from the 1970s, at Retronaut. (via/thanks to Laura)

Mike BaBoon: The Periodic Table of the Muppets

Here we go... (via Mike BaBoon Design)