Henson of course was the creator of Sesame Street, The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and a load of other well-known works, before his unfortunate, early passing. The older I get, however, the more I realise what a wunderkind, famed creator he was *well* before Sesame Street.
Time Piece was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966, so it certainly got some eyes on it at the time, even if it isn't very well-remembered by posterity. If pressed, I'd say it's a surreal, refreshing exploration of how a curious, creative person experiences time, and vice-versa. Or something like that.
It's only 9min if you feel like giving it a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhcDhHAH1k
Just in general, I'm relentlessly amazed by how vastly more creative Henson was than I even imagined as a kid, and that was already after falling in love with all his iconic stuff.
(this post dedicated to my man @PugJesus@piefed.social)
Oh... okay. I gotcha.
Yeah, Henson was on like S1-2 of SNL before they let him go. (around ~1975)
He wasn't doing Muppets characters (like Kermit or Piggy) on SNL, but I can understand things not working out.
In fact, when you study the history of SNL, it's pretty much a long list of sensitive, creative weirdos all trying to top each other, in a shark-tank setting.
But they portrayed him as kind of dumb too, it just sat kind of weird. The guy who still runs it and his assistant came out as super heroes though, lol.
Yeah, I don't know. Good Q.
I haven't really watched SNL in many years, and I'm more of a Henson fan in general, not really tied in to specifics.