When I Was A Kid,

I Know It's Easier To Portray A World Filled With Cynicism And Anger, Where Problems Are Solved With Violence...it's An Easy Out. What's A Whole Lot Tougher Is To Offer Alternatives, To Present Other Ways Conflicts Can Be Resolved, And To Show You Can Have A Positive Impact On Your World. To Do That, You Have To Put Yourself Out On A Limb, Take Chances, And Run The Risk Of Being Called A Do-gooder.

But With The Dark Crystal, Instead Of Puppetry We're Trying To Go Toward A Sense Of Realism - Toward A Reality Of Creatures That Are Actually Alive And We're Mixing Up Puppetry And All Kinds Of Other Techniques.

Somebody Like A Piggy Or A Kermit, There Needs To Be Several Versions And So There Will Be Several Of Them.

There Was A Little Afternoon Show That Was Called Afternoon. Back In Those Days In Television, Most Local Stations Had A Midday Show For Housewives That Had A Series Of Things. It Was Like A Variety Show For Midday.

When The Muppet Show Ended, We All Sat Around And Said, What Kind Of Television Show Would We Like To Do. We Felt The Need These Days Are For Some Quality Children's Programming.