Saturday, September 24, 2011

Happy birthday, Jim Henson


Jim Henson has always been near the top of my Most Admired list. I loved his unbounded creativity and penchant for visual punchlines.

In celebration of his birthday, here are a few others from my list...

Dr. Seuss: And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!


Steven Spielberg: Redefined the action movie genre. Humanitarian. Seven kids. How cool is that?


William Wegman: Dressing up dogs in funny costumes! How cool is that??


Anne Geddes: ...enough said.


Carl Sagan: Billions and billions. He made science cool. Or me nerdy, not sure which.


Woody Allen: When I imagine the perfect gig, it involves writing and directing a new movie every year for 40 years.


Paul McCartney: Or writing a classic song every month for 50 years.


Everyone who has made the world a better place by virtue of the love they give, the laughter they incite, or the people that they inspire.


Who do you admire?

5 comments:

  1. I'll also take Jim Henson, Carl Sagan and Dr. Seuss, and add in Shakespeare, Virginia Wolff, Bill Moyers, Jon Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Meryl Streep, Roger Cohen,(op-ed,Times), my friend Lenna, and Elizabeth Warren. There are many more in between these disparate cracks, but I'll stop!

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  2. So then at dinner last night I asked Newton to weigh in on this, and without hesitation he named Lassie, Flipper and Mr. Ed.

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  3. So not only is he an anti-intellectual, he's really, really old.

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  4. Bingo!
    I just had to come back today, moved to add my beloved Pete Seeger to my list. What a classy hero he is...and today the Times shows him marching with the OWS'ers from 95th St. to Columbus Circle using two canes; he's 92!

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