Big Bird Sings At Jim Henson’s Funeral

1. CheeseDuck
   October 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm

   Aww… You went and made me cry.

2. Oomi
   October 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm

   Argh..

   *wipes eyes*

3. evillaura
   October 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm

   bb is so choked….
   this is sooo sad.

   miss you, mister henson….

4. CKS2996
   October 22nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm

   We’ll miss you Sammy.

5. Lauren
   October 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 pm

   ‘teared up at the end’? I couldn’t make it 30 seconds. Jim Henson changed so many children’s lives for the better, with GOOD children’s television.

6. cheeselover
   October 22nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm

   *sniffle*….*sniffle*

   when he got choked up at the end, wow…

   i literally had tears rolling down my face. i’m not even old enough to remember him, but his work has influenced my life so much. i mean, i grew up watching sesame street.

   gosh. rest in peace, jim.

7. kid_icarus
   October 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm

   man that made me weep like a child.

8. klz
   October 22nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm

   I was no kid when it happened, I was 40. It hit me like a ton of bricks pretty much as hard as my dad’s death five years before him. JH was an important part of my life as a mom and as someone who once thought she could be a puppeteer. (I did not have the talent.)

9. rintrah
   October 22nd, 2008 at 7:32 pm

   If you really want to bawl your eyes out, watch this segment of the funeral to the end:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3Q-Qw9jCQ&feature=related

10. Dianne
    October 22nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    Very sweet. Thanks for reminding us of such a great person who was loved by so many. It’s a wonderful song for anybody who has ever felt a little different than the norm.

11. Patrirck B
    October 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Pardon me, I think I need my teddybear.

12. stacyj
    October 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Aww, man, what happened to people like him? This world NEEDS more Jim Hensons …

    *goes away sniffling*

13. ridge
    October 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    crying so hard

14. TheDiversePurse
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 am

    When Big Bird’s voice started to crack, I broke out the tissues!

15. bradbury
    October 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 am

    this here is a very sad and very beatiful animated requiem for jim henson - everytime i watch it, i feel like bursting into tears:

    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1 3057112

16. Gail Pink
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:10 am

    I have tears in my eyes already and I haven’t even watched the video yet.

17. avist
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Man… Sigh.
    Thanks for that.

18. Zakk
    October 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    I cried. I was only about 4 when JH died, but Sesame Street was an important part of my life back then.

19. LisaL
    October 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    I started tearing up just reading this. And definitely when BB’s voice cracked…. that was it, I lost it.
    SIGH….. so sad

20. Spikey
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    Jim Henson’s work, especially the early stuff, showed that weird didn’t have be threatening, it could also be charming…and as a card carrying oddball, I’ve always been grateful for that.

21. Michelle
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    Oh my God, you have no idea what this means to me. You see, I had my small part in this. My uncle did the arrangement for the piano, and he needed a copy of the song to do that, and I was the youngest one in the family, so he called me up to see if I had it lying around. I didn’t, but I went to Toys R Us and bought a tape of Sesame Street songs that had it. Sigh. I’d always wanted to hear the finished product and I never did until just now. Thank you so much.

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