Posted by DaMadFlava at spider-tq031.proxy.aol.com on November 29, 1999 at 19:07:50:
In Reply to: Actually, as long as we're being geeky--- posted by BrianLynch on November 29, 1999 at 18:54:35:
: "Muppet" means a combination of marionette and puppet. Yes, Grover is a muppet. No, Yoda aint. I don't think he was even a creation of Henson's creature shop. You're wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. Sorry.
Actually Yoda was a Henson creation because Lucas asked Jim to construct him and do the voice. Jim passed on doing the voice because he was busy making the muppet movie, but he did supervise his construction in the creature shop.
: And just because something was created by Henson don't make it a muppet. Are the animals in BABE muppets? Are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Nuh-uh.
I'm not saying we should run around calling them all muppets now... I'm just saying they deserve to be technically acknowledged as such, at least for legal reasons.
: And yes, Station looked a wee bit Muppet-y. But he wasn't a muppet. He wasn't he wasn't he wasn't.
He may not have been a muppet under your definition, but I'm pretty sure he was a Henson creation, unless you have proof to the contrary.