"I was in the top office with Dick and Roy Naisbitt (his assistant, and a genius himself) one afternoon, and Dick came in and told us that Jim Henson had died. We were shocked at this, and we expected Dick to come out with some critical or distasteful comment as he did from time to time. But he surprised us both. He told us he had great respect for Jim and called him one of the most talented animators there was. We didn't understand this, and questioned what he had meant by this. He said, 'If you're watching The Muppet Show or Sesame Street on TV, turn the sound down. Henson was so good that you could tell what Kermit the Frog was saying even though you couldn't hear him'."
"I was in the top office with Dick and Roy Naisbitt (his assistant, and a genius himself) one afternoon, and Dick came in and told us that Jim Henson had died. We were shocked at this, and we expected Dick to come out with some critical or distasteful comment as he did from time to time. But he surprised us both. He told us he had great respect for Jim and called him one of the most talented animators there was. We didn't understand this, and questioned what he had meant by this. He said, 'If you're watching The Muppet Show or Sesame Street on TV, turn the sound down. Henson was so good that you could tell what Kermit the Frog was saying even though you couldn't hear him'."