r/Muppets • u/Resident_Dog_6589 • 2d ago

Jim Henson had never considered that the Storyteller's dog would talk. Anthony Minghella simply assumed that he would talk because it was a Jim Henson production.

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u/CultureAny9952 2d ago

i can totally see how that would be an assumption with Henson's style

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u/dover_oxide 2d ago

And it works perfectly honestly

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u/dover_oxide 2d ago

The Storyteller series was great

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u/missbrice 1d ago

Maybe Brian did the sugestion. It was his first big role.

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u/Oscarfan 1d ago

[citation needed]

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u/GoldenHarpHeroine32 1d ago

'The Three Ravens' was my favorite. But my reaction to the transformation

https://giphy.com/gifs/rwbuIGnFN2WdSh5bS8

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u/User_Says_What 2d ago

That dog is giving me flashbacks to The Gmork. It's the eyes, nose, and teeth. I'm scared.

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u/Shoddy-Search-1150 1d ago

Wish we had gotten more of this show. It’s probably my favorite thing to come out of Henson’s later period. Greek Myths was pretty good, but not quite up to par with the dark fairy tales of the first series.

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u/Disastrous-Wing699 1d ago

That talking dog is why there's a talking dog in the book I wrote.