Last March, a bunch of us attended the unveiling of a wall sculpture at the TV Academy commemorating the work of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. As I mentioned here, there was another new wall sculpture that had been installed at the same time but it was covered with a tarp. A quick peek under it (when no one was looking) revealed the likeness of Jim Henson with many a Muppet.
On Wednesday of this week, it was finally unveiled. They were apparently waiting for the day when the U.S. Postal Service would unveil its new release of Muppet postage stamps — ten different ones of various Muppet characters plus one of The Man himself. And a nice-looking batch of stamps they are. I'll probably buy a batch…though I get an odd sensation when I use stamps like that on my car insurance payment. It always feels like I'm wasting something nice on someone undeserving.
I'm told it was a lovely ceremony (I couldn't get out there for it) marred only by the news of Jerry Juhl's passing. That kind of thing could put a damper on any event.