Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous.

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy.