practicecactus

Male, Australian, makes things, penchant for perfectly looped animated gifs.

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I’m in the wedding planning subreddit and this seems like a bit of an overreaction

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Elvira

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Happy Pride month to all the gay folks who should still be with us but were lost to AIDS. So many of them had (and continue to have) huge impacts on the world, despite their lives being tragically cut short.

Since this is primarily a Muppet blog, I wanted to take a moment to talk about Richard Hunt.

Richard Hunt was a gay man and a fantastic puppeteer who started working with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, and company in 1970 at age eighteen and joined the cast of Sesame Street two years later. While working with the Muppets, he originated the characters of Scooter, Beaker, Statler, Sweetums, and Wayne, but also became the primary performer of Janice and is responsible for the flower child personality she is now known for. He was also known to be a fantastic singer.

But maybe most importantly, he made so many people happy. According the book "Of Muppets and Men" by Christopher Finch, Hunt "seems to get more unadulterated pleasure from performing than anyone else in the organization. When he is not working on camera, he is apt to have Scooter or Beaker or Janice -- anyone -- on his arm for the purpose of entertaining... He makes the crew laugh, jokes with the guest star, clowns for the shop personnel. He is one of the chief reasons for the loose atmosphere that exists around Studio D despite the pressure and the slow pace that are endemic to television production."

Hunt died at age 41 due to AIDS complications. The Muppet Workshop made a panel for the NAMES Project AIDS quilt in his honor. The Richard Hunt Spirit Award is presented every year at the Sesame Street wrap party to the cast member that best honors Hunt's generosity and dedication on set.

Rest in peace Richard. Thank you for the laughs and the smiles, and happy Pride 💛

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30 Funniest Tweets Of All Time From Tuesday (May 26, 2026)

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At this point when we get flying cars, it's gonna be like "Ha, look at this loser in a flying car, stuck in road traffic with the rest of us because he can't pay the subscription cost!".

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Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England

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𝔍𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔅𝔢𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔰

𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢: ℌ𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔰

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I love it when they reused the prop parts for the bots. I'm pretty sure all the original bot parts have been identified now. Including the engine on Tom Servo's chest.

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