<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Muppet Friday (Somewhat Nostalgic Too): The Muppet Man&nbsp;Lives?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/jim_henson_biopic.html" target="_blank">Vulture reports</a> that Disney is in talks with The Jim Henson Company to produce <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/12/15/muppet-monday-continues-into-tuesday/" target="_blank"><em>The Muppet Man</em></a>, a Jim Henson bioipic that made last year&#8217;s &#8220;Black List,&#8221; the compendium of Hollywood&#8217;s &#8220;hottest&#8221; unproduced screenplays.  Yay!  With the new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXsJjVdj1E" target="_blank">Jason Segel</a>-penned <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2010/02/02/muppet-movie-monday-tuesday-the-muppets-inch-closer-to-the-judd-apatow-chart-balls-in-your-court-james-bobin/" target="_blank">Muppet movie</a> seemingly on the horizon, could it be that we&#8217;ll soon be treated to two Muppet-related movies?  Maybe!</p>
<p>Burning question?  Who will play Kermit in the biopic? (<a href="http://bloglynch.blogspot.com/2009/06/30-rock-is-rip-off-of-muppet-show.html" target="_blank">Tina Fey</a>?)  And, for the record, I am available to play the <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/12/07/snl-blake-is-lively-astronaut-tater-chips-and-the-muppets-are-just-killing-it-lately/" target="_blank">Swedish Chef</a>.</p>
<p>The film will undoubtedly touch on Henson&#8217;s personal life and his non-Muppet ventures, so with that in mind, here&#8217;s a clip from <em>Time Piece</em>, Henson&#8217;s trippy, experimental Oscar-nominated short film from 1966:</p>
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<h4><a href="//nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/jim_henson_biopic.html#ixzz0hKyPrTO5" target="_blank">Vulture Exclusive: Disney Planning a Jim Henson Biopic</a></h4>
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