<?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 Monday: The Man Behind the&nbsp;Fur]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Quick one today!  Check out a featurette about <a href="http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/beingelmoapuppeteersjourney_sundance2011" target="_blank"><em>Being Elmo</em></a>, an upcoming documentary about Kevin Clash, better known as the puppeteer behind the little red <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2011/01/05/gratuitous-search-term-bait-of-the-day-muppet-monsters/" target="_blank">Muppet monster</a> (also known as the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40_OtoM2oM0" target="_blank">voice of Splinter</a> in the <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em> films).  As much as we resent Elmo for obscuring the other Muppets on <em>Sesame Street</em> (and, to some extent, watering down the show&#8217;s material), we most certainly respect Clash&#8217;s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165159/bio" target="_blank">body of work</a>.</p>
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<p>And we also respect the filmmakers for resisting the urge to title their documentary <em>Tickle Me: The Kevin Clash Story</em>.</p>
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