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James Bobin
English
Director
Born:
1972
Love
Muppet
People
Very
World
You
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You always want to aim high.
James Bobin
You
Aim
Aim High
High
Always
Want
No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman.
James Bobin
Character
Capitalism
Way
Allegory
Tex
Any
Communist
Muppet
'Alice' is effectively a story about a game of cards. 'Through the Looking Glass' is a story of chess.
James Bobin
Game
Looking
Alice
About
Through
Glass
Chess
Effectively
Story
Cards
The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in people.
James Bobin
Positive
Good
Adversity
People
Ability
See
Come
Always
Really
Across
Muppet
Lewis Carroll, you see, wasn't really interested in telling an exciting story. Well, he wasn't interested in things like cause and effect or a linear narrative. It's surreal, it's absurd, it's wordplay, it's satirical, it's analyzing itself, it's funny, it's an enormous challenge.
James Bobin
Funny
You
Cause
Challenge
Enormous
Analyzing
Telling
See
He
Exciting
Absurd
Like
Well
Narrative
Linear
Surreal
Effect
Itself
Story
Interested
Really
Satirical
Things
Lewis
Cable news is 24 hours long, so you have to fill it up with something.
James Bobin
News
You
Long
Something
Cable
Hours
Up
Fill
I worked on both 'Borat' and 'Bruno,' but in a very producer-y role.
James Bobin
Both
Very
Role
Worked
I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it.
James Bobin
People
Simple
Scared
Rather
Make
Because
Overly
Get
Just
Just Because
Anything
Ever
The thing about me is that my secret passion is history.
James Bobin
Me
History
Passion
Secret
About
Thing
If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again.
James Bobin
Family
You
Together
People
Back
More
Like
Know
Because
Again
Them
Much
Working
Your
Fun
I remember watching 'The Muppet Show' in the '70s. I was six or seven, and my dad watched it with me, and my grandparents watched it with me, and we're all laughing throughout, but I think we were probably laughing at different things.
James Bobin
Me
Remember
Think
Seven
Laughing
Throughout
Were
Six
Different
Grandparents
Show
Dad
Different Things
Things
Muppet
Watched
Watching
There's nothing sadder than being in a tribute band - especially a tribute band for your own thing you did originally.
James Bobin
You
Band
Own
Nothing
Tribute
Sadder
Than
Did
Being
Your
Originally
Thing
It's a beacon of hope in a dark world. You watch 'The Muppets' and you're smiling for an hour and a half, and then you go outside, and the economy is in crisis.
James Bobin
Hope
You
World
Dark
Half
Crisis
Beacon
Outside
Hour
Economy
Hour And A Half
Smiling
Go
Then
Muppet
Watch
When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly.
James Bobin
You
Try
Directly
Trying
Children
Teach
Things
Necessarily
I'm probably an overcompensating introvert. I live in Hollywood, but I don't go to parties where I have to work the room. I could do that, but I don't want to... I try and stay the same and live a fairly normal life.
James Bobin
Life
Work
Try
Live
Stay
Introvert
Could
Parties
Fairly
Go
Normal
Normal Life
Same
Where
Want
Room
Hollywood
In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one of the treasures of the history of children's TV and of comedy, basically.
James Bobin
History
Comedy
Seen
TV
Very
The History Of
Children
Us
Much
Show
England
English
Thing
Muppet
Treasures
Basically
'The Muppet Show' spoke to me at 5, and it speaks to me in my late 30s in the same way.
James Bobin
Me
Late
Way
Spoke
Same
Show
Speaks
Muppet
The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.
James Bobin
Love
Joy
Simple
Very
Which
I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.
James Bobin
Comedy
Thought
Society
Ways
Guy
Had
He
Him
Himself
Always
Commentator
Trying
Victorian
Social
Really
Certain
Who
Many
Satirist
Lewis
Watching 'Dark Crystal' now, having made Muppet films, it really strikes me just how ambitious that film is in terms of the constructs, the builds, the puppeteering.
James Bobin
Me
Dark
Made
Films
Strikes
Having
Constructs
Terms
Crystal
Builds
How
Ambitious
Just
Really
Film
Now
Muppet
Watching
'Muppets' is incredibly analog, 'Alice' is very digital.
James Bobin
Digital
Analog
Incredibly
Alice
Very
Muppet
I've always liked the Muppets. I watched 'The Muppet Show' in England every week as a child. The show was originally broadcast in England.
James Bobin
Every
Broadcast
Week
Liked
Always
Child
Show
England
Originally
Muppet
Watched
I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that. Even when they stumble onstage, people like it.
James Bobin
Great
Entertainment
People
World
Stumble
Live
Think
Entertainment World
Onstage
Performers
Like
How
Where
Even
'The Muppets' is really about innocence and charm and sweetness and light and having hope - and stupid gags.
James Bobin
Hope
Light
Stupid
Innocence
About
Charm
Having
Really
Sweetness
Muppet
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