This interview with Frank Oz is absolutely inspiring: “The work was play“.

In the first half he talks extensively about working with Jim Henson and the creative atmosphere and work ethic that gave birth to Sesame Street and the Muppets. (Two unquestionable forces for good in the universe)

I ended up there because of a song the iPod played for Lila this morning:
I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon (link contains MIDI)

Well, I’d like to visit the moon
On a rocket ship high in the air
Yes, I’d like to visit the moon
But I don’t think I’d like to live there
Though I’d like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I might like it for one afternoon
I don’t want to live on the moon
…

There’s so many strange places I’d like to be
But none of them permanently

Every year, Jim Henson climbs a little higher up my ladder of heros.