HEATHER HENSON, 6, walks up to Jim and tugs on his pant leg to get his attention.
HEATHER
Daddy, can I ask you a question?
JIM
Sure, sweetie! Asking questions is a great way to find things out.
HEATHER
Where do babies come from?
Jim thinks for a second. He crouches down to her eye level.
JIM
Well, it’s sort of complicated. You see, I like to think that they come from me, but there’s this guy named Jeffrey Scott who tries to take credit for them, and Guy Gilchrist likes to take some of the credit too. If we’re all being honest though, Michael Frith’s designs were the starting point. Does that make sense?
HEATHER
I think so, Daddy. Can I ask another question?
JIM
Of course!
HEATHER
What’s the Vietnam War?
JIM
Also a Michael Frith design!

INTERVIEWER
Mr. Henson, I have to ask, which Muppet character is your favorite?
JIM
Hmmm…. It’s a tough choice.
INTERVIEWER
I’m sure it’s like picking a favorite child.
JIM
It really is.
INTERVIEWER
But if you had to choose one?
JIM
I’d pick Brian for sure.

ORIGINAL TWEET

Joan Ganz Cooney brandishes an elephant gun.
JOAN
I’ve got an elephant gun!
The Disney lawyers are scared because she has an elephant gun and they don’t. The Henson children are sad because their father has just died and also because they don’t have elephant guns.

ORIGINAL TWEET