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Now, I never met Jim Henson myself, but I’ve worked with his friends and his characters so much that I guess you could say I’m overcompensating for that. Hi, I’m Whoopi Goldberg, and you know, they say that behind every great man is a greater woman, or at least a more womanly woman, usually. For Jim Henson, that woman was his dear friend Mildred Huxtetter. Historians attribute her with saving the Muppets after the infamous Connie Stevens episode of The Muppet Show nearly ruined the Muppets forever….

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