Jacquie sent this comment about living in New York in an apartment on 89th St.
Did he ever tell you the cockroach story? We used to sleep on the floor on Japanese tatami mats in that funky apartment on 89th street (you'll recall he was stationed in Japan and had adopted some of their ways - for awhile). When we realized that the feisty New York cockroaches refused to stay off the tatami mats we got a bed. Problem solved. You may recall that the first floor of that apartment building had a Greek diner, hence more than the usual number of roaches. Ick.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Jacquie posted this comment on the New York Times blog after Jerry died. Apropos of the clip from the Great Muppet Caper:
"What a loss for children everywhere. ..little children and grown up children. Jerry's voice could twist and turn, and COUNT and laugh, and sing and growl....He must have had a hundred voices, as did our beloved daughter Christine Elizabeth Nelson. Jerry and I were married for 7 years and it was sometime after she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis that our marriage ended.
But Jerry and I remained good friends and we held Christine's hand together when she died in 1982. Many of Christine's happiest times were with her father, on the Sesame Street set, on Fire Island for many summers, in London with him making The Great Muppet Caper where she had a small speaking part with her father, and when it was time to film her scene, Christine didn't like what the wardrobe department had selected for her to wear, so Christine and Jerry both went to Jim Henson and Jerry said,
"Jim, Christine isn't happy with the wardrobe department's choice for her scene with me, she wants to wear what she has on, okay?"
Jim looked her up and down and said, "Great." And then Jerry said, "and I'm going to wear what I have on too"....and so they did. What a pair they were. What wonderful imps.
All his life, Jerry brought joy and laugher and giggles to all who heard him. There was only one Jerry Nelson, although the COUNT would have preferred more Jerries, so he could count them.
Good by dear Jerry. No one is laughing today
"What a loss for children everywhere. ..little children and grown up children. Jerry's voice could twist and turn, and COUNT and laugh, and sing and growl....He must have had a hundred voices, as did our beloved daughter Christine Elizabeth Nelson. Jerry and I were married for 7 years and it was sometime after she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis that our marriage ended.
But Jerry and I remained good friends and we held Christine's hand together when she died in 1982. Many of Christine's happiest times were with her father, on the Sesame Street set, on Fire Island for many summers, in London with him making The Great Muppet Caper where she had a small speaking part with her father, and when it was time to film her scene, Christine didn't like what the wardrobe department had selected for her to wear, so Christine and Jerry both went to Jim Henson and Jerry said,
"Jim, Christine isn't happy with the wardrobe department's choice for her scene with me, she wants to wear what she has on, okay?"
Jim looked her up and down and said, "Great." And then Jerry said, "and I'm going to wear what I have on too"....and so they did. What a pair they were. What wonderful imps.
All his life, Jerry brought joy and laugher and giggles to all who heard him. There was only one Jerry Nelson, although the COUNT would have preferred more Jerries, so he could count them.
Good by dear Jerry. No one is laughing today
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