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It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider Hardcover – September 14, 2005

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Hyperion; 1ST edition (September 14, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401302424
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401302429
  • Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 6.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful portrait of the Dreamer
By Blake Petit on September 20, 2005
Format: Hardcover
Keep your Plato, your Socrates, your Descartes -- for my money the greatest philosophers of all time were Charles Schulz and Jim Henson. This new book is a nice little summary of the thoughts and dreams of the latter.

Edited by his daughter, Cheryl Henson, "It's not Easy Being Green" is a collection of writings and observations by the great Jim Henson himself, by many of the Muppet characters he created over his all-too-brief time on this Earth, and by the many friends he accrued over the years. The book is divided into segments by theme -- including ideas like dreams, companionship and love. All the things that Henson's creations exemplify.

The quotes by Henson himself are reflections of his own personal philosophy, while the quotes by characters from The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street and Henson's many other projects are extensions of that, showing how his beliefs and his heart touched his creations. The quotes by friends, such as Ray Charles, Frank Oz and other Muppeteers famous "guests" of the Muppets, usually give insight into Henson himself, and how his beliefs touched his life, his work, and by extension, the entire world.

The book is also dotted with sketches by Henson -- early drawings of the Muppet characters, various doodles, and even a cut-away diagram that shows how a performer would operate a Big Bird-like suit. It's a nice little addition to a good book.

I can't imagine anyone not loving the Muppets. I don't know if I'd want to meet that person. And Jim Henson himself was a performer whose imagination was matched only by his heart. This book is a wonderful portrait of that.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPhilosophical whimsy
By MovedbyMusic on October 8, 2005
Format: Hardcover
Jim Henson's creativity boggles my mind to this day. This is a little book of quips relevant to his philosophy and I love the peek into his genius. Speaking of genius - Ray Charles wrote of Jim Henson: "The words say "It's not easy being green'" but the song is about knowing who you are. And in it you hear Jim's message most clearly. He believed that people are good and that they want to do their best and no matter how or why we might be different from anybody else, we should learn to love who we are and be proud of it." Amen.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThoughtful and Thought provoking collection
By K. O. David on September 17, 2005
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This is a very good gift book that will probably have a long shelf life as one Henson fan gives it to another fan who will then buy a copy for yet another fan. I found it inspiring and thought provoking. It took me a couple of days to read through it because I kept putting it down and contemplating the passage I had read before moving onto the next page. The illustrations through out were fun. Some of them I hadn't seen before. I did learn a few things about Jim Henson the man I hadn't known before. When I got to the end, I wished it had been a little longer with some more writings or quotes from Jim Henson but overall I was very satisfied with the book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThoughts of a genius
By Bobby Newman on September 29, 2006
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The loss of Jim Henson greatly diminished the world. "It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider" gathers together some of Henson's thoughts on a variety of topics. What comes through is an individual who was deeply concerned with making a contribution to the world, and how we can all live a life in harmony with ourselves, with other people, and the world around us. This is a short read, a book for keeping in the bag on the way to work and other times when losing yourself in pleasant thoughts and deeper private reflection is appropriate.
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3.0 out of 5 starsReads Like a Eulogy
By Cara Holman on February 23, 2010
Format: Hardcover
I have always been a huge fan of the Muppets show, and was hoping to learn more about Jim Henson, the creator of and driving force behind the Muppets when I discovered this little book. Instead, it is essentially a collection of quotes by Jim Henson, his co-workers, his family, and his Muppet characters, and as such, it reads more like a eulogy than anything else.

Although bracketed by a loving tribute by his daughter Cheryl, and a brief (4 page) biography at the end, I would have liked to see more narrative of Jim Henson's life and philosophy connecting the quotes. I think I'll go check out a Jim Henson biography instead, or best yet, watch some old Muppet show re-runs!
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3.0 out of 5 starsDecent for what it is (but it could have been so much more)...
By Chad Oberholtzer on May 28, 2015
Format: Hardcover
My family is working our way through the Muppets feature films, so while we've been immersed in Jim Henson's world, I checked out several Henson-related books at the local library, including this "It's Not Easy Being Green," not specifically aware of what it was. I had hoped that it might offer some interesting insight into the life of Henson or the history of the Muppets, but it was something quite different, and in my estimation, quite lesser than those alternatives.

"It's Not Easy Being Green" is a small bookette with less than 150 quotes from Jim Henson or about Jim Henson, related to things like art and creativity and friendship and collaboration and childhood, organized and grouped into five broad chapters around some of these primary themes. The entire book could be read in less than an hour, including the several pages of biography and several more pages of description about the production of the book.

My primary disappointment is simply how little content there was. Most of the quotes were no more than a few sentences or were simply the lyrics of songs that appeared in the Muppets or Fraggle Rock or a few other lesser known Henson productions. And I'm sorry to say that it was decidedly less profound and memorable than I had hoped it would be. I don't doubt that Henson was a deep thinker and a creative genius of the highest order. In fact, that's why I'm encouraging my children to experience his work and why I wanted to read this book. But I just don't think this collection demonstrates to any meaningful degree the depth and breadth of Henson's unique contributions to the world.

As a bathroom book to offer a few light bites of Kermit-infused inspiration, this book is just fine, and, for such a purpose, I happily recommend it.Read more ›
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