Jim Henson's conversation with Ayn Rand

[Faust]

This has probably been posted already, none the less:

"JIM HENSON
I think Ms. Rand and my character Oscar the Grouch would have a lot to talk about actually. I am laughing out loud at this idea.

AYN RAND
Why would I want to talk to him. What has he achieved or trying to achieve.

JIM HENSON
He has achieved what I think is the ultimate goal of your way of thinking.

JIM HENSON
Isolation. Contempt for others. A hard heart. Yet even he can muster a bit of empathy every now and then.

AYN RAND
I am not isolated. I have no contempt for others. Millions of people read my books and find my thoughts inspirational. I hardly spend my time on the sidelines in a trash can grumping.

JIM HENSON
Not yet anyway."
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Jim Henson and Ayn Rand, along with Yoko Ono and Sidney Nolan, converse on ARPANET, 1976 (via antoine-roquentin)
http://www.arpanetdialogues.net/vol-iv/3/

[EK WAFFLR]

 

[Faust]

Its unfair for me to leave Yoko out as well. Though she doesn't say much, whenever she does, the abstract airy fairiy-ness of it clearly annoys the shit out of Rand, like Yoko or not that is an accomplishment to be proud of.

[Cainad (dec.)]

  Jim Henson never fails to inspire me, even after death.

[Suu]

This whole transcript is "fuck with Rand." And I love it.

Long gone are the days that philosophy was debated on radio and television.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

She really was humorless, wasn't she?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is glorious!

[Suu]

She really was humorless, wasn't she?

Utterly so. You should have seen us all whine in philosophy class when we had to read her while covering ethics. There's a clip of her discussing it on Phil Donohue, and it went from being okay to her completely devolving into discussion of the welfare state and Phil cutting her off.

[Cain]

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[Suu]

This whole transcript is "fuck with Rand." And I love it.

Long gone are the days that philosophy was debated on radio and television.

To be fair, they didn't have philosophy debated on radio or television when Ayn Rand was on, either.

well played, sir.