Jim Henson

Sam And Friends borrowed liberally from the catalogues of Stan Freberg and Spike Jones; the characters' skill with snappy wordplay falls somewhere between The Marx Brothers and Mel Brooks; the unsustainable anarchy of The Muppet Show: These debts are frequently acknowledged in Muppet productions, be it in Freberg popping by Sam And Friends to demand credit for the records played on the program, or Muppet Show bookings like alpha Python John Cleese or his predecessors in British silliness, The Goon Show alumni Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Read More

Twenty-two years ago today famed puppeteer and creator of The Muppets , Jim Henson, succumbed to organ failure resulting from a Group A streptococcal infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. Read More

Jim Henson left this realm on May 16, 1990. Read More

It's been 22 years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still can't think about it without tearing up a bit. Read More

For all the carefully crafted illusions that make up the Muppet universe, Jim Henson was never shy about pulling back the curtains on his film and television work. Read More

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. , May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Guillermo Del Toro will co-direct " Guillermo Del Toro 's Pinocchio" with Mark Gustafson (Animation Director on THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX). Read More

Some performers don't like to repeat themselves. Read More

That's the message of these curiously sadistic TV commercials produced by Jim Henson between 1957 and 1961. Read More

It's time to raise the curtain on The Muppet Show tonight. Read More

Many of The Muppet Show 's early guests worked with Jim Henson and company before coming to Elstree Studios—previous collaborations with the likes of Ruth Buzzi, Lena Horne, and Jim Nabors helped assure those stars would appear on The Muppet Show. But few could claim to have a legitimate history with The Muppets like Dame Julie Andrews. Read More