Karen Falk, the director of archives for The Jim Henson Company, says Henson made puppets to perform when he learned that a local D.C. television station, CBS affiliate WTOP-TV, was looking for ...

The name Henson has been synonymous with puppets for around 50 years. Many of Jim Henson’s popular franchises and co-productions, such as “Fraggle Rock,” “The Muppet Show” and ...

The name Henson has been synonymous with puppets for around 50 years. Many of Jim Henson’s popular franchises and co-productions, such as "Fraggle Rock," "The Muppet Show" and "Labyrinth," have ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson never played with puppets as a kid. In fact, he had little interest in puppetry until he created his first puppet show for television. That's one of the revelations in a ...

A mini-documentary delves into 'The Muppet Movie' (1979) and its seven filmic followups, posing the question, "How do Muppets ...

Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets Kathleen Krull, illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Random, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-85721-8 ...

I f you're looking for a raunchy R-rated comedy that also features the masterful puppeteering of the Jim Henson Company, ...

Long before “Sesame Street” put Big Bird and Snuffleupagus into homes across America, Henson’s earliest forays into television included nighttime puppet performances after the local news in ...

Puppet Up! – Uncensored is a night of outrageous, off-the-cuff comedy for adults ... featuring the MISKREANT puppets brought to life by a cast of world-class puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company.

David Lazer, Executive Who Joined the World of Muppets, Dies at 89. At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations.