Jim Henson
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Posted Wednesday 3/30/22 at 12:22PM EDT
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are making a Jim Henson documentary promising the "definitive portrait" of the Muppets creator
The Disney Original documentary is being produced “with the full participation and cooperation of the Henson family,” according to a...
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Dinosaurs Debuted 30 Years Ago Today
On April 26, 1991, ABC debuted the live-action animatronic puppet sitcom Dinosaurs, one of the last brainchildren of Muppet mastermind...
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Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST
The Muppet Show was ground zero for Jim Henson's metafictional playfulness
With all five seasons of Henson's 1976-1981 series now available on Disney+, Matt Zoller Seitz explains the true genius of...
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Stephen Colbert Blows Jon Oliver's Mind with Muppet Show Trivia on The Late Show
On Tuesday night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, John Oliver was on to promote the return of Last Week Tonight...
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Muppets Now on Disney+ Is a Lot Like the Muppets Back Then
Batman, Wonder Woman, Luke Skywalker, Snoopy, Archie and Veronica — they're more than just some of America’s best-known characters.
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Posted Saturday 5/16/20 at 4:33AM EDT
It's been 30 years since Jim Henson's death: A livestream event Saturday will pay tribute to the puppeteering genius
On May 4, 1990, Henson appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show with Kermit the Frog.
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Posted Monday 10/21/19 at 11:02PM EDT
Bret McKenzie is adapting Jim Henson's 1970s TV special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas as a movie
The Flight of the Conchords star is adapting 1977 special, based on the Russell Hoban children's book of the same...
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Posted Saturday 8/31/19 at 2:49AM EDT
Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a treasure, one that starts strong and grows even stronger
"The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance may be perfect nostalgia.
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The Dark Crystal Fear Index
With The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Netflix is ready to rehash your childhood nightmares.
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Neil Gaiman is planning a reboot of Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Henson's 1987-88 British live-action/puppet TV series, written by future Oscar winner Anthony Minghella, retold European folk tales with John Hurt...