Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog) memorial statue, on the campus of the University of Maryland (College Park) in front of the Stamp Student Union building
Jim Henson, puppeteer and entertainer extraordinaire, would have been 75 today, we look back at some of his greatest creations
Primarily known as the creative genius behind such beloved characters as Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Jim Henson was a creative genius and a true American original. Brian Jay Jones’ new book, “Jim Henson: The Biography,” takes an in-depth look at the extraordinary life of the “gentle dreamer” whose imagination touched the world. Here's an excerpt.PrologueBlue Sky1973Ji
Characters performed by Jim Henson. Unnamed Big Bird and AM boy during "When You're Smiling" montage in Episode 0028 Tom Tattertall Tuttletut The Amazing Slim on The Count Counts Scary Husband in "Five Monsters in My Family" Leon the Grouch and Alfalfa in Sesame Street Skills for Growing Royal Policeman in "The King Who Couldn't Whistle" Jim Henson cameos
Nourishing Yourself When Recovering From Crazy-making Relationships As the title of our first book says, sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cook, sometimes we cry. Today, I (Becky) sit at my virtual …
Pasó una semana desde que el joven financiero Greg Smith, uno de los 12.000 vicepresidentes que forman la estructura ejecutiva de Goldman Sachs, rompiera el código de silencio con su carta bomba contra el banco de inversión. La polémica se fue diluyendo con los días y empezaron a circular los...
Frogs are amphibians featured in many Muppet productions. The best known Muppet frog is, of course, Kermit. Originally designed as an abstract lizard-like creature in 1955, he was referred to as a frog on several occasions during the late 1960s (including The Muppets on Puppets). In following productions (Hey Cinderella!, Sesame Street), he was given webbed feet and a collar, and referred to as "Kermit the Frog". In 1971, a group of frogs similar to Kermit -- yet without collars and stripes for
Everything you know you probably learned from puppets.
Ernie and Bert's apartment is the home of Ernie and Bert on Sesame Street and is the location of many Ernie and Bert sketches. Introduced in the first episode of Sesame Street, the basement apartment located at 123 Sesame Street is established as unit #1D according to a season two sketch. The apartment features several rooms detailed below, a consistent fixture of which is a painted portrait of the roommates hung on the wall in both the living room and bedroom. In a 2017 interview on The Jenny M
Hoping to boost sales for Artpop, which has only sold a dismal 300,000 copies
Pepe the King Prawn, whose full name is Pepino Rodrigo Serrano Gonzales, hails from Málaga, Spain.[1][2] According to a 1999 TVGuide.com interview, he started out as a chef in Madrid, before moving to Hollywood and following his true calling in show business. Pepe remarked, "There were one too many close calls in the kitchen. I was mistaken for an appetizer, okay." The four-armed Pepe is very proud of being a king prawn and takes great offense if anyone refers to him as a shrimp ("I am not a shr
Rizzo the Rat is a wisecracking rat and the most prominent of his species on The Muppet Show and subsequent projects. Sometimes, as seen in The Muppets Take Manhattan, he tries to cheat people into getting something he wants. However, he also has a sensitive side (according to Tim Hill and Gonzo during an audio commentary for Muppets from Space) and is good friends with Gonzo and Pepe the King Prawn. He was created by Steve Whitmire after he took a fascination to a bunch of old rat puppets made
