Jerry Juhl

Varlıklarını Jim Henson ve Frank Oz'a borçlu olduğumuz televizyon şöhreti kuklaların, beyaz perdedeki bu ilk boy gösterişlerinde, nasıl tanıştıkları anlatılıyor; Bataklıkta tembellik ederken yetenek avcısı Bernie tarafından keşfedilen Kurbağa Kermit, şöhret basamaklarını tırmanmak üzere Hollywood'a gitmek üzere yola çıkar. Yol boyunca Miss Piggy, Ayı Fozzie ve Gonzo gibi 'tanıdık' simaları da ekibe katar. Ancak onları bekleyen tehlikelerin başında Doc Hopper ve sahibi olduğu 'kurbağa bacağı' restoranlar zinciri gelmektedir.

"Jim Henson Idea Man" bizleri, yerel televizyonda kuklacılık yaptığı yıllardan, "Susam Sokağı" ve "Muppet Show" gibi dünya çapındaki eserlerine kadar, sıra dışı bir vizyonerin zihninde yolculuğa çıkarıyor. Jim'in kişisel arşivine benzersiz bir erişim sunan bu belgeselde yönetmen Ron Howard, sınırsız hayal gücüyle dünyaya ilham veren karmaşık bir adama dair büyüleyici ve derinlikli bir bakış sunuyor.

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.

Four mistreated farm animals seek refuge as a band of traveling musicians in this musical tale narrated by Kermit the Frog.

Take a closer look at Fraggle Rock in this documentary special hosted by Jim Henson - featuring a glimpse inside Fraggle Rock character design and development, as well as the evolution of the television series.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale of The Frog Prince featuring Kermit the Frog, Kermit's nephew Robin, Sweetums, and a princess cursed to say everything wackbards...I mean backwards.

This unaired pilot, produced by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, was shot in Atlanta in the summer of 1962. The pilot featured Kermit the Frog, Taminella Grinderfall and King Goshposh, characters who would all reappear a few years later in the Tales From Muppetland TV specials.

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

Jim Henson and Rowlf the Dog explain the art and history of puppetry, and let the viewer in on some of the secrets in performing his own act, the Muppets.

Documentary about the work of puppeteer Jim Henson and his team in creating The Muppet Show.

An unsold TV pilot based on the classic comic strip, shot by Jim Henson with puppets built by Don Sahlin.

ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.