All About Muppets

Frank Oz is a puppeteer, filmmaker, and a long time partner of Jim Henson. Oz is best known as the original performer of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal for The Muppets. He also performed Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster on Sesame Street. Those are just a few of the characters Frank has played over the years. Personally, I don't know why Frank Oz would retire from being a puppeteer. He has worked on The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Muppets Tonight, and an episode of The Animal Show. I understand why Oz hated performing in body costumes, they're hot inside. I heard that Frank Oz would rather be a director than a puppeteer. For filmmaking, Frank started out producing The Great Muppet Caper before directing The Dark Crystal (with Jim Henson) and The Muppets Take Manhattan in addition to performing in them. Oz's final work with the Muppets was in a music video called We Are Family in 2002. Though he occasionally returned to perform on Sesame Street until 2012. He wrote two ...

Jim Henson was a puppeteer, filmmaker, and puppet designer best known for being the man who started the Muppets and who founded The Jim Henson Company. His was the first performer for Kermit the Frog, Ernie, and Rowlf the Dog, to name a few of his characters. Jim puppeteered in TV shows like, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and Sam and Friends. Over his years of performing Henson met more puppeteers who were brought into the Muppets such as Frank Oz and Jerry Juhl. He also wrote, produced, and directed many films and shows like, The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and other TV specials, in addition to performing in them. Jim Henson has created puppetry that no one has ever came up with in the past. Henson's last project with the Muppets was in the Walt Disney World special after he sold the Muppets to The Walt Disney Company. Sadly Jim Henson died in 1990 and his body was cremated. His works are still carried out today in different...