Jim Henson

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 companies like Sesame Workshop, The Walt Disney Company, and The Henson Company itself. Jim Henson may be gone but he will still be remembered for the Muppets. Henson once said, "The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children." Personally, I think he means that people are still young at heart. Jim Henson, the Muppets have continued to make millions of people happy and there are more puppeteers entering the Muppets Studio, Henson Company, and Sesame Workshop. There is no end to the Muppets, Sesame Street, and your Henson Company. Rest in peace and continue being proud of all the people you worked with. You put the "up" in Muppet, Jim!