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"Once you eliminate the rational, whatever remains, no matter how absurd, must be the Muppets."
— from "Muppets Sherlock Holmes"
H I S T O R Y
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The Muppets last feature film was in 1999 (prior to Dec 2011 opening of "The Muppets"); the career downswing had Miss Piggy doing pizza commercials and Kermit making direct-to-video movies.
the company sold the rights to the Muppets (including Kermit) to the Walt Disney Company in 2004.
'The Muppets' entry at Wikipedia
browse The Muppets on DVD at Amazon
listing of keyword 'muppets' at Internet Movie Database
Television
'The Muppets' / Filmography entry at Wikipedia
listing of keyword 'muppets' at Internet Movie Database
browse The Muppets on DVD at Amazon
"Sam and Friends" [1955–1961]
"Sesame Street" [1969–present] {see below}
"NBC's Saturday Night" [1975]
"The Muppet Show" [1976–1981]
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Show-Season-One-Special/dp/B0009ULBGS/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Show-Season-Two/dp/B000Q6774K/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Show-Complete-Third-Season/dp/B0013527I4/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Sellers-Cleese/dp/B0000844MM/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Elton-Andrews/dp/B00006AUHT/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Martin-Burnett/dp/B0000DKDUU/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Belafonte-Ronstadt/dp/B0000844MO/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Hamill-Raquel/dp/B00006AUHU/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-DeLuise-George/dp/B0000ZMH5Q/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Anniversary-Elton-julie-Andrews/dp/B000HGRS3E/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Shields-Nureyev/dp/B0001BS3H0/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-4-Pack/dp/B0000D90AG/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Show-Three-Season-Set/dp/B001R123WE/
Muppets "Hey Cinderella!" TV movie [CBC-TV March 1969, ABC-TV April 1970]
 | "Once upon a time, once upon a time, it could be last Thursday ..." • As-expected parody of the 'Cinderella' story with Kermit and Rufus the Dog that runs to 54:30 on the YouTube video, followed by "The Frog Prince" starring Kermit, Trudy Young & Gordon Thomson • Directed by Jim Henson; written by Jon Stone & Tom Whedon; music by Joe Raposo; starring Belinda Montgomery, Robin Ward, Joyce Gordon, Pat Galloway, with voices & puppetry of Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson
DVD/Blu-ray not available • Buena Vista Home Ent. color VHS [1/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • watch both movies [12/2018 upload; 1:45:29] online at YouTube |
"Tales From Muppetland: The Frog Prince" TV movie [syndication May 1971]
 | Sir Robin the Brave is a pint-sized frog who visits Kermit's forest well seeking help to undo the wicked witch's spell that changed him from a human prince into a frog . . . • Co-produced & directed by Jim Henson; written by Jerry Juhl; music by Joe Raposo; starring Kermit the Frog, Trudy Young, Gordon Thomson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Carl Banas, Richard Hunt, John Lovelady, Danny Seagren, Heather Henson, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl
movie was released on VHS and on laserdisk • DVD/Blu-ray not available (2019) Jim Henson Video color VHS [1/94] for $24.97 Columbia Records vinyl LP album [1983] for $95.55 {sic} listen to audio recording [3/2018 upload; 42:00] online at YouTube full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full movie [2/2013 upload; 50:29] online at YouTube |
"Tales From Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen" TV movie [syndication April 1972]
 | A musical tale hosted & narrated by Kermit the Frog about four mistreated farm animals – Leroy the Donkey, T.R. the Rooster, Rover Joe the Dog, Catgut, plus a Chicken – who find refuge as a band of traveling musicians • Co-produced & directed by Jim Henson; written by Jerry Juhl; music by Jack Elliott; featuring voices of Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, John Lovelady, Danny Seagren, Franz 'Faz' Fazakas, Phyllis Marshall, François Klanfer, Nick Nichols, Jerry Juhl
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available {there are pix of a DVD but none found on Amazon} C.R.A. vinyl LP album [1972] for $34.00 {sic} full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [9/2016 upload; 50:23] online at YouTube |
"The Muppets Valentine Show (1974)
"The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
"Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" [CBC-TV Canada 1977]
 | Emmet Otter and his Ma struggle to survive since Pa died, but Christmas is fast approaching. Emmet wants to give his mother a piano, and Ma wants to give Emmet the acoustic guitar with pearl inlays displayed in the window at the music shop in town. So when Waterville announces a Christmas Eve Talent Contest with a prize of $50, Emmet practices as a jug band with his pals and Ma sews a new dress to sing in on stage. Produced & directed by Jim Henson; written by Jerry Juhl, based on the book {just below} by Russell & Lillian Hoban; music & lyrics by Paul Williams; featuring The Muppets and voices by Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Marilyn Sokol, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Eren Ozker & Jim Henson
Jim Henson Video color DVD [10/2013] for $6.95 Lyons / Hit Ent. color DVD [11/2008] for $14.98 Jim Henson Video color DVD [9/2009] for $24.51 Lyons / Hit Ent. Collector's Edition color DVD [10/2005] for $27.32 Sony Pictures Video color DVD [11/2001] out of prodn/many used Jim Henson Video color VHS [1996] for $6.95 Sony Pictures Video color VHS [9/98] via 3rd party for $13.00 + s/h full credits at IMDb • free movie on YouTube got removed |
 | "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" [1971] Story by Russell Hoban, Illustrations by Lillian Hoban Littlehampton Book Services Ltd 9x7 hardcover [10/73] out of print/used Parents' Magazine Press 9x7 hardcover [1971] out of print/50+ used Parents' Magazine Press 9x7 hardcover [1971] out of print/30+ used book entry at Wikipedia |
Muppet Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas "Barbecue Song" [1:48] at YouTube
simple movie fansite with 8 songs on MP3
 | "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas: A New Musical" [2008] Adapted & directed by Christopher Gattelli, with new songs by Paul Williams; first performance December 2008 to January 2009 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut; return engagement December 2009 to January 2010. |
"Christmas Eve On Sesame Street" (1978)
"The Muppets Go Hollywood" (1979)
cameo by Steve Allen
"John Denver and The Muppets: A Christmas Together" (1979)
"The Muppets Go To the Movies" (1981)
"Of Muppets and Men" (1981)
"The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show" (1982)
"Big Bird In China" (1983)
"Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and The Muppets" (1983)
http://www.amazon.com/John-Denver-Muppets-Mountain-Holiday/dp/B0000A2ZU9/
"Don't Eat The Pictures" (1983)
"Fraggle Rock" [1983–1987]
http://www.amazon.com/Fraggle-Rock-Animated-Warren-Batchelder/dp/B002USF1VI/
http://www.amazon.com/Fraggle-Rock-Collection-Jim-Henson/dp/B002LYD2LW/
http://www.amazon.com/Fraggle-Rock-Rockin-Collection/dp/B000V8WD42/
Announced 6/2012: After years in 'development hell', it looks like the "Fraggle Rock" movie will make it to the
big screen; New Regency just hired a pair of screenwriters, Jim Byrkit & Alex Manugian, who both worked on
last year’s Oscar-winning animated Western "Rango"; Cory Edwards set to direct • latest info at IMDb
"Jim Henson's Muppet Babies" (1984–1991)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Babies-Explore-Us-VHS/dp/630264254X/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Babies-Yes-Can-Learn/dp/6303439284/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Babies-Yes-Can-Help/dp/6303439276/
"Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters" (1985)
"The Jim Henson Hour" (1989)
"The Ghost of Faffner Hall" (1989)
"Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories" (1990)
"Dinosaurs" (1991–1994)
"Dog City" (1992–1995)
"CityKids" (1993–1994)
"Secret Life of Toys" (1994–1996)
"Jim Henson's Animal Show" (1994–1997)
"Muppets Tonight" (1996–1998)
"The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss" (1996–1998)
"Big Bag" (1996–1998)
"Bear In The Big Blue House" (1997–2007)
"Mopatop's Shop" (1999–2003)
"Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola" (2001)
"The Hoobs" (2001–2006)
"Animal Jam" (2003)
"Breakfast With Bear" (2005–2006)
"The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora" (2010–)
"The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years" (1985)
"The Christmas Toy" (1986)
http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Henson-Muppets-Christmas-Toy/dp/0767815971/
"The Tale of The Bunny Picnic" (1986)
"A Muppet Family Christmas" (1987)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Family-Christmas-Jim-Henson/dp/B00005OSJR/
"Big Bird In Japan" (1989)
"The Song of The Cloud Forest" (1989)
"The Muppets At Walt Disney World" (1990)
"The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson" (1990)
"Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree" (1995)
"Cinderelmo" (1999)
Studio DC hosted by Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse" (2008)
Studio DC hosted by Selena Gomez" (2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Studio-Presents-Edizione-Integrale/dp/B0041KXA20/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Studio-Presents-Edicion-Extendida/dp/B004082EAC/
"A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa" (2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Christmas-Letters-Whoopi-Goldberg/dp/B002DLB15W/
"Jim Henson's Dog City: The Movie"
 | Emmy® award-winning 23-minute segment from "The Muppets Show" TV series, pilot for the 1993-95 animated series; Ace Hart, the dog detective, inherits a saloon from his Uncle Harry which is in the corrupt (and very noir) Dog City; he refuses to pay protection money to vile bulldog Bugsy the Dogfather and also meets a beautiful runaway collie named Colleen. •
episode credits at IMDb
Directed by John van Bruggen; voices of Kevin Clash, Ron White, Fran Brill & John Stocker LionsGate color DVD [6/2010] for $9.98 "Dog City: The Movie" official trailer [0:51] at YouTube |
"Dog City" TV series [Henson/Nelvana 1993-95]
31-episode half-hour color cartoon series from Nelvana Entertainment, Ltd. in Canada
not available on Blu-ray or DVD; some episodes available on Amazon Instant Video
credits at IMDb •
official movie site
watch official promo videos at YouTube:
promo #1 [0:31] •
promo #2 [0:10] •
promo #3 [0:20]
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Sing-Alongs-Bunnys-Animal/dp/6302746590/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Wheels-SingAlongFun-VHS/dp/6303439268/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Sing-Alongs-Being-Green/dp/6302973791/
http://www.amazon.com/Ed-Sullivan-Muppets-Magic/dp/B0000AGQ2P/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Magic-Ed-Sullivan-Show/dp/B0007VY4W2/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Show-Monster-Laughs-Vincent/dp/6303122884/
Sesame Street® [est. 1969]
The children's educational series Sesame Street® premiered in 1969, and airs mostly on P.B.S. stations; the show
features a combination of live-action and puppetry, as well as animation, and is best known as the home of the
Jim Henson creations Big Bird, Bert & Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Elmo.
As-of mid-2012, Sesame Street has won 138 Emmys.
browse Sesame Street® books at Amazon
Sesame Street® videos: on DVD | on VHS
browse Sesame Street® music at Amazon
official Sesame Street® website
"40 Years of Sunny Days" on DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Gang-Complete-History-Sesame/dp/B0029LHWHC/
http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Years-Still-Counting/dp/B003INBNY8/
http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Years-Sunny-Days/dp/B002K0WBWI/
http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Presents-Follow-That/dp/B001MYIQMW/
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Muppet_Wiki
http://www.amazon.com/CinderElmo-Keri-Russell/dp/0738921483/
"Street gang" by Michael Davis
 | "Sesame Street and The Reform of Children's Television" [2005] by Robert W. Morrow Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $25.00 Johns Hopkins Univ Press hardcover [11/2005] for $52.00 |
 | "Heroes Wear Masks: Elmo's Super Adventure" [grades 1-2; 2020]  from Sesame Street Workshop / Scribbles Kindle Edition from Sourcebooks Wonderland [8/2020] for $4.99 Sourcebooks Wonderland 6¼x6¼ pb [9/2020] for $7.99 Sourcebooks Wonderland 8¼x8¼ hardcover [9/2020] for $9.89 |
Elmo gets fired from P.B.S. due to Emperor Trump’s budget cuts
watch 3/2017 video [2:19] online at Facebook/Trending
untitled Sesame Street® movie [Fox release someday?]
Announced 6/2012: 20th Century Fox picked up the movie rights to the long-running children’s television show
and has hired longtime Street writer Joey Mazzarino to write the script; producers include Shawn Levy,
Michael Aguilar, Mark Gordon & Guymon Casady • not listed at IMDb (2017)
Feature Films
'The Muppets' / Filmography entry at Wikipedia
listing of keyword 'muppets' at Internet Movie Database
browse The Muppets on DVD at Amazon
jump to NEW movies, coming soon
 | "Muppet Movies DVD 4-Pack" Box Set [2003]
Columbia Tri-Star color DVD [9/2003] 4 disks - out of prodn/used contains 4 feature films: "The Muppet Movie" [1979], "The Great Muppet Caper" [1981], "The Muppets Take Manhattan" [1984], and "Muppets From Space" [1999] |
 | "Muppet Movies DVD 3-Pack" Box Set [2006]
Sony Pictures color DVD set [1/2006] 3 disks for $16.49 contains 3 feature films: "The Muppets Take Manhattan" [1984], "Muppets From Space" [1999], "Kermit's Swamp Years" [2002] |
 | "Muppet Movies DVD 5-Pack with Tin" Amazon Exclusive Set [2010]
Sony Pictures DVD set [10/2010] 5 disks in tin for $117.99 contains 2 feature films: "The Muppet Movie" [1979] and "Muppet Treasure Island" [1996]; 72 TV shows: "The Muppet Show" [1976–81] season 1 (24 episodes) & season 2 (24 episodes) & season 3 (24 episodes); plus sticker sheet, notepad, two pencils & a pencil sharpener; DVD extras include: "The Muppets Valentine Special" [1974]; PBS documentary "The Muppets On Puppets"; documentary "The Making of the Muppets"; commentaries, Muppet Morsels; original Muppet commercials; and featurettes & shorts: Pepe Le Prawn interview of Kermit, "The Tale of the Story Beyond The Tail", "Treasure Island Sing-Along", "A Company of Players", "The Muppets On The Muppets" [2007 short], and "Keep Fishin" short |
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"The Muppet Movie" [Henson/A.F.D. June 1979]
 | A frog, a bear and a pig head for Hollywood, while trying to elude a greedy fast-food magnate. On their way to fame & fortune, the characters get an agent, meet with a studio bigwig (Welles), and confront other dangers. Created by Jim Henson & Frank Oz; directed by James Frawley; starring Kermit The Frog, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Rowlf The Dog, Charles Durning, Steve Martin, Orson Welles, Carol Kane, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, James Coburn & Dom DeLuise, with cameos by Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Big Bird, Steve Martin and Bob Hope; listed on National Film Registry, 2009
Disney 50th Anniv Edition color DVD [11/2005] for $14.99 Disney color VHS [3/93] out of prodn/many used 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Great Muppet Caper" [1981]
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Muppet-Caper-Kermits-Anniversary/dp/B000ATQYTW/
"The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Take-Manhattan-Jim-Henson/dp/B00005BCJR/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Manhattan-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B0052LE7BA/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Take-Manhattan-VHS/dp/B00000IQBQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Take-Manhattan-VHS/dp/6300250407/
"Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird" (1985)
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" [1992]
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Christmas-Carol-Kermits-Anniversary/dp/B000ATQYT2/
"Muppet Classic Theater" [video release 1994]
http://www.amazon.com/Muppet-Classic-Theater-VHS-Muppets/dp/6303232221/
"Elmo Saves Christmas" [video release 1996]
"Muppet Treasure Island" [Disney Dec 1996]
"Muppets From Space" (1999)
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Space-Dave-Goelz/dp/B00000JYLT/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Space-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B0052LE7A6/
http://www.amazon.com/Muppets-Space-Clam-Dave-Goelz/dp/B00000JYLP/
"The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland" (1999)
"It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2002)
http://www.amazon.com/Very-Merry-Muppet-Christmas-Movie/dp/B0000AM6HZ/
http://www.amazon.com/Very-Merry-Muppet-Christmas-Movie/dp/B003XURDCC/
"Kermit's Swamp Years" [video release 2002]
http://www.amazon.com/Kermits-Swamp-Years-Steve-Whitmire/dp/B00006AUHR/
"The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"
[Fox TV/ABC-TV/Henson May 2005]
 | Dorothy lives in a trailer park in Kansas; a tornado whisks her & Toto away to Oz, where it lands on the Wicked Witch ...
Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher; co-written by Debra Frank & Steve L. Hayes; starring Ashanti {as Dorothy Gale}, David Alan Grier (as Uncle Henry}, Queen Latifah {as Auntie Em}, and Muppet characters Pepe the Prawn {as Toto}, Miss Piggy {as Wicked Witch of The West}, Kermit the Frog {as Scarecrow}, The Great Gonzo {as Tin Thing}, and Fozzie {as Cowardly Lion}; cameo by Quentin Tarantino
Buena Vista Home Ent. color DVD [8/2005] for $9.99 Buena Vista Home Video color VHS [8/2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch promo for DVD [1:30] at IMDb |
"Abby In Wonderland" [video release 2008]
"The Muppets" feature film [Disney Nov 2011]
 | Oil baron Tex Richman schemes to tear down the money-losing Muppet Theater to drill for oil; Gary & Walter & Mary warn Kermit, who decides to hold a telethon to bring in ten million dollars to pay off the mortgage; this requires bringing back the long-dispersed Muppets gang to 'put on a show' and save the theater. • Directed by James Bobin; co-produced & co-written by Nicholas Stoller; co-produced, co-written by & starring Jason Segel; also starring Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Jack Black & and new Muppet characters Walter and 80s Robot; featuring Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Rowlf, Animal & Gonzo; speaking cameos by Alan Arkin, Emily Blunt, Zach Galifianakis, Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Parsons, Sarah Silverman; walk-on cameos by James Carville, Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick Harris, Judd Hirsch, Mickey Rooney
Walt Disney Studios color widescreen 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD [3/2012] for $17.99 Walt Disney Video color widescreen 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital [3/2012] for $26.99 Walt Disney Studios color widescreen DVD [3/2012] for $13.99 Walt Disney Video color widescreen DVD w/soundtrack download [3/2012] for $23.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.84 Disney soundtrack CD [11/2011] 30 tracks for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch official trailer [0:59] at IMDb "The Muppets: The Movie Junior Novel" [2011] novelization by Katharine Turner Little, Brown YR 7¾x5¼ pb [10/2011] for $5.99 |
sequel "The Muppets: Most Wanted" [Disney March 2014?]
Announced 4/2012 at N.A.T.O.: There will indeed be a sequel called "The Muppets … Again!", from a script by director James Bobin &
Nicholas Stoller; added 2/2013: Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey & Ty Burrell star; added 8/2013: new title, first trailer • latest info at IMDb
watch 8/2013 official trailer [1:16] at YouTube
"The Happytime Murders" puppet noir movie [Henson/S.T.X Aug 2018?]
 | Someone is murdering members of the puppet cast of the 'HappyTime Gang' TV show one by one, and a disgraced L.A.P.D. detective puppet-turned-private detective puppet gets hired to find the killer; but then all the clues begin pointing right at him . . . R-rated film co-produced by Lisa Henson, Melissa McCarthy, Dee Austin Robertson, and others; co-produced & directed by Brian Henson; written by Todd Berger & Dee Austin Robertson; starring Joel McHale, Elizabeth Banks, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Gaul, Cynthy Wu, Mitch Silpa, Colleen Smith, Barry Rothbart, Jen Sung, Brian Palermo, Dorien Davies, Bill Barretta, Pamela Mitchell, Drew Massey, Dana Schick, Allan Trautman, Allison Bills, Victor Yerrid, Brekkan Spens, Mike Egbert, Grant Baciocco, Nike Kolder DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Frog and Toad" [Jim Henson Company - release someday?]
Announced 6/2012: Based on the 1970s children’s books series written & illustrated by Arnold Lobel;
script by Craig Bartlett, Cory Edwards set to direct •
latest info at IMDb (2/2018)
Stageplays, Recordings, Other Media
browse Muppets-related recordings at Amazon Music
 | "The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More!" [1976]
Rhino/W.E.A. 25th Anniversary music & skits CD [9/2002] 27 tracks for $35.46 |
 | "Muppets: The Green Album" [2011] tribute album by various artists
Walt Disney Records music CD [8/2011] 12 tracks for $6.99 contains "Muppet Show Theme Song" performed by OK Go; "Bein' Green" by Andrew Bird; other artists & groups include Airborne Toxic Event, Alkaline Trio, The Fray, Amy Lee, Sondre Lerche, Billy Martin, My Morning Jacket, Matt Nathanson, Brandon Saller, Weezer, Hayley Williams, and Rachael Yamagata |
Principals (Mostly Humans)
Basic career events include: "Sam and Friends" in 1955; "The Muppets" officially began in 1963; TV ads in the 1960s;
Frank Oz came aboard in 1963; Rowlf was a regular on "The Jimmy Dean Show" on TV; "Sesame Street" began in 1969;
"The Muppet Show" on TV began in 1976; the first Muppet movie was in 1979; "Fraggle Rock" on TV began in 1983
![official logo of Jim Henson's Muppets [incorp. 1963]](images/Muppetslogo.jpg)
Jim Henson & The Muppets [est. 1963]
The Jim Henson Company [est. 1958] official website {partly broken}
Wikipedia entries for The Muppets and for Jim Henson [1936-90] and for Frank Oz
http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=102248
Jim Henson [1936-90]
browse books •
browse DVDs •
MuppetWiki bio page •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
family Jim Henson Legacy website
"Time Piece" [1965] by Jim Henson; Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject, Live Action
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Crystal-Jim-Henson/dp/B00000JPH6/
"Henson's Place: The Man Behind The Muppets DVD ~ Jim Henson
http://www.amazon.com/Hensons-Place-Man-Behind-Muppets/dp/B003LR5BCQ/
"Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played With Puppets" [] by Kathleen Krull
http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Henson-Guy-Played-Puppets/dp/0375857214/
"It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to..." [] by Jim Henson
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Easy-Being-Green/dp/1401302424/
"Jim Henson: The Works - The Art, The Magic,..." [] by Christopher Finch
http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Henson-Works-Magic-Imagination/dp/0679412034/
"Who Was Jim Henson?" [] by Joan Holub
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Was-Henson-Joan-Holub/dp/0448454068/
"Jim Henson's Tale of Sand" [] by Jim Henson
http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Hensons-Tale-Sand-Henson/dp/1936393093/
wife & puppeteer Jane Ann Nebel Henson [1934-2013]
daughter Lisa Henson [b. 1960] is CEO of The Jim Henson Company
daughter Cheryl Henson [b. 1961] is president of the Jim Henson Foundation
son Brian Henson [b. 1963]
son John Henson [b.1965]
daughter Heather Henson [b. 1970]
Frank Oz
{ real name Richard Frank Oznowicz }
browse books • browse DVDs •
MuppetWiki bio page •
IMDb listing [since 1963] •
Wikipedia
Caroll Spinney [1933-2019]
credited as the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
MuppetWiki bio page •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia •
Muppets Characters
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Animal
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Fozzie_Bear
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Gonzo
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Janice
A new 7-year-old Korean-American muppet named Ji-Young was introduced in a Thanksgiving special 
in November 2021; puppet is operated by Kathleen Kim.
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Miss_Piggy
Oscar the Grouch
http://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&field-author=Oscar+the+Grouch = incomplete
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"The Pursuit of Grouchiness: Oscar The Grouch's Guide To Life" [2019] by Oscar the Grouch There’s no greater expert on celebrating a crummy day than Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch. After complaining about cheerfulness for decades from his trash can, Oscar now shares his secrets for making sure you’re as curmudgeonly as possible, all day, every day. Imprint 7¼x5¼ hardcover [4/2019] for $10.79 |
Oscar The Grouch & Stephen Colbert Sing 'Things Are Going To Get Better' 4/2019
watch 4/2019 segment [4:03] online at YouTube
The Swedish Chef
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Swedish_Chef
"Best of Swedish Chef" amateur compilation [2/2008]
watch free [low-res, 7:43] on YouTube
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Walter {new 2010}
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B o o k s
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"One Frog Can Make a Difference: Kermit's Guide To Life In The '90s" [1993] by Kermit the Frog, with Robert P. Riger, Illustrated by Tom Payne Pocket Books 6¾x6¼ pb [11/93] out of print/used Pocket Books 7¼x7 hardcover [11/93] out of print/used |
 | "Before You Leap: A Frog's Eye View of Life's Greatest Lessons" [2006] by Kermit the Frog Disney 8x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] out of print/dozens used |
 | "Muppet Robin Hood" graphic novel [ages 9-12; 2009] by Tim Beedle, Illustrated by Armand Villavert, Jr. Robin Hood (Kermit) joins with Sherwood Forest’s infamous Merry Men to take on the stuffy Sheriff of Muppetham (Sam the Eagle) and wicked Gonzo of Gisbourne BOOM! Studios 9x6¼ pb [11/2009] for $9.99 see also 'The Legend of Robin Hood' Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
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"Muppet Peter Pan" graphic novel [ages 9-12; 2010] by Grace Randolph, Illustrated by Amy Mebberson Timid Kermie Pan and the pushy fairy Piggytink live in the magical realm of Never-swamp; they encounter the runaway Darling children, who ask Kermie Pan to battle Captain Gonzo BOOM! Studios 9x6 pb [3/2010] for $9.99 see also the "Peter Pan" Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "Muppet King Arthur" graphic novel [ages 9-12; 2010] by Paul Benjamin, Illustrated by Patrick Storck & James Silvani King Arthur (Kermit) and his Muppets of The Round Table, including Fozzie as Friar Tuck, seek the Holy Grail BOOM! Studios 9x6¼ pb [7/2010] for $9.99 |
 | "Muppet Snow White" graphic novel [ages 9-12; 2010] by Jesse Blaze Snider, Illustrated by Shelli Paroline Queen Piggy learns that she is no longer the fairest in the land, so she threatens Snow White, who escapes to the forest and joins the Muppet band Electric Mayhem BOOM! Studios 8¾x6 pb [12/2010] for $9.99 |
 | "Muppet Sherlock Holmes" graphic novel [ages 9-12; 2011] by Patrick Storck, Illustrated by Amy Mebberson Gonzo is Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, assisted by Dr. Watson (Fozzie) and Inspector LeStrade (Kermit) BOOM! Studios 9x6 pb [3/2011] for $9.99 |
 | "Frogs Are Funny!: The Most Sensational, Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational Muppets Joke Book Ever!" [2011] by The Muppets & Brandon T. Snider
Little, Brown YR 7¼x6½ hardcover [10/2011] for $10.19 |
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