Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along with related collection items. Learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them. National ...

Like a lot of young children over the last 70 years, when Zachery Garner was a kid he developed a passion for puppets and ...

Quentin Tarantino made for an odd yet strangely fitting celebrity guest when he briefly shared the screen with Kermit the Frog in a Muppet movie.

Jim Henson didn’t set out to become a famous puppeteer or create characters beloved by children—and adults—worldwide. He made puppets simply because he wanted to work in television.

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.

TV sitcom / variety / sketch show ITV1 1976 - 1981 120 episodes (5 series) Adult puppet sitcom set in the fictional world of Furry Avenue, a place where puppets and humans live side by side. Was ...

After graduating, he taught for a couple of years, then got a job as a puppet fabricator with the Jim Hensen Co. as part of the "Sesame Street Live" tour and The Muppets, he said. He was laid ...