Maryland Muppets creator Jim Henson honored with weekend-long celebration in Hyattsville Henson made some of his very first puppets when he was a student at Hyattsville's Northwestern High School.

Jim Henson’s sudden death from toxic shock syndrome halted his negotiations of selling the Muppets to Disney. Here’s everything to know about the details behind Jim Henson’s death.

Henson took the art of puppetry and made it for television, and he saw the power of television affecting children’s lives. People can relate to the Muppets.

In Jim’s case, it’s really much more a celebration of how to lead a creative life and how to solve problems with openness and an excitement for what's possible.

‘Jim Henson: Idea Man’ celebrates the Muppets mastermind without shying away from the hand behind them Review by Brian Lowry, CNN 3 minute read Published 7:00 AM EDT, Fri May 31, 2024 ...

It's titled "Jim Henson: Idea Man." Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1936. "Television would transport him beyond Mississippi, beyond, you know, America," Ron Howard told NPR.

Ron Howard tells PEOPLE that one of the major points of his new documentary, 'Jim Henson Idea Man,' deals with the notion that the famed Muppets creator 'had a kind of this internal sense that ...

When Oscar-winning director Ron Howard got word that Disney+ and the late Jim Henson’s children were interested in collaborating on a definitive portrait of the beloved Muppet creator, he ...