In March 1955, an 18-year-old Jim Henson built a puppet from his mother’s old coat, a pair of blue jeans and some ping pong balls. The lizard-like creation first appeared on Afternoon, a television ...

"Jim Henson Idea Man" invites viewers into the mind of the singular creative visionary that was Jim Henson. With first-time, unprecedented access into Jim’s own archives, get a look at his early years ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Ron Howard tells the icon's story in “Jim Henson Idea Man,” a documentary about the Muppets creator. The movie takes a familiar, behind-the-scenes approach to charting Henson's rise ...

Perhaps the toughest takeaway from Ron Howard’s documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” is the fact that his sudden death in 1990, at just age 53, robbed us all that “The Muppets” creator might have created ...

In the special, the life and storied career of Jim Henson will be examined by some of those who resm most. Here’s the information you’ll need to watch a free live stream of “Jim Henson: Idea Man” ...

All hail Jim Henson, now and forever. Puppeteer, Muppeteer, maker of worlds. No one apart from Walt Disney has created so many significant characters with so far a reach. At its height, “The Muppet ...

Museum collections and a new documentary on Jim Henson’s life and career reveal how his creativity cemented his legacy Kelyn Soong - Freelance Writer Jim Henson didn’t set out to become a famous ...