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  1. an urgent plea
    Muppet*Vision 3D Should Be a National Heritage SiteThe only way to ensure that this gem of a Disney World theatrical experience is protected is straight-up government intervention.
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. felt fight!
    Oh No, Muppet Twitter Is Feuding With the SNL MovieNo weapon formed against Jim Henson shall prosper.
    By Rebecca Alter
  3. vulture recommends
    To Understand The Muppets Mayhem, Watch Hey, You’re As Funny As Fozzie BearFozzie is famously bad at comedy. What this video presupposes is: Maybe he’s not?
    By Bethy Squires
  4. remembrance
    Bob McGrath Set the ExampleFor 47 years, the Sesame Street actor radiated the warmth and acceptance many young viewers would’ve never received otherwise.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  5. vulture jr.
    Bear in the Big Blue House Is Finally Streaming, So the Internet Is Nice AgainTutter hive, your time is now.
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. everybody loves puppets!
    Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Will Puppetize My Neighbor TotoroFor a Royal Shakespeare Company stage adaptation of the Hayao Miyazaki film.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  7. muppetry
    Frank Oz Says ‘Disney Doesn’t Want’ Him Working with the Muppets AnymoreDisney needs to let Muppets be weird again. How could they say no to Miss Piggy himself?
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. movie review
    Sesame Street Doc Street Gang Is About When TV Needed To Be Saved From ItselfThe documentary, which celebrates the formative years of the iconic kids’ show, is also a testament to the singular forces that allowed it to happen.
    By Alison Willmore
  9. muppetational news
    All of The Muppet Show Is Heading to Disney+The curtains rise on February 19.
    By Savannah Salazar
  10. cancellations
    Netflix Brings The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance to an End After One SeasonThis has Skeksis written all over it.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. reboots
    Dance Your Cares Away, a Fraggle Rock Reboot Is Coming to Apple TV+Apple has also acquired exclusive streaming rights to all 96 episodes of the original series.
    By Josef Adalian
  12. ‘ello!
    Dance, Magic, Dance Because Labyrinth Is Getting a SequelDoctor Strange’s Scott Derrickson is attached to direct.
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. rad news
    Dance Your Cares Away, Fraggle Rock Is Returning on Apple TV+Worry is for another day.
    By Rebecca Alter
  14. remakes
    Human Jug-Playing Otter Bret McKenzie to Adapt Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band ChristmasBy far the best otter-centric jug-focused holiday special ever made.
    By Halle Kiefer
  15. tv review
    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Is a Staggering AchievementWatching Netflix’s new prequel to Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s 1982 feature film is like watching a ten-hour magic show.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  16. save thra
    Lena Headey, Awkwafina, Benedict Wong to Become Puppets for The Dark CrystalA prequel to Jim Henson’s 1982 film.
    By Zoe Haylock
  17. vulture investigates
    Are Muppets Sexual?A very serious investigation.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  18. The Story Behind the Music of The Muppet Christmas CarolDeath and redemption paved the way for a new Christmas classic.
    By Tim Greiving
  19. kermit the frog
    Cheryl Henson Defends Decision to Fire Kermit Puppeteer Steve Whitmire“Steve performed Kermit as a bitter, angry, depressed victim.”
    By Tolly Wright
  20. revivals
    Netflix Is Making a Dark Crystal Prequel Series to Unsettle You All Over AgainJim Henson’s Creature Shop will design the creatures.
    By Jackson McHenry
  21. tv nostalgia
    Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock Returns to HBOLet the music play.
    By Halle Kiefer
  22. goblin kings
    Sony Is Developing a Labyrinth RemakeThe 1986 film starred David Bowie.
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. status reports
    Status Report: Jim Henson Company FranchisesWe took it straight to the top of the company.
    By Gwynne Watkins
  24. Watching as The Muppets Go Hollywood For the First TimeThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  25. What I’ve Learned About Comedy From Two Years of Hanging in the ArchivesThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  26. reality contest shows
    Muppet-Building Contest Show Coming to SyfyJim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge will air in 2014.
    By Margaret Lyons
  27. A Bunch of Muppets Are Being Inducted Into the SmithsonianSeveral of Jim Henson’s Muppets will be displayed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., Reuters […]
    By Bradford Evans
  28. national treasures
    The Muppets Take the SmithsonianMiss Piggy and the gang are joining Kermit in the museum.
    By Delia Paunescu
  29. good news
    Museum of the Moving Image Adding Jim Henson GalleryFeaturing almost 400 Muppet mementos.
    By Zach Dionne
  30. Watching a Comedic Voice Evolve: The Rare, Early Clips of The MuppetsThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  31. jim henson
    Preview Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson JournalBrought to you by the letters N, Y, and M.
    By Eliot Glazer
  32. ‘Fraggle Rock’ Is Getting a Doozers Spin-OffDespite being off the air for 25 years, the production company behind Yo Gabba Gabba! and The Jim Henson Company think it’s a perfect time for […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. Down at ‘Fraggle Rock’ They’re Making a MovieIt appears after the massive success of The Muppets, their cave dwelling brethren are going to get their time in the spotlight as well. It’s […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  34. the muppet show
    Watch Jim Henson’s Original Video Pitch for the Muppet ShowBasically Sesame Street for intellectuals.
    By Eliot Glazer
  35. The Original ‘Muppet Show’ Pitch Video Is Damn Near Irresistible Take notes, anyone hoping to someday sell a TV show of their own: this pitch video for the original Muppet Show, created and voiced by Jim […]
    By Adam Frucci
  36. labyrinth
    Watch Jim Henson Introduce Princess Diana to Ludo at the 1986 Royal Premiere of Labyrinth in LondonYeah, we prefer Sesame Street, too.
    By Eliot Glazer
  37. Trade Roundup: Jack Black, Jim HensonSyfy’s getting into comedy with its purchase of Ghost Ghirls, a paranormal parody that’s executive produced by Jack Black. Lady improvisoirs […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  38. The Muppets Take The Museum of The Moving ImageWhile the Muppets certainly get do get love at the “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens (did you […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  39. Checking In…with the Muppet Show MuppeteersWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the talent behind all your favorite Muppets, and some you’ve […]
    By Joshua Kurp
  40. clickables
    Watch the Lost Pilot for Jim Henson’s Wizard of IdFun fact: Kermit had magical powers in his former life.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  41. clickables
    Watch an Oscar-Nominated Short Film by Jim HensonHere’s Time Piece, a trippy way to spend the next nine minutes.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  42. tv
    Watch a Wonderful Lost Video of Jim Henson Teaching Kids to Make PuppetsIowa Public Television, 1969.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  43. buried treasure
    Jim Henson, Frank Oz Took Pipes and Made Them MuppetsCreative guys, these guys.
    By Willa Paskin
  44. the industry
    Disney Planning a Jim Henson BiopicThe script topped last year’s “Black List” of best unproduced screenplays.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
  45. the black list
    The 2009 Black List Topped by Jim Henson BiopicAnd there’s one about foul-mouthed pets.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. agenda
    Liberace, Stallone Make Season of ‘Muppet Show’Jim Henson’s nutty puppet party made a sublime art of the cameo, picking people who could very well have been Muppets themselves.