The Long Island City-based character design studio on Northern Blvd. is opening its doors for tours every Saturday throughout ...

Celebrated, Mississippi-born puppeteer Jim Henson died in 1990, but his name is still alive through the Muppets.

The Clarion Ledger sat down with Brian Jay Jones author of the bestselling biography "Jim Henson: The Biography." Check out ...

Author Brian Jay Jones discusses writing Jim Henson’s biography, from the Muppets to filmmaking, TV innovation and Henson's ...

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the floor, just a foot from the TV at age three, completely transfixed as Cookie ...

David Bowie, giant puppets and a handcrafted fantasy world helped turn “Labyrinth” into one of Jim Henson’s strangest cult ...

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 ...

A one-episode reboot of "The Muppet Show" airs on February 4. Jim Henson, the show's late creator, always hoped they'd live on. We'll hear excerpts from a Morning Edition interview Henson gave in 1986 ...

Jim Henson may have created some of the most wholesome characters in television history, but his real-life love story was less than picture-perfect. Biographer Brian Jay Jones revealed on “Nostalgia ...

Born in the small town of Leland, Mississippi, Jim Henson went on to be one of the state's great influencers as creator of ...

Jim Henson, the creator of Kermit the Frog, is from Leland, Miss., and gained inspiration from the town when he went on to create Kermit.