muppets

Yoda from starwars was not created by henson but created by his right hand frank oz

henson was approached by lucas but because he was so busy he sent oz in his place

oz continued to play the voice of yoda even after he was computer generated in   episodes 2 and 3

Hensons Creature shop did 

Jim Hensons Very own labyrith which he directed
   also produced by george lucas

Original teenage mutant ninja turtles
The ape costumes in george of the jungle
The main characters in never ending story 3

More recently
Where the wild things are
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
The tiger in the back seat of the
car in the hang over

Was a 30 Minute variety show

   Featured many different acts

  Guest starts include

  John Cleese
  Paul Simon
  Steve Martain
  Elton John
  alice cooper

A lot of characters
  Fozzie – helpless comedian
  Miss Piggy -  the diva
  Gonzo -  the dare devil
  Band – Dr teeth and the electirc mayhem
  Statler And Waldorf – complaining the whole time

The show became an international
success almost immediately

   It took until season 2 for it to
catch on in America

With funding from Lord Lew Grade Jim Henson dream show came to
be

A british man

Started in britain

In 1969 Joan Cooney asked Henson to create and perform puppets for her new kids show sesame street
   Had his hand in designing all the
puppets
   
   Performed characters such as Ernie and
guy Smiley
   
   Kermit also had a big role but when on to do other things

Didn’t want the muppets to be labeled as kids entertainment

Got a job on snl’s first season with a reacurring sketch called land of gorch 
   
   was writen by snl and the staff didn’t like sharing the stage with puppets so
he moved on

Started in 1954 on the junior morning show

Than offered a job at WRC-TV on a show called afternoon

1955 offered his own show by WRC-TV

created Sam and friends

   Kermit the frog was invent here
   
   wasn’t a frog yet just kermit
   later became a frog after jim hensons
   special the frog prince

During this time he worked on his muppets in the background

Had them appear on commercials and shows and their own puppet specials
   Rowlf the dog was the biggest with
   multiple apperances on the jimmy dean
   show