A look at Jim Henson Company Studios
ABC 7's Eye on LA stopped by the Jim Henson Company Studios, once a motion picture studio that belonged to Charlie Chaplin.
The Jim Henson Company's Celebrity Playlist
Bobby Vegan (Bill Barretta) and Samson Knight (Brian Henson) of The Jim Henson Company introduce the playlist celebrating Jim Henson's 75th birthday. www.henson.com
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Jim Henson's Google Doodle
The Jim Henson Company and Google partner to honor Jim Henson's 75th birthday.
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Jim Henson's Creature Shop™ Reel
Jim Henson's Creature Shop™ provides digital visual effects, animatronic creatures, animation and soft puppets to the international film, television, online and advertising industries.
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Jim Henson Company CEO Lisa Henson
About Lisa Henson The eldest child of film producer and puppeteer Jim ("the Muppets") Henson, Lisa Henson is co-CEO of the Jim Henson Company alongside her brother Brian, where she oversees all television and feature film production from early development through post-production. For The Jim Henson Company, Henson has produced the feature films "Five Children and It," "MirrorMask" and "Good Boy." Features in current development include Edward Gorey's "Doubtful Guest," Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere," "Power of the Dark Crystal" and "Fraggle Rock." Television credits include "Muppets' Wizard of Oz" for ABC, the animated series "Frances" and the direct-to-DVD animated series "Unstable Fables," a collection of feature-length irreverent retellings of popular fairy tales to be released by The Weinstein Company. Ms. Henson is currently Executive Producing 40 episodes of the preschool animated series "Sid the Science Kid" scheduled to premiere on PBS in September of 2008 and brought to life using the Company's digital puppeteering system. She is also producing "The Skrumps," the Company's new animated production featured exclusively at Yahoo! Kids. As an independent producer, Ms. Henson produced feature films including "High Crimes" and "Zero Effect." Prior to producing, Ms. Henson was President of Columbia Pictures, in charge of all creative business affairs, administrative and production-related matters for the company. Prior to joining Columbia Pictures, Ms. Henson served 10 years <b>...</b>
Jim's Red Book "Alexander the Grape"
Jim Henson's cut-paper animated short Alexander the Grape from 1965, discovered and reconstructed by The Jim Henson Company Archives in 2009.
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The Jim Henson Company Podcast "Lot Dogs"
The Jim Henson Company is known for making fantastic creatures on the Lot in Hollywood, California, but did you know there are some fantastic creatures who come TO the Lot on a daily basis? In this special video episode we take a look at some of the dogs who accompany their owners to the Lot everyday.
Henson Podcast 116 - Jim Henson Company Holiday Greeting Cards
In this special slideshow episode of the Henson.com Podcast we talk to Director of Archives for the Jim Henson Company, Karen Falk about the company's long standing tradition of unique Holiday Greeting Cards. We'll take a look at cards that were created by Jim Henson in the early days all the way up to this year's card that features the Pajanimals.
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Inside The Jim Henson Company.wmv
LA Story founder & editor Laura Clark visits The Jim Henson Company HQ at the Charlie Chaplin lot in Los Angeles. Jim Henson Co. Chairman Brian Henson talks about "Wilson & Ditch: Digging America," new webisodes created for PBSKidsGo.org.
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"Paperwork Explosion"
In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track.
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Henson Podcast "Jim Henson Honored at the Disney Legends Ceremony"
On August 19, 2011, Jim Henson was honored at the Disney Legends ceremony at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA. In this episode, we bring you the complete Jim Henson portion of the program which includes speeches by Lisa Henson, Brian Henson and performance of a rare Jim Henson puppet piece. Plus a special surprise at the end! Audio as recorded at event.
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"The Christmas Toy"
Rugby Tiger, who was Jamie's Christmas present the previous year, remembers that special day, and decides to find a way into a gift box under the tree again this year. But the other toys are worried that he will become "frozen" once he leaves the playroom, and they devise a plan to rescue him.
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"Dinosaur Train"
Sizzle Reel for The Jim Henson Company's upcoming preschool animated series, "Dinosaur Train," premiering September 7 on PBS Kids!
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CityKids "Saturday"
A performance by the CityKids from the 1993 show of the same name. The featured performer in this clip is actor Donald Faison from "Clueless."
"Youth 68"
Billed as, "...an exciting mixed-media portrait of youth today...," Youth '68 was a visual and sound collage of interweaving interviews, literary quotations, popular music and modern dance. Produced by Jim Henson and directed by Jon Stone, this fast-paced documentary addressed such topics as drugs, religion, love, war, and the future. It aired as part of NBC's Experiments in Television in the late 1960s.
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"Time Piece"
From Jim Henson's 1966 Academy Award nominated short film. Henson, as the writer/producer/director/star, created the experimental short about the effect of time keeping on us all. The full video is available on iTunes here: itunes.apple.com
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"Idea Man"
Early experimental animated short created and narrated by Jim Henson.
Fraggle Rock "The Bells of Fraggle Rock"
The Fraggles are all excited when Cantus arrives for the celebration of the bells.
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"Labyrinth" - "Fireys"
The fireys sing their song and do their dance for Sarah to try to get her to play along.
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Wizard of Id Test Pilot
Jim Henson's test pilot of Johnny Hart's Wizard of Id
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Henson Podcast "Basic Puppeteering - Using a Monitor"
In today's special video podcast we take a very basic look at how Jim Henson Company puppeteers use monitors to help them perform. We also give you instructions on how you can do the same thing at home with a television and video camera.
"The Cube"
A scene from "The Cube," Jim Henson's 1969 experimental television program.
"Jim Henson's The Storyteller" - "Behind the Scenes"
A look into the making of "The Storyteller."
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Restoring the Skeksis Video Podcast
At The Jim Henson Company and Jim Henson's Creature Shop there are a total of three Skeksis on display from the original feature film, "The Dark Crystal." In this special video episode of the podcast, we speak with the Creature Shop's Head of Puppet Fabrication, Julie Zobel, who explains the process of restoring the Skeksis, and shows what happens to these iconic characters over time.
The Jim Henson Hour - Episode 7 Health and Fitness [MuppetTelevision Segments Only] (1/2)
Considering how the Henson Company has the rights to Song of the Cloud Forrest, presented here is the Muppet Television segments where various colds are passing around with Smokey Robinson guest staring.
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"Dog City" - "Bugsy Them"
A scene featuring "Bugsy Them," a character played by Jim Henson in this special from "The Jim Henson Hour."
Ripples
In 1966-67, Jim created two short films for a contest at Montreals Expo 67. One of these was "Ripples." Shot on 16mm film, Ripples explored motion and movement and was accompanied by an electronic score created in collaboration with jazz composer Raymond Scott. Shot in January 1967, Ripples featured an architect (played by Sesame Street colleague Jon Stone) tossing pebbles into water making ripples.
Jim's Red Book: Jim Henson Animating
Jim Henson working at his animation stand in Bethesda, MD around 1961. The footage is silent.
Land of Tinkerdee
A clip from Jim Henson's unaired pilot "Land of Tinkerdee" featuring Darryl Ferreira and Rufus (performed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz).
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"Dog City" - Trailer
A trailer for "Dog City," the puppet canine noir that aired as part of "The Jim Henson Hour" in 1989.
Fraggle Rock "All Around the World"
The music video for Travelling Matt's theme song.
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Jim's Red Book: Easy Bake Oven Commercial
Jim Henson's commercial for Kenner's Easy-Bake Oven featuring Barbara Price and Little Bird, 1968.
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"Song of the Cloud Forest" - "Munching Forest"
Song of the Cloud Forest first aired during "The Jim Henson Hour" in July of 1989. The special aimed to draw attention to the plight of the rainforest and the animals within.
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Jim's Red Book "Starboppers"
Test footage from Jim Henson's unrealized Starboppers television project, 1984.
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The Jim Henson Hour - Episode 7 Health and Fitness [MuppetTelevision Segments Only] (2/2)
Considering how the Henson Company has the rights to Song of the Cloud Forrest, presented here is the Muppet Television segments where various colds are passing around with Smokey Robinson guest staring.
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Wilkins Coffee Commercials
Some examples of the Wilkins and Wontkins commercials made by Jim Henson for Wilkins Coffee.
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Jim's Red Book "Fraggle Rock Press"
Jim Henson discusses Fraggle Rock on the CBC news in Canada at the time the show was announced in December 1981.
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"Pajanimals" - "La-La-Lullaby"
In this short musical series for Sprout, the cuddly Pajanimals puppets guide preschoolers through bedtime issues.
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Basic Puppetry Lesson "Lip Sync"
Get out your puppets and set up your cameras! It's time for another basic puppetry lesson from The Jim Henson Company Podcast! In this lesson we take a look at Lip Sync or making sure your puppet's mouth movement is matching what he or she is saying. Be sure to check out our other podcast episodes for more fun puppetry lessons you can do at home!
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"Time Piece" - A behind-the-scenes look
Some behind the scenes info about Jim Henson's 1966 Academy Award nominated short film.
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