He served as a mascot for The Jim Henson Company and ... the Billboard Hot 100 — quite an achievement for an animal puppet.

Jim Henson didn’t set out to become a famous ... The museum also has a newer Kermit the Frog puppet which was first loaned in 1979 in celebration of the tenth anniversary of “Sesame Street ...

Jim Henson was the ... including his fellow Cub Scouts. Henson had his first dalliance with televised puppetry while still in high school. He began performing with his puppets on a local ...

Henson's journey began with a five-minute puppet show series ... by Frank Oz and produced by Jim Henson, the film starred the iconic Muppet characters, including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy ...

Though they got their start on television as brilliant creations of Jim Henson, the Muppet movies helped solidify the legacy of Kermit and the ... first time the iconic puppets had the show ...

And so therefore everyone loves Jim Henson, the godlike creator ... from scrappy handmade bits of felt — Kermit was originally made from Henson’s mother’s coat; Rowlf was a basketball ...